Watty's Awakening

Watty1

Well @greenbee I had never heard of that, and, symptoms fit - it seems to go away on own so maybe this will too. I'm not adverse to private tests @rtandon27 and the hormone specialist was great when I gave her the private blood test I had done. I think the main problem is that everything looks healthy whenever they test which makes Cherryfudge's suggestion of a second opinion sensible but probably pointless as I just get referred to someone who "does one thing"

I think the issue here is that the GP has no idea so sends me off to someone to have xxx investigated and then that all takes time and comes back negative so I have to go back and get a referral for someone else to look at something else and now I am simply tired of it all. I'm thinking I might just see if things go away on their own. I'm better for focusing on good food so I will just do that for now I think and I've worked out a gentle exercise plan to see if I can very gradually get my ability to walk more than 50 yards without needing to sit down increased.

Fortune_Smiles

Are you keeping a diary of your symptoms Watty?

Fortune x

Watty1

Greenbee, that is interesting - because in theory you should know how to write a prompt and to get different results gives less confidence in the output than the AI would have one believe!

I have concluded I'm not good at prompt writing and so tend to use AI for simple things like a random memory of a bit of research and asking it to find the actual paper or to make an email sound polite and not as though I am irritated by the person I'm writing for and so on.

I have loaded test results into chatgbt and it tells me I am very healthy on paper but should not ignore my symptoms. It did offer some suggestions but they are very random which might be because of my prompts and I'm not sure I'm brave enough to mention them to GP 🤣

Watty1

Am planning a lazy day. Had a lovely evening out at a friends house last night just 4 of us and 2 of them I had never met before and really fun to chat to. Came home with a biography of Clemmie Churchill so I'm looking forward to reading that on the sofa (I might just need the sofa as despite intention to stick to very healthy food I ate pizza and drank prosecco).

PennysIntoPounds

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82104460#Comment_82104460

Sounds a marvellous day and a thoroughly lovely evening. Glad you felt well enough to enjoy the finer things in life 🍕🥂

Alchemilla

How old is WattyDog now? Puppylove is 16 in December.

Watty1

Puppylove is a great age.

WattyDog will be 10 in September. I felt so sad for him yesterday, the children opposite were out playing and he so wanted to join them. He got a ball and then stood and waited at the gate for ages and was clearly getting despondent so I found his favourite flattened football and enticed him away with a short game and some doggy biscuits. His back legs are getting weaker where he really cant use them due to the disc pinching the spine but he is always so cheerful and up for a game and still loves his life. VNM and I finally discussed that we had both noticed he was getting weaker in the back legs but all the time he is happy, running to fetch his toys and playing we will just carry on giving him his best life. I just wish the neighbours children would go out visiting more rather than having friends round then WattyDog would not miss his games with them. They still come and say hello, and the old lady is still a constant source of treats 😀

VNM car is still at the repairers - it has almost 3 months since it broke down and is "awaiting parts". Means we are not taking WattyDog out so much as he makes rather a mess of cars!

Watty1

Need to do some serious decluttering, I always feel I have things under control but I opened a cupboard to get the plastic bags for return and decided to empty it. Found an extra box of WattyDog's painkillers, a new pair of shoes for Wattydog, a charger I had lost and the ring camera that vanished months ago. Also numerous things we had replaced because the originals were "lost". All of which have now been placed in appropriate places

One appropriate place was the bathroom and on opening a cupboard that I thought VNM was using I found it crammed with my stuff, including a number of shower gels, shampoos, two bottles of perfume (both barely used) and was so horrified I just shut the door. Will make that my next one to clear.

Cherryfudge

Don't be horrified: reframe it as 'shopping at home', and all of a sudden you have lots of freebies. How money-saving is that?

rtandon27

@Watty1 - when I was doing the Pan Project challenge, I gathered all the toiletries together and picked out 1 of each to use to the end - just the favorite of each, no mad reasoning for the order. Kept the rest corralled out of sight. Then as each one finished, I shopped from home for the replacement. This morphed into using all the samples first, and also making a list of when I started each full size product and finished each so I had an idea if how long things lasted before repurchasing. I've learned that large bottles are not always best value as I like to change up my products.