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Life most frustrating.

Monday, my husband went and saw the doctor to get his blood sugar under control.

Tuesday, today, he went to see another doctor about the pain that he has been having in his stomach, and nausea. We heard of a couple of possibilities, but won’t know until after a CAT scan.

That is for tomorrow. I know that doctors are there to help people. I just wish that we didn’t have the need right now. I do not like it when my husband is hurting all of the time.

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Well, remember the toe that I mentioned?

It has changed. At first it got ugly, red, swollen, painful. Now, it no longer has a toe nail.

I am on antibiotics and am wearing a bandage over the offended toe. The foot doctor figured out it was an ingrown nail and the best way to get the infection totally out was to ‘uncap’ the toe. My nail will grown back. It does feel better and no longer throbs.

Meanwhile, I have found that there are a lot of things that you can bump with you toe when you do not think about it. What a learning experience. Instead of being barefoot in the house, I wear a slipper on one foot in order to protect my toe. At least I have toes and feet, and can walk. Life goes on.

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Can’t believe it. Of all the things that have gone on lately, I now have a sore toe.

I have no idea what has caused it, but there it is. It is not obvious what happened to it, but I will be seeing the doctor tomorrow, so I will get the chance to figure out what happened then.

Our doc is a really nice guy. He has shown a good sense of humor in many different ways, and listens to us and answers questions that we have. I have heard of some that seem to think that they are next to God. UG We are very glad that we do not have one of those stuffed heads overseeing our health.

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Last night was another one of those things that makes me glad to be in America.

My husband had been having big trouble with a headache and severe dizziness. He told me that the more the headache hurt him, the dizzier he was. Considering that he has heart trouble and Diabetes, with other things going on at the same time, and he has had TIA’s it got me worried that maybe he was on the verge of having a stroke. A friend was there when I talked to him about his symptoms and helped talk him into visiting the ER just in case. They did tests, took blood and other items, and let him watch TV while he waited.

They came back after a little while and said that his blood sugar was over 300, but they couldn’t find anything also wrong with him. Thank God that was the only thing they could find.

I know that there are some countries where a doctor is not available, let alone a good hospital with full services. Here in the US, we may pay a lot for a medical visit, but at least we have the option. My brother-in-law in Arkansas is another person who is familiar with having to visit the ER. He, too, can say thanks for the availability of medical care, although he has to travel over 60 miles to Jonesborough, AR, for his visits.

He is alive, my husband is alive, I am alive, other family members are alive. Yes, we have medical bills to pay. However, they are a whole lot better than having to pay for a funeral. The loss of a loved one is so much worse than a bill.

I have heard that there are some politicians that are pushing ‘Socialized’ medicine for the US. As a person who has used our system for 54 years, to me that is a nightmare. Yes, the costs would come down, supposedly, but the cost in human lives would go up.

In some places where there is ‘Socialized’ medicine, people have to wait and get an ‘OK” in order to visit the doctor, have an operation, get tests done. Many times by time the “OK” comes through, the person effected will be dead from a serious condition that went untreated. No thanks. I want to live, I want my loved ones to live, too.

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