Update to April

In the last post, I had just gotten to Peru, around the end of January. I had a great two weeks, followed by two weeks of hell. I got some kind of bug, which was going around, but with my system, I caught the same thing twice. I wasn't able to keep water down (or in), so no medications. That's the point when my pinched nerve in my neck chose to assert itself.

In a great deal of pain, unable to recover from the bug, or catching it (or whatever else) over and over: I decided I had to return to the States. I got back on February 15th, and have spent most of the time in bed or seeing doctors. Also during that time we discovered that the rod in my leg was poking out of the bone, as the fracture is healing. It will have to be removed, but is the source of the pain I have when walking. No step aerobics, the doctor said.

During all this, we sold our house in Massachusetts, and are building a new one in Florida. In two weeks we'll be down there, and the house will be ready on June 1 or so.

I'm much better in health now, except that my blood pressure is high, and so is my cholesterol. I'll be looking for a good primary care doctor as soon as I get down there.

So the real update is that we're starting yet another chapter, one in which both of us are retired.