After almost 5 months since first catching the virus I am finally signed off by the Doc today!
It wasn't quite the end of the story though as the iritis came back several more times until August 2006, but at least I knew what to do about it. I also had another rather scary eye problem in September 2005 - all related to the original virus.
So that's it, and if you've kept up with reading this blog since last New Year's Eve, thanks and - look after yourself! :-)
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Monday 10 May 2004
I had a hospital appointment with a specialist today. My right hand hadn't properly gone back to normal so I had an x-ray on it, plus a blood test to make sure all the infection had gone.
Friday, 8 May 2009
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 May 2004
Nothing really to report for a few days, just generally getting stronger.
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Thursday 6 May 2004
Today, after a course of 12 weeks, or 84 days, I finally took my last anti-biotic tablet!
I really dislike taking medicine, I seem to have this fear of it doing some harm elsewhere in my body, and back on the 12th of February, 84 days later seemed forever! At last they had ALL gone!
I really dislike taking medicine, I seem to have this fear of it doing some harm elsewhere in my body, and back on the 12th of February, 84 days later seemed forever! At last they had ALL gone!
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Tuesday 20 April - Wednesday 5 May 2004
Well there isn't really a lot to say here. Things continue to steadily improve.
Monday 19 April 2004
It's good news today as I can now finally reach my bum with my left heel! That's both legs can do this now so things are definitely on the 'up'!
Monday, 13 April 2009
Monday 12 - Sunday 18 April 2004
Head pains gone again. Wonder what they are?! Legs and hand still gradually improving.
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Friday 2 - Tuesday 6 April 2004
Nothing to report apart from the continued steady improvement in my knees and right hand movement.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Thursday 1 April 2004
We went for a quick drive to Flushing on the opposite side of the Fal estuary and then Rob had to leave again in the early afternoon. My head pains were extremely rare today.
Wednesday 31 March 2004
Today I drove Rob and myself to St. Ives, where we spent a few hours. It was a fine day, and though I mainly stayed in the car, it was cool to sit and look out to sea. It was also my longest drive since first becoming ill. All went well and my legs were good enough to reach the pedals ok! Even the pains in my head were much better today :-)
Monday, 30 March 2009
Tuesday 30 March 2004
I still had the pains in my head but Rob was here again now.
First he drove me to the hospital for my eye appointment to just check them over now I had finished with the drops. All was ok so no need to return :-)
Then we went for a drive around the Lizard peninsula, where my new profile picture was taken!
This was the first photo taken of me since I became ill with the virus three months ago.
First he drove me to the hospital for my eye appointment to just check them over now I had finished with the drops. All was ok so no need to return :-)
Then we went for a drive around the Lizard peninsula, where my new profile picture was taken!
This was the first photo taken of me since I became ill with the virus three months ago.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Monday 29 March 2004
I feel generally better today and have my appetite back, although the stabbing pains in my head are still there.
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Sunday 28 March 2004
My ankle is finally feeling ok, though I still feel a bit fluey and have no appetite.
I now have random sharp stabbing pains in my head too. This should be somewhat worrying I guess, but I think I will put them down to all the drops I have been putting into my eyes recently.
I now have random sharp stabbing pains in my head too. This should be somewhat worrying I guess, but I think I will put them down to all the drops I have been putting into my eyes recently.
Friday, 27 March 2009
Saturday 27 March 2004
My left ankle still sprained and still feel a bit fluey and have no appetite today either - this is really unusual for me :-)
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Friday 26 March 2004
Following yesterday's conversation with Dr.B, I now started on a course of anti-biotics. I took my last eye drop today. My left ankle still felt bruised. During the evening I felt I had flu coming on.
Thursday 25 March 2004
No change to my left ankle. I spoke with Dr.B on the phone as he had received the report from the Hospital about my appointment on March 1st. So now he knows what I had!
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Friday 19 - Sunday 21 March 2004
My groin was still feeling sprained, and now my left knee was bruised too. I guess also as a result of the work I did in the garden on Tuesday. I didn't feel too worried about these things as I think I just accepted that getting my limbs and joints to work properly again would involve this kind of thing.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Wednesday 17 March 2004
In the evening I was starting to get a sprain feeling in my groin - which I guess was brought on by me standing still for so long in the garden yesterday. This told me that now I was beginning to use my knees and right hand again, after two months this was going to put a strain on other parts of me that hadn't been affected by the virus, but which had not been used normally in all that time.
By this stage, after using my left hand for things my right hand would normally have done for two months, my right arm looked like just a bone in skin!
By this stage, after using my left hand for things my right hand would normally have done for two months, my right arm looked like just a bone in skin!
Tuesday 16 March 2004
It was a warm sunny day and after being inside so long it was good to go outside in the garden. I have a large buddleia bush which needs chopping right down in the late winter and I hadn't been able to do this this year until today.
Most of the time I'm doing this I can stand still, so not much walking for my knees to do, which were getting better all the time anyway, and the telescopic pruners I use are operated with both hands rather than a flick of my wrist as secateurs would need, so my hand should be ok about it too.
Most of the time I'm doing this I can stand still, so not much walking for my knees to do, which were getting better all the time anyway, and the telescopic pruners I use are operated with both hands rather than a flick of my wrist as secateurs would need, so my hand should be ok about it too.
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Monday 15 March 2004
Another eye appointment today at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. I could now cut out the drops that dilate my pupil altogether, so it was now much better with bright lights and focussing.
Also the other drops were reduced again to 4 per day, then every 3 days I could reduce by another one until I stopped altogether. I didn't need to go again until the end of the month, which would be just to check that all was ok when I had finished with the drops altogether.
Today I also finished the course of anti-biotics and anti-inflamatory tablets I had had since my first hospital appointment on March 1st, and re-started with just the anti-biotics I was taking up to then.
Also the other drops were reduced again to 4 per day, then every 3 days I could reduce by another one until I stopped altogether. I didn't need to go again until the end of the month, which would be just to check that all was ok when I had finished with the drops altogether.
Today I also finished the course of anti-biotics and anti-inflamatory tablets I had had since my first hospital appointment on March 1st, and re-started with just the anti-biotics I was taking up to then.
Tuesday 9 - Sunday 14 March 2004
Nothing to write about here. Just continued with the drops and tablets, and a gradual improvement with my knees and right hand.
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Monday 8 March 2004
Today was my next eye appointment. Things seemed to be improving so the doc cut both types of drops down. I was now only to take one per day of the nasty ones which sting and make things too bright and out of focus.
Friday, 6 March 2009
Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 March 2004
Not much to report for these few days. I was still taking the new tablets and eye drops. Next appointment with the Eye casualty was on Monday 8th.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Wednesday 3 March 2004
Today I had to go back to the Eye casualty doctor to check on the progress of my iritis and how my eye was reacting to all the drops. I was told to continue with the drops and come back again in five more days. The doctor gave me some ointment to use in my eye at night now too.
It was really reassuring to know that I was being told to come back for a check-up so frequently.
After just two days of having the steroid injection I could now bend my right leg back sufficiently to reach my bum with my heel! Wow. Things were actually improving :-)
It was really reassuring to know that I was being told to come back for a check-up so frequently.
After just two days of having the steroid injection I could now bend my right leg back sufficiently to reach my bum with my heel! Wow. Things were actually improving :-)
Monday, 2 March 2009
Tuesday 2 March 2004
Good news today - my knees were no longer hurting so much, and my right eye had stopped itching too. I still couldn't straighten my legs or walk properly and I couldn't see straight or focus on anything with my right eye, and everything was too bright for it too, but then Rome wasn't built in a day!
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Monday 1 March 2004
Apart from the first day of the year when it all began, today was the most significant and memorable, as it was the day something at last started happening. Strange that it was also the first of a new month again.
I finally had my appointment at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
First of all it was the usual checks etc, then I went thru to the specialist department.
He asked me about everything that had happened since the start, and then told me that what I had was Reactive Arthritis, and gave me a leaflet about it. It is specifically brought on by a bad reaction to a virus, and unlike normal arthritis, it normally clears up within two weeks. In rare cases it can take longer, and as I had now had the symptoms for 6 weeks without showing any signs of improvement, the best course of action was for me to have a steroid injection in my right knee, then see how it reacts and make a decision about doing the other knee after a while.
It was a weird place to have an injection as, unlike when they're in your arm, I actually felt the needle going through different parts of my knee, both on the way in, and on the way out!
The specialist then prescribed the tablets Dr.B changed me onto on January 20th, plus some more antibiotics.
Just as I was about to leave, he noticed my right eye was red. I told him it had had something in it for the last 3 or 4 days and he suggested I go to the Eye casualty department while I was there.
The eye doctor examined my eye and it turned out it was something called Iritis. This is an infection which should be dealt with promptly and can be brought on by - arthritis!
I was given two types of drops, one to use hourly, and one to use three times a day. That one dilates your pupil so your eye thinks it's dark, so you see everything far too brightly. It also means you can't focus.
So as one door opened, another door was closing!
I finally had my appointment at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
First of all it was the usual checks etc, then I went thru to the specialist department.
He asked me about everything that had happened since the start, and then told me that what I had was Reactive Arthritis, and gave me a leaflet about it. It is specifically brought on by a bad reaction to a virus, and unlike normal arthritis, it normally clears up within two weeks. In rare cases it can take longer, and as I had now had the symptoms for 6 weeks without showing any signs of improvement, the best course of action was for me to have a steroid injection in my right knee, then see how it reacts and make a decision about doing the other knee after a while.
It was a weird place to have an injection as, unlike when they're in your arm, I actually felt the needle going through different parts of my knee, both on the way in, and on the way out!
The specialist then prescribed the tablets Dr.B changed me onto on January 20th, plus some more antibiotics.
Just as I was about to leave, he noticed my right eye was red. I told him it had had something in it for the last 3 or 4 days and he suggested I go to the Eye casualty department while I was there.
The eye doctor examined my eye and it turned out it was something called Iritis. This is an infection which should be dealt with promptly and can be brought on by - arthritis!
I was given two types of drops, one to use hourly, and one to use three times a day. That one dilates your pupil so your eye thinks it's dark, so you see everything far too brightly. It also means you can't focus.
So as one door opened, another door was closing!
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 February 2004
No change on these two days.
As there was a February 29th in 2004, from now on the days won't exactly match those in that year.
As there was a February 29th in 2004, from now on the days won't exactly match those in that year.
Friday, 27 February 2009
Friday 27 February 2004
Today everything was the same, including feeling something was in my eye. The good news was I received notice of my appointment to see a specialist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital - it was to be on Monday - 3 days time.
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Thursday 26 February 2004
I heard that my latest sample taken in last week was ok.
My knees and right hand were still not bending properly and my knees continued to feel bruised.
I also now seemed to have something in my right eye, which I tried to remove by the usual methods but to no avail.
My knees and right hand were still not bending properly and my knees continued to feel bruised.
I also now seemed to have something in my right eye, which I tried to remove by the usual methods but to no avail.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Wednesday 25th February 2004
As well as not being able to move my knees much, they also felt painful today, like they were bruised.
Friday, 20 February 2009
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Thursday 19 February 2004
I spoke to Dr.D today about absence certificates and while on the phone I mentioned I wasn't improving at all. He advised I should take in a new sample the next day.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Friday 13th - Wednesday 18th February 2004
All these days were very much the same, which is why I've grouped them altogether. There was no change to either of my legs or my right hand.
I was still taking the latest batch of tablets - waiting for them to start doing something, and also waiting to hear from the hospital about when my appointment would be.
Two things that were particularly difficult to do were actually sitting down and standing up, and
I literally had to 'fall' onto whatever I wanted to sit on!
As standing for a shower would be awkward I decided to have a bath instead. Luckily there is a wide enough tiled shelf behind my bath so I cleared it off and sat on that, then swung my legs over the bath and slid down into the water.
The trouble came when I wanted to get myself out again. I thought I would slide back up onto the shelf and do it all in reverse. This didn't quite work though, as I needed to press with my hands on the bath sides first to take my weight. I couldn't press with my right hand so I only had my left hand to use. Not thinking I would need as much pressure as I did, I failed to press hard enough, and as I slid up to the shelf, my hand gave way, and not being able to stop myself because of my knees, I rapidly dropped back down into the bath, sending a whole load of water all over the bathroom floor and up the wall!
Despite everything, it was really funny!
I was still taking the latest batch of tablets - waiting for them to start doing something, and also waiting to hear from the hospital about when my appointment would be.
Two things that were particularly difficult to do were actually sitting down and standing up, and
I literally had to 'fall' onto whatever I wanted to sit on!
As standing for a shower would be awkward I decided to have a bath instead. Luckily there is a wide enough tiled shelf behind my bath so I cleared it off and sat on that, then swung my legs over the bath and slid down into the water.
The trouble came when I wanted to get myself out again. I thought I would slide back up onto the shelf and do it all in reverse. This didn't quite work though, as I needed to press with my hands on the bath sides first to take my weight. I couldn't press with my right hand so I only had my left hand to use. Not thinking I would need as much pressure as I did, I failed to press hard enough, and as I slid up to the shelf, my hand gave way, and not being able to stop myself because of my knees, I rapidly dropped back down into the bath, sending a whole load of water all over the bathroom floor and up the wall!
Despite everything, it was really funny!
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Thursday 12 February 2004
Following the latest blood test result I had an appointment at the surgery with Dr.B. I don't think I will ever forget him asking me again 'where it hurts' and saying 'Well, I don't know what it is!'
I wondered just how I was supposed to react to that? I wish I knew then of all the websites that mentioned similar symptoms, then I could have told him!
At this point he prescribed some more tablets, and sent off a request to the hospital for an appointment for me to see a specialist.
I wondered just how I was supposed to react to that? I wish I knew then of all the websites that mentioned similar symptoms, then I could have told him!
At this point he prescribed some more tablets, and sent off a request to the hospital for an appointment for me to see a specialist.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Wednesday 11 February 2004
Not much change today but I would be going to see Dr. B again tomorrow as the results of my latest blood test would be known.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Monday, 9 February 2009
Monday 9 February 2004
No change today, but here are a few things it was really hard to do with my right hand as it was:
1. Opening a can - I would position the opener on the right of the can and leave it there, then press down on the lid with my right elbow to hold it still. The I'd reach round with my left hand to wind the opener!
2. Washing my left hand!
3. Cutting my left hand's fingernails - maybe I should have bitten them!
4. Peeling vegetables - It was impossible to peel left-handed so I actually had to do this with a vegetable knife, taking off much more peel than I would normally.
5. Write!
1. Opening a can - I would position the opener on the right of the can and leave it there, then press down on the lid with my right elbow to hold it still. The I'd reach round with my left hand to wind the opener!
2. Washing my left hand!
3. Cutting my left hand's fingernails - maybe I should have bitten them!
4. Peeling vegetables - It was impossible to peel left-handed so I actually had to do this with a vegetable knife, taking off much more peel than I would normally.
5. Write!
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Sunday 8 February 2004
Next part of me to go bad is my left Ankle! It felt like a sprain, which I put down to not using my left leg properly because of the knee. Since my Right knee went stiff on Thursday, I was probably sharing the strain and re-using my left leg a little, making the ankle work for the first time in three weeks!
My right hand also decided to become very stiff again today after easing off a little a week ago.
I had a visit today from a friend, Geoff, who was visiting the UK. He moved away from the area a few years before, and invited me over to see him and his mate in June - in Italy!
My right hand also decided to become very stiff again today after easing off a little a week ago.
I had a visit today from a friend, Geoff, who was visiting the UK. He moved away from the area a few years before, and invited me over to see him and his mate in June - in Italy!
Friday, 6 February 2009
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Thursday 5 February 2004
So it's now three weeks since my left knee and right hand started becoming stiff and swollen, and I was told at first that it may last up to two weeks. Also, I wasn't even taking any medication for it anymore.
However, today things were about to take another turn for the worse, because now my Right knee was also starting to become stiff and swollen. Up to now I had been able to limp around having one good leg, but with both knees now not bending or straightening properly, it would be almost impossible to walk, and even to just stand to do ordinary tasks like washing up etc were to become painful and awkward. I started to think back to the days I would run around the streets and the time I finished in the top quarter of the runners at the Helston 5K race, not that many years earlier. And one of my best hobbies in the summer was walking along the Cornish coastline.
Now I can't even stand properly.
I wondered how long it would be before my left hand joined in. Not a good day!
However, today things were about to take another turn for the worse, because now my Right knee was also starting to become stiff and swollen. Up to now I had been able to limp around having one good leg, but with both knees now not bending or straightening properly, it would be almost impossible to walk, and even to just stand to do ordinary tasks like washing up etc were to become painful and awkward. I started to think back to the days I would run around the streets and the time I finished in the top quarter of the runners at the Helston 5K race, not that many years earlier. And one of my best hobbies in the summer was walking along the Cornish coastline.
Now I can't even stand properly.
I wondered how long it would be before my left hand joined in. Not a good day!
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Wednesday 4 February 2004
I went to the surgery for another blood test. The Doc said it would be best not to start any more tablets until the result was known, which would be about a week.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Tuesday 3rd February 2004
I phoned Dr.B again because the tablets I was taking ran out and I was no better yet. He told me to come in tomorrow for another blood test to try and find out why.
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Saturday 31st January - Monday 2nd February 2004
Not much change physically for the next few days. It was strange now to think that I no longer had a job though. I was much more concerned with my health however, and it was now coming to the end of the two weeks Dr M told me it would take to clear up, and it didn't seem to be happening.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Friday 30th January 2004
My hand became less painful today, but was still swollen and didn't move as it should.
The shop I had worked in for 15 years was finally closing down on Saturday 31st and we were all being made redundant. Although I had spent my last two weeks I should have been there away, I went down anyway to say goodbye.
Not being able to drive because of my hand and leg, I decided it would be easier to limp across the road and go by bus. This was almost a mistake as the bus I was aiming to catch passed me on the way to the bus stop as it was running early, so I had to hobble all the way back home and do it all again half an hour later. Then when I caught the next bus, the driver jerked as he pulled away, causing me to hit my hand on the rail as I tried to grab it to stay standing up! Bus drivers in Cornwall are a friendly bunch!
At least I got to see everyone at the shop for one last time.
The shop I had worked in for 15 years was finally closing down on Saturday 31st and we were all being made redundant. Although I had spent my last two weeks I should have been there away, I went down anyway to say goodbye.
Not being able to drive because of my hand and leg, I decided it would be easier to limp across the road and go by bus. This was almost a mistake as the bus I was aiming to catch passed me on the way to the bus stop as it was running early, so I had to hobble all the way back home and do it all again half an hour later. Then when I caught the next bus, the driver jerked as he pulled away, causing me to hit my hand on the rail as I tried to grab it to stay standing up! Bus drivers in Cornwall are a friendly bunch!
At least I got to see everyone at the shop for one last time.
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Thursday 29th January 2004
Today my hand wasn't so bad and I could dispense with the frozen peas! Rob took us down to a local beach before he left for home. This time I also got out and had a little wander around the beach, where there were pieces of ice among the rock pools!
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Wednesday 28th January 2004
Rob drove us to St.Ives, which is another favourite place of ours, and we parked overlooking Porthgwidden Beach. At one point Rob went for a walk but my knee meant I stayed in the car admiring the view.
Back home later, my hand was beginning to hurt a lot, and I spent the evening with a bag of frozen peas round it. Oh, and it snowed for a while too :-)
Back home later, my hand was beginning to hurt a lot, and I spent the evening with a bag of frozen peas round it. Oh, and it snowed for a while too :-)
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Tuesday 27th January 2004
Rob drove us to Gunwalloe, one of my favourite places, and it made a nice change to be able to go out again. I didn't exactly do very much apart from admire the views and at one point we watched a hail storm approach us and pass overhead.
Although I hadn't got out of the car up till then, we called in Somerfield's in Helston on the way home for me to get lots of shopping while I had the chance. Although I couldn't walk properly, I had a nice shopping trolley to hold on to :-)
Although I hadn't got out of the car up till then, we called in Somerfield's in Helston on the way home for me to get lots of shopping while I had the chance. Although I couldn't walk properly, I had a nice shopping trolley to hold on to :-)
Monday, 26 January 2009
Monday 26th January 2004
No change with my knee but my right hand became very painful as well. I started to realise just how much we use our hands without even thinking about it.
I spent some time getting the house ready for my mate Rob from Portsmouth, who would be arriving late that night for a few days' visit.
I spent some time getting the house ready for my mate Rob from Portsmouth, who would be arriving late that night for a few days' visit.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th January 2004
Not really much difference between each day at the moment.
The new tablets didn't seem to be helping at all, and my left knee had now become swollen behind the joint as well so it was impossible to straighten my left leg. This meant it was very uncomfortable in bed so I started sleeping upstairs in the lounge on the sofa, so I could rest my leg against the sofa back.
The new tablets didn't seem to be helping at all, and my left knee had now become swollen behind the joint as well so it was impossible to straighten my left leg. This meant it was very uncomfortable in bed so I started sleeping upstairs in the lounge on the sofa, so I could rest my leg against the sofa back.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Tuesday 20th January 2004
I went back to the surgery to see Doctor B this time, who became the one I was assigned to from now on. Instead of giving me more tablets of the kind I had on Sunday, he gave me different ones, saying they would be better. I also had the result of my blood test from last Friday, which was ok.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Sunday 18th January 2004
My knee was still very swollen so I didn't go to work today. Also my hand was still feeling stiff. By the evening things were getting worse and I started to wonder what else might be happening inside, which I couldn't see, so I telephoned NHS Direct. For those outside the UK, this is an out-of-hours service for health advice.
They suggested I should see the duty Doctor immediately, who travels around to various towns but luckily just happened to be at the Falmouth surgery at the time. I arranged a taxi to take me.
The duty Doc that night happened to be the one I'm registered with, Doctor M, although I had never actually seen him before! He had a look at my knee and hand and asked a few questions, and told me it was probably a reaction to the virus I had had. It isn't very common but happens in a few cases. He gave me a few days supply of tablets out of a drawer so I could start on them straight away - the pharmacy would be closed at that hour - and said to go and see a Doctor at the surgery on Tuesday for some more. He said it would probably clear up within two weeks.
At least I was feeling rather more at ease now something was being done, and phoned for a taxi home.
They suggested I should see the duty Doctor immediately, who travels around to various towns but luckily just happened to be at the Falmouth surgery at the time. I arranged a taxi to take me.
The duty Doc that night happened to be the one I'm registered with, Doctor M, although I had never actually seen him before! He had a look at my knee and hand and asked a few questions, and told me it was probably a reaction to the virus I had had. It isn't very common but happens in a few cases. He gave me a few days supply of tablets out of a drawer so I could start on them straight away - the pharmacy would be closed at that hour - and said to go and see a Doctor at the surgery on Tuesday for some more. He said it would probably clear up within two weeks.
At least I was feeling rather more at ease now something was being done, and phoned for a taxi home.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Saturday 17th January 2004
Back at work although my left knee and right hand still feeling kinda stiff. As the day progressed, my knee worsened. Bending down was becoming very painful, and by the late afternoon my knee had become swollen. This turned out to be my last day at work for Our Price/Sanity.
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Thursday 15th January 2004
My day off today. My course of antibiotics is finished. I notice a kind of 'stiffness' in my left knee, rather like I had run a 10k race the previous day. Although I had been kicking a ball about at work with a colleague on Wednesday due to our boredom, this doesn't feel right, and in any case, my right hand feels the same. I phoned the Doctor's who suggest I go in the next day for a blood test.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th January 2004
Back at work and all ok healthwise. Work was very strange as we were waiting for confirmation of when we were going to be closing down. There was hardly any stock left, so hardly any customers, and it was very very boring, and very different to how the previous 15 years had been.
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Friday, 9 January 2009
Friday 9th January 2004
Today I received news from the doc of what I had had - it turned out to be a Campylobacter Infection - An infection carried in food rather than food poisoning, because the bacteria multiply after being eaten instead of in the food beforehand. So there we are! And now, because he knew what I had, he could prescribe a course of antibiotics, which I started on straight away.
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Tuesday/Wednesday January 6/7th 2004
Nothing really to report, just lounging around at home and gradually feeling better.
Monday, 5 January 2009
Monday January 5th 2004
No real change, but today I went down to the Doctor's Surgery to take my sample along!
Sunday January 4th 2004
Still feeling somewhat flu-like but spent the day upstairs out of bed not doing very much!
Saturday, 3 January 2009
Saturday January 3rd, 2004
Started to feel like getting up again today, so spent the afternoon lounging around upstairs instead of in bed. Still not feeling very well, but not spending the day in bed is a positive move.
Friday, 2 January 2009
Friday January 2nd 2004
Another day spent in bed, feeling pretty much the same. I telephoned the Doctor's - you speak to the surgery and they arrange a time when a Doc will call you back. He told me to take in a sample to the Surgery. I didn't have the strength to go anywhere that day so it had to wait.
I got up and laid on the sofa for about an hour during the evening, but that was about all.
I got up and laid on the sofa for about an hour during the evening, but that was about all.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Thursday January 1st, 2004
I spent the whole of New Year's Day in bed. My shivering from the previous night had turned to sweating and I woke up in soaking wet jogging bottoms and hoodie! I didn't really know much about that day at all as I was mostly asleep, though I did wake up enough during the afternoon and switched on the TV for company where I found the brilliant old Black & White film 'Murder, She Said' with Margaret Rutherford. I was too tired and feverish to watch it as such, but I was listening to it!
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