I promised myself I would make at least one entry per month, just to keep myself up-to-date with myself. Not forgetting my reader, of course, so welcome to the August Entry.
Health Progress
August is the month when my periodic checks come around, so I have given blood for testing and will get the results next week. All the normal stuff - Lipids, blood sugar, liver and kidney function. But the main health issue has been caused by another change in the prescription process. I had a letter from the GP informing me of the new system that was available and a form to sign up for it. This new repeat prescription process is as useless to me as the previous one. I had already said 'no' to that some time ago. However, I was given 9 sheets of prescriptions, which the chemist would not honour, as I was not prepared to register with them for the repeat process. I do not always use the same chemist, so if I put all eight repeats with just one I am likely to miss out on some drugs sometime soon. After two journeys to chemists and one to the surgery I am back on the old process - and my blood pressure is back to normal.
Some good news is that my weight is the lowest it has been since the beginning of 2008, when I was 17 stone (238 lb, 108.1 kg). On Saturday I was 14st 10.8lb (206.8 lb, 93.8 kg), or if the scales do the conversion 94kg - an anomaly I do not yet understand.
Bank Holiday Weekend
Andy, Jess and Leo came to lunch on Sunday, Liz and Ray joined us in the afternoon and in the evening we all headed to Nandos for tea. So much of the good health work was undone, but that is what bank holidays are for. Andy, Jess and Leo stayed overnight, and so we enjoyed breakfast with them too.
The bank holiday is a washout (as so often happens) so I can catch up with some work on revising the History page on the church website.
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