So, I missed my self-imposed deadline for writing this week. Too much going on. I don’t think I’ve forgotten in years, and I’ve been writing this blog since 2012.
A few miscellaneous notes:
- Melatonin works. It’s helped me get to sleep on several occasions over the past week. There is a bit of a hangover effect if you take it in the middle of the night, but better than not sleeping at all.
- My left thumb is still not healed, though I was able to stop antibiotics after 20 days. Fortunately, I go to the Wound Clinic on Thursday, and my NP is great at problem solving. A well-timed visit.
- Two weeks ago, I forgot to write about my visit with my pulmonologist who follows my interstitial lung disease. No new lung nodules, and the steroid inhaler he gave me (because he’s concerned that I have stiffening in my bronchiole that is making it harder for me to fully exhale) hasn’t really helped. I can now use it as a rescue inhaler, but I don’t have to use it every day anymore, a good thing because it was making me very hoarse. There are other options on the table, none of which thrill me, but we’ll reassess in February after another round of PFTs.
- Trees here in Central Massachusetts have a mulled wine tint, and many of the sugar maples have lost their leaves. I used to not appreciate this time or year, felt it was a dull and crumbly phase of fall, but now I actually like it. The colors are softer, and the sidewalks and streets are carpeted with crunchy leaves. It’s a subtler kind of beauty. And I love the crispness of November light.
- Back to multiple layers, warmer coats, wrist warmers all the time. The sun sets earlier. But the shift back to standard time actually feels better for my own circadian cycle.
And so, as is always the case every moment, we’re in transition. Be well, Dear Reader. I’ll try to be on time next week.
Evelyn Herwitz blogs weekly about living fully with chronic disease, the inside of baseballs, turtles and frogs, J.S. Bach, the meaning of life and whatever else she happens to be thinking about at livingwithscleroderma.com. Please view Privacy Policy here.
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