My heart sank and my spine grew cold when I tried to start my computer this afternoon and it kept telling me that I am off line. Come to find out I was off line alright but it was because my computer had become disconnected from the Internet Service Device when I was moving it around this morning. Thank You, Lord!
I also paid all my bills this morning but I am still worrying about two ambulance trips to the emergency room when I had a couple of afib attacks– the ambulances around here won’t take me to the VA hospital, of course, they always take me to the closest civilian hospital which means that I might be looking at Ten Thousand dollars for the two emergency room bills…But the last time this happened to me, the VA did pay it for me … we shall see…of course, it is something to worry about….except that I have faith in God and I know that My God will make a way for me.
The other thing that is bugging me today is that the cardiologist wants me to think about wearing a cpap mask — I hate the idea …my relatives who used them all hate them ….I am hoping there is a way out of that which will not endanger my health any more than it is already with the arrhythmias— the arrhythmias that seem to be well controlled now with a medication…..we shall see.
Oh there are all kinds of things I could complain about this afternoon ….. the rain has come and has been steady all day — flood warnings are out for some of the surrounding areas but than goodness we are located on high ground and so a flood is the least of our worries, but we have been hearing some tornado sirens going off this week…. but again, we live in a river valley (On the high edge of a river valley) so most of the tornadoes seem to jump right over us whenever they form. That is a good thing.
My friend, Jimmy, made creamed chicken on biscuits for our lunch today– not bad– hadn’t had that item for a few years …. I can remember when it was a staple meal for a working class family– that and something called Chipped Beef on Toast) which also had a military-derived name (S.O.S.) which is nasty to say….a lot of people will know what I am talking about. But I am going to be courteous today and not talk some of the stuff that I normally talk.
Well folks, it is time for my afternoon nap…from now until Judge Judy” comes on the television set….and then it is off to the evening hours….We have been watching a series about Jesus called “Chosen” which I have found to be fascinating.
Snore time now.
Toodles!~
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John those ambulance trips are expensive down here as well…hopefully it will not be too bad…..I am jealous we have not had any rain for over a month….pretty damn dry….when weather gets cold I make S.O.S. once a week love it in winter….good luck with the cpap thingy…..chuq
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Monday August 17th and Tuesday and Wednesday August 18th and 19th … keep your eye on those dates for those are the times when the heavens will open for you and the rains will come. And when it happens, I will be grateful if you will send me a note and tell me about it.
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If I remember I will be glad to inform you of that possibility. chuq
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It took me a little over a week to get used to my CPAP and I use it all the time now. I have a relative who is an Air Force veteran who wound up working at a Christian School. She had only ever heard the dish called S.O.S. but never knew what it meant. So, when they served it at the school for lunch one time she innocently kept calling it S.O.S. to the kids, thinking it was derived maybe from some sort of emergency food or something. The principal brought her into the office and explained it plainly to her. I felt sorry for her when I heard the story. After I was done laughing.
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Herb— do you have the full mask thing for your cpap or do you have one of those less claustrophobic-looking masks ….have you ever gotten belly bloat from having your pressure adjusted to the wrong degree? This thing is giving me nightmares and I have not even yet attended the required orientation class at the Veterans Administration Hospital.
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I have the full mask and have never had any trouble with it at all. The most annoying part of the whole thing was the sleep study. I had to do it more than once because the VA lost my records from the first one.
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By sleep study are you talking about when you have to go in and get wired up and spend the night being monitored? I have to go to some kind of class before anything like that and that is going to be inconvenient.
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Yes, sir. It was annoying, for sure.
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I can imagine the thought of a C-Pap device being claustrophobic and uncomfortable, but users have told me that they get used to them quite quickly. I know what SOS means, as my dad was a regular soldier for many years, and was often fed corned beef on toast. Still no rain here for 49 days now, and the sixth heatwave since early May. Currently 90F in Beetley and getting hotter this afternoon.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, I think you can count on a brief shower sometime during August 18th….
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