8/6/21

Today was the Friday from Hell. I got up this morning and did my exercises, wore my pressure sleeve, got gas on the way to MD Anderson, and I made it there in plenty of time for my radiation appointment. That part of the day went OK. Everything went downhill from there.

Fatigue hit me when I got home, so I took a nap and set my alarm so that I could wake up in time for my physical therapy appointment at 2:30 PM. I did not want to get back up, but I headed to the hospital. When I got there, the receptionist said my appointment had been cancelled. I asked her who cancelled it, and she had no idea. No messages, no phone calls, no nothing. They just cancelled it. I was so upset. She was supposed to answer my questions about my spinal stimulator, my torso pressure suit, and now I’ve hurt my ankle somehow. I thought I would get some answers today, but that certainly did not happen. When I came out of the hospital, it started to rain. I researched splints for my elbow last night, so I made a couple of stops on my way home to see if I could buy one. Academy, Walmart, Walgreens, nobody had it. I tried to find burn cream for my radiation burns, but nobody had that either.  Every store I went into was packed, it was pouring rain, and I could not park anywhere near a door. My ankle kept giving out and I got soaked. By the time I got back to the RV, I was thoroughly disgusted.

David called me and said he was going to surprise me and drive down tonight. He will have to go back on Monday. That was the only good news I had all day today.

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