Hi all,
Looks like you're all surviving and doing well which is great news. How time has passed!
I've been pretty good too. Taste buds pretty good now. Still no appetite but eating a soft dinner each night. It's taken up to now to reshape my mouth and old dentures to be able to wear them. Loose and difficult to talk with. Still can't eat with the bottom ones in as it hits a peculiar nerve in my mouth which is painful. Feel very weak and don't have any energy. I know this will improve when I can eat properly again.
I think I los a bit of courage to face the world and became more reclusive. In late February I started a weaving class in Carlton. I'd booked in for the absolutely wrong class and had to lug around an enormous apparently portable loom almost killing myself to get it back to the car which was parked streets away. It was though the first time I felt like life was returning to normal. I was very happy with the fact that I had done it. Class went on for a few weeks. Next Sunday was supposed to be the last class but they cancelled i because of Covid-19 which is good but I am stuck with this monstrous loom that takes days to thread up but determined to finish the last project!
I was extremely anxious about flying to Brisbane on my own but managed to do it. Stayed with my youngest sister in a beautiful apartment on the 45th floor. It was amazing and just being with her and talking to her gave me back some of the courage I think I had lost on this journey. I did cut the trip short as I was worried airports would be closed and I'm glad I came home when I did.
On Monday I had a dental appointment at the Alfred. Pretty scary with the virus about. The dentist scrubbed up like a surgeon. Dried his hands. Sanitised his hands and dried them again. He then put on rubber gloves and had a mask on. I was very impressed and it did make me feel a bit more confident. Good news is that we're ready to start making new plates at the end of April.
The next day I had an appointment with my surgeon for check up. Received a text message saying all appointments cancelled and no follow ups are planned. All good but I was taking my terminal illness insurance papers to him o get signed. I've written to him and enclosed the papers and will just have to see what happens. Nothing I can do about it right now.
We're all prepared with about a month's worth of frozen dinners we made early on. We had two boxes of toilet paper left from our business which was a good coincidence as I have not found any, anywhere when looking for my daughter. I've 36 kilos of dried potato and salmon dog food so my dogs will be well looked after. They have loved me being home and I have loved having their company. I don't have children and grand children calling in daily anymore but that's the safest thing to do right now. I do miss them though.
All in all, I think I'm in a better place right now health wise. I hope you all continue on your journey and remain well and safe. We are living through something that we've never experienced before. I hope we all come through this with more talents, more languages we can speak, more meals that we know how to cook, more music that we enjoy and with our health intact.
Sending you all lots of hugs and good wishes - electronically as that's the best we can do right now. Good luck.
