Blood Thinner

Oh the joys. I took my two plasters off last night after the cannula fitting I'd had earlier in the day. 

I was greeted by these beauties. My photos do not do them justice. 

The nurse who tried to put in the cannula said "oh I think I felt it pop?" which wasn't at all worrying. Okay, it was. 

Cough

Had my MRI. I had a cough brewing as I lay down to start the scan, and let the radiographer know.

"It's okay, just cough in a quiet bit" she helpfully advised. I wasn't convinced.

They injected me with dye mid-way through as usual, and back under I went.

To then do a fairly good cough as the MRI was going. I pointed it out to the radiographer afterwards, thinking we may have to do that bit again.

"Oh it'll be okay" she said. 

SIGH. 

There's Tiredness and There's Laziness

The teen helped at Brownie camp this weekend so husband and I had the house to ourselves from late on Friday. It was a bit weird, the quietness - though I was used to it with madam always taking herself off upstairs to do whatever it is she has planned (which is hopefully homework....)

It was like the old days - we could keep the tv volume up, we didn't need to close doors to keep it quiet for the teen and generally we had a different kind of freedom. This wasn't then helped by us both falling asleep in front of the tv though. 

I set aside a time to go and have a shower, but it wasn't to be. Strictly started and I wasn't going to miss Angela Rippon doing a routine to 'Do-Re-Mi' from The Sound of Music. Marvellous it was too. 

So I was left in a happy place in my pyjamas (and new Oodie) while feeling a bit lazy with it all. I was tired too, but this was definitely more on the lazy side. To make up for it I had an early shower today. I'm not sure if the gods of cleanliness will care though. 

Yesterday was also a year since I first went to A&E. That was a weird milestone to pass. 

Wednesday Thoughts

Ha, see, if I call each post the actual day it's published, maybe that will help me. 

Though right now my biggest problem is that I think of something I want to post here, I log on, create a new post and oh, guess what? The time it took me to do that and stop thinking about what to post, the actual post has now left my brain. Gone. Forgotten. 

The last time I remembered the post was in the middle of the night, not the most practical time. 

It's more than a bit annoying - this is low level memory stuff which is being forgotten (thanks head). 

So the question is, if I wake up at 2am and remember, should I make myself post it? 

Oh, I think I might have remembered something. For the last couple of weeks I've been trying to find the husband's nasal hair trimmer. Yesterday I found it. My long nasal hairs have been trimmed! This has led to me having a runnier nose than usual (not sure why), but it has also led to my nose no longer being itchy. Thus, it's a huge great big R E S U L T as runny noses are a bit irritating. 

Anyway....

 "GASP! Will we get to use your Blue Badge?!" excitedly asked the teen. I told her it was unlikely as there were plenty of parking spaces and we weren't going to take very long. The disappointment.... 

My brain is jumping around trying to work out what day it is. Yesterday (Monday) my head thought it was Thursday - and I ended up quite disappointed it wasn't (Taskmaster, yay) - today it's confused and not bothering. Although on saying that, I'm due at the hospital this afternoon for an appointment we're confused as to what it's about. 

(extra sidenote, our nurse had no idea she had an appointment with me so she was elsewhere for a while as well)

Anyway, everything seems to be done that needs to be. I need to have two blood clot blood tests every year to check everything is working and I need to get (one of my many) prescriptions switched from the hospital to my GP. 

So now we move onto prep for next week's appointments....

Then There's Other Stuff

I am not about to mouth off about my family, though by starting this that way I'm directing you there. Don't listen to me, ok?

ANYWAY.

The teen asked if she could be dropped off at the park when we were driving home this afternoon. I pointed out she had homework that needed doing and I wasn't happy with her priorities. She pointed out the homework wasn't due in school for a few days. 

Which then left me in the position of being quiet and hoping the husband would decide instead of me.

The teen promised she would be home by 5.30 (it was more like 5.45) and would do her homework when she got in - which is mostly done but there's still some bits that are outstanding.

We've hit that 'wants to be with her friends' phase which is fine - they all hang out in the local parks. Two days of it is quite a lot although it wasn't denied. 

I guess I'm not used to how quickly the change happened! 

Clean Clean

So for goodness knows how long (we're talking years here) dirty clothes end up on the floor, screwed up in a ball which clearly indicates there's no way it's getting worn again until it has been washed. 

However.

Husband is very tidy. He tidies everything. Everything. 

So all those clothes which were screwed up in a ball on the floor have been picked up, occasionally placed on a coathanger and generally just exist to confuse me forevermore. 

So to remedy this I've put everything* in the wash. 

* not absolutely everything, that'd be silly.