Monday, November 01, 2010
New people and new medical conditions.
Tired!
I can't blame it on overwork today. Sales have been poorer than on most Mondays I recall.
I did enjoy a long chat with a young woman from Durham - Dawn.
She has dreams of opening an antiques shop. She is already involved - helping a friend in his shop, stocked from house clearances.
She knows of an ideal little shop, but feels scared about abandoning a regular wage.
She would like to do small furniture, vintage clothing and appropriate china.
When she left me, she was feeling bolder about the notion of taking a risk.
And she came back later because I had directed her to another shop which does vintage clothing. This had really inspired her - I think she felt clearer about the next chapter.
I have an email address and I look forward to adding her to my contacts and friends who have come into my life through the business.
It has not been as cold today - so hard to judge the efficiency of some new measures in the shop to beat the cold.
But I did actually feel warm.
Over the weekend one of the rooms has been completely re-decorated and it looks good.
I am not sure how much I am looking forward to the renovations at the back of the shop - the three of us using that area have so much that needs moving.
But improvements are always welcome, I guess.
On arriving home I opened the mail.
There was a letter from the hospital - a copy of what is being sent to the GP.
There just might be more than I picked up from the doctor I saw last week.
He said that "her (that's me) recent CT scan is more or less the same as before with mild hydronephrosis"
This had me turning to Google of course.
In this condition the kidney (one or both? - I don't know) become enlarged because urine cannot drain as it should.
Having a urostomy would be enough to cause this I think.
Some of the symptoms I have described recently could be caused by this problem.
I wish he had discussed this with me last week because I have questions. I guess I had planned to see Dr Oliver soon anyway. It is possible that he might contact me.
The various sites suggest that the condition should be dealt with before it becomes bad enough to cause kidney failure.
Perhaps it really is too mild to bother about - yet.
There is always something!
But this week's medical appointment is just routine - flu jabs on Thursday.
That is when I will make further appointments for Vitamin B12 jab and to see the doctor.
Time for bed soon - I'll make a cup of tea and take it up to bed and read my book.
I am reading "The Welsh Girl" which was longlisted for the Mann Booker prize about 3 years ago.
It is the closest I have got to prize winning literature for many a long year.
It is set in North Wales.
I can't blame it on overwork today. Sales have been poorer than on most Mondays I recall.
I did enjoy a long chat with a young woman from Durham - Dawn.
She has dreams of opening an antiques shop. She is already involved - helping a friend in his shop, stocked from house clearances.
She knows of an ideal little shop, but feels scared about abandoning a regular wage.
She would like to do small furniture, vintage clothing and appropriate china.
When she left me, she was feeling bolder about the notion of taking a risk.
And she came back later because I had directed her to another shop which does vintage clothing. This had really inspired her - I think she felt clearer about the next chapter.
I have an email address and I look forward to adding her to my contacts and friends who have come into my life through the business.
It has not been as cold today - so hard to judge the efficiency of some new measures in the shop to beat the cold.
But I did actually feel warm.
Over the weekend one of the rooms has been completely re-decorated and it looks good.
I am not sure how much I am looking forward to the renovations at the back of the shop - the three of us using that area have so much that needs moving.
But improvements are always welcome, I guess.
On arriving home I opened the mail.
There was a letter from the hospital - a copy of what is being sent to the GP.
There just might be more than I picked up from the doctor I saw last week.
He said that "her (that's me) recent CT scan is more or less the same as before with mild hydronephrosis"
This had me turning to Google of course.
In this condition the kidney (one or both? - I don't know) become enlarged because urine cannot drain as it should.
Having a urostomy would be enough to cause this I think.
Some of the symptoms I have described recently could be caused by this problem.
I wish he had discussed this with me last week because I have questions. I guess I had planned to see Dr Oliver soon anyway. It is possible that he might contact me.
The various sites suggest that the condition should be dealt with before it becomes bad enough to cause kidney failure.
Perhaps it really is too mild to bother about - yet.
There is always something!
But this week's medical appointment is just routine - flu jabs on Thursday.
That is when I will make further appointments for Vitamin B12 jab and to see the doctor.
Time for bed soon - I'll make a cup of tea and take it up to bed and read my book.
I am reading "The Welsh Girl" which was longlisted for the Mann Booker prize about 3 years ago.
It is the closest I have got to prize winning literature for many a long year.
It is set in North Wales.
Labels: health, home and daily life, shop and stock
