Lush again, hospital again

[ailbhe]

The other day I used the Ultimate Shine shampoo bar for the first time. It was, as I was promised, fine. My previous solid shampoo experience was with handmade shampoo which left my hair incredibly sticky and unpleasant, was almost impossible to rinse out, and needed a further vinegar rinse afterwards. The Lush shampoo lathered up beautifully (though I must have less lathering hair than some others, because it took several strokes through my hair to get enough to work it in as far as my scalp, and I needed to do a second wash, too, to get my hair clean), rinsed out easily, and left my hair looking clean and manageable. It's not as soft and silky as I'd like, nor very shiny, but I'll give it a few washes to get used to the new shampoo.

This evening I had my second Butterball Bath Bomb bath. It was very pleasant, my skin feels soft and smooth, it smelt lovely (Rob said "Oooh, vanilla!" as I dropped it in, and he has an incredible headcold at the moment), and I won't be buying another one, because they cost £1.70 apiece which is, frankly, daft.

We went to hospital today and had two appointments. The first was with the colo-rectal specialist, and it's a sort of case-closing appointment. I can expect to get better until menopause, more or less, when Unmentionable Trauma might occur as I lose pelvic floor tone (except hello, I no longer HAVE a pelvic floor, I have a sort of pelvic fishing net grille thing).

The second was with a gynaecologist who specilises in vulvas. And we have determined that the main source of my pain is not birth trauma, scarring, or anything else like that - it's a simple inflammation, readily treatable, and after treatment the pain will go away and not come back.

We are very very happy.

Comments

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Good news about the, uh, vulva.