And so on…..

 Well, things just keep rolling on.

Lee is just about getting back to normal. I am sure the counselling is helping, but whatever it is so much relief to be able to relax a little where he I concerned.

He still has a few appointments to attend for the reports for the court case, but they are coming to an end now. We hope to finally finish the claim sometime around June/July this year. That will be a weight off everyone’s mind, and we can get on with our lives proper then.

Job-wise, still nothing concrete. I’ve got 5 applications in and of those I have had 1 telephone interview with one of them and they have said they will be in touch within a fortnight. This one is for a Nurse Advisor in Cardiology. Apparently it is a project that is just starting up, so I have got in just at the right time. Sounds like a really good job and am hoping this one happens. Another one, I have actually got an interview for next week. This is for a Peri-operative Practitioner. It promises rotation between pre-operation assessments, scrub nurse, anaesthetic nurse, ad recovery nurse in Day Surgery dept. I worked as a Nursing Assistant in Theatres before I started my training so it won’t exactly be a new environment for me, but it will be a whole new set of skills. I don’t think I would mind it too much, despite it being back in the hospital, but the again it may be that just any job will do right now. It’s great being at home al the time, but the money side of things is beginning to get a little tight now.

Weather here is very up and down. Some dry days, some wet ones. Managed to get out on the bike a couple of times, but not too far. Been to the docs, for myself recently. A little bit of depression creeping back into my life, which is probably not surprising, so got a short course of happy pills again. Also got Blepharitis, which is a skin irritation around the eyes. It’s similar to eczema, but it flares up and then can go away again, sometimes for months. Usually it lasts for 4-6 weeks, but this has gone on for at least 8 weeks this time and is bloody irritating. So I got some cream for that, despite telling the doctor that I had used creams before with no effect. I am also getting some mystery joint pain that is concerning me. It is very painful, almost debilitating, and travels from joint to joint! Mostly wrists, sometimes fingers, elbows or knees. Only lasts 2 days, slowly intensifies over 24 hours. Anti-inflammatories do give it some relief, and then it disappears as quickly a it started and moves to somewhere else. I’m suspecting rheumatoid arthritis, but not 100% sure. I started to tell the doc about this, after discussing the depression, and the blepharitis and she says “That’s to much for one appointment, we only allow 10 minutes. Make another appointment!” I sat there for a few seconds gobsmacked. Then I got up and left. This doctor is a locum, and I hope she isn’t here too long! Have made a new appointment but no with her!

Next week if all works out well, Lee and I are going to Duxford Air Museum. We’ve been before and we both enjoy it. I shall take my camera and hopefully get plenty of pics.

Well, I guess that is about all for now.

I keep reading all and noting when I have anything useful to say!

Thoughts right now are going out to all those who lot loved ones and friends in Christchurch, New Zealand.

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

Hugz All

RNBiker