Today (25th August 2026) I'm grateful for...

...everything going well at the medical appointment this afternoon.

I'm also grateful that the nurse told me about applying for a passport and remembering to look into it when I got home.  I've gotta take a photo of me with my upper body in it and I can wear my glasses with the passport application, as long as the glasses aren't covering my eyes and there's no reflection.  I did a rough experiment and I think I've got it spot on as long as I get changed into a lighter coloured top.

I'm grateful that chicory is available in my next OddBox as it's another vegetable that I've never had before.

I'm grateful that I've been able to make a start on putting together next week's menu as well as having my first two pickled eggs for a while to stop my belly from rumbling.

Overall, a good day today.

Mornin' all

I've woken up to a 'Morning Stability' score of 4 this morning, so in theory at least I could do two sets of laps and exercises today, but because my weight wasn't too far into the healthy range yesterday I'm not gonna risk it.  I'm also not eating until my nectarine for tea which is another reason not to.

I've taken my blood pressure which was at 120 this morning, popped my 11 morning pills and gotten myself washed and changed.  The daily virus scan found an advanced issue and I haven't got a clue what that could be this time.  The Olio-er isn't coming this morning after all, which is frustrating, but I've re-listed the sweet potatoes and I'll hopefully be able to get rid of them in the next few days.

Got a medical appointment after lunch, so it's a busy day today.

Gonna put in my next grocery order, then get today's only breakfast photo up, then my to-do list now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's gonna be a very long day tomorrow, starting with scrubbing myself clean and getting changed, then the Olio-er at 9.15am, then my groceries, then my medical appointment and I won't be able to eat until tea time which'll just be a nectarine, so it's gonna be a busy day on an almost empty stomach, but the Olio-er and medical things are just one-off's thankfully.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm gonna head to bed and crawl under the duvet again for the first time in a few months.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, emotional day today 'cos I finished editing and reading through my second memoir for hopefully the last time, but it's done now and I've emailed my best friend to see if he wants one last read-through of it before I set to work with publishing it.

I've got a busy Tuesday next week with potentially only being able to eat breakfast 'cos I've got a medical appointment as soon as they open after lunch and I don't wanna be throwing up in the car on the way there (I get travel sick)!

I've gotta remember to bring in my recycling when it's been picked up tomorrow, but my OddBox has already been delivered and put away, so I'll get up when my bladder says to in the morning.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Mornin' all

I'm well and truly knackered this morning, but never mind eh?

My 'Morning Stability' score was 3 again this morning, my blood pressure was 109 and I've had a liquid breakfast of my normal glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with and the last of the juice.

I've gotta remember to phone up for that medical appointment today - hopefully over the phone otherwise it'll be another £20 trip in the taxi to get there and back for a 5 minute appointment.

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear, so that's good news to start the day off with.

I've got one of my regular Freeglers coming this afternoon, then I can finally flop and recover.

Time to get today's breakfast photos resized and put up, then today's to-do list then get today's blood pressure photo and this month's spreadsheet up on my health site, before doing today's exercises then not moving from the sofa.

BBS-ish

Nite nite orl

I've had a very long, very hot, very stressful day today and apparently I've gotta make another appointment about my DVLA renewal, which is totally understandable, but I bet I'll forget tomorrow lol

I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Mornin' all/woops!

My memory was even worse than normal yesterday, by the looks of things, 'cos I didn't update this blog after I found out about the appointment day!

So far this morning I've taken my 'Morning Stability' reading which was 3 so I can do my laps again (but I'm not gonna risk anything else otherwise I'll be too wobbly for my medical appointment), my blood pressure was 107, my 10 morning pills have been popped and I've had a light breakfast of a yoghurt and orange juice.

I've just started the virus scan off, so I'll get my breakfast photo and to-do list up when that's finished.

Gonna get washed and changed at lunchtime so that I'm as fresh as possible when I go to the appointment this afternoon.

BBS

I was wrong, I'm sorry

I thought my medical appointment and taxi were today, so I got totally ready today and barely drank this morning, but I've just checked my appointment and with the taxi and it's tomorrow not today - woops!

I can have a proper lunch now!

Nite nite orl

Gotta remember to get washed and changed tomorrow morning, ready for my medical appointment in the afternoon.

I've just finished the hopefully last edit of my second memoir and emailed it across to my best friend.

I'm giving my personal phone some emergency juice so that I can take it with me to call the taxi tomorrow.

My last two pills of the day have been popped and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

*Phew*

I hate using the phone at the best of times but I've just called the pharmacy and they said they would deliver my prescription "tomorrow" and they will have had my prescription for 28 days at that point, but that's the first thing I can cross off my to-do list.  Then I phoned the taxi company and that's all been booked in for my medical appointment on the 17th and apparently all the drivers have card machines now, so that's reassuring - just gotta remember to take my purse with me now lol

Gonna put my afternoon's exercises into the app then that'll be me able to relax until bedtime then.

Friday 17th July

I've just had my GP surgery on the phone and I've got a medical appointment on Friday 17th July to start testing me for asthma after it was in my hospital records a couple of times.

There's nothing in their GP records, but it was in my hospital records when I went to get my coil changed in April 2019 so I haven't got a clue what's going on and why it's not in my GP records, but I'm on the road to finding out one way or another now and first stop in 2 weeks time.

Just gotta print out the document in my hospital records now so that they can see that I'm not lying lol

Today (18th June 2026) I'm grateful for...

...the three choccie drinks completely stopping me from snacking today - it seems that my mouth wanted sweetness as opposed to food when I was snacking, so now that I know that I can stock up on the cream and do like I did today, just have chocolatey drinks as opposed to solid snacks.  I also haven't felt hungry after the drinks like I pretty much constantly did with the snacking!  Drinking chocolates and me-friendly squirty creams will be a constant in my life now that I've found the solution!

I'm also grateful that the Mental Health nurse was so quick to make the corrections I dropped off on Friday and that she was so understanding of my reasons.  One of the questions she left blank was my triggers though, and I realised that I didn't know them any more other than the weather and feeling pressured into supporting others!  I used to know them, but since I've been stable on the 5-HTP I haven't noticed them ever since!

I've had a good day today.

Mornin' all

Well, my Visible is into it's second day without needing to be pretty much fully charged, so I think it's sorted now.  My 'Morning Stability' score was 2 again, so it'll be another gentle day without laps or exercises again.

I ran the daily virus scan as I was getting washed and changed, then brushing my teeth and it found an 'Advanced Issue' so I'll get that sorted when I've posted this and got my breakfast photo up for you all.

I've got another attempt at the ECG this morning, so I haven't had anything solid for breakfast, so I can't have the caffeinated drink today otherwise it'll go straight through me.

Time to shut up and get today's breakfast photo up for you all now I reckon.

BBS

4pm today marked...

...48 hours since my last diarrhoea episode, which officially means that I can now have caffeine again.

I deliberately don't have caffeine after 12pm, self-imposed time limit, because it keeps me wide awake all night so I won't be having caffeine until tomorrow morning and to celebrate I'm gonna break open a jar of my favourite peach tea for the first time since being medically approved to have one mug of caffeine a day, for a maximum of 6 days a week, because my usual mug is 550ml as opposed to the standard 250ml that is usually seen as a dose of caffeine.  

I deliberately didn't have caffeine on Thursday 'cos of my medical appointment and I just completely forgot on Friday morning, then my bottom explosion, so I haven't had any caffeine at all since last Wednesday, so that's pretty good going I reckon and it was the equivalent of 1.5 'doses' of caffeine, in total, all week instead of the 2-3 that I'm medically allowed each week, so I think I deserve my peach tea tomorrow lol

Just gotta remember now lol

Aaaaand... relax!

Just got back from my medical appointment and I had to have a blood test to check my Cholesterol because my anti-loopy pills can raise it, vitamin D because I so rarely leave the house and B12 because I'm a vegetarian with food allergies.  That all went fine, but the poor nurse was having all kinds of problems with getting my ECG reading to save into my records even though she could see it on her desktop, so I've gotta go back again on the 12th to have it done again.  She wanted me to check how much Vitamin D was in my multivitamin which I've just done and there's only 5ug in it and apparently the ideal dose is 15ug so that'll come back low and I'll be on the vitamin D pills/capsules again.

All in all a pretty good morning, so I think I've earned my lunch now!

Mornin' all

I had an OK night last night and woke up without wetting myself, which is a plus point.  My Visible score was 3 this morning, so just one set of laps and exercises after lunch today.

My blood pressure was reassuringly within my normal range and I've popped all 11 pills too, so I'm all set for the day now.  I had issues with my phone not wanting to send my blood pressure readings to my email address, so I had to restart it and try again, then it wouldn't let me into my email account to send the breakfast photo either, so that was frustrating.

Gotta remember to post the letter and pick up my prescription while I'm at my medical appointment today.  The letter is a DVLA form and I got a text to say my prescription was ready yesterday afternoon, so I've only had to miss one pill this time.

Time to get today's breakfast photo up then today's to-do list now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

The food has gone to an Olio-er, my prescription is ready at long long last (15 days today since the prescription was sent to the pharmacy), I've taken my pills and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now, in preparation for tomorrow's medical appointment for my "Mental Health/Severe Mental Illness review" tomorrow right before lunch.  I've also gotta remember to take my DVLA form with me to post on the way down to the surgery.  It's gonna be a loooong day tomorrow and I won't be able to have any caffeine otherwise I'll literally wet myself!

Gotta remember to put my key on in the morning so that I don't forget.

I've taken my Visible reading for the evening and I'm seriously struggling now so...

I'll see you all for a little while tomorrow.

Nite nite orl

Nite nite orl

Well, I'm thinking that I should go to bed and try and get a little bit of sleep so that my insomnia doesn't kick off again.  I'm not tired, but I'm not fully awake either, so I'll prolly be tossing and turning for most of the night, but never mind.

Gotta remember to try and get washed and changed if I can drag myself out of bed ready for my medical appointment on Thursday.  I've already brought my clothes downstairs, so it's just a case of getting washed without falling asleep standing up, like Steve did before he died.

It's also the weekly virus scan and backups tomorrow too, so a busy morning for me tomorrow.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

I've decided that...

...no matter what my Visible score is tomorrow, I won't be doing any kind of exercise until I get back from my medical appointment on Thursday and only then if I feel up to it.  Having a couple of days off won't do me any harm and I don't wanna screw myself up before I go just in case my legs give way underneath me.

What's even better is...

...after about 4-5 weeks, my finger is pretty much entirely healed now so I can semi-safely and semi-confidently change my bedding without bleeding everywhere again, at long, long last!!

Thank you Gaia!