August 13, 2022
I was just reminded today that
I AM ALREADY 87 AND WILL BE 88 IN November. Holy Moses.
I happily received visitors
from Pretoria twice this month both of them couples that I
married some years back. Nice to see that the glue is sticking.
I had
a trip to the dentist to do something to kill the pain. He fixed a filling and
now all is well.
I have been trying to
monitor my meds but I am confused because one day they work fine and the next day
I am up the whole night with spasms every 20 or 25 seconds until I fall asleep
again. I don’t understand.
On the 26th of July we jubilarians celebrated different things…for me it was 26 yrs. as a priest. Where did the time go???
I had signed up for a winter school on
racism, but had to cancel because it was too complicated to get transport at
the times for going and coming and also I don’t think I could sit still so long
without having to have a pee and the toilet is faaaaar. Here at home I just use
the portable urinal. I would never survive going out any more unless there is a
toilet nearby. Ha, but don’t laugh. Your time is coming, but I hope not too
soon.
We are working on getting me into Albert
Luthuli Hospital for a Baclofen pump operation. ALH is a government hospital so
the govnt pays. We can’t afford a private hospital. Please pray that it works out..
It is kind of complicated but our home doctor’s classmate is in charge of the
neurology dept. at ALH. And specializes in brain surgery and things related to neurology.
Fingers and toes crossed wrapped in lots of prayers.The thing about a Baclofen
pump (]which is put just under your skin
near the tummy) is that it pumps the meds straight up to the brain because it
is injected into the spinal fluid with a small pipe. I understand that
it stops the signal from getting out which is much better than trying to deal
with the spasm that is being buzzed by the signal. You know what I mean?
We went to the traffic dept. to pay for the
yearly car registration.. you get a small disc that the traffic cops look for
to see it you are legally driving. We left here at 10:45 and were back at 11:15. Wow. lots of ubuntu.....treating people like human beings.
I distributed lots of the money that you
sent to help people and they send their sincere thanks. Food, rent, medicine,
transport, repairs to the house after the devastating rains, school fees. Etc.
We were untouched but just nearby it was terrible. Some lost everything and
they didn’t have much to begin with.
Well. That’s all for now. We continue to
pray for each other.
Whoever said that getting old
was not for sissies spoke a deep truth. Ha. But it has its ups too especially
for grand;parents with their grandchildren. Lots of love as always. Cas
