Well the great outdoors and feeling fit and well went out the door this week. Somehow managed to get a very very special inner ear infection that has seen one side of my face swell up (munster like) and a right ear resembling something like a hobbits ear (swelling to about four times its usual size). Doctors visits here are somewhat more complicated as we have to travel to Santa Fe which takes 45mins. Ended up at the after hours doctors rooms where - yep you got it - the Doctors assistant used to live in Aussie and spent a large chunk of his childhood hanging out with a local Maori family! In between hearing lots and lots about NZ versus the USA I got a massive dose of antibiotics, prescriptions and a referral to the ear, nose and throat specialist (thought that was a bit over the top until the Doctor explained exactly how odd my condition was and how it could damage my hearing....).
Of course those who know me best appreciate that my constitution is not very attuned to massive doses of drugs (alcohol isn't a drug.....) so I spent the next four hours bonding with the great white god, begging for forgiveness and promising to never ever do anything bad again. I haven't been able to eat much other than very strange jello, chocolate pudding and tentative picking at anything that seems vaguely tasty and will stay with me long enough to provide some sustinance - three cheers for Powerade.
Went off to the specialist today (Wednesday) where I was made to feel very special as he too was intrigued by the combination of symptoms - long and short of it, have a new dose of medication and have to go back in two days if my charming good looks fail to emerge within two days. And no, before anyone asks, there is no photographic record.
In between all that my pal Peter fell off his ladder and cut his head (I ended up going with K to the emergency room then she dropped me at the specialist). Peter is fine, but will be very sore tomorrow - he didn't fall far but did give his head a good whack.
Just to reassure that life is not all grim - it was lovely to have the yellow house to come home to, everyone on the ranch is being very nice about my being ill and, best of all, have K to be big sister super nurse & B drive miles to get my prescriptions filled.
Don't you just love reading about other peoples health problems online????
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My mother would say, and did, "it always has to be big". In all honesty I couldn't disagree........but I will keep my ear to the wind and see if I can "hear" what I am missing - based on the size of my ear it is clearly something "big".
Are you sure you're not still in Middle Earth?
No sign of Bilbo but that's not to say he isn't hiding out somewhere!
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