The quilt has been quilted together and all that remains is for me to sew the quilt binding to the quilt. I had a doctor's appointment in Edmonton yesterday morning and thought I would stop at a fabric store while there but we had a blizzard yesterday and the roads were horrible. I just wanted to get home.
I officially have high blood pressure and will start taking meds for it this morning when the pharmacy has them ready. I'll be taking coversyl and the common side effects are:
Body aches or pain, chills, cough, difficulty breathing, ear congestion, fever, headache, loss of voice, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and unusual tiredness or weakness.
Oh joy. I suppose it's better than having my kidneys fail, or a heart attack or stroke. Time marches on and my poor body is starting to show signs of wear and tear.
We had a good dump of snow but the temperature has dropped down to -27C (-16F), and with the windchill it's -37C (-34F). Not nice out but the school bus was still on time. I had to laugh, last night I got a notification that Jack's bus would be ten minutes late, the notification came about ten minutes after he got home.
Our reno guy came by on Monday and his crew will be finishing up what I started in the bathroom/laundry room which will be nice. We also went over what we want to do with the ensuite bathroom which I would like to get done in the fall.
Pottery class was cancelled today because of the snow and temperatures. Our lovely teacher lives an hours drive away and that's just not safe today. Fortunately, we are having pottery book club meeting on Saturday so we'll still get to see everyone and talk. We'll probably even talk about the book, "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt. It's the third time I've read the book and I enjoyed it as much this time around as I did the first time I read it.
It's too cold to walk the dogs today so I need to exercise in the house which I'm not a fan of, until I do it and feel good. Then I think it's the most fabulous thing ever.
I didn't even stick my nose outside yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThat's because you are a very smart woman:)
DeletePossible side effects, and you might get none of them. Let's hope.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling like you about taking high cholesterol meds. Hope I won't have to, but better than a stroke or heart attack. I tried to reduce the cholesterol by cutting back on butter and no longer buying potato chips (two of my dietary weaknesses) for six months, and my cholesterol went up anyway. So I assume it's genetic and la di da there you have it.
It's snowing here this morning and the wind yesterday was so powerful I actually had to fight against it to keep moving forward, so I turned around and came back to the yard. It was scary. Had it started to snow when I was on the road walking, it would have been blizzard conditions immediately and I always think of a lady whose tombstone stands in the Margo Cemetery; she undertook to walk the mile or two home from town to her farm when a storm started and didn't make it. This happened many years before my birth but I've taken a lesson from it. -Kate
I'm glad you decided to turn around on your walk. Getting caught in a blizzard out in the country would be dangerous. A few years ago here, a young man tried walking home from the bar when it was really cold and he was drunk. They found his body the next day.
DeleteOf course today, it's sunny and cold, so I'm enjoying the blue sky, through the window.
I think high cholesterol is often genetic and we produce it in our livers. I'll probably end up on a statin as well, and something for diabetes. The beginning of the end:)
I'm engineered to have high bp and cholesterol no matter what, so I take the pills, grumbling. No side effects though.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful book, very unusual and I really loved all of it. Good choice
I love the book too, and I especially love the octopus, Marcellus.
DeleteI'm hopeful that I don't have any side effects, just a lower blood pressure.
I take ALL the pills and really don't have many, if any, side effects. I hope the same for you.
ReplyDeleteThat is too cold. Please don't die of it.
I read that book too. I did like it but am not sure I'd want to read it a second and third time.
And your quilt is lovely!
DeleteI'm very impressed by your quilt. What talent you have! So, winter is back; we're finally getting a bit of it with hail, a little snow and colder temperatures. I am also hypertensive and take a beta blocker called bisoprolol. It makes me urinate more frequently and at first, it made me tired, but otherwise it works great. If you're not happy with the medication you're on, there are zillions of options!
ReplyDeleteThat kind of a quilt is not hard to make. The next one will be for me and I have a new pattern I want to try.
DeleteI took my blood pressure this morning and it was back to normal. Wow.
I've read your comments on Mary Moon's and John Gray's blogs for a long time and always enjoy them. Just thought I'd jump in here and say 'hi'. I really related to your post the other day about your career in nursing and the lady who was so nice to you at your class reunion....and doubts and fears along the way. Me, too. Lots of em! I'm an RN, too. 25 years in psych, before that neurosurg and ICU. I 'fit in' so well in psych I just stayed there! LOL!
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Welcome John. When I was a student nurse on pysch, it didn't go well. I was assigned a young man who was a parasite on his girlfriend. After I listened to him, I told him to stop blaming other people for his life and get a job. He requested a new student nurse:)
Delete'Confrontation' is part of therapy. Many don't like it. Those are the ones who continually pass through the mental health system.
DeleteWith the pills ... Just take the recommended dosage! If you find you lose your voice or develop a dry cough, especially at night ... then talk to your doctor! I had that happen on Lisinopril and I was able to completely get off them!
ReplyDeleteI only take Lasix [water pill], Lexapro [anxiety pill], and Latanaprost eye drops! 82 years old!
I hope I don't lose my voice, although others might argue that would be a good thing:)
DeleteWow, those temperatures! Stay safe and warm.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to warm up today. The funny thing is, -15C feels warmer when it's been in the -20s and -30s. Perspective:)
DeleteEewww that blood pressure medication doesn't sound inspiring does it!!! I hope you don't get any of those side effects. And I love your quilt, the blue makes it really pop!
ReplyDeleteThanks Treaders. I'm hoping that there are no side effects. Fingers crossed.
DeleteThe quilt is pretty. We had blizzard conditions yesterday, too. I have had no side effects from my medication, thankfully. I have been lapsing on my exercises. A habit is hard to start and easy to break.
ReplyDeleteHabits are so hard to start. Next week it will be warm enough to walk the dogs outside again.
DeleteBeautiful quilt! I like the fabric you chose for the diagonal row.
ReplyDeleteThanks Allison. Next time I would position the red patches to travel diagonally down the entire quilt because the red stands out so much. Live and learn:)
DeleteI wonder if the approach to the pills is an echo to the approach to life in some instances - we get told all of the negatives, but what we really need to know is are the positives worth it all.
ReplyDeleteWhat you say is true, especially for me, I focus on the negatives. I think a lot of humans do because the negatives are more dangerous than the positives. I did well except for extreme fatigue, but I had a good night sleep, so that's a huge positive. The fatigue is supposed to resolve in a few days or weeks so I'll keep taking the pills. My BP is back to normal range in one day. I am deeply impressed with modern pharmaceuticals.
DeleteThe quilt looks great! We have that "Remarkably Bright Creatures" book in our library. I haven't read it yet but I might give it a go -- I've heard lots of good things.
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