Thursday, June 17, 2021

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly, and didn’t wake/get up until 5:45. Wow, I slept through the night, pretty surprising considering the Coke I drank late last night.

I left the apt just before 8am for my walk under a blue sky. Just past the halfway mark my right ankle started feeling a little sore. The same ankle I broke (fibula) when I was about 50 years old. The discomfort didn’t get any worse and I returned to the apt 50 minutes and 5,800 steps later. And then there’s my right knee which I had no problems with when I was able to do extensions on the weight machine in the gym.

Teresa left at 9am for her gym classes.

My ankle feels back to normal.

I left the apt at 10:30 for my 11:20 doctor’s appointment. For some reason there was a 15-20 minute wait for a taxi but I still arrived 5 minutes early. I sat in the large waiting room until noon when I was invited back to see the doctor. She checked my vision again, photographed my right eye and was surprised the eyedrops she prescribed hadn’t fixed the problem with my cornea. I guess before I misunderstood; I thought she eliminated the cornea as a possible problem. She wants me to see a Corneologist – Dr. Ortega - in San Diego ophthalmology clinic tomorrow at 11:20am. (Per internet he is a specialist in cataract surgery and refractive surgery.) There was no charge for my office visit.

She didn’t dilate my pupils so I walked 2 blocks to the restaurant Parmessano in La Strada mall. (Yesterday I checked Medellin Guru to see what restaurants are inside. At first I thought it said it was closed but then I realized it was just the food market.) I had a chicken dish with a mango juice that was very good. I had such an attentive waiter I tipped him 10mil.

I walked across the street and after a few attempts to hail a cab I got on an Envigado bus. Problem was it was packed and I had to stand the whole way with my leftovers in a bag in one hand and the other holding onto the overhead railing. I got off at the gas station and walked down a block to Parva. Teresa called and asked me to bring here a pastel de guayaba.

I can’t wait to return to the gym. Lately the only cardio I’ve gotten is those few seconds of panic when you think you’ve lost your cellphone. 😊

Just before 5pm we had a short shower. I guess it still counts as rain.

Teresa wants to go for pizza tonight but it depends on if it’s raining or not.

I invited Teresa to join me at the clinic tomorrow and afterward we can go to Premium Plaza for shopping and lunch – unless the doctor dilates my pupils in which case I will be returning promptly to the apt.

I finally found the setting to change my laptop’s news back to English.

I watched the last 20 minutes of the Colombia Venezuela football game won by…wait for it…nobody. Another exciting 0-0 tie (sarcasm).

Did I mention that the doctor will also repair my umbilical hernia during my surgery?

Troyclough went on vacation and he has the better position.

Even though there were still raindrops we left the apt at 7am but the portero told us it was too difficult to call for a taxi. We walked over to Calle 30 Sur where we quickly flagged own down.

We each had our usual slice of pizza then Teresa tried something new – blueberry pizza. I tried a piece but didn’t care for it.

For upcoming movies In the Heights and The Tomorrow War look interesting.

My plan after my appointment tomorrow is if the doctor doesn’t dilate my pupils then I will have lunch at Mercado de Rio. Otherwise, I will be heading back to the apt via taxi posthaste.

We had more rain by the time we went to bed at 10:30.

Today I clocked 10,236 steps.

 

The New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US with 13,721 ð 12,819 ð 12,294 new cases and 341 ð 331 ð 312 new deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of yesterday Colombia has a total of 3,802,052  ð 3,829,879 ð 3,859,824 cases with 96,965  ð 97,560 ð 98,156 deaths.  Medellin has 326,530  ð 328,198 ð 329,890 cases, an increase of 1,692 from June 16^th to 17^th. Envigado has a total of 25,941 cases, an increase of 106 from June 16^th to 17^th.

 

T-shirt of the day

Everything I know I learned on the street. Sesame Street.