All over now

Well, with all the hassle and expense of Christmas, it is all over in 48 hours, it was a weird one this year, we had already made plans for Andy's mum to come here on both Christmas and Boxing day's, i was getting it planned in my head, what to get and when, not that shopping is an issue, the shops are only ever closed on Christmas day, unless you ignore that fact that the local NISA store opens, greedy idiots.

Anyway, a few days before, Andy's sister in law asked if we would like to go there, apparently his brother has wanted his mum to go there for some while, I was not to sure, apart from going to my parents at Christmas I had never been away from home on the big day, I thought about it and thought it would be fun so I agreed and we went there on Christmas day.

In the morning we opened our presents, and Andy got me a great iPad mini 64gb, I have been playing on it ever since, we both got lots of great presents and as usual lots of biscuits and chocolate, not that we needed anymore, I think we have more of these things than the local Tesco, we packed teh things away and went to lunch (4pm), we played games throughout the rest of the day/evening before we left to come home, we dropped Mary off and got back.

Boxing day we had Mary here, and we did what we would have done the day before, I was by this day very tired and quite stressed, it was then a major issue preparing the dinner, Andy helped a lot, i was getting very stressed out, worrying about times and whether it would all come together, I needn't of worried as it all came together great, but i was by the time we had lunch, completely exhausted and was starting to get quite low and depressed.

Since then I have been low most days and tired all the time, sleeping has been better with hardly any breaks in the sleep, but waking up very tired and in lots of pain, very stiff and aching all over, once up and wandering about for a few minutes it eases and after I have taken my medication, the pain eases a great deal for a number of hours, but does not clear up completely, anyway, enough of that, we are heading towards 2013, and we start of with another day out to Andy's other brothers on NYD, should be fun.

I would like to wish anyone who reads this a very happy 2013.

Bad News - I was not expecting that.

Well, it's been a few days since i last inflicted you all with my diatribe of thoughts and feelings, Thursday was my last visit this year to the Dr's, i was hoping for some good news, I thought i would bribe her with a large box of chocolates, well, that didn't work....LOL... I took Andy along with me I thought maybe if he were there, I would maybe remember everything that I should be saying, my memory is poor, I usually forget many things, so I needed him there to assist.

Anyway, we discussed the many medications I am on, and she wrote them down like before so i know what and when and how many of each i am supposed to be taking, she has now added Diazepam to the list, I think she could see I was so low and when I also said that Andy was fed up with the speed of things, Andy chirped in and asked what more was to be done with regards the Pain clinic, she replied "that there is nothing more that can be done", so it looks like my back pain and associated issues are here for good.

She then said that she was to proceed in the new year with a load of tests, Thyroid, Cholesterol,  liver, kidney, prostrate and loads more, she also asked if I had an physiotherapy, she should know, she arranged them previously, I said just acupuncture, so I am going to have one-on-one physio with a trainer to make sure i do the exercises, so that should be fun, so with that and the pills adjustment that should go some way towards at least making me a little more healthily, she also suggested a diet plan from a Dr Mosley, I have looked at this and it looks ok, need to get a few more idea's for the meals, as they are only 600 calories.

We went to my brothers family for a pre Christmas lunch, it was a great day, mum and dad didn't know we were coming so it was a nice surprise for them, my sister and her lot were there, it was the first time in many years I had spoken to her, no apology for what she accused me of and how she behaved, so as far as I am concerned, nothing has changed, we had a lovely lunch and tea, we left shortly after tea, I was getting tired and my morning pills were wearing off, by the time I got home, i was really needing my next lot of medication.

Today we went and looked at a new three piece suite, well, I have damaged the other one,  and it is noticeable so we went to DFS, the place that has a never ending sale, after a good wander around and looking, poking and sitting we settled on this one.

 A large two seater, with double electrical reclining, a single seater with electrical reclining and a one plain standard chair, However Andy keeps changing his mind and things that a single and two doubles might be the way to go, anyway he says he wants to try them again.

Time to go I am sure your all bored now.

Another day nearer....

Yes, another day nearer to Christmas, another day to get poorer and, just another day, the medication i am taking still fails to work, hopefully after the doctors visit on Thursday something may change, doubt it though, does anyone fancy being dizzy 24/7, LOL, no, oh well, I thought I would ask.

Being posting again on Lamley, for those not associated with Lamley it is a blog for model car enthusiasts 

(http://lamleydlm.blogspot.co.uk/)

there are some nice casting coming up including a new Lambo, a little late to the table, but at least it is there, new Deco on Subaru's and an utterly hideous BMW bike, they can bin that casting.

Other than that it has been a usual uninteresting uneventful day, just got to wrap a couple of presents, they were wrapped and i had finished my present wrapping for this year two weeks ago, however on sorting out who gets what i found a few with no labels on, DUH, so had to rip them open, felt like an early Christmas day, and now to re-wrap them.

Will have an early night with laptop and Radio Times to see what's on over the festive season, I love Sky never miss, and teh ability to set the recorder from the laptop, you see, I am not as thick as you thought, even though when it comes to spell the word THE, 90% of teh time it ends as teh, LOL.

My spelling checker seems to accept it as a correct word now instead of altering it, does anyone in cyber land have any idea how to change it, answers on teh back of an email....LOL...

Time to sort out something for tea/dinner then settle down to another crappy nights telly, thank god for the sky+ recorder.

Friends visit and Whine and a Maxi Mini pic.

Got to meet our great friends from near to Lowestoft today, see there son and go out for a meal, it should be fun, I am really looking forward to it, but then i am not, I am in a lot of pain today, and very dizzy, I have to say that I am really fed up with this, it has been so long now, the Dr's seem to listen and then adjust my pills, so I then get more side effects, this then n turn effects my moods and the low mood kicks in worse, however, the generally low mood is there most of the time anyway.

I try to have things that boost my low periods, the odd day out here and there, but they are very few and far between, my side of the family live around a 100 miles away, as I cant drive that far I very rarely get to see them, next Sunday is the exception, and i am looking forward to seeing my brother and his family and my parents, these are things to look forward to but generally I am at home day in and day out, alone, no one to talk too, or see, i can feel for elderly people that go through this not seeing anyone for days on end and looking forward to going out once a week.

At least today, going to see Samantha, Stefano and Valentino this will keep me amused for a few days, even though they have there own issues, we can help them out and they say that seeing us is a great help and they feel better after our visit, I just wish that i felt the same, as time passes, the depression gets more  intense, and takes longer to get out of, I do my best to keep it from family and friends, but it is not easy and not worth the effort sometimes.

At least i get to drive my car for a little while today instead of driving back and forth to the two hospitals i attend and the Dr's, it wont be far as i cant do far, but Little Mini can have a nice run today.

This is me when i picked the car up from elms Mini in Cambourne near Cambridge, it's is a nice car, but I am not happy with it, but i have to keep it to at least next August, the car i got was significantly different from the car i tested in July, a lot more harder , mainly due in part to run flat wheels which are extremely hard 

Weekend of fun and friends.

My first real attempt at doing and keeping up with a blog, i wont be that exciting, i don't do a great deal, but you never know, there might be a few tit bits.

All the presents are wrapped and all the cards are written, and the main shopping has been done, just the last minute things to get, Christmas day this year will be spent at the better half's brother and his family, so at least the hectic Christmas day festivities will be delayed until Boxing day.

Andy is out tonight meeting up with some work colleagues for a wild night, lol, and were out tomorrow with our mates in Norfolk.

SO thats it for the first one, i know boring isn't it, but once i get the hang of this i will get better, i promise, more details about me and my hobbies and likes in later posts once i have worked out what all the buttons are for.

Bye for now