Two Steps Backward
O verall, I have felt like I was recovering fairly steadily over the past two and a half weeks since my emergency hospital visit. There was a bit of seesawing back and forth but I took a couple of significant steps backward last night. Today, I'm actually feeling as though I am back at square one which would be the day after coming home from the hospital. At dinnertime last night, Sheila and I headed to Shaw's to do our weekly food shopping. I hadn't done this since before my ambulance ride to the hospital a few weeks ago so this would be the first big test of my current health and recovery. Although the store is only about seven minutes away, I started feeling health problems coming on about halfway there. It started with some relatively minor difficulty breathing. I used my inhaler in an attempt to stay ahead of the problem. Also, I "just didn't feel right". I couldn't put my finger on what exactly wasn't right but I knew I didn't feel r