Wednesday tlc

Pain is back today. And it's not a good beach day either.

Just a few to get me started:

* follow the cricket
* fix up some of the messy areas that have been hanging around for months, and annoying me
* contact church (prob by mail, as I don't feel like phoning anyone)
* bonus if I (shock, horror) clean my shoes, cut my fingernails, or make some muffins

May be back with more when my head clears.

Ivy.

Becky, it sounded to me as if you had a good summer. I have distinct memories of you lounging by a pool... and more than once, at that. What else do you do during the warmer weather? (I need inspiration).

Are your sinuses still playing up?! That's terrible: it's been going on for weeks now. Is there some sort of med you can try, or are you just expected to live with it until it clears?

Bed sounds good, Becky.

That's terrible that you can't get (or afford) antibiotics. I always get cranky when I hear things like that from American people on this forum. It's not right... :-(

How long until you can get insurance? Why didn't they give you any with this job?

Take 2 (of whatever makes you feel good) and call me in the morning!

Here's hoping the pain goes away.

I don't really do all that much, Takilra. Yesterday turned into a faff fest where I just stared at the computer for hours on end because I was feeling horrid, then finally went outside and pottered in the garden for a bit. I had fun there and tidied up a few things, but hardly achieved any of my tlcs... and didn't even do the evening dishes.

Things might pick up for you once you are established on the Rem.

Ivy.

It's not as much that the antibiotics cost so much, because there are some cheap ones out there, but to go to the doctor to get the prescription would cost about $70.....which is why I try to get through it with over the counter meds, and without seeing the doctor. I could call my ex's dad (who is a dr) but I hate to bother him unless it's not getting better on it's own. Also, since I have sinus infections so often, I try to not take antibiotics for every one so I don't build a tolerance to them all. Things seem to be improving a little each day, so I'm doing fine.

As for the new job...the reason I don't have insurance through them is because of the position I got. When you work PRN you fill in. You get paid more (I get 20% added to my base hourly salary) since you could be called in any day and you work in various facilities, but the downfall is that you don't get insurance. My foot is in the door though, and I'm actually applying for a permanent position (only 10 hours a week, but I can still pick up more shifts) and hopefully in time it will turn into part time or full time with all benefits.

Thanks for the spoons Choc! And I'm REALLY loving working again! It's lower stress since I don't get into any of the work drama! I just go in, do xrays, and go home!
How have you been feeling lately?

Ivy, how hot does it get at the peak of summer there? I would work in the yard more during the summer here, but it gets in the high 90s/low 100s so it's TOO hot to work outside too much!

I finally feel a tad better...

A sense of proportion has finally arrived. Normally, when I get home from my brother's, I go to the toilet. (Occasionally I go before I leave, but mostly the urge hits after we get home.) I usually feel a lot better after that, but it didn't happen tonight. My guts feel pretty bunged up. I'm already worrying about eating tomorrow. I'm worried about lunch (eating the chollah roll my sister-in-law got for me) and I'm worried about dinner.

I have barely gone in the last 2-3 days. If I'm becoming backed up I don't want to add more food to that. I just hope I go before lunch tomorrow, 'cos I want the chollah roll to be honest. I have plans for it. Plans which involve butter and raspberry jam ¬_¬

Er... Hope everybody else is okay :-/ ... @Becky - hope your sinus infection clears up soon. Also, I'm glad you're loving working. It must be so nice, to enjoy your job and to look forward to going into work, rather than dreading it. Ultimately, I want to have a job but it does seem a very, very long way off...

@Ivy - Heard about the floods on the news. I did think of you. Horrible for the people involved, but am glad at least you're not one of them.

Okay. After this post I'm gonna log off. Instead of valium, I might try a couple of amitryptyline (prescribed yonks ago) to help me sleep... :-/ Goodnight, folks. Take care.

NCOT - i'm sorry hun, if i could go for you i would! I have to ask though whats a chollah roll? It sounds interesting!! I hate rowing with my mum, it always seems worse than it really is, just cos its my mum!

Ivy - so glad your not in the flood area. It looks really bad on the news. I couldnt even imagine having to grab what i could before my house flooded. What would i take? Kittens obviously, but there is so many photos that are priceless.

Becky - its a shame you dont get insurance but like you say its a foot in the door, so fingers crossed you get the permanent job!

Hey vixen :p

Everyone seems to have got hit with the flu this winter - never known a winter like it. I came down with it on Christmas Day. Got through the day just about, but the night was awful. I could've had the flu jab, but missed it. Still, it's pretty much over for me now, apart from random coughing fits here and there. Bad time for your son; hope he gets through it all okay and passes his exams and driving test :/ For whatever it's worth, I would say the exams are more important; the driving test can always be re-taken and most people take 2 or more tries to pass it anyway.

Anyhow, I managed to go today, after umpteen cups of water and mugs of tea! Not as much as I would've liked, but it cleared some of the backlog so to speak. I felt more comfortable about having my chollah roll with raspberry jam, which I duly had :p @Choc - challah (seems like I spelt it wrong >.>) is this:

www.zuckerfoods.com/zuckers_challah_rolls.html

It's basically slightly sweet braided Jewish bread, and it's lovely. Quite hard to obtain outside of Jewish delicatessens, although I've sometimes seen a loaf at Waitrose. The loaves are too big for us, though; rolls are ideal.

I didn't make any TLCs for today, but a general TLC is to eat more healthily from now on. I dunno if challah bread with raspberry jam comes under the heading of healthy >_>. But I had a quite healthy dinner of chicken, bit of couscous and some salad. I bought some syrup of figs for constipation. I asked at the chemist's about miralax; oh dear god was it embarrassing. I must have spent 10 minutes standing at the counter, wanting to bury my head in the sand, while the people behind the till tried to find out what Miralax was. They asked if I meant Microlax and bought out a packet to show me; it was an enema, so I said a "no, I don't think so...". Just gave up in the end. Also bought a liquid iron supplement called Feroglobin, which I hope is suitable. Got things like iron, B vitamins, folic acid and a few trace minerals in it. (Pricey enough, that's for sure.) Anyhow, if I want Miralax I think I'm going to have to order it off the internet... :-/

Not even started it yet <_<. But I don't think it will constipate me any further. Iron in the past has tended to make me have more diarrhoea if anything, not less. Didn't get it for that reason, though. I became very anaemic last year and, while iron transfusions corrected that, it's surely bound to come back again. I've been meaning to get an iron supplement for ages. This one only has a moderate amount of iron (most iron supplements have more) and it claims to be gentle on your stomach. Plus it's got other stuff, such as B vitamins, folic acid, etc.

It's also got attractive packaging :p

Didn't get around to reading tlcs last night,I collapsed in a heap after a manic day of trying to get the house straight after 2/3 weeks of doing very little. Things not helped by fact washing machine packed up last week so I have a massive backlog(new one being delivered in next three hours or so)I am quite excited at the thought-how sad is that!!

Driving test has been cancelled and re-scheduled. He didn't have a very good lesson yesterday which I guess is hardly suprising since the last time he had one was beginning of December but due to weather illness etc.............

It certainly does seem to be the winter for flu(quite scary when you see the news and realsie that people have died from it)It is the first time that any of us have had it and it is not an experience i would like to repeat.

NCoT- I really feel for you standing at the chemists, it is awful when you need something but you don't want every man and his dog listening to your request. I can laugh about it now but I can well remember being mortified standing at the chemist asking for head lice lotion when children were in primary school. LOL re the nice packaging-that made me smile :D

DS has been put onto iron too because his blood tests were showing a deficiency I guess we will have to wait until next blood tests to see how much improvement there has been.

Monkiray-Sinus issues must be awful, I am assuming it causes a lot of pressure around the face(nose eyes etc)? 

I still haven't gotten to the root cause of my allergy yet, some nights are fine and them I am hit full on with it.I guess that if that is all I have to worry about I should be satisfied.

On another note altogether got 'my letter' through the other day advising me it is time for my smear test-is it just me or do you really hate them?! I know I will go for one but equally know it will take me a couple of months to actually arrange it(after mentally preparing myself) I can't wait for the time when I am classed  as not needing the test anymore.