My
first babble post since the first of the month, I got a bit sidetracked and
overwhelmed with a couple things. Home life is not ideal right at the moment. I
have been under a lot of stress and frustrations. Half of it is self-inflicted
stress and the other half is due to my 15 year old cat being sick right now.
Puss
N Boots is on the mend, but vet bills have exceeded $700 so far between the
post-work run to the Emergency Animal Hospital in Burnside due to a spongey,
weeping, sore on her back leg near her bum and the follow up appointment full
assessment / updated shots visit with her new vet. She has seemed so healthy
shortly after I got her, I haven’t taken her to a vet after than first visit. I
have another appointment later next month for a diabetic consultation. I will
find out later today a rough estimate of how much I need to have squirrelled
away.
The
fuss and worry over dad in the hospital last September and his death in October
just after Thanksgiving; I have not been looking after a lot of stuff. I was
doing just the absolutely minimum to get through the day so I could be
available for Mum & Dad. I really started to notice the issues in late
February, so I started trying to get myself back on track with taking care of
my needs. Then I started up the lifestyle changes in my March to get myself
back so going up 2 high ceiling floors of stairs didn’t leave me breathless and
almost gaspy. So many people close to my age I have been hearing about who are
having major health issues or sampling dropping dead. Biggest comment of the
survivors seems to be if I only started taking care of myself sooner, maybe I
could have avoided all or some of this. Then the panic over my cat, I have been
sliding again. I have started back to daily chores again on Sunday; where I plan
to have the basics gone through by Sunday including a sort & cull. This
coming Monday I have assigned each room a day of the week Monday to Saturday
with Sunday as a general tidy up. This along with keeping the basic dishes done
up daily, I should have a less cluttered home. Which I am hoping will lend
itself to a less cluttered mind. I have to admit just the few accomplishments so far have reduced my feeling of overwhelmed madness inside.
Back
to weighing & measurements on Saturday; then Tuesdays will be weight only
and Saturday the full measurements.
It's harder when you try too hard. Change a habit, walk your stairs, watch TV while you twist, practice dance moves watching YouTube videos and I hope the kitty mends, it's a slower mend for an older cat.
ReplyDeleteThank you my friend.
DeleteA personal trainer friend who is helping has been on my case for trying too many things, too short of a period, and too much change from normal routine that I was going to have issues. I am plugging away slowly these days, I am less fussy if I don't get all I planned done - just as long as I get some.
The vet warned me it was going to take a while for her to heal as she was older, but the complication of her blood sugar being 21.8 will slow it further.