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The lab tech who drew my blood this morning didn’t hurt me (much), but she didn’t exude the confidence the last one did. The blood wasn’t gushing out fast enough to suit her, so I helpfully asked if it was my fault or hers. She said sometimes it pumps faster than others, but I wasn’t sure if she meant the needle or my arm. She wiggled the needle a bit, but that didn’t work. She said maybe I was too calm, as if I should have been jumping around while I waited. It didn’t take any longer than normal, as far as I could tell. It always seems like forever until the needle comes out.
Anyway, I’ve fulfilled that part of my promise to my doctor. I told him I would do whatever he wanted me to do, and he wanted me to have lab tests in October. I also made an appointment with him for two weeks from now so he can tell me how well I’ve done in the last three months. I know I haven’t got as much exercise as he wanted me to, because for the last two months I’ve hardly been able to walk without a limp, thanks to the pain in my knee that starts as soon as I’ve walked more than a few feet. So I’ve been sticking pretty close to home lately.
The knee pain was the least of my problems for about a month. Somehow in early September I twisted my left wrist in just the right way to tweak something inside, so that it hurt whenever I tried to use it for turning things or picking things up. I’ve had pain in my wrists before, but nothing like this. And the worst of it was that I could hardly use the keyboard. Any more than a little bit of typing and I was aching all the way up to my elbow (sometimes all the way to the shoulder).
That particular pain has eased a lot in the last week or so. I might not even mention it to the doctor when I see him, because I have so many other things to complain about (especially the knee). Mostly I feel as if I’m in pretty good health, though, and I’m hoping this visit will be the last for at least six months. I don’t have any lab results back yet, so I don’t know if there’s something unforeseen I should be worrying about.
So that’s part of the reason I haven’t updated in over two months. I’ll try not to let that happen again. Another part of the reason was the dizziness that got me to the doctor in the first place last spring, and I haven’t been bothered by that in recent days. I’ve just now typed enough to feel the dull ache starting in my wrist, though, so I can’t promise daily updates, as in the old days. | 
