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<br>Joy Beeson 
<br>1700 Park Avenue 
<br>Winona Lake, Indiana 46590 
<br>Phone:&nbsp;  574 268-9539 
<br>Cell (stored on charger when I'm at home):&nbsp;&nbsp;1 574 742-
                     0266 
<br>D.O.B.:&nbsp;  15 April 1940 

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<h3>                 9 December 2020 
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<p>                  <b>Do I need another flu shot?</b>

</p><p>              How soon after getting my Covid shot will it be 
                     safe to venture out? 

</p><p>              <b>New Condition</b>:&nbsp;  I noticed itchy rough 
                     skin on my arm in September or November.&nbsp;  
                     Seemed to be swollen, but it was right over a 
                     muscle and I couldn't be sure.&nbsp;  I put dry-
                     skin treatments on it.&nbsp;  After a few weeks it 
                     shrank down to a red spot, definitely 
                     swollen.&nbsp;  I added an occasional coat of 
                     Cortizone 10 to the routine, and included it when 
                     I put Vitamin E oil on my scars. 

</p><p>              It seems to be going away now, but I'd like to 
                     know what was going on.

</p><p>              <b>Sciatica</b>:&nbsp;  In the last few weeks, 
                     pain in my left thigh has kept me awake on 
                     occasion, and a few times I've had to get out of 
                     bed and sit up for an hour. 

</p><p>              A hot rice bag helps me sleep even when I don't 
                     put it on the sore spot.&nbsp;  On Wednesday of 
                     this week, I started taking Melatonin at eleven 
                     P.M. 

</p><p>              A couple of times I noticed soreness in my lower 
                     back when walking and standing -- once at the 
                     crest of bone on the left, once symmetrically 
                     across.&nbsp;  I feel pain in the left upper 
                     buttock when I pay close attention to it. 

</p><p>              Sometimes, when I've first gotten up or have been 
                     sitting too long, the thigh hurts enough to make 
                     it hard to walk without limping, and I sometimes 
                     take an unexpected side step. 

</p><p>              I'd like to discuss the timing of the oral 
                     steroids.&nbsp;  I don't want to wear them out, 
                     but I *really* don't want to have to drive to Fort 
                     Wayne for shots in the back. 
                      

</p><p>              <b>Right Arm</b>:&nbsp;  In mid-summer, I thought 
                     I'd played too many computer card games, but the 
                     soreness has never quite gone away.&nbsp;  Lately, 
                     I pretty much ignore it, and at the moment, I've 
                     resumed doing sort-of-pushups as part of my 
                     evening exercises.&nbsp;  It seems to be just one 
                     muscle that gets sore, and there is never any 
                     unprovoked pain in the lower arms. 

</p><p>              <b>The skin graft</b>:&nbsp;  Seems to have healed 
                     well, and the donor site is only a little pink, 
                     but I'd like an informed opinion.&nbsp;  There are 
                     two bumps, one on each side of the bottom of the 
                     donor site. 
 


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<h3>                 Thursday, 11 June 2020 <br> 
Joy Beeson (15 April 1941) follow up 
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<h2>                 Bump on nose removed. 
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</p><p>              stitch on chin needs to be removed.

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<h2>                 B-12 
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<p>                  The information leaflet with my omeprazole 
                     suggests that I may be short on B-12.  Should I 
                     eat more liver, take pills, or say "It ain't 
                     broke, don't fix it."? 

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<h2>                 Scaly spot on right ankle. 
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<h2>                  ganglion on wrist noticed 5 April 2020 
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<h2>                 Fungus infection 
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<p>                  The latest round of Fluconazole doesn't appear to 
                     have done anything.  I'm beginning to think that 
                     that is just the way that toenail grows.
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<h2>                 Rotator Cuff 
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<p>                  The sprain never quite went away, but is as near 
                     healed as doesn't matter.  I make a point of 
                     moving my arms through their full range of motion 
                     every day, and my shoulders appear to match each 
                     other. 
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<h2>                 Little Blisters 
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<p>                  The little blisters that have sporadically 
                     appeared on my hands for the last sixty years 
                     appear to no longer be an issue. 
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<h2>                 Neurodermatitis 
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<p>                  Rubbing A&D ointment on my shins keeps it in 
                     check.

<h2>Exercise</h2> 

<p>                  I walk to church nearly every Sunday, half a mile 
                     each way, and climb every working staircase in the 
                     building.  Since I have a key, I continued this 
                     exercise during the pandemic. 

</p><p>              I try to ride my bike at least once a week.  
                     Flopped badly during the pandemic because I had 
                     nowhere to go.  Also had to take time off while  
                     the Mohs surgery on my nose was healing.  (I hope 
                     to resume after my appointment next week.  I'm 
                     already allowed to do my sciatica exercises.) 

</p><p>              I've been reasonably faithful with back exercises 
                     morning and evening, except while healing from the 
                     surgery, and I put my arms through their range of 
                     motion at least once a day.  I also store things I 
                     use frequently on the top shelf, so that I have to 
                     reach up for them.