I slept well with half a sleeping pill. Sort of a normal nights sleep.
My bad leg hurts. About 3 inches (8cm) above the ankle. It never hurts. I did all my exercises and that made no change to the hurt. I need to tell the Doc about that. It feels deep inside, and does not change with pressure, or movement. I am guessing the bone hurts? or maybe just paranoia because i know what is growing in there.
I have a huge list of things to do. I would like to walk, but will probably drive to get more done.
Now my refrigerator and the washing machine are hooked up on the solar system.
The refrigerator cycles more that I thought it would. It is an old inefficient model. I runs about 8 minutes per hour and draws 160 watts.
My washing machine draws about 85 watts until the spin cycle, then it jumps to over a thousand watts for a few seconds. I started the load at 09:00 and the grid never had to kick in, it was all solar panels and batteries.
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My friend brought by a small machine for finding water pipes and wiring in brick walls. That allows me to drill in the walls without making a big boo boo. Tomorrow I will mount the new grab bars. There are three more to install. One more by the toilet, and 2 in the shower. This morning I tried to get in the shower with out using my left leg. It is very hard to do. How do you get over the lip that is around the shower. A one legged hop onto a wet shower floor seems like a stupid thing to do.
I think crutches to get into and out of the shower will be the way. In the house that Maddie just moved into, there is a small bench that folds out of the wall in the shower. That is what I need. I need to shop for one.
I bought a toilet seat extension. It raises the seat by 4 inches (10 cm). I haven't tried it yet.
I drove and looked a 2 cars for sale. Both late 1990s Mercedes Benz. The 1997 one was sort of gold, but it looked ratty. I never even talked o the guy.
The other one was at a dealer. The price said R59,999 but he said I could have it for R39,999. I told him that on the internet that is the price they quote. He said there had not been much interest in that car. We walked to it. It was jammed in the back of the lot and we couldn't even open the doors. The battery was dead, and we couldn't open the trunk to get to the battery. It has a very fancy key that sends an infrared signal to the computer. The key also had a dead battery. He sent a guy to clear a way to open the doors, and he sent another guy to the battery shop near by to bring a jumper box. He sent another guy to get a battery for the key. It was like an army on the move.
One after another they came back, and we got in and started it I tested all the windws, and everything seemed to work. It has manual seats. I had hoped for electric seats.
There are a few things that are not good. But for a 15 year old car it is in pretty good shape. The scary stuff like transmission or engine is unknown. It is slightly high mileage 225,000km. There is no service history, as Mercedes stops recording the history after 150,000kms. IF the engine is good, and IF the transmission is good, then it might be a good deal. I told him I would expect an AA pre-purchase inspection, and I would expect license and registration to be done by him. I also told him I was not happy because there was only one key, so he should look at buying another. The air conditioner only blew hot air. Of course as a used car salesman he replied "Oh it's just low on gas, don't worry about it."
I told him to call when he had a key quote, and could show me the PPI, and the aircon working, and filled with dye to show leaks. He didn't seem happy. I told him that if he did all those things, and came down R5000 on the price, I would test drive it, and if I liked the way it drove, I would buy it and pay for the aircon refill and the key. Then he smiled.
We will see, there are a few more cars for me to look at tomorrow.
The Surgeon called and wants to see me tomorrow, I quickly told him about the leg hurting. I don't think he cared.
I also got a missed call from a lady that does refitting cars for amputees. I should call her.
At the chemist I met a guy with a prosthesis. We chatted for about 20 minutes. He was in a wheel chair, wearing the prosthesis. I asked why he wasn't walking on it. He says he can, but only for about 50 meters. His car was in the parking lot, so he uses a wheel chair. He was a below the knee left leg. He had a very fancy ankle and foot. He said he got them from the factory near my house. He said that he has been to 3 different prosthesis guys, and the one I have is by far the best.
Tomorrow is grab bar installing, blood test, Doctor appointment, and car shopping.
Another busy day.
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