Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Was he trigger happy - I think not!
This week it was Bill's turn to see Dr. Oliver.
He needed to discuss all the results of the recent gastroscopy, but there were also other things to talk about.
These other things were problems with Bill's hands.
He has a rash of peeling circles on his hands - this has happened before and he now has some cream to, hopefully, deal with it.
The second hand problem was pain in a thumb.
I have heard of people being trigger happy - but had not heard of people having a trigger thumb (or finger).
Dr O recognised a trigger thumb immediately - his mother had one once.
And he knew what was best to do - he reached for his syringe and plunged in a dose of a steroid drug.
Ouch!
Research shows there can be a number of causes - but one of the most closely linked causes is having rheumatoid arthritis, which Bill has.
It will be something else to discuss with the consultant in June.
The hiatus hernia and consequent upper gut problems are being dealt with by increasing the dose of the antacid type tablets - lansoprazole.
And he must no longer take anti inflammatory drugs for RA or osteoarthritis.
He now has a supply of co-drydamol.
What else? Well, not much really.
We took complete rubbish to the dump.
I have finished sorting excess baggage - stuff in the garage that needed to be cleared out.
I have done accounts for April. We spent rather a lot on stock during April.
I have re-listed some things on EBay.
Bill has some Lima model railway coaches of various kinds on EBay at the moment which attracting a lot of interest - and bids.
Bill has photographed or scanned a box of things for me to describe for EBay - this is the May box - I haven't dealt with all the April box yet!
Not much else to say about today.
Jamie starts a holiday tomorrow with a trip to Khao Sok to stay in a hotel for a couple of nights.
It is beautiful there and far, far removed from the troubles in Bangkok.
We were there in 2006.
Maybe Bill and I could do the same trip that Jamie is doing, when we visit in September.
You might like to read the words and see the photos as Jamie describes his favourite place.
His writing is always very personal and says much about him as well as his subject.
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