During my dark days, nature is the healer.

Whenever I feel trapped and helpless, due to circumstances beyond my control, nature welcomes me with warm and open arms. Been going through hectic days, as my iron level is critical, and no cause can be found. I cannot explain to you how awful it makes one feel when the iron level is in the basement of the body. But it is the pictures that I take that keep me sane.

I have had a blood transfusion and an iron infusion, but they didn't work. Then I have been sent to a hospital in one of the city suburbs where I had a cauterization procedure of some lesions in my stomach at the 3rd visit. The problem here was that the original gastro doctor left, and a new doctor performed the cauterization procedure. Then I was booked for a follow up visit on Monday this week and there was yet another new doctor. This is a government hospital where one has to wait in the queues for most of the day. Note that we had to travel to that government hospital in the other area, up and down for 3 visits. So, it's in at 5am each time, and out at 4pm.

This was no joke, and the latest decision was that the doctor gave me a transferring letter to present at the government hospital in our own town. With the instruction for them to do an iron infusion, so we came back and presented the letter at our local hospital. But nobody knew where or to which department we had to go for the treatment. So we ended up at the emergency department. A guy at the reception gave us a form to complete and then he said that we have to go and wait in the queue inside.

As we went inside there were about 30 people waiting in the queue. Now bear in mind that we had already waited for most of the day at the other hospital and you cannot blame me for deciding to leave, as I didn't want to wait for another 3 or 4 or more hours to see a doctor that might send me somewhere else. So, if I say that it was a mess, let me assure you that it was a royal mess and I have had enough of it. NO MORE!

Oh! Before I forget, the 1st of August was a full moon day and here below is my version of the full moon.

At first, I had to wait for the moon to clear.

Then a few hours later it was up high.

And finally my zoom showed us the real full moon.

The final part of the hospital venture was that I decided to ask our home doctor to do the infusion and we bought the vials ourselves. If you think that it was over, think again. It is now 4 days later. The first hospital pharmacy charged us a very steep price for the vials, a price that we simply could not afford. So we cancelled the order, and another pharmacy charged us more than 50% less.
In the morning we will collect the vials and then at noon the infusion will be done. It is however only a temporary fix, and we still have to search for the cause.
Such is life.

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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