Hello everyone

I am actually starting feel the medicine kick in.  My head doesn't feel like a thousand pounds...ugh.  As long I keep my throat lubricated I don't cough.  The way I was coughing yesterday I thought I was getting bronchitis but the doctor said my lungs are clear.  It's just irritation from my throat.  Which is a good thing.  Bronchitit can take forever to get over. 

Christine-  I'm not sure what it is you are talking about.  I will have to look that up.  I do have some veins on my leg that look like they may be developing into varicose.  Not sure if that is the same sort of thing.

Lisa-  The fastest way I know to get pictures from Greg's phone onto mine.  I have him text me or email them to me.  From there it's easy-peasy. 

Today we are having the pork chops.  We ended up having chicken salad last night because of the rain.  So grilled pork chops tonight. 

Funny, I really don't lose my appetite when I'm sick.  I have to go a lot slower because my band feels tighter and my throat is sore but I am hungry hungry hungry.  You would think getting sick is prime time to lose weight....not for me. 

Well back to work.  I have to try to swallow this Augmenten pill down.  It's HUGE!!!

Venous insufficiency causes swelling of the lower limbs. For me mostly the right ankle and calf. The valves in the vein do not open/close properly and the blood does not circulate back up to the heart correctly. I had two real deep veins that needed to be laser closed by the doctor last year. Varicose veins can cause other surface veins to come up and spider veins. They (surface veins) are dangerous not to have treated because for extreme cases they can ulcerate and cause a bad infection. One simple treatment is wearing compression hose. Those things will practically strangle you trying to put them on especially the full length ones and they are hot. I call them my boa constrictor hose. I only need to wear them when I notice swelling that lasts more than a couple days.

Basically the wrap I am in is an Ace bandage. It is a compression wrap and it is to protect the injections sights from infection. I could not get the leg wet this morning. I had to put bags over my leg while in the shower.

What I was saying about my mom and her dad is that this condition is hereditary.

See if you can get Greg to go get some liquid cold/other meds. The liquid might go down easier.

I do not usually complain about the weather but I am getting tired of the heat/muggyness.

Almost time to go home.

I think you have a sinus infection. My work has people out sick with upper respitory infections.