Thanks for your concern, Pete. It is old man's troubles. 1. chest, Cronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD), which means that I have bubbling in my chest, causing me to cough and shortage of breath after a five mile walk up hill. 2.. circulatory problems./night cramps (CI). Heavy legs that don't like walking up said hill. (hardening of the arteries) but which I must try to do.
3. enlarged prostate (PSA) which causes the 'Godfrey' syndrome. ie many trips to the loo and which could/may turn into prostate cancer. I have to have six-monthly blood tests. At the moment it is not critical but if/when it becomes so I will have to have some sort of treatment, but we don't think about that. Dr. says many men have prostate troubles at late age and most of them do not die of cancer, as by the time they reach mid eighties they die of something else - pnuemonia, bronchitis, heart, liver, kidneys, strokes etc. Cheerful innit.
Mum also has troubles, which we don't talk about. She also has CI and now Dr. has found a polyps near the exit to the urethra, which he hopes is benign. She also has, as you know, a stress syndrome which affects her electrolytes. Lack of sodium, potassium etc. , plus she has a cholesterol problem which gives rise to fears of strokes.
Most of the above are being controlled by drugs, tablets, but occasionally, like last week, one of us gets something not on our list. I had a particularly nasty flu which knocked me sideways, just as I ought to be feeling better in the lovely Springtime. Steve is a brick and is doing his best to look after us, so no worries yet. We loved Jessica's blog. We hope to be fit for the 13/10 love from Dad