June 14th

We are now at three months since we first went into isolation. An isolation that lasted about 20 days although we went outside for walks in that time period but totally avoided people. After that date we did go shopping initially a couple of times a week but lately we are out and about most days buying items that we prefer to look at before purchasing. Thus far we have been lucky to escape COVID-19 including Ed spending eight days in the hospital for an unrelated event. We will continue to shop but always wear a mask and do carefully wash our hands on our return and generally wipe everything down with lysol wipes that we purchase. Perishable food we wash like fruits and vegetables with water when we return and then wash it again before using it.

I am now into finding a new family doctor. Our current doctor prefers to leave my husband's care for the sarcoidosis totally to the specialist. However that doesn't work for us because all of his health effects are a result of the sarcoidosis except for the pacemaker which is the Heart Institute and they efficiently monitor that once a year. He had an excellent family physician/hospitalist working with him when he was in the hospital but like most family doctors he has a full patient load already. So I am waiting to see if there are any graduates from this year's Family Medicine class setting up practice in this area. We are not very time consuming; up until now we are only at the doctor's office once a year unless one or the other of us has an accident (my knee collapse!). Ideally my husband would regularly be seen by a family doctor once a month or every second month just to monitor his health. His blood is checked every month giving a good eye into his condition regularly. I prefer to have a family doctor review all of that blood work and hopefully avoid another event that results in hospitalization; specialists have a huge client load although ours is particularly good (office in the hospital) in responding to any changes in his condition. It is far more expensive to hospitalize an individual than to see them once a month or every second month in the office of a family medicine practitioner.

My husband is nearly a month out of hospital. Our meal plans have completely changed to accommodate no salt and high protein.