After breakfast I returned to 219. I read an article on a link between Paracetomol and high blood pressure so I am wondering if that is the reason for my blood pressure hike.
Just checking on travel arrangements for Thursday; it looks like I need to be slow getting through customs on Thursday evening as the travel requirements change as from 11th Feb!
I have just updated my covid pass so that it is valid until March 10th so I think I am fully sorted. All that remains is the need to pay the bill to UPA for bar drinks, swimmies and bottled water in my room.
I am definitely feeling better as here I am at 09:22 wondering what to do before my first appointment this morning:
The weather this morning is a little overcast but not bad and there has been no more snow. Forecast for the period up to my departure date:
So pretty mild compared to what we have had over the last week.
Back from Light Treatment and called in to ask the nurse to check my blood pressure, which has now dropped to 140 so my reduction in Paracetamol may be having an effect; or is it just that I am healing! Next was massage and then back for a short elevation and icepack before lunch
I have finished all my normal appointments this morning with just the new aqua therapy session to go later this afternoon. I went for another walk round the building, the reverse direction to yesterday so that I could test the slight downhill section towards the river. That all went well without any additional pain. Even though it wasn’t sunny like yesterday and the temperature was definitely lower it was good to get out and stretch the legs. There is a tendency to walk slowly so I told myself to speed up the walking on the second half of the walk back to UPA. That seemed to work OK and made me feel more confident about being ready to deal with the long airport walks.I am now resting for a while with an ice pack to keep the swelling under control before going to the pool
The internet here is very slow today…
What a fantastic facility this place is, the pool and the set up for the changing rooms, well can’t knock it. You are given a towel and an object that looks like a wrist watch.
You use this to lock and unlock the door to whichever cabinet you want to use in the changing room.
The aqua therapy pool is a square with handrails and various bits of kit to aid people’s various recovery techniques. Greta was excellent in giving instructions but I was surprised how much resistance the water had on my leg and it quickly became apparent that I needed to concentrate hard on getting the maximum benefits. At the end of the session I was told to float for 5 minutes and relax.
The pool temperature was 34° and that was just perfect for exercising; the session lasted for just over 30 minutes and I really feel like I got a lot out of it. Once out of the pool you walk past the main swimming pool and back into the changing rooms for a shower and to dry your trunks in the special dryer: swimmies in and hold the top down for 10 seconds and hey presto your trunks are dry, well ish.
The towel then gets dropped in a hole in the desktop in reception and the watch in a basket, I forgot that bit and had to go back down to hand it in later.
I made a video of Greta’s recommended massage for my knee operation area.
I was told by Greta that I must not sit for 30 minutes, at least I think that is what she said, so I pottered around and then of course it was time for dinner. I sat with Tony and Chris amd we discussed their history of cruise ship experiences; they are regulars on cruises but since the pandemic they have had 2 cancelled, quite a significant story…
I wandered back to 219 and elevated for a while as I was conscious that the swelling was still obvious. Once the ice pack had worn off I was ready for a chat with Catharine. As this is my penultimate evening I decided to check on the crack in the bar:
Now back in 219 with sleeping pill I am chilling, finishing off this blog, before I forget everything which has happened today but the internet is frustratingly slow tonight.
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