Lights, Doctors, and a Freedge.

This week I had two doctor appointments plus a visit to the chiropractor. One of the things about going to a doctor is there’s usually waiting involved. First you wait in the reception area, and then you go back to be weighed or questioned by the nurse, and then you sit in the exam room and wait again. This can get boring so often I look around for something to photograph with my phone. 

Here I noticed the overhead light fixture. It was so bright that ceiling photographed as black due to contrast.

A summary of my primary care visit is that my sodium level had dropped even lower than before, even though I started taking sodium tablets. So now I’m taking a tablet twice a day instead of once. That seems like a lot to me, but if it keeps me from getting dizzy, it’ll be worth it. Oh, and once again, my blood pressure dropped when I stood up. That’s almost enough to tempt me to spend my days in a rocking chair!

The other doctor was in Winchester. I had waited five weeks for the appointment day and it turned out that I need to go back for a test, but they could not schedule that for another six weeks. Frustrating!

On my way home, I got off the interstate and drove through Middletown to stop and buy a few things at Dollar General. Then I drove down Valley Pike to Strasburg, thus avoiding a long section of road construction. I stopped in front of the Wayside Inn to take a picture of the new “freedge.” That is a refrigerator that functions as a blessing box, where people can leave perishable food for anyone who needs it. My photo picked up reflections of plants growing along the street.

I also took a picture of the front door of the historic Wayside Inn. The Inn has served as a hotel since 1797. The oldest section of it was a stagecoach stop in the 1740’s.