Thursday, 19 August 2021

pills

The dizziness of yesterday turns into the dizziness of today after the eight and a half kilometres of the daily walk, Stand still and start swaying, move and the sensation goes away. Then after a few more hundred metres the sensation comes again at a traffic light, hold onto the metal pole of the device. Do not take the last climb up the hill, but walk along the road. At the junction for the Kirchgasse go on down the Altstadt to a nearby bakers shop which does a good buttered pretzel, one that has more flavour than the others. 

Sit on a park bench beside the street and eat this, use the paper serviette kindly supplied to wipe the sweat that has formed in the face away. The source of the dizziness may be the pills, perhaps it is a mistake to take them but without advice it would be a mistake to stop taking them.

Return home, feeling stranger and stranger as the distance progresses. Upon reaching home climb up the stairs, the cat is watching from the top of these. In the bedroom, strap on the blood pressure measuring the device, and it returns a value of one hundred and eight over fifty-six. This is lower than it used to be, is this bad? The answer to all this uncertainty will have to be a visit to the doctor.

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