OS ways and Poor Health

Tink_04

Afternoon everyone!

Sorry I’ve been missing for a while - I’ll catch up properly soon.

Had the living room and dining room decorated and it looks amazing! Really homely and like it’s ours now. We got new curtains and cusions too and managed to get the tree up this weekend too so I’m really happy with it - feels like we are making progress now!

We also got a new car which is so much bigger than the old one and is great for getting the kids around, I didn’t like driving in the snow still tho but it did just come down so think and fast I don’t think anything would have made me feel ok driving in it. We did get to use our £5 bargain snow shovel for the drive way tho so it was all cleared for me going out the next day.

I’ve been struggling a bit not poorly as such just no energy and finding it difficult to get things done. Suppose it’s the time of year and I have had a lot of with the house but it’s just been hard to put one foot in front of the other recently!

I was thinking about things I already do to make my life easier and thought I’d go over stuff I do to Help me out when I’m like this.

* online shop (I hate it) but it ticks the box and means I don’t have to go out on my days off or after work.
* pre prepped veg, diced meat etc all ready to chuck in the SC
* prep meals the night before, put everything in a zip lock bag so it’s ready to chuck in the SC before work
* washing machine timer so I didn’t forget to put it on
* easy kids meals! Extras from the freezer or jacket potatoes/fee prepared mash for £1 is my life saver - 2 mins in the microwave and it’s a nice warm tea for them
* meal plan (I try my best) and prep as much as I can in advance either by batch cooking loads and having freezer meals ready or getting everything ready to chuck in.
* stand by plans! Frozen pizza - frozen pie - ready made pasta - anything that cooks easily so we don’t have to eat cereal for tea!

I do try really hard but I can feel it slipping a lot - we have had turkey dinosaurs twice this week!!

Work is not so bad I’m only there a few days a week so I get a lot of time I just feel like things are starting to build up again! Anyway that’s enough ranting from me I’m off to catch up with how everyone else is doing!!

Tink x

pollyanna_26

LW Glad to hear you survived the hospital trip , ok slightly shaken and stirred but you did it . Any sign of the other dates yet ? I'm sure once you both know how things are you'll be better able to cope .

Tink you seem to be managing ok in view of your health . The odd quick bung it in meal is sometimes better than pushing too hard when you're exhausted already . Once the holiday is over and the children go back to school it might be worth looking at one of the few blogs I follow Mortgage free in three . I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before on here but there are loads of quick cheap recipes on there you can search her site via the headings at the top of the page . She's probably well known to others here as she used to post on the forums ( Memory Girl aka Elaine )
My mentioning the stormy weather shawl reminded me as the pattern is in the make do and mend section along with upcycling furniture and lots of other things including crafts . She comes and goes according to how busy she is but most of her stuff is on the blog .

Has anyone seen Cranky at all ? I've been wondering how she is .

How are you AOT ? I know you read along but you've had some cold days in your neck of the woods lately .

Wednesday and candy you sound to be managing well . It's amazing how you turned things around candy , you sound like a different woman .

Thinking of you all . The letter from the awful appt was delivered yesterday and whatever planet that woman's on isn't ours . Lies and damn lies describes it best . Dr will have received his copy at the same time so plans are in progress , emails have been flying back and worth . Drs appt is Friday morning so bring it on .

I was doing my moongazing in the early hours a few days ago with a clear view of that special moon . I thought of you all especially LW and her husband . At such times special and powerful things can happen .

Take care
polly x

Wednesday2000

I'm doing okay. I was thinking of stopping therapy as I felt like I was feeling better, but I felt very upset after the last one and the therapist was saying she thought it was too early to stop. I will probably carry on for a while. I have one more session before Christmas and then a break so I will see how I'm feeling next year.

I'm still taking melatonin and Lyrica at night and they are both working well for me. I think I have found the winning formula with those two for sleep and pain.

I realised that my migraines were down to low iron as doctor confirmed what I read online. I've been supplementing for a week or two and am going to get a blood test on Friday. My doctor said he was going to check for all the things fibro patients are usually checked for. I'm not sure what they all are? Lol, but a lot of the boxes were ticked on the blood test form he gave me. I hope my vitamin D is up as I have been supplementing for a long time now.

I threw away the CBD oil as I really couldn't face taking it and had nobody to donate it to, it would be a bit gross as my mouth had been around the dropper anyway!:p My husband couldn't take it as he gets random drug tests at work.

Gentle ((hugs)) to all.

CRANKY40

I'm mooching around the boards thank Polly. Not much to say healthwise, just same old, same old as far as my leg is concerned. It will get better, it's just going to take a long time because I can't have compression. In the mean time I'm doing the next best thing as encouraged by the nurse which is moving as much as possible.

Today I'm putting the Christmas tree up. It's one of my most hated jobs and the friend who was supposed to help me bailed on me when I didn't fancy her suggestion of a walk round the outlet village first. My leg is sore, I don't need anything and I don't like shopping. We also wouldn't actually have had time to do my tree at the end of it as she has to be somewhere else by 1pm. The HT gave me a hand bringing everything downstairs. It's very useful that he's now taller than me :rotfl:

Take care all of you

candygirl

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I'm doing okay. I was thinking of stopping therapy as I felt like I was feeling better, but I felt very upset after the last one and the therapist was saying she thought it was too early to stop. I will probably carry on for a while. I have one more session before Christmas and then a break so I will see how I'm feeling next year.

I'm still taking melatonin and Lyrica at night and they are both working well for me. I think I have found the winning formula with those two for sleep and pain.

I realised that my migraines were down to low iron as doctor confirmed what I read online. I've been supplementing for a week or two and am going to get a blood test on Friday. My doctor said he was going to check for all the things fibro patients are usually checked for. I'm not sure what they all are? Lol, but a lot of the boxes were ticked on the blood test form he gave me. I hope my vitamin D is up as I have been supplementing for a long time now.

I threw away the CBD oil as I really couldn't face taking it and had nobody to donate it to, it would be a bit gross as my mouth had been around the dropper anyway!:p My husband couldn't take it as he gets random drug tests at work.

Gentle ((hugs)) to all.

Omg threw it away?,!!:eek: I'd have bought it off you n paid postage 😣.
Yea POLLY, I feel like a new woman.Amazing what the right medication can do eh?
Healing vibes n (((huggles ))) to all xxx

LameWolf

pollyanna_26 wrote: »

LW Glad to hear you survived the hospital trip , ok slightly shaken and stirred but you did it . Any sign of the other dates yet ? I'm sure once you both know how things are you'll be better able to cope .

No more dates yet; we just have to be patient, I guess. And of course it's so close to Xmas....:cool:
It was a good thing for me to drive; Mr LW has said we should make a point of going out somewhere I can cope with once a week, but to me that's "driving for the sake of it" and I don't feel I want to do it - whereas the hospital trip was necessary, so easier for me to "just get on and do it" if that makes sense.

pollyanna_26 wrote: »

I was doing my moongazing in the early hours a few days ago with a clear view of that special moon . I thought of you all especially LW and her husband . At such times special and powerful things can happen .

Indeed; I always speak politely to her, even if I can't see her for cloud cover.

CRANKY40 wrote: »

Today I'm putting the Christmas tree up. It's one of my most hated jobs and the friend who was supposed to help me bailed on me when I didn't fancy her suggestion of a walk round the outlet village first. My leg is sore, I don't need anything and I don't like shopping. We also wouldn't actually have had time to do my tree at the end of it as she has to be somewhere else by 1pm. The HT gave me a hand bringing everything downstairs. It's very useful that he's now taller than me :rotfl:

Aww! Some friend! A WALK round the village outlet, on your poorly leg?? :wall:
Shame I'm nowhere near you, I'd have helped, and got Mr LW to help, too.:o

I'm dogless for the next ten days; Daisy went home today, and next in is Ronnie, on Dec 16th. So we've been out for lunch; it was Mr LW's birthday yesterday, but he took a raincheck til today so that we didn't have to leave Daisy on her own unnecessarily. :A
I'm completely exhausted now, but Mr LW enjoyed it, so it was worth it.

Wednesday2000

I have been reading about fibro and weight lately. I have read that some fibro patients have been told to lose weight by unsympathetic doctors as a "solution" to fibro.

I am overweight at the moment. I have gone up and down since my teen years and I do know I need to lose some weight. A lot of the things I have done since I was diagnosed in the summer like vitamins, meds, stretching, mindfulness etc... have helped. However, I haven't lost any weight since then so I don't think that is in any way related to my pain problems.

candygirl wrote: »

Omg threw it away?,!!:eek: I'd have bought it off you n paid postage ��.

Ew, that is a joke, I hope?:eek:

I wouldn't send it to a stranger if I had my mouth and tongue on the dropper, lol.:p

pollyanna_26

Wednesday EMDR is pretty back and forward and leads to ups and downs . You seem to have a positive session and then a negative one next time which seems to be how it works . The one before Christmas could be one that makes you feel lighter and more uplifted . It's something to discuss either near the end of this next session or in the new year with the therapist . It depends how things go but to get partway can be damaging if you walk away partway through . You do have choice so you have time to weigh up options .
It isn't everyone's experience but Lyrica has been very effective for dd.
Re weight , it's worth looking at the meds you are taking as some can lead to weight gain . DD had a problem before the gall bladder was finally removed . She was unable to keep food down for nearly a year and already on Metformin for some years . Our Dr had to take off the med as it was making her gain weight which was making the situation worse .
She's weighing uo Melatonin herself at the moment . Iron levels are fine and the constant bloods monitoring means things are flagged quickly and sorted by the GP .

I'll be back in a bit if I done keep this shortish it's likely to head for a black hole .
pollyx

pollyanna_26

Nice to see you Cranky . Hope you managed the tree with the help of the HT . That shopping trip sounds a really bad suggestion coupled with the fact it wouldn't leave time to do the tree as originally offered sometimes people can be very odd .
I suppose the only positives you can take from the fall down the stairs are the knowledge you now have about how you react to many things which is useful and the joy of raising a lovely, caring young man .
Stay warm it's not looking too good weatherwise for the NW for the next few days .xx

LW I understand about driving driving for the sake of it . Mr LW probably thinks it will help you but with the solstice coming up and winter on the way it's not a good time of year to be on the roads unless urgent . Add in the Christmas frenzy and the roads will be very busy . I'm still trying to work out when to work out when to stock up on important basics without too much hassle . Everything is way below the usual stores as other things have meant being out of normal routine .
Is the desktop back now ? The laptop has been back to the techie again today , problems getting into my emails , They couldn't either . When i got home I waited until 8pm and tried again and logged in first try . It has to be something connected to the Mozilla update .
I;m glad Mr LW enjoyed his birthday and yes clouds or not i look at the moon , she is still there and in an often cloudy NW it was clear .

You sound much happier candy .

Really tired so I may aim for an unusually early for me night . Sleep has been rubbish lately . I have a basket of books for the winter by the bed and seem to have read nearly all of them and it's not even winter !

Thinking of AOT , maddie , pauline , Prinzess and her mum , elona and all who post or follow .

Sleep tight
polly x

candygirl

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I have been reading about fibro and weight lately. I have read that some fibro patients have been told to lose weight by unsympathetic doctors as a "solution" to fibro.

I am overweight at the moment. I have gone up and down since my teen years and I do know I need to lose some weight. A lot of the things I have done since I was diagnosed in the summer like vitamins, meds, stretching, mindfulness etc... have helped. However, I haven't lost any weight since then so I don't think that is in any way related to my pain problems.



Ew, that is a joke, I hope?:eek:

I wouldn't send it to a stranger if I had my mouth and tongue on the dropper, lol.:p

Ah right I don't sctually touch my mouth with the dropper, so didn't think about that :rotfl: