Dear Mick and all GN's from a still dry and with a tinge of sunshine coming out North Yorkshire. We are promised yet again sunshine and heavy showers, but none arrived yesterday , so will see what happens today. Our weather up here doesnt listen to the forecast!!
Well I have just managed to creak my way here and a good job that I can touchtype as when the rest of me ai"nt workin well" at least my fingers can keep going. I am sat in dressing gown, waiting for Bach before 7 to raise the spirits, but havent even been able to make a coffee yet so water has to be a stand in for the moment. The best I can make of it is that as I am seeing the doctor re the pain clinic, he will have a clear demonstration today of the state I am in, and hope he doesnt ask for too many demonstrations of various movements and so forth! But I have about 4 hours to get myself showered , fed and dressed , so should just about manage it!!
But let us now get to the good news. Hurrah hurrah, I am discharged from the eye clinic, I am free free! Calling in did the trick, and I have already made an appointment for next tuesday at the options for a check up and then the painful bit finding the money for new reading glasses!! So I went to the hospital after meeting my friend for a coffee and catch up. Found my way there from a totally different direction and so saw some quite different roads and one with a lot of trees in it , looked decidely autumny with already brown leaves on the ground. Shall look forward to the simple pleasure of swishing through leaves , something I have always enjoyed . So spoke to the receptionist and said I was in the area etc etc and needed to find out what has happened with the surgeon etc. Told her I had waited in all day but no phone call and it was now a week later. She apologised that I had not received any communication and said she would go off to speak to her secretary and then we could sort something out. She offered me a coffee , which I was very ready for, and I sat there quite happily to wait. When she returned she said that Miss Oswal had phoned on the day and had discharged me etc. I could not understand as I had had no phone call, and then she said it is probably on voice mail. So got the phone out and went back and yes she recognised their phone number and showed me. Slight problem was that as this phone is still new to me, I didnt know how to get the voice mail and anything I did didnt bring it up. She had an Iphone and didnt know my phone either, so had to leave it at that and thanked her and off I went, feeling somewhat stupid that I hadnt seen the message or know how to get the voicemail but jubilant at the release
Anyway, having booked my eye appointment, today I shall be ringing the swimming pool to check that nothing has changed there and fingers crossed will go tomorrow to the disabled hour. Just the right way to start again, and will have to be content with a gentle introduction, and no doing 30 lengths again. I think it will take me some time to get back to that level. I had a years swimming pass, which gave me a bit of advantage if there was a limit in the amount of swimmers allowed, such as in Covid times. So I dont want to plunge in with forking out for a years ticket yet. That really paid off when I was doing 2 or 3 times a week, and on horrible mornings like today, when I couldnt sleep, it gave me the excuse to get up at silly o clock in the dark, and by the time I had slowly got dressed and ready I would be there for about 6.45 am ready for the doors opening. Then with the help of the disabled changing room and very slow changing and showering would be ready for the grand opening at about 7am. But this week will be glad for the lunchtime disabled hour as it will probably take me that long to get ready and there! Must remember to return swimming goggles to their correct bag, as no longer have to look so daft putting them on in the shower but they did the trick when I needed them.
It is so nice to be writing some positives today, feel I have been such a moaner lately and want to get back to being more positive and making the most of things. Today hopefully I might get some better ideas of how to cope with the pain, but not holding my breath. Think the swimming will give me the best way of sorting out stiffened muscles and being able to do exercises in water is less painful and should be more relaxed. We shall see what they have to say later.
I am still wading through the dresser items but even yesterday, when I came in , you could see some improvement, space to walk into the room safely and it was great coming in to washing up done and rubbish out etc. It made me feel I am making some progress, if very slowly. Had planned to do more this morning, but the way I am at present, it is probably going to take me all morning to get ready and collect up things and get to the surgery in good time. Not a cat in hells chance of parking in anything other than a disabled bay, so will have to be there early and cruise around waiting to pounce on a space as soon as one comes free, so shall have radio 3 on to soothe the spirits and attempt to go in in a calm frame of mind. Well hopefully shall have some reasonable ideas on pain relief, but expect some frowns from the diabetic nurse, as both the physical difficulty in cooking from scratch and the pain itself means that in rough times I just have to go with what is easy to prepare and have no great ideas on what I want to eat, when in a lot of pain often feel quite sick and have to make an effort to eat anything. That is the time to resort to Weetabix for breakfast, tastes of nothing much , but gets me to have my needed intake of some milk, and lets me take my tablets, which I have to eat something before taking them. So that is when I eat more snacks, more sandwitches, as the easiest thing to make and I can sit down to do it, and tend to want more comfort type food, so that is when the toasted tea cakes with butter on and coffee, can make quite an entrance into the food diary, but very satisfying on all levels as these days they charge a lot of money in a cafe for a teacake, so my four in a pack from the bread shop is much better value, and more than that made at home they are lovely and hot when you get them to eat straight away. No doubt my sins will be noted from the blood tests, but whilst I may duly shake myself up about taking more care with what I am eating now, I have no regrets for my indulgence at the moment.
So being a bit later , I get to see more posts. Often there are few sent in before I add mine and by the time I have written my screed there are more posts to read, but not seen before I join in. Mick , sorry to hear you were not so well yesterday, and hope that it is only a blip and today you will be fine for your trip to Bicester. GrandMattie , wish we could beam cake through the atmosphere. Would love a slice of the coffee cake.Bellasnana A lovely photo of the dog, I have been following your posts, but have not seen them before I put something on. Looks to be a great trip and I have never had a catamaran ferry so it should be nice and smooth. Greyduster what a great photo, well done. Peli , a very happy Anniversary to you, hope you have a lovely day.Another lovely photo too. Susan56 , I send you my condolences, you have had a very sad and difficult time and do hope that you will be feeling better and it is good to have old friends to talk to. RoseandLiLilac , hope the mattress turns out well, it will probably feel a bit odd on the first couple of nights until you get used to it , but should be a great help to get dome decent sleep. Grandmabatty, sounds as though you had quite a hectic day yesterday, hope today is a little calmer for you. It is good to see some of the painting done and you can at least see an end in sight . Mind you for the first week or so when it is done if you are like me , you dont want anyone to walk on the carpet, touch the clean walls or make any mess at all, but it soon reverts to your own house and you can enjoy living in a clean place in the colours you choose.
Hope everyone has a good day and is successful, whether it is getting the shopping or speaking to a friend or family.Or even actually getting through to the correct person in an office that you have been trying to get hold of such as the Teflon manager!!
love these times .