False Frost Warning

It was odd on Monday to receive a frost-warning popup on my phone because the projected low night temperature was only 6C. In the morning, I asked Alexa what the overnight low had been, and she replied with a curious 22C. I think she got stuck in the wrong month. 

I was later able to scrub back on the weather app on my phone and saw that the low temperature was 5C. We remain frost-free for the time being, but the highland parts of the region have already experienced frost and even a hard frost. 

This is one year when part of me wishes for a hard, early frost because, as I have previously written, I have the flicker of a  hope that a hard frost might unplug my almost-deaf left ear.

I have my doubts that a cure will wrought by a frost, but we walked over to the health centre yesterday to consult with our doctor to see if there was anything else I could do in the interim, other than the antihistamine and nasal spray that I have been taking daily.

As we waited, I made a guess that this young fellow’s complaint might have to do with his foot. Do you concur?

Then, I was called. As the nurse and I began out walk to the examining room, she asked, "So, what are you seeing Dr X about today?"

I replied, "I am here to see Dy Y."

We stopped our progress, and she went back to check and discovered that it was a different John's turn. John isn't as common a name as it used to be, but there were two of us on the premises. I know there were once three of us in one of my classes when I was a boy, but the name is not so common anymore. Even my grandson is a Jonathan rather than a plain John although he is named for me. Poor boy.

I returned to me seat but was called again soon after, and when the doctor checked my ear, she saw fluid that the student doctor missed last time. I don't think that miss matters much because the treatment doesn't really change. However, I will be on a stronger anti-histamine for a bit and I will add a decongestant to the protocol for 3 days to try to boost a reaction. 

My seniors' drugs are largely covered except except for a small dispensing fee, but I was charged full price of $90 for 60 tablets on this occasion. There are a few medications that aren't covered by the system, but this surprises me. I will check with the pharmacy with crossed fingers later this morning to see if this was an error.

Meanwhile, the doctor continues to think that the blockage is being caused by an allergy. When I told her that I had once been tested and that it was determined that I pretty well have no allergies, she replied that there are many that the test might have missed. Certainly my stuffy and runny nose and frequent sneezing indicate that there is something plaguing me. She also felt that I should continue to use the nasal spray even when the current blockage clears up because that has been my second bout of the year. In other words, she wants me to use the spray for the rest of my life to try to prevent future occurrences.

On the way home we stopped at Dark & Deadly for coffee and a breakfast sandwich — in our case it became a lunch sandwich. The favoured coffee of the day was blueberry. It was good, as was peanut butter and jam the other day. A few of you were thinking that you couldn't abide a pbj coffee, and I admit that I was dubious. However, I tell you that I cannot discern the flavours, other than to appreciate that they go down pretty well. I mean my peanut butter and jam coffee certainly didn't taste like pbj to me. Same with blueberry, a fruit that I otherwise eat almost daily.

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I think I understand the frost warning now. It's a general warning for  broad region but does not apply to every bit of the region. We are in the Lanark section of the green, but our town was not included in the specific paces mentioned in the accompanying material.