Posted by Ilene on March 22, 2004, at 20:01:08
In reply to Dear diary March 21, posted by Ilene on March 21, 2004, at 21:00:03
My body is going haywire. It seems that I gain a pound a day. My feet and ankles are swollen now. My period started, but that does not seem to have anything to do with it.
My pdoc called this morning (the poor dear has been in Puerto Rico for the past week) and I described my symptoms. We both think they are caused by low thyroid. I can't wait to see either my internist or an endocrinologist and get on thyroid hormone. I feel less depressed (lithium, maybe?) but don't want to move. I just want to put on about 3 more sweaters.
Today I inventoried and priced books we are donating. We have hundreds of books. It's the family vice. We used to troop up to a discount book warehouse that's about 20 miles away and buy them by the bagful. I also used to volunteer at a library that had an ongoing book sale in the basement. And I'm a big customer of the online sites that sell remaindered books.
I discovered that half.com lists nearly every book we are getting rid of, which makes it much simpler to value things for the IRS. We have so much stuff to get rid of, because we are moving, that it's worth the effort.
One of my neighbors called this morning, asking if she could have a chest of drawers I left out for the Value Village charity truck. Sure, okay. Good thing I did--the truck driver says they don't take furniture. (I know, this makes no sense, but there's no point in arguing with the truck driver. For all I know he just didn't feel like putting the furniture in the truck.) Someone had already snagged the nice red sled. I posted a "free to good home" message on the neighborhood listserv. Everything disappeared by nightfall and I got appreciative replies.
Astonishingly, the pharmacy had my prescription ready. Now I don't have to find out what MAOI withdrawal is like.
I managed to drag myself to the basement for a load of laundry and some ironing, and did a few dishes.
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