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Monday, September 29, 2014

JOURNAL ENTRY 34


I am writing this while I am on family leave in Florida.

 

This is one of my routine visits I take during the year for Mom and I connected this visit with my aunt’s birthday.   I am sure I would have gone to Florida anyway, but at least I made it official as Mom had a doctor’s appointment on the same day. I only stayed down there one whole week.

Mom’s cholesterol was again high (267) and the doctor put her on a medication.  Normally I am against medications but for this one (Colesterpol) I was told that there were few side effects.  I checked online and I saw that most of the side effects were dealing with constipation, and other stomach issues.  I will of course monitor from New York.  I personally doubt if she even takes this stuff.  Otherwise she seemed healthy for an 87 year old lady with limited mobility.

That’s what I keep reminding myself whenever I speak to her.  She is actually 86 years old.  She occasionally will walk and on occasion will exercise.  I do not pressure her. I do encourage her though.  At 86 what’s going to happen?  She has lived.

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