I’ve been remiss in not blogging lately, so will contribute a short entry just to bring myself up to date when I write my memoirs in a few years’ time…
My foot continues to heal pretty well. I still have my PICC line in, and every morning a district nurse comes by and shoves another bag of antibiotics in me. I’m also taking metronidazole, which will ruin Christmas as you may not drink alcohol when taking it. But, it seems to be doing the trick and my foot is much more robust now. It’s been a real struggle.
On Thursday Alex Au arrived from Texas to stay with us until Tuesday. Alex (if you read his Wikipedia entry linked at the beginning of this paragraph you’ll find much more information) is the premier gay activist in Singapore. I’ve known him for more than ten years, and he and my brother-in-law work together on the Signel Singapore lesbian-and-gay emailing list. It’s always delightful to see him, and we have had long discussions about Singapore politics and events. I seem to know a lot more about the subject that HWMBO does—he never reads the Singapore press or websites.
We went to Belgo on Kingsway for dinner tonight—the first time I’ve been north of the river in a month.
This morning I went to church for the first time in a month but had to leave just after communion as the district nurse usually shows up after 11 am and it was getting late. Indeed, she showed up at around 11:05 am so I was lucky I slipped out.
I go to the Foot Clinic next Friday and we will see what transpires there. I am hoping for orthopedic shoes, but probably won’t get them for a few weeks or months yet.
ah, metronidazole, aka Flagyl. I’ve been on that myself; in my case, for Entamoeba hystolica, alias amoebic dysentry. Flagyl is fairly effective against anaerobic bacteria, leaving aerobes (and mammalian cells) alone. It works, but it takes time, and does prohibit ethanol. One frequent side-effect (it was for me) was a metallic taste in the mouth, as if you’ve been sucking pennies.
hope it works as needed for you.
Yeah I’ve been on metronidazole for H. Pylori, the bacteria that causes ulcers. 3 wks of that nasty tasting pill, and it does taste like metal!! ***shudders*
Thinking of you always!
It’s interesting that y’all say this. Perhaps my taste-buds are well and truly dead, but I only notice a kind of dryness in my mouth and not a metallic taste as such.
My beef is that I won’t be able to have a drink on Christmas. My hope is that I’ll be able to have one on New Year’s Eve.