Tired and Sore

This morning after breakfast I took myself for a walk and about the point where I could either turn to go home or walk around another couple blocks my hip started to bother me so I went home and did not walk as far as I would have liked to. By the time I got home it was feeling better, but I decided that I would do some yard work instead of walking some more.

I got out my tree pruning equipment and started cutting large branches out of the tree, mostly those that were hanging over into the raspberries. Kathleen came outside just about the time I was finishing up and she noticed right away how much I had trimmed out of the tree.

I spent about two hours hacking away at the tree and cutting up the branches. I basically did one of three things with them; the really little ones went into the yard debris container, the medium sized ones went into the barrel to be chipped and the really large ones I stacked to be cut up for fire wood at some time in the future.

After cleaning up I called the doctor's office as they had not returned my call from yesterday and then I made myself some lunch. They finally called me back around 1330 and since they were not given the information that I left with who ever answered the phone I had to give it to them again. They called me back around 1430 with the answers to my questions; my doctor wants me to continue my medication and he also wants me to get some compression socks for my feet swelling.

So Kathleen and I took off first to the doctor's office to pick up the test results which I had requested yesterday, but again when I got there, there was nothing for me. So I signed a release form so that they could mail them to me.

Next we stopped at the credit union so that I could deposit a refund check that I received last week. Next we stopped at Fred Meyer's to pick up some compression socks because the doctor's office said that I could get them at a pharmacy.

Well, Fred Meyer did not carry them any longer and gave me the name and address of a medical supply company that would carry them. On the way we stopped at a Walgreen's to see if they might have them, but they did not have them either.

So we got to the medical supply company a little after 1700 which was lucky as they closed at 1730. The manager there spent a lot of time with me explaining the difference in the socks as far as support firmness and height. She recommended an over the calf pair and a medium tightness.

She also said that they have a certified fitter and she would be able to fit me with a different kind that goes up to my thighs if the over the calf ones are not sufficient.

When I got home I put them on and for someone who does not usually wear shoes or socks it was quite a shock. I have had them on now for over three hours and my legs and feet do feel better. I got white ones as I though they might be a little cooler than the navy or black ones but they look a little silly with my shorts.

My left eye has been really bothering me this afternoon; it kind of feels like I got poked in the eye and my vision is a little blurry. On top of that I have a dull headache and I have been taking so much Vicodin and arthritis Tylenol and neither one seems to be doing much good.

Well I think that I am going to end this as I am having a hard time focusing on the monitor and concentrating on what I am saying.