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Posted 10/31/2010 8:44 AM (GMT 0)
Energy-willing...

* email lady re legal stuff (really important)
* email case manager (ditto)
* tlc for legs
* shower and dress
* appointment
* go to shops and buy fruit & veg etc
* make bed
* tidying
* dishes
* exercise / stretching


If possible, go to main street and:

* return library books; get new audio cd
* post letters / pay bills
* buy hair treatment
* optional extras: deliver referrals and get blood test


And, most importantly,

* REST


Ooooh. There's no relationship stuff in there, is there? Hmmm. I'll see if I can squeeze something in.
Posted 11/1/2010 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
12pm.

* email lady re legal stuff (really important) - yes
* email case manager (ditto) - yes
* tlc for legs - don't need to
* shower and dress - yes
* make bed - done half of it
* exercise / stretching - lots of stretching before breakfast

Tried to ring a friend, too, but only got her answering machine.
Posted 11/1/2010 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
Wow. You've done more in one morning than I manage in most weeks... :-/

Congrats, though :p ... But don't forget to rest! <_<
Posted 11/1/2010 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
For Monday
*shower
*ultrasound at 11am
*pay for car tag (I went Friday but they weren't open on Fridays)
*work at 5-not driving :)

I slept horribly last night, my legs were achey and I didn't get enough rest, so I'm off to bed soon and will catch up.

Sounds like you've already been pretty productive today Ivy! I hope you're feeling a little better than yesterday!
Posted 11/1/2010 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks, NCOT. I'm a bit stressed about this week, hence the busyness this morning: lots on; lots to do...


Dishes are done, except for a cat's dish that's soaking...
Posted 11/1/2010 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry about that... I hope you get it all done without too much stress or exhaustion :-/ *hugs*
Posted 11/1/2010 2:35 AM (GMT 0)
1.30 pm

* tidying - done. Not perfectly, but enough.
Posted 11/1/2010 7:16 AM (GMT 0)
6.30 pm

* return library books; get new audio cd - yes
* post letters / pay bills - yes
* buy hair treatment - tried, but couldn't find it. And the shops were so full of FERALS I wasn't game to stick around and search for it.
* do grocery shopping - yes. At 5pm, just as the rush began. HUGE mistake.
* optional extras: deliver referrals and get blood test - no. Town was too revolting.


Stupid Ivy forgot it was Melbourne Cup Eve and, being a sweet innocent who has spent most of her adult Cup days either doing university exams or in hospital, didn't realise how REVOLTING things can get the day before the Cup is run. (Brits, think Ascot, but quite possibly bigger, and quite probably drunker).

I'm in trauma. I need a hug. Lots of them. And I don't know when my gut will settle enough to let me eat or sleep.

Argh. That was a life lesson. NEVER again.

:-(

Ivy.
Posted 11/1/2010 8:38 AM (GMT 0)
oh yeah melbourne cup, i love it!! although ascot gets pretty drunk too, just not in the royal enclosures! Have a hug, mum works really close to york racecourse and their biggest festival is the Ebor. The whole village mum works in is jammed with abandond cars and people just wandering up the road. I havent been to the racecourse yet, mostly too expensive and been too sick!

I'm pretty pooped, and i just got up. I'm running a fever, 37.9 and i was running one yesterday but it went down. I honestly think i'm not 'sick' but my thermostat just doesnt seem to work cos if i sit quiet it goes down. If i move around it goes up. Very strange! I'm prepping for my medical which is on wednesday, i've been reading about tother peoples experiences online and they're not good. Getting rather worried about it. Still i can appeal if they make the wrong decision, it just means i wont get paid till i have my tribunal.

Gah, i'm too bleurgh to keep writing even though my head is whizzing about everything. Hope everyone else has better days!! xx
Posted 11/1/2010 8:44 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, that's just ridiculous about your tribunal. Can't your doctor just write a note saying, "she's sick and about to have surgery; leave her alone"?

I'm concerned about that temp of yours - are you sure you shouldn't ring the doc / nurse / hospital for advice? You may not have seen me mention it on an earlier thread, but I'm on Humira too and have been hospitalised on 37.8C. Temps on anti-TNF meds can be indicative of some pretty scary things.
Posted 11/1/2010 8:51 AM (GMT 0)
pps. Becky, for some reason I didn't see your post earlier. I hope your legs are feeling better now.
Posted 11/1/2010 9:25 AM (GMT 0)
8.30

Dishes done, except for a few I lost and then found once I'd "finished" the job.

I'm going to curl up in my warmed bed and look at my new library books and then, I hope, get some zzzzs.

Have a good day everyone. And Choc, I hope you've been able to have a good rest and that your temp goes down (and please do think about calling someone).

Ivy.
Posted 11/1/2010 9:44 AM (GMT 0)
i will, i'll ring my IBD nurse. She'll probably shrug her shoulders and reply with 'i dont know what that could be' which is her usual reply since christmas! Still i have rung her and left a message, with any luck she'll call me back within the next day or two.
Posted 11/1/2010 11:28 AM (GMT 0)
Walked to the bayou and watched the sun rise.
Made coffee
had my usual breakfast , p nut butter crackers
Well, I'm done for now. Crap I hate feeling bad...
Posted 11/1/2010 1:40 PM (GMT 0)
37.9C does sound a bit worrying on an immunesuppressant med. These meds can reduce your body temperature and so partially suppress a fever. It's a shame you can't talk to a proper doctor about it instead of an IBD nurse. If she calls back and says "I don't know", I would get her to go and ask a doctor about it.

I had a degree of fever going on last night. The thermometer only read 37.3C but when I took 2 ibuprofren (yeah, I know...) for a different pain (behind the eyes) I sweated it out as though I had a worse fever. Felt miles better afterwards and slept, for me, soundly. Still feel a whole lot better this morning. Makes me long to be able to take ibuprofen every day.

@Ivy - I'm sorry you had to suffer the trauma of a popular sports day *hugs* :-/ Was it just the sheer volume of people which stressed you out, or their mind-numbingly cretinous behaviour? In England, it's usually a mixture of both. There is little that is more unsettling than an aggrieved or ecstatic football fan.

@Sniper - Hope you feel better soon :-/

Anyway, TLCs...

*update my food/symptoms log - fallen a bit behind with that
*go to the supermarket
*feed fish (I'm gonna start over... :-/)
*shower and wash hair; should've done that yesterday

Optional:

*write a couple of emails (vixen - I still owe you a reply!)
*do something for relaxation other than the net or watching TV. A few ideas in mind; hopefully I will still feel like doing one of them later
Posted 11/1/2010 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
So my nurse rang me back, i did hit 38.8 for awhile today. She doesnt really know what it could be, but has told me to go to my GP to be throughly checked out. Temperature is now 37.3 so back to normal again. I had my dinner which was duck in peking sauce which was lovely, but i got this sudden sharp pain as i was eating and up it all came again. Let me tell you all, it aint so good second time round!

I've gotten something on my stomach again and feel better. Hopefully that will be the last time i throw up before surgery.
Posted 11/1/2010 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you'll still go to the gp, Choc?
Posted 11/2/2010 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
Ok, today was ultrasound day, and it FINALLY showed something...I have stones. I've only had gallbladder symptoms for 2 years, and I finally get to get the darn thing out. I have an appointment with the surgeon Wednesday and will probably have surgery Thursday or Friday. YAY! I should not be so happy about having surgery, but I've suspected gallbladder issues for so long that I think I'll feel a lot better with it out.

So, tomorrow I'm gonna try to clean as much as I can and get all of my laundry done, clean sheets and everything so that by the end of Wednesday all I have to do is pack a hospital bag.

Oh, and by the way, Thursday is my birthday and I don't care that I might be spending it in the hospital. If it makes me feel better, I'm gonna do it!

Choc-I can only tell you a few things that aren't bad the second time around. Gatorade is probably the easiest and least gross thing to throw up. It tastes the same coming up as it does going down.
Did you go to your gp yet?

Sniper-I hope tomorrow is better than today :)

Ivy, sleep well! and (((((hugs))))) since you need them!
Posted 11/2/2010 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
Yay! Becky! It must be such a relief to know this can be taken care of before your gallbladder is removed.

Happy birthday in advance, but I'm with you: it's one of the best birthday gifts you could give yourself :-).
Posted 11/2/2010 3:04 AM (GMT 0)
Only stopping in briefly; not a great day. The engine warning light came on in my car and stayed there. Googling revealed it could be pretty much anything, so I daren't ignore it, even though the car doesn't seem to be running any differently. That's money I don't want to spend at the garage, plus being without my car for a few days. I hate being without my car now, because ever since I have learnt to drive I can't bear the thought of going back to being reliant upon my dad to take us (my mum and I) places.

It just set off a whole train of depressing thoughts. It reminded me of how bad things have got with my dad. It sounds bad, but I can barely stand to be around him anymore.

God, my life. Or my non-life. I think I realise partly why I don't seek better treatment. It doesn't matter, because there isn't any future ahead to get better for.

I'm off to bed; I truly apologise for yet another depressing post... @Becky - best of luck with the gallbladder operation on Thursday.

PS: I feel a teensy bit better for the first time in hours for having vented... Okay, now I'm really off to bed... :-/

Post Edited (NiceCupOfTea) : 11/1/2010 9:07:50 PM (GMT-6)

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