Why does the image at the top of this entry focus on health issues? The answer is related to the first part of my day, when I had the chance to speak with my ex-girlfriend from 25 years ago. She has been dealing with health issues which the doctors have been unable to diagnose, and I'm glad that I was able to catch up with her.
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The day started with me feeling lethargic, and unwilling to go out for an exercise walk as planned. Given that I had walked 3 miles the day before, I figured that I could catch up on my walking tomorrow. By the time I decided to have something to eat, it was already afternoon. So I made a Tuna Melt sandwich and got back to chilling out in the apartment.
Around 4:30 pm, my Ex called, and we chatted for a while. She told me of her hospital visits, her tests, and her doctors' unwillingness and inability to do much for her, save to prescribe some medications to help reduce some of the pain she was experiencing. Although I won't go into all of her symptoms, I will say that the pain in her knees that she experienced when standing up made her dread each time she had to transfer herself from her bed to the bathroom to relieve herself. If her medical problems weren't enough to ruin her summer, the health of her family and friends also was a factor in making this her summer from hell. In addition to scuttling plans to vacation with a couple of friends due to that friend's health, my friend is currently unable to visit her ailing sister in her hospital. And with all of this going on, she had to scuttle plans for a "bucket list" vacation. (Hopefully, she'll be able to reschedule this vacation when she's feeling better.)
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By the time I got off the phone, I was starting to run late for the second thing scheduled for the day - Drag Queen Bingo. (The first would have been lunch/dinner with LK, but she wasn't feeling well. We've tentatively rescheduled a lunch for Friday. We'll see what happens on Friday.) So, I got shaved, showered, dressed, and made up, and was out the door by 7:00 pm. Bingo was fine, although the place was almost empty. For a change, I won something cheap - a gilded "Dust Collector" figurine shaped like a left hand with fingers crossed.
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This wasn't much of a day to talk about. At least it wasn't a total "nothing burger."
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