Much better today.  Not perfect, but less gassy and less achy in the abs.  It’s not all gone; I wish it were, but I’m considerably less uncomfortable today than yesterday, and I’m a lot more interested in doing things.  Even before reading comments, I had the idea of taking a probiotic to see whether that will calm things down for me, and reading Kathryn’s comment I figured I might as well try it.  I had some left from the attempt to calm my gut this autumn, so I didn’t even have to go shopping for them.  So we’ll see.

I started the process of scheduling my scan; I hope to complete that tomorrow morning, after which we can schedule the evaluation at Memorial Sloan Kettering.  I also spoke to our lawyer, who reassured me that the durable PA we set up about twenty years ago (when we were living at a different address) is still valid and covers all likely contingencies (and some unlikely ones).

I did some work online, and went into the office where I locked my desk properly.  I’m not sure how strong it is, but I can deal with that later– or bequeath it to other staffers to deal with.  The files that need to be locked don’t take up all that much room, and someone who’s less compulsive than I am about having historical archives available might happily shred a bunch of it.  Not I.  I was using it just today to update an information sheet for staff (a list of all past employees with dates of employment and what they did; nothing sensitive and no comments).

I left even earlier than usual because I might not have gone in at all had it not been for the desk issue.  I came home, did another brief check-in, and then decided to call it a day and relax.