HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO THE COOKING

Lunch, tea, two pipes, shopping, and back home exhausted, for some more tea, the daily amlodipine besylate, and handing some veggies to my downstairs neighbor the Indonesian Chinese woman. Who seems often quite as mobile as myself, but is more of a recluse.
My right leg feels like it belongs to someone else. Or should. A right bastard.


It is probably sheer stubborness that keeps me from admitting that my cardiologist might be right and we might have to consider doing peripheral angioplasties on the lower extremities. The circulation is rather interdicted down there, and he says that these things rarely or never get better. Yet for the foreseeable future I am determined to prove him wrong. More walkies, and more uphill and downhill slopes, will undoubtedly improve circulation, I remain convinced of that. Deterination! Grit! Sotto voce cussing in foreign languages! Caffeine!

Also, there is a slight chance of relapse, the veins returning to their original constricted state, as per the surgeon who will actually perform the procedures. That and the deductible keep me from jumping at the opportunity for overnight improvements.

Besides, I would have to admit that I was wrong.
I'm a Dutchman. We're always right.

Besides, as long as I get in the minimum amount of walking I've set myself every day, things ought to be fine. which is two dozen blocks, more or less. And a few times up and down the stairs for smoke breaks. My former regular care physician would be overjoyed that I'm walking more.

Eating healthy is also important. Few deep-fried fatty snacks, and plenty of vegetables. Sriracha is a vegetable. And just in case, I acquired some more of it today to augment the stockpile which will carry me over till the supplies in the stores are stable again. Please note that I've shared it very generously with that tableful of diners at the streetmarket above.
They should be properly appreciative. Be well, little seafood eaters, be well!

Should go great with the fresh shellfish, sautéed eel with garlic oil, and thick noodles which they are having. Eels are good for the bones and tendons, as well as blood circulation. Whereas chilies are antioxidant, anti-cancerous, anti-aging, and slimming.
Besides being full of vitamin C and fibre! Good for your gut.

Also have some soup. And tea.



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