Like a cold, but slower
Oct. 10th, 2013 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheI - and my family, and half our friends - have been dealing with a virus. It's like a long-drawn-out cold. Sore throat for a week, congestion for a week, headache for a week, stomach upset for a week. It's no fun.
But I accidentally napped for two hours today and it helped the joint pain a lot, which is nice.
I have to find and process my paperwork for my referral to a rheumatologist. Tricky, in the building site.
The builder called last night to say he's not invoicing this week because his subcontractors have been variously prevented from coming. One is off the job entirely with DVT, which was caught early and will not be a long-term problem apparently but is still a bit scary to hear about.
A neighbour vanished and three houses were worried about him but it turns out HE had DVT as well and has been moved to a hospital with which we were unfamiliar. While trying to track him down I met a lovely woman I've only barely spoken to before and it turns out she's a textiles fiend and she SPINS. She gives lessons, too, for free.
I bought a chin-up bar to mount in a doorway and hang a sling-swing from, but the kids are swinging on it without a sling so I might leave it at that. Lidl had them for a fiver, you see.
On Monday I have to go to the dentist to get two fillings, bringing my total, just before I turn 35, up to three. The NHS charge for the check-up and the hygienist and the fillings totals just over £50. The children's appointments were free, including fluoride treatment (there's still no fluoride in the water here, and it really shows).
I got all the melted plastic out of the oven and baked a loaf of bread and two batches of scones.
So it hasn't all been bad.
But I accidentally napped for two hours today and it helped the joint pain a lot, which is nice.
I have to find and process my paperwork for my referral to a rheumatologist. Tricky, in the building site.
The builder called last night to say he's not invoicing this week because his subcontractors have been variously prevented from coming. One is off the job entirely with DVT, which was caught early and will not be a long-term problem apparently but is still a bit scary to hear about.
A neighbour vanished and three houses were worried about him but it turns out HE had DVT as well and has been moved to a hospital with which we were unfamiliar. While trying to track him down I met a lovely woman I've only barely spoken to before and it turns out she's a textiles fiend and she SPINS. She gives lessons, too, for free.
I bought a chin-up bar to mount in a doorway and hang a sling-swing from, but the kids are swinging on it without a sling so I might leave it at that. Lidl had them for a fiver, you see.
On Monday I have to go to the dentist to get two fillings, bringing my total, just before I turn 35, up to three. The NHS charge for the check-up and the hygienist and the fillings totals just over £50. The children's appointments were free, including fluoride treatment (there's still no fluoride in the water here, and it really shows).
I got all the melted plastic out of the oven and baked a loaf of bread and two batches of scones.
So it hasn't all been bad.