Mar 7 - in George with Maddie.

I have been very lazy. No blog for a long time.

On 2 March I drove down to George from Pretoria. I planed on leaving at 4 in the morning to beat the Johannesberg traffic. But PLP kept me awake, so at 12:00 midnight I decided to get up and leave. I left the house at 01:00 exactly. I couldn't decide whether to take the toll road and save an hour, or take the smaller road and save R200. I took the toll road. It was safer in the early hours of the morning. The toll road also has large truck stops along the way that are safer for sleeping in the car.
After driving for about 6 hours at near the half way point, I stopped and had breakfast, and a one hour nap. I arrived in George at 16:15...1285 km (899 miles) later.. It was great to see Maddie again.
You would think that after not any sleep the night before, and driving for 15 hours, that I would be sleepy that night, but PLP once again ruled my life, and I only got to sleep after 02:00. I was up at 08:00. Then around 10:00 I fell asleep for real. This sleep pattern would not fit in with Maddie going to bed at 22:00 and getting up at 06:00.

I now try to go to bed at 22:00 and get up early. Today I got up at 06:30, then took a nap till 09:00 then after breakfast I took another nap till 15:30. I don't think sleep tonight will come easy.

My good leg has been swollen for about a month. The Oncologist gave me some diuretics. They seem to help. But the leg is also very red, and the toes are white. With my IR temp detector, I found my thigh was 29.4C, my red lower leg was 32.5C and my toes were 25.6C. I have been sending pictures of my leg to Maddie for about a month, and we went back and checked them. The red area is growing up the leg. Tomorrow we go to a doctor. There are many things that cause a red, hot area on the lower leg. Some are serious.

The last few day have been chilly here. I am wearing a sweat suit. The low today was 15C (59F, 288K) and the high today was 18C (64F, 291K). It has also been raining lightly for the last few days, and I have not put the leg on for 2 days, which has helped with the PLP.
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