Last night I did something so stupid even I couldn’t believe it.
I had managed to make pasta and wash up and was so pleased that I opted to put a wash load on too. I gathered the clothes on the side before putting them in the machine and was really chuffed I had managed to do three things in just one evening. I toddled to my room to rest and looked on my side cabinet where I usually leave it and it wasn’t there. I didn’t worry as im often forgetful and started to look around for it. Mild panic set in as I looked downstairs too and nor I or my son could find it. Then I heard a clunk.. Clunk.. From the washing machine.. Yes, I had put it in the machine while picking the clothes up from the side where my phone must have been underneath the pile. My son and I both knelt down to look at the machine and there was my phone, happily spinning around in soapy water on a 40dg cycle. I put it on rinse and drain and managed to get my sopping phone out. There I rested it in a bowl of rice until the next morning where by some miracle it worked! It’s a lil water damaged but I can put up with that, I just can’t believe it happened in the first place! They say everything happens once, yes well it had only better be once as I cannot go through that rigamole again!
Today my luck seems to have changed. I had my bath lift installed, my stair railing fixed and the letter from my doctor to take to my assessment. Both the lift installer and the builder/fixer arrived on my door at the exact time which was amusing. I sent one to the bathroom and one to the stairs. Both were lovely though and chatted as they worked. I am extremely happy with the bath lift and aim to use it asap. My legs have decided to swell and lock today so no chance of having a bath yet. But in time I will enjoy laying back and being lowered into a hot bubble bath and maybe float a few rubber ducks too 🙂
My father came round to drop of some bits of food, lighters, and black bags this afternoon. He also had my drs letter which I am itching to read! I will leave it though and trust my Dr to have written the full truth of my health. I now have her letter, my specialist confirming m.e and fibro, my ot contact numbers, house move forms and letters confirming my up coming appointments. Hopefully this will all be enough to show them I am not faking.. I hope!
I am going to rest up this evening and hope my legs go down and the pain becomes less intense. It’s a lil bit too much pain for my liking and I have had to take an extra boost of morphine just to get me to the bathroom and back into bed. By past experience I know this usually lasts a few days, the pain, cramping, muscle locking do love to stay around and party for as long as they can. Eventually they are fazed out by morphine, muscle relaxers, tens machine, codeine and morphine tabs which is great, but until that point I waddle around trying to place my feet in an order which I hope doesn’t make me fall over and putting as least possible pressure on my feet so I don’t swell even more.
So a night in bed, taking pills every two hours, electric blanket on high, tens machine on,orthopedic cushion, laptop, tea facilities and chocolate to hand is my plan. Hoping tomorrow will be better, but thankful that today things were fixed to make things better in my home. 🙂
Fibro and M.E 