All Things Health

Apart from the cooking of meals and other housework I have probably spent time doing at least a couple of hobby things as well during that time. I am always on the move and struggle to find the time to read these days. It is only around nine at night that I like to settle down and relax with a detective story on the TV for a couple of hours until bedtime.

I just have a lot of patience.

Anyway of reducing scars would be so welcome. 

I have a scar on my leg which seems to be improved a bit with oil. It is time which has the most effect though. I use the oil occasionally as my skin can get dry and occasionally break into sores if I don't keep on top of it.

I ought to have gone to the doctor as the sores did not go away with usual moisturiser, even though I use it daily. I tried vaseline which did work though and cleared things quickly. I find I get an ichyness which prompts me to rub in oil which nips it in the bud. It does not happen often.

You need to find an alternative to Aqueous Cream. It has been found to damage the skin if used regularly. I know it is cheap, and easy to apply, but I am telling my patients to stop using it, and have been for a few years now. 

Baby cream, or lotion is just as cheap, and a much safer product.

Thank you, guys. I shall take your advice.

The cruise ship we are going on has a problem just now with d&v. As soon as it gets to port, it is going to be deep cleaned.

I am sure it will be cleaned very well. I have seen some videos of how extensive the cleaning is. 

Went to the cardiologist on Friday. Interestingly enough, during the EKG, my heart did actually show something for once. I was getting double PACs... I could feel them, and it felt gross of course. The doctor did say they can be harmless and normal at least, but I will be having an echo in a couple months... and I also have bruits in my carotids, so getting an ultrasound of that soon.... He agreed the bruits could be due to my goiter, which IDK if that will mean I need to get my thyroid removed sooner rather than later to not cause a stroke somewhere down the line if it's compressing anything. I was hoping it would go back down, but so far it's not looking that way.

Now I am wearing an event monitor for two weeks.. it feels weird having this thing on my chest... I keep feeling itchy underneath, and can't do anything about it lol I keep feeling things that I'm not even sure is an actual heart palpitation, so I press the button, and maybe I can learn more about the sensations that way if they mention some of them were nothing. I just can't always tell unless it's the extremely heavy, obvious types.. I get these little blips or just a sudden shift feeling that I am unsure about.

Geez I hope everything works out for you, Heather.

I don't know why y'all insist on going into large crowds and putting yourselves at risk. What is so bad about staying home and staying safer? It only takes 15 min of exposure to get Covid. Being on a ship with nobody masked and breathing in everyone else's air is just asking for trouble. I don't understand why anyone would want to invite Covid, RSV, or the flu into their life. I'd rather remain a recluse. My life is worth more than that than to go endangering it on purpose.