A quick situation update…
I’m still recovering from the GI infection as well as the swelling which is causing me some pain on the right-hand side. Yesterday I had a couple of appointments which have confirmed I’m doing the right things as much as possible (and the doctor who visited was expecting me to be in a much worse state than I actually was, which was nice in a way), and that pain management and relief is where it needs to be.
I’m trying to keep to the minimum of oramorph as while I’m on the lowest of the low doses (and not taking as much at that on most days), it has been helping particularly with sleeping through the night (which had become next-to-impossible), which is helping build me up.
But obviously I’m still in ‘recuperation’ mode and figthing two battles, so there are still lots of pills to take (T has been amazing at managing this, particularly dealing with some times when there are lots to take so we have strategies for that), and I do not feel great – I’ve described it as ‘behind’ as I feel I’m half-a-second behind everything and I wouldn’t drive; in fact I’ve not felt in a position where it would be safe for me to drive since before being in hospital. This feeling recedes to a degree as the day goes on (to be replaced with tiredness instead sometimes), but certainly not to a degree where I’d feel safe doing anything where there’s any chance of danger/injury/etc.
I’m still physically a lot weaker than I was, but this was inevitable anyway and has just been exacerbated by the GI situation, which at least appears to be behind me.
I can’t be a complete mental mess though as I’ve spent some of today fixing some bugs with the display that I’ve made – finally found the intermittent reason it was turning off and just stopping working, and now I think I’ve made it more robust so it doesn’t just give up.
Talking of which, I haven’t given up. This surprises me as a week ago I was in the process of being hospitalised and thought this really was the end. So it’s been great to at least acknowledge a small win.
Amazingly, this weekend is the London-Brighton EV rally, which we were going to take part in (a last hurrah of car driving, it would have been). But I’m nowhere near feeling up to that, and thankfully Summer is visiting this weekend which has been lovely.
Thanks all. I’m still not up to visitors, but hopefully will feel a bit more robust soon (emotionally as well as physically).
