Troubles galore

I have been having health issues. First, I had a couple of extensive nosebleeds within the past week. I got both of them under control by following a doctor's advice of squeezing tightly on the nose and blowing out the clots gently. I have always had nosebleeds and have even gone to the doctor for treatment. One was on a Christmas Eve afternoon about 40 years ago, requiring cauterization by use of silver nitrate. I also use a nasal spray called Afrin, recommended by the second doctor about 20 years ago. Both treatments worked well this past time. I have had small bleeds since stopping the recent big ones. Praise God. I have also had 2 relatively minor attacks of vertigo during the same period of time. Tuesday was the worst because I was not at home. We were taking dinner to the pastor's family when I looked down at their new dog for too long. The dog, the room and I began to spin, causing me to fall to the floor. Of course this caused the entire assembly to go into panic mode. I wasn't hurt (again praise God) but was a bit shaken up. It is almost impossible to know when or what will cause an attack, so I just move slowly.

In the meantime, we have put everything away that has been in the yard and will now work on moving furniture indoors from the deck and porch. It has been bright, sunny, and relatively warm in the afternoons, making it pleasant to work outdoors. It will be cold and rainy tomorrow and Friday before we leave Saturday. It is good to know I won't have to work in that weather. We have avoided shopping for a week now and have been fairly successful at eating from the freezer and refrigerator. Even under those conditions, the wonderful cook the Lord gave me has made delicious meals including yesterday's beef stroganoff. We have also been moving along on getting our 4X6 trailer packed to the roof. It seems that the more I declare we will not transport as much back and forth, the more we end up packing. I will take today off and go play golf with our neighbor.