Boxing Day

Firstly our Christmas Day was excellent, very calm and quiet, delicious food and lovely gifts from family.

The build up to the big event was going well.  I left my broken glasses at the optician on Monday, he phoned me next morning to say the frames cannot be repaired and have been discontinued. However luckily he had a display pair in the shop albeit with gold stems while mine were purple to match the front. He offered them to me half price and could have them ready by lunch time.  I considered that a result as the lenses in the broken pair were new last year. I had the replacement pair early afternoon, great service. 

Wednesday afternoon I left MrFF in the penthouse when I went out for my walk.  When I returned he was out which didn’t concern me until I looked at our emails and saw a doctor’s appointment confirmed for 2.20 that day.  I phoned him as I was not aware he was going to the doctors.  Apparently he’d had a call asking him to attend the surgery immediately as his blood test results had arrived and were irregular.  He was there within 20 minutes.  

When I spoke to him he’d had more blood taken and been given an ECG.  He had to wait to speak to the doctor on the phone so has taken himself off for a coffee nearby in case she needed to see him.  The doctor told him his tests showed a potassium deficiency, some kidney result that was not normal but not of concern and a slight murmur related to his aorta.  The doctor needed a urine sample and he was able to get back to the surgery for this before they closed until Monday.  I know happy Christmas indeed.  

Checking on potassium it’s provided by a lot of the food we regularly eat, fresh fruit especially bananas, lentils and pulses, fish, vegetables, yoghurt so a deficiency was a surprise but I’ve upped his consumption of the right stuff.  The latest tests results should be available next week, meanwhile MrFF is feeling ok, eating full sized meals but still easily tired and occasionally feeling rather faint.  We are keeping positive, he joined me this morning for a gentle 6 mile walk where we admired these rather unIlkley decorations that make me laugh.