Talked to Betty. She's out of the hospital and staying at Carolyn's until today, when she'll move back to her apartment and DIL Robyn will stay for a few days. She sounds good and is looking forward to recovery. Ironically, she has to eat a low-fiber diet, the opposite of the WW program she followed to lose 24 pounds. Speaking of WW, I was going to skip this, but will grit my teeth and force myself to be honest. Again last night, I ate a lot of wrong things and too much of them. I'm going to have to change my routine--think I'll go to the library or something after dinner to jolt myself out of this b-a-a-d habit.
Pat to the pulmonologist yesterday. Nothing much new, except I asked her to write a prescription (or, as the medical in-people say, "script") for the inhaler Pat's V.A. doctor, Dr. S., had given us--but that one said it could only be filled by the V.A. In that case, why did he give it to us? When I tried to fill the one Dr. H wrote, I found they may not make that particular one anymore because it has expellents (?) and affects the ozone layer--or something. The substitute is supposed to be just as good, but Pat doesn't think so and neither does his pulmonologist. Upshot is, they didn't have either yet, anyway (this drugstore just opened)--PLUS and this infuriates me--the old one was $22 and the new one is $40! That leads me to think the whole thing is just a hoax by the pharmaceutical companies to double their profits on this medication that had allowed people who can't breathe just a little respite--no matter that the new one doesn't work. The hottest spot in hell should be reserved for their executives.
Had chicken marsala last night, which was good. Today, I'm going to help stuff our community newsletter with an announcement of my Dionne Quints presentation.