A TIMING ISSUE

What kept me up till two o'clock was pangs twinges twitches itches and aches in my legs. And I got up at shortly after five. So I was probably a right pillock during the day. As well as being high as a kite on caffeine. Yes, I am looking forward to the peripheral angioplasties on the lower extremeties. Which will happen after my next cardiology appointment (which is in early September), scheduling another scan of the limbs in question (last one was around four years ago; things have changed), then the actual procedure itself. Which given the simplicity of the thing is not an emergency or urgent, and consequently won't be high on the front burners until it actually happens.

My half sleep was marked by rubicund visuals while dreaming. That probably had very little connection to the legs, but was caused by measles. I'm not infected, but I've been reading about the disease, specifically the virus. So I'll blame curiosity and Texas for that.

I've been fascinated by viruses recently. Many of them are visually entrancing. They'd make good trademarks or, for that matter, tattoos for the people who go for that.
More meaningful than 'Mom', or anything religious.
Sort of a sick butterfly.
Or anchor.


Please, someone do it.

Imagine this lovely image glowing on your arm, or one of your glutei. In living colour.

Morbillisviruses are a class of illnesses that infect humans, dogs, cats, cows, seals, and cetaceans. If Cojo or Fluffy is sick, have him or her tested for canine distemper.
Fortunately there are vaccines, and there is treatment.
Well for the human variant at least.

Probably should mention that dogs, in this context, includes coyotes, foxes, wolves, plus bears, ferrets, raccoons, and pandas, as well as primates and several other animals.

Sofar no Texans have been diagnosed with distemper. Yet. To the best of my knowledge.
Rabies yes, distemper no. I think that's good news.



The twinges twitches itches and aches are caused by circulatory issues. Probably magnified a bit by amlodipine besylate which I take around teatime, which seems to cause upper back pain beginning around two and half hours afterwards and continuing for a few hours.
Imagine what the bus ride home from Marin to San Francisco is like.
When I was still taking it upon waking I hurt by ten.



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