River's Rants and Reflections

Bananas vs Jelly, Infection or Clogged Artery? Discouraged

DAY 1376. Sunday, August 21, 2016
No Prompt

Sunday Morning
Bananas vs Jelly
Here I sit staring at a banana. I don't want to eat this banana I want toast and jelly but if I don't eat it today it will be overripe tomorrow. It already has many brown spots on the peel.

Bananas have a high potassium content, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure. One banana has over 400 mg of potassium so eating one a day could help prevent high blood pressure and protect against atherosclerosis.

I have atherosclerosis so I pick up the damn banana and wash it down with coffee, but I still want the toast and jelly.

My daughter made her first ever batch of jelly last week. It turned out perfectly and she gave me two jars of this delicious Red Pepper Jelly. The first jar is history. Feeling confident she made Grape Jelly and Strawberry Jam this weekend. Technically, I shouldn't eat jelly because I have diabetes, but hey ya gotta have a treat sometimes. I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.


Sore Foot

Here we go again. It seems like there's no end to it. I finished my antibiotics last week and was feeling good. I was feeling good when I went to bed Friday night. I was not feeling good when I got up Saturday morning! My foot was red and swollen and painful to walk on. I examined it and the problem seems to be coming from my baby toe. I'm not sure if it's an infection or another clogged artery. (Need to eat more bananas. )

Now, I refuse to sit in an overcrowded ER waiting room on the weekend. You're looking at 14 or more hours waiting time. Still red and hurts to put weight on it today. WTF?

At this point I don't care if they amputate the whole foot, but how will I get around? I live alone and am fighting to stay out of a Home. It's been a long hard struggle for me and I'm quite discouraged. Anyway, I'll assess the situation tomorrow and decide what to do.



Books

I love to read. Recently, I was given Heartwood, a novel by James Lee Burke. Usually I like his books but it took me two weeks to get through this one. I finally finished it last night. “Why did you read it?” you may ask. Well, I'm quirky like that. If I start a book I finish it.



Time to get something done!



River