.....touching black plastic......

Final phase of the home improvements......until the Boss thinks of something else.
Extension to existing patio....which we lost half of for the conservatory....and a path round the conservatory so we can get the bins out!

Saw the doctor tonight....not the old grumpy one....the nice new young one. She listened carefully, look at my current medication. took my temperature and b.p. and asked some sensible questions.

The outcome? She doesn't think I have anything really serious.....but just to be safe she's sent me for a barrage of blood tests, sugar, lipids, kidney function, cholesterol, liver function etc etc.....and booked me in for an ECG. Several years ago I was really ill with alarmingly high bp (247/132) caused by a virus that was never identified....she doesn't think it's a recurrence of that.....it could be the start of late-onset diabetes.....she's 99% sure it's not a heart problem....it could be the result of carrying too much weight and 20 fags a day. She didn't preach, she recognised that I'd had a scare this week and that i had already made steps to change life style....and then she said something really sensible....." I'm not going to harangue you, you've started already to make changes, you want to see your grand -daughter grow up.....so we start with eating less and moving more, no fads, no banned foods, no stopping smoking, no stopping drinking. If I tell you to make too many changes in one go you'll just give up, so we're going small steps, one thing at a time."

I think I like her....I think I'll make changes and get fitter.....I think it's all going to end up fine.

Das vidanya moy padruga.