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Yesterday was Spendy

April 14th, 2017 at 09:35 pm

So my foot is doing a lot better after the needle incident. Boy howdy was it difficult to walk the first 24 hours. I felt it quite a bit yesterday, but today when I stood up I didn't feel it when I walked. I can still feel it if I press on it with my finger, but I don't need to do that. It looks good. We couldn't really flush the wound, but we did smear antibiotic ointment on either end and I see no signs of infection.

Yesterday was a long day for me. I had to go to Walgreens and pick up a prescription for my daughter, $5. Fortunately they have a drive-thru so I didn't have to get out of the car for that. Then we went to Lowe's which is right next door and picked up some bags of garden soil, 2 major power strips with surge protectors and large separations between some of the plug-ins so when you have the giant plugs that will normally cover two plug-ins or the weirdly shaped ones that go sideways like a phone charger cord that will do the same thing, that is not something that will be an issue unless you have more than 3 of those. It also has usb ports in them. I spent $110.66 there. The two power strips were $52 of that amount.

After that I went to Rite-Aid to buy a padded envelope and then to the UPS store to mail DH his computer cord that he left at home. That cost $77 to do 2-day air to Alaska. He needs his computer usable ASAP though, so not much choice there. I'm going to be double checking his stuff next time. I don't want to pay that again.

Then we went to Trader Joe's and spent $82.28 on groceries. After that I picked up my daughter (my son ran all the errands with me to make sure I didn't fall down) and took her to the lab for another blood draw while my son walked home from the lab because he wanted to go for a walk. It took us 40 minutes at the lab. This time it was 6 vials of blood for 29 tests, as opposed to the 8 vials of blood last time.

By the end of all that I was wiped out. All of my joints were aching,my leg muscles were very tight, and I felt like I'd been put through the wringer. I think I've got something auto-immune. Either rheumatoid arthritis or MS like Dad had. But we are too busy getting my daughter diagnosed to deal with my stuff right now. After she is sorted I'll deal with me.

I was too tired to cook dinner so we grabbed fast food which was another $30.47. I felt bad about it, but I woke up with so much brain fog I did not think ahead and make it a crock pot day. I had no resistance by then.

Today will be better. I've got the fixings for loaded baked potato soup and the potatoes are already chopped up, so aside from cooking the bacon and assembling the soup, there is not that much to do.

We do have one errand to run today, but it is somewhere that has ride on carts so that should make it easier on me. I've also got my ankle braces and knee brace on this time. That should help, too.

4 Responses to “Yesterday was Spendy”

  1. My English Castle Says:
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    Robin:
    Your family has really been through it lately; I wonder if the stress is taking its toll on you. I hope you feel better soon.

  2. Bluebird Says:
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    I'm sorry you don't feel well after all your errands. That must be exhausting for you. I know you're focused on your daughters' health right now, but please don't put off dealing with yours for too long. You need to feel good, too!

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
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    MEC--I'm sure that is part of it.

    Bluebird--I made an appointment with my doctor's office for Monday to see about getting muscle relaxants and what we can do about pain management. I hate taking pain pills, but right now I have to take at least enough to take the edge off.

  4. PatientSaver Says:
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    I just finished reading about Dido's fatigue issues and now I'm reading you think you might have MS but are not dealing with that now. Pain meds and muscle relaxants maybe work in the short term, but you need to get to the underlying cause of your other symptoms. Please schedule a visit with a neurologist pronto.

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