Monday with Vera

Posted on 2008/10/25 10:34:41 (October 2008).

[Monday 20th October]
Spent today in Abergavenny looking after Vera, who is not very well at the moment.

Robin went off to work around 9, and the only thing on our to do list today was get Vera to the doctor's in the morning for a blood test. We got a taxi there and back, so it wasn't a big problem, but I think Vera was a bit disappointed she didn't actually get to see a Doctor, just the nurse, who didn't really know anything about all of Vera's recent ailments. So we spent the afternoon drawing up a fairly long list of queries, and arranged to have her Doctor call her later on.

We had lunch back at home, and I was pleased to see again that Vera was eating well.

As noted yesterday probably her main problem at the moment is anxiety. The doctor gave her two types of tablet to address this, a longer term one which apparently takes a couple of weeks to take effect, and a shorter term one to fill in the gap in the meantime. She takes the short term tablet once a day and it has quite a miraculous effect - it not only lifts her mood, but she actually seems to get better physically too, in the space of a few minutes. So her mood was definitely sinking after lunch, but she took the magic tablet just after 3, and was then quite bright for the remainder of the afternoon.

We had dinner with Robin when he got back from work, and again Vera ate really well. It was then another fairly quiet evening.

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