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The doctor says I'll live. Did the usual checks, and nothing usual is wrong.
Blood pressure was 101/55 sitting down, which was funky because the first number is 10 or so points higher than normal, and the second number 5 points lower. He checked standing blood pressure, which he doesn't normally do, but it was less than 10 points different so there's nothing he needs to check out further there.
So, the GP sent me off to get blood taken at the place he normally sends any samples he takes himself (so the results will get back a little quicker than if he'd taken the blood himself and then sent it to them) and prescribed nurofen for the aching joints, muscles, and come back if it doesn't go away. ;) A couple of other over-the-counters for other things, but no antibiotics since there is no infection (yay! First time I've gone to see the GP this year that I haven't had one) nor bronchitis, despite continued coughing. Coughing appears to be due to the puffed up glands and lymph nodes which appear to be responding to things going wonky by making things worse.
Palpating abdomen turned up ouchy liver and palpatable bowels but kidneys are fine. Blood tests will show if there is anything with the ouchy liver.
Lack of sleep appears to be just me. If it doesn't go away when I stop worrying about body wonkyness, I go back to the GP.
A lot of things the GP said today ended with "And if it doesn't go away by " arbitrary time span "come back..."
And I cooked roast beef for dinner, with roast purple potatoes and carrots and what's left of the gravy is now in the freezer for the next time I want a gravy fix. Ate like a pig. Much food in fridge.
Blood pressure was 101/55 sitting down, which was funky because the first number is 10 or so points higher than normal, and the second number 5 points lower. He checked standing blood pressure, which he doesn't normally do, but it was less than 10 points different so there's nothing he needs to check out further there.
So, the GP sent me off to get blood taken at the place he normally sends any samples he takes himself (so the results will get back a little quicker than if he'd taken the blood himself and then sent it to them) and prescribed nurofen for the aching joints, muscles, and come back if it doesn't go away. ;) A couple of other over-the-counters for other things, but no antibiotics since there is no infection (yay! First time I've gone to see the GP this year that I haven't had one) nor bronchitis, despite continued coughing. Coughing appears to be due to the puffed up glands and lymph nodes which appear to be responding to things going wonky by making things worse.
Palpating abdomen turned up ouchy liver and palpatable bowels but kidneys are fine. Blood tests will show if there is anything with the ouchy liver.
Lack of sleep appears to be just me. If it doesn't go away when I stop worrying about body wonkyness, I go back to the GP.
A lot of things the GP said today ended with "And if it doesn't go away by " arbitrary time span "come back..."
And I cooked roast beef for dinner, with roast purple potatoes and carrots and what's left of the gravy is now in the freezer for the next time I want a gravy fix. Ate like a pig. Much food in fridge.
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As for pumpkins, if you have the energy, grow the vine up a pegboard. Then, when they fruit, you put something for the fruit to rest on on top of the pegs in the right position. That way, they don't break off, and the vine takes up less space. It is, however, difficult to make this work for large varieties like Queensland Blue. Or you could just grow a couple of Golden Nuggets which grow in small bushes and 6-8 fruits the size of a small fist.
Cucumbers go up walls, too, but zucchini won't.
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