Breaking Through, Travelling On

Fortune_Smiles

Take care of yourself Karma. Here's a dodgy hug to make you feel better :grouphug:

Fortune x

Ellidee

Aww KC dodgy hugs from me too - hope the doc gives you something to help. Xx

beanielou

Take care KC.

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Some Egyptian history is still about pharoahs and tombs and temples, of course, but a lot more is about the workmen and their families, who actually built all that showy stuff - at Amarna, the village that housed the people who built Tutankamun's father's new town, they found a little "ostracon", a scrap of limestone, with writing on it (they've found thousands) - but this one specifically proves that even in 1300 BC, working men and women could both read and write - it was from a wife to her husband, telling him to bring more rice and beans when he'd finished his working week.

So is that going to be the title of your next book - "Nagging in Antiquity"?

Actually, the archaeologist are missing thousands of messages inscribed on all the blank ostracons. That's when the husbands forgot the rice and the beans, and came home to stony silence.

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

I made a decision this morning and phoned the doc for an appointment - I wanted to go choose tiles for my new bathroom floor, but, um, this takes precedence - I think I know what the rib pain is, and I think they only treat it initially with antacids at first, but I'm not relying on self diagnosis alone for this sort of stuff ah well, the tile shop will be there tomorrow.

Exactly. Health is the most important thing. It's the foundation upon which everything else functions.

beanielou

ZTD wrote: »

Exactly. Health is the most important thing. It's the foundation upon which everything else functions.

This is so very true.
Hope you had a productive visit to GP.

Karmacat

beanielou wrote: »

This is so very true.
Hope you had a productive visit to GP.

Thank you all :kisses3: and guess what, its shingles (again) - there's a rash and everything :eek: This is the second shingles infection for me, as I shared on mizmir's thread when she had it very recently, but I didn't realise it was the same thing because its much, much less painful, honestly, I'm not spinning it for the sake of going bright-side ... last time, four paracetemol didn't touch the pain, and this time, two paracetemol sees it off during the day.

So I have codeine for the night time, and burble-burble (can't remember the name ) for the virus itself. Started now.
ETA - aciclovir.

Weirdly, I'm really happy with this diagnosis, because the treatment is just some pills. If it had been a hernia, it'd have been antacids, then an actual treatment, and possibly another day operation too - my sister would've had to take time off school, 4 days getting over anaesthetic, 2 months fully getting over the incision (my skin heals from cuts etc v slowly). So yep, I'm genuinely pleased that all I have to do is take some pills and wait a couple of weeks ... plus maybe have a little rethink - linkie with stress isn't proved, but can't harm to think about this stuff.

Finishing projects! That will help with stress. So today:
- choose bathroom floor ceramic tiles, so builder can get to work
- go to the coast, to look at the sea. Possibly buy wellies. Possibly get hair cut (I can feel my will to get my hair cut diminishing as I type :rotfl:)

ZTD wrote: »

So is that going to be the title of your next book - "Nagging in Antiquity"?

:rotfl::rotfl:

Actually, the archaeologist are missing thousands of messages inscribed on all the blank ostracons. That's when the husbands forgot the rice and the beans, and came home to stony silence.

**sniggers** I got it, you know

Thank you all for your support, my online friends :kisses3:

Greying_Pilgrim

'met by a stony silence' - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ZTD - you are priceless :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Ach! shingles Karma! Still, I get your reasoning for being 'happy' with the diagnosis. And yep, I think stress is at the back of a lot of health issues.

Take care you!

Greying

gallygirl

Watch out the shingles don't meet round your middle or your top half will fall off :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Hope you make a quick recovery .

mizmir

Ouch ouch ouch - shingles!!! At least I know it isn't contagious so I didn't give it to you via t'internet! But you have my sympathies - and as you so rightly told me at the time - take it easy - rest - it is nasty (even if not as nasty as the first time round)!