I feel really bad because I didn’t even wish any one a Happy St. Paddy Day yesterday. I guess I was more concerned with Bill’s doctor visit and finding out more information about Diverticulitis. The Dr. put him on antibiotics to clear up the inflammation.

Last year he had a colonoscopy and except for the diverticulosis everything came back normal and we were happy about that and when he told us about the divericulosis he said it was a normal aging thing, he didn’t make it sound serious, so Bill has steadily been eating his corn and nuts up until a few weeks ago.

He went to his doctor yesterday because of all the pain and he pulled up the report that the other doctor had sent him and he had put severe diverticulosis in there, now correct me if I’m wrong, but that doctor could have let him know how serious and life threatening that could be so he would really pay attention instead of making it sound so unimportant, I was there so I know it wasn’t emphasized.

He started feeling very tender and was in a lot of pain and he had been eating lots of peanuts so he did his own deducing and decided he felt horrible everytime he ate nuts. I had already stopped eating corn and nuts and things that had seeds in them because I have always had stomach problems and he has always thought I was nuts because I always play Dr. for myself.

No one knows your body better than you yourself and only you know how you feel after you do  certain things or eat certain things and where you might hurt and as we get older we need to start writing things down so we have a list that we can tell our doctor about our symptoms so he will be better able to diagnose our problems.

Doctors are not Gods they do not know everything about everything. I always advise anyone to get a second opinion or third on any major decision you are going to make in your life.

We are only human and we are all subject to make mistakes so always get a life changing opinion seconded and thirded. Yes I know that’s not proper English, but who cares unless it’s someone really anal.

This computer is starting to act up so I think I will have to shut it down for awhile and give it a rest. I just recently was able to totally remove the Mcafee virus protection that has really been messing everything up.

It’s not easy for older people to learn all the new things that they need to know about keeping everything going, but just because I’m older doesn’t mean I’m stupid and can’t learn because I can and anyone else can also.