"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it."

rtandon27

@greenbee - feel better soon hun!

might it be worth setting up and armchair and a blanket that you can retreat to when the workmen are around next week - a bit of sanctualy from the chaos iyswim

Watty1

Proud of you with persisting getting trades in.      Let Stinky doing the supervision That will keep him amused (WattyDog ran off with a hammer last time he did any supervision so I cannot guarantee this is a fool proof plan)

greenbee

Fatty does the supervision Watty! The electricians call her 'boss' as she sits on the doorstep glaring at them when they arrive, pokes her nose into everything they are doing, checks out their vans, and when they're in the attic she sits at the bottom of the step ladder and yells at them! The decorator spends a lot of time trying to make sure he doesn't paint her - but when I offer to shut her in the utility room they all object! I'm hoping that someone might take Stinky for a short walk or two while they are here (they all love him too).

Now everyone is booked there is no way I'm putting it off. I want to be done and get stuff back in my bedroom... although I'll have to wait for the paint to stop smelling before I move back in. And as soon as everything is back in there I'll need a date from the plumber to do the landing radiators and pipework ahead of that being decorated in November. After which I just have the difficult bit to do, which involves working out the layout at the back of the house. 

@rtandon27 - I'll probably hide in the sitting room with the fire lit (and hot water bottles) in the mornings, and then in my office (if my brain cooperates) in the afternoon. 

I've just brought the washing in, as it clearly isn't drying outside. The stuff that can go in the TD is in there - and I'm really appreciating the heatpump TD now, as there's minimal sunshine, but it's running off the solar and leaving enough to keep the battery and hot water topped up. When I've had a rest, I'll go and put the rest on the heated airer. Both of which should also warm the house up. It's got a bit cold today, and I'm reluctant to put the heating on because of the drying effect on my sore throat, but I might light the fire in a bit.

Talked to a GP friend who interrogated me about symptoms - I mentioned that the nerve pain started a day or so before the 'cold' symptoms and he said a number of his patients had flagged up nerve pain this time. TBH I can't remember whether I had it with my first bout (probably not, as I felt fine for the first week or so, just like a really bad cold, and I kept running until it got to my chest!), but it has been a consistent symptom of LC. I also told him that my HR monitoring has gone bananas, recording 'exertion' for things like lying in bed doing nothing - very much like round one. It may be that any infection exacerbates cardiac symptoms, but I'll keep an eye on it, as they took ages to resolve last time. Still, no elephant sitting on my chest so far, which is good, and all the gunk I'm coughing up is clear. So hopefully I'll have worked through the symptoms and cleared the infection by the end of the week as it's half term and we have a family holiday planned (local to here thankfully, as the decorator will be starting then!).

badmemory

I would certainly agree on the HR monitoring going bananas.  I had almost 2 weeks when my resting HR was well over 10 up & one morning that I noticed I had done several minutes exercise whilst still asleep.  I am 2.5 weeks in & only last night did I start to feel normal.  Still very weak but not like something was wrong.  More like I hadn't had enough sleep (I had) & needed to eat for some energy.

greenbee

I'm bored of it already @badmemory! And my voice has just vanished, which will make work interesting...