Spur of the moment

 What fun, its a Tuesday with differences.

First it rained, and is due to all morning! Even a smattering of lightning!

Second, I don't have a blog ready to go in the middle of the night, so I woke up, fixed breakfast, and sat down at the computer to write y'all. Immediacy. Take a bite, slurp a sip of coffee. Mmm. Write a sentence while chewing/swallowing.

OK, that's pretty dull.

Look out the window at wet wet wet happy leaves, branches, grasses, walks. Oops, best change to shoes that are more waterproof when I go out. Yes, I can't stay inside and dry. Have an appointment in a couple of hours in Asheville. A big doctor. Literally. I will meet one of his associates today, not the big doc. I met him while hospitalized 3 weeks ago. But I have faith (isn't that a strange word for medical care) that he knows (or she today) what infectious diseases do to one.

So I'll carefully drive my toadstool self (having grown mold in my lungs yet again) down the interstate to his office, which is behind the building. I had an address and went looking for it the other day, because I had an extra 15 minutes before an appointment. Located behind a strip mall of shops. Interesting pseudo tudor architecture. I can't help but wonder... What does this say about a medical practice?

At pulmonologist's check out I made my next appointment, and found it decorated for some island fun.

I did request someone to put on the faux grass skirt and do a Hulu. No takers. I left humming Don Ho.

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Yesterday I spent the whole afternoon readying an updated application for an apartment near my son in Colorado. Copying the documents, then scanning the pages after they were filled out...and following the commands for each document to be saved for who knows what. Just so I have a copy. I felt cross-eyed and confused by the time I was finished.

Then I searched for a pulmonologist near where I'm hoping to move. There are a few within one office, and one other affiliated with a different practice. But they listed 25, and had to go 200 miles to fill in that many pulmonologists. No thanks! I'm happy to see the specialists who are taking new patients. I'll call to see how long a wait it is to get in for a first visit.

Then I had a good visit with my son and daughter-in-law via facetime on the phone. I caught them up with the pulmonologist visit that had started my day yesterday. She had not only answered all my questions post-hospitalization for pneumonia, she gave me a few new things that will be helpful. 

She's the one that started me searching for my Colorado specialists. And she told me my oxygen that I currently have can travel with me because the home health agency is nation-wide. That's in case I need it. Moving to a higher altitude may pose a greater need for oxygen, at least until I adjust to thinner air. I'm simply happy the air won't be humid every night...since dry air provides most comfort for my breathing with bronchiectasis. I will always cough to clear mucus from my lungs, but I do hope to get rid of the mold I'm currently infected with (unless the antibiotic finally killed it!)

Pam (pulmonologist) also suggested that I try doing some of the rehab exercises at home which I formerly did at the gym. Of course I have a video or two, and smiled, yes, I can do that! But will I?

Environmental change is my middle name. I have lived in this apartment 10 years, and am not too happy with the dampness when it rains or each night living in mountains.  Oh and it's going to get down to freezing again this weekend! Whew, they always have said last frost here is Mother's Day. My plants are all outside on balcony or front porch, so I'll either cover them or leave things to chance. I don't plan to move them to CO anyway. 

Last evening I was able to still see the ridge across the valley. It has disappeared completely today, and with the lovely maple leaves, will not come back into view until October probably.

Hope your Tuesday is simply wonderful, whether wet or dry weather, and with maybe some of your intentions met for you!

Rhododendrons at the pulmonologist's office.