Views From The Edge

It has been a busy week. I went to St George Hospital for my pre-admission. I met the team that will be taking care of me after the surgery. I am scheduled to go in on Tuesday, where I will be having two procedures. I have to have a small magnetic bead inserted into my right breast, and then the lump will be removed. To be honest, I will be so glad when it is done.

I could not attend my granddaughter's Mother's Day parade and my other granddaughter's athletics carnival. We are having a measles outbreak, and even though I had measles as a child, I don't want to take any risks.

Other than this, not much has been happening. I have been relaxing and just getting some bits and pieces around the unit done.

I hope all the mothers out there are having a wonderful Mother's Day. Relax and take it easy, you all deserve it.

Steve and I had a really nice time up in Kingcliff. Salt Beach is nice but it isn't the safest beach to swim in because of rips, sharks, poisonous jellyfish, blue bottles, and heavy surf. You can swim there but I wouldn't. Still, it's nice to walk along the sand.

Steve and I stuck to the pools instead. The weather was lovely, we had one day of rain, but the rest of perfect. Now we are back home and getting ready to drive out to Wilberforce to meet our new granddaughter. She was born the day before my birthday on the 20th of March.

Steve has a few medical appointments this week and I have to get my left checked, it's still really stiff and it aches at night so I am going to have to get an ultrasound to see what is going on.

The Great Sydney Lockdown continues as the Covid numbers rise. One good thing is that I have managed to make an appointment for Steve and myself to get the Pfizer vaccine as we are both under 60. It's a few weeks away, but that's thanks to the bungler in charge, our idiot Prime Minister Scott Morrison not getting enough vaccines. Steve is still on the mend from his knee replacement, poor thing is in pain, the nights are the worst, but he is getting better. There is no sign of redness or swelling so there's no infection or anything like that.
A friend of his had his knee replaced around the same time as Steve did and he had nothing but trouble with it, so I think Steve is pretty lucky.
We go and see his specialist on Tuesday for a checkup, hopefully, they won't cancel the appointment because of the lockdown.
Other than this, not a lot happening, Steve is pretty much stuck inside while he is recovering from the surgery and unless we are shopping for essentials, seeking medical care, or exercising, we are not allowed to leave our homes. At least I am getting a few bits and pieces done, like cleaning up all the paperwork, filing it, going through old photos, etc.
It's cold and raining here, so it's nice to be staying inside anyway.

Steve and I went to see his pain specialist today and I told her about trying to get him an NDIS package. It funds people who have disabilities and need special treatment, equipment, etc. When Labor (our version of Democrats) were in, they brought in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, then the Liberal Party, (our version of Republicans) took power and turned it into an absolute shit show. People who need it can't get on it or are underfunded. I am still trying to get Steve a package as his Dystonia has worsened so much. We drove to Lightning Ridge to look at black opals and it takes a couple of days to get there as it's in the middle of the desert. Usually, Steve can drive there with no problems, but this time it was so much harder for him. Walking and talking, picking things up is also becoming more challenging for him now. His doctors are great though, they are so supportive and are really helping him so hopefully, we will be able to get funding for treatment and equipment for him.
Lightning Ridge was great. Not many of the opal stores were open as the heat is so bad, people avoid going there until the cooler weather. We picked up a couple of gorgeous opals though. A silver ring with three opals and a black opal that Steve is having set into a wedding ring. So it was a bit of a mixed bag of a week.