Legs, Grapes and silliness

Resting day today, I hope! 🙂

My legs have been terrible this last week or two. They seem to have given up knowing how to walk properly, which I am not amused at. Giving up? Me? Never! My body shouldn’t be allowed too if I don’t.. They’re traitors! They would be banished to some far away land if I didn’t need them, which they know. Tsk.. 😉

My healthy eating has paid off in a weight way, I’ve lost nearly a stone in a month. I am beyond happy about this, when I lay down I no longer have a mound stopping me seeing my feet! It’s brilliant, I have hip bones, ribs, and real shoulder blades, something I haven’t seen for a year.
All due to keeping to a fruit diet. I have tried many times in the past to eat healthier but I fell within two weeks, always gradually going back to fatty foods, crisp and chocolate. If I really want to have choc I will, but I haven’t had any in many weeks and the last time I only ate half before I started feeling really sick and gave it away. I no longer crave it, nor crisp, pork pies, sausage rolls.. Gawd I ate them everyday. Now it’s natural for me to reach for an apple, banana, grapes.. Yes I’m still eating lots of them! I’m like a Greek figure, hanging grapes over my mouth in bunches and at times having them pop off the stems rolling everywhere and hitting my face. It’s rather amusing, but until I get someone to hang them for me I have to do it myself. You really can’t get the staff theses days..
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I am already getting itchy about my results, I really, really, reeeaaaly want to know what they are! I am not good at waiting for things like this, at most things that keep me guessing, it eats at me until I get the answers. I’m the kind of person to wonder about something, if I hear about it or see it, say a town and I will go straight into the internet and find out all I can about it. Thank goddess for the internet, years ago I used to have to scroll through books, thesaurus, maps and very rarely would I be satisfied with the the little information I found. Apparently it’s called having an inquisitive mind, or as I say, a nosey one. Whatever it is I will be on tender hooks until all my results come back. I don’t guess the results, my thoughts are that whatever they are, well they are but at least if I know I can finally deal with it/them.
It’s the not knowing that’s the worse, especially when I know it could cause big changes in not only my daily life but my lifestyle. Grrrrrr I hope they arrive soon!!

Big breath, calming thoughts and relaaaaax.. Until the thought pops into my head again.
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Phone calls, phone calls and more phone calls

Later post today as I have been trying to sort things via phone.
My specialist got back to me today and has upped my dose again do I’m on 150mg twice a day. She’s so nice and helpful, explaining everything without patronising, making sure I’m ok with everything that’s suggested and she’s phoning me next week to check my progress.

I phoned the council and apparently someone is definitely going to get back to me this time.. I won’t hold my breath though as I’ll probably die in the process!

I didn’t do much tidying yesterday as my legs decided the were gong to really play up and make me walk like I had four joints in each leg all moving in different directions. Honestly I looked ridiculous, I was stumbling, holding onto any surface I could and unable to stand straight. But it was comical too, I have no idea how my legs could move in so many directions at once, I could make a fortune at a circus!
They are slightly better today, still bandy but I’m stumbling less. They hurt, ache and I feel like my muscles are swollen which tests show they are so it’s no surprise! Yet it’s not bothering me too much, it’s odd how you can get used to symptoms that would send others into panic. It doesn’t faze me at all anymore, I just adjust myself to what symptoms are happening that day. Thank goddess really, this time last year when I woke with legs that wouldn’t work made me deeply scared, knowing and accepting is easier and less damaging.

The blood tests I had last week weren’t for the rheumatologist, I phoned to ask and rearrange them for next week. I’ll ask my doctor about it onFriday during my phone appointment. It must of been been at my doctors request, I can’t imagine the nurse came round just to take my blood for funsies. I may have vampire blood but the crap that’s in and not in it makes it useless so no good for the dodgey blood selling market.. 😉

All in all I’m tired off phoning people again and sorting out the stuff they should be doing again. I am resting for the evening now, electric blanket on full, legs straight in bed and 150mg of painkillers which will hopefully help. Or make me sick, time will tell.. Oh the joys! 😉