Monthly Archives: July 2026

Day 61: Saturday, July 11

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Miranda here. We ordered food from Nan’s, and I ate a whole chicken sandwich – the most I’ve eaten for a while. I watched England beat Norway 2-1, then Argentina beating Switzerland 3-1. The Swiss put up a good fight – I wouldn’t normally consider them a footballing country, but times have changed and players come from all over. I found myself watching the game on my phone, actually understanding it a bit more, such as how a side mounts an attack in the hopes of finding a gap in the defensive line. I still don’t spot all the offsides however and have a hard time distinguishing a foul from a legitimate tackle.

Day 59: Thursday, July 09

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A normal day. A decent sleep though the right leg is hurting a bit more. I took 30 mg of morphine this morning which seemed to calm it down. In the evening sat in on a Master Gardener class on Jazzing Up Your Garden.  Some good ideas here.

Day 57: Tuesday, July 07

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Ordered flowers for our 42nd wedding anniversary from The Flower Pot in Maynard. They were supposed to come tomorrow but they showed up today.

Martha, from VNA was here in the morning. She reviewed prescriptions and did a painless blood draw for Complete Blood Count (CBC) and Comprehensive Metabolic Test (CMP). It took several days to find out the results of the test, which annoyed me and I found unprofessional, but eventually I found out that they had been dropped off at LabCorp in Lowell. I was able  to create an account and get copies. I sent copies on to SLC who had also not received them. WBC was higher!

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I returned a call from BCBS who were following up on my discharge.

Day 56: Monday, July 6

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Blood pressure still running a bit high: 138/65 this morning. Called my PCP to request prescriptions for Gabapentin and Zofran. Called VNA to check for when the nurse would stop by. At 7 p.m. Martha from VNA called to say she’d be there tomorrow between 9:30 and 10:30.

I watched the beginning of the USA-Belgium game but gave up when the score was 2-1 to Belgium. They eventually won 4-1. The US did not have it together, I think. If the US had won following the suspension of Balogan’s red card, the Belgians would have called foul for political interference. I think also the US team was off balance from the “Trump Touch” that turns everything to shit!

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Day 55: Sunday, July 5

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This was the first night in a while that I’ve gotten a “Good” from my Fitbit sleep tracking. The sleep score was 81, although only 27 minutes of deep sleep.

Today was Maureen’s Birthday. I totally forgot to wish her a “Happy Birthday” when she woke up. I guess I’m too self-absorbed in my own health.

Today was not a great day overall. Nausea continued unabated and I could not face solid food, except for breakfast. My blood pressure was running high, and I took lots of breaks. I’m easing off of the morphine as I only have minimal pain during the day and I think it’s not helping with the nausea. Miranda bought me some ginger ale and ginger tea. Also a bottle of an OTC nausea medicine called Emetrol – it’s basically just sugar and phosphoric acid, like concentrated Coca-Cola.

I watched the England-Mexico game on my phone – at least the first part. I saw the amazing double goals from Bellingham, just 98 seconds apart. Mexico had been playing better than England up to that point. I could feel my blood pressure creeping up! Then there was the goal from Quinones for Mexico to narrow the lead to 2-1. Thought to myself “I just can’t take it – too much excitement!” Put the phone down and napped. Woke up and checked the phone: we won!!

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