Sunday, 30 April 2023
Welcome! Come in and lie down!
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
I find that very relaxing
If ever a picture epitomises you and your home and lifestyle, it's this one. A lady dressed sensibly and warmly with knitted socks looks out of the window watching the birds feed from the bird feeder.
Her cats also watch, but with ulterior motives, mentally stalking them as prey. She has a cuppa in her hand and seems wholely relaxed.
Like our home, she has a blanket over her armchair, protecting it from the cats and adding a homely touch.
I would love to visit her home as I feel like we would be kindred spirits...
Anyway, today is the first day off the Prednisolone. I tried to halve the tablets but they crumbled. So I will be going off them cold turkey. I was only on them for four days...
My polymyalgia is improving but I still have a headache. I have just taken some paracetamol for that.
The Roombas have been run, I have pulled my bed up, done breakfast, bloods and meds and a load of washing which is now in the dryer. The weather is lovely today and I really should have hung it outside. But the PMR and fibromyalgia says otherwise, so I will have to listen to my body and just go with the flow.
I have a couple of pork chops on the kitchen bench thawing for tea tonight. I will serve mashed potatoes and a salad with them.
I am going to take the rest of the day easy as I have to pace myself.. fibro is raising its ugly head again.
Meanwhile, I will sit on the couch and let the fresh air fan me as I lay in the sunshine on my couch for a bit.
From my view on the couch, I can watch the clouds and I find that very relaxing...
Monday, 24 April 2023
It still is that for me!
Yep, it's still Safeway for me! With fibromyalgia brain fog and old age, tell me the new name of a place or person I knew, and it is lost forever... they will forever be the name I first called them!
So I had a phone consult today and the doctor wants to wean me off prednisolone after only four days.. it hasnt really done it's job quite yet, so I am going to spin it out for a few more days ...
Today I have washed some minkie blankets off our beds, ran and then emptied the Roombas, cleaned the toilets and ordered online medicines and groceries.I did some rounds of crochet in between tasks..
Chris loves bangers and mash so that's what I will be doing for tea tonight..
The Prednisolone fills me with fake energy, but I don't care... I will milk this Polymyalgia rheumatica situation for all it's worth! I know I won't be long on the meds so I may as well turn the antsy feelings for my good...and get the benefit of some pseudo spoons!
For those who don't know... in Australia Safeway Supermarkets took on the name Woolworths many moons ago: but as I said, it still is that for me!
Sunday, 23 April 2023
A spoon is a spoon!
So my polymyalgia rheumatica has kicked in again, and coupled with a fibromyalgia flare, the pain is just excruciating.
I have decided the pain warrants some Prednisolone so I took 25mg of it these last two mornings. It makes me feel a bit antsy but I can now bend my neck, lift my arms to brush my hair, and the pain around my temples and headache has gone, along with the TMJ.
It is risky taking Prenisolone, but I had to weigh up the pros and cons and decided that I simply couldnt bear the pain any longer.
A happy consequence of it is the fake energy has made me channel it into housekeeping and my house hasnt looked better!
Today I have run the Roombas, washed the clothes and cleaned my kitchen. I am going to do sausages in the slow cooker for dinner tonight.
The steroids are elevating my blood sugars as I am diabetic. It's making me feel drowsy. I can see a nana nap in my future if the Pred will allow me to sleep.
I really dont care where I get my energy from these days: fake energy from steroids is good. After all, a spoon is a spoon!
Thursday, 20 April 2023
She's a Diva!
I have changed my blood pressure tablets around and take the stronger of the two Physiotens at night and it has helped me sleep better again.
Consequently, I awoke with a few more spoons this morning and I paced myself and managed to catch up on some home chores I was behind in.
It's now evening and I am winding down for the day.
I managed to fold and put away a weeks' worth of washing which was weighing on my mind. I always meant to get around to it, but fibromyalgia reduced spoons saw to it that I didn't.
Although spent and exhausted at the moment, I have a feeling of accomplishment. I like it. So tomorrow, God willing, I am going to iron my few articles such as our pillowcases and sort out my medicines.
It's going to be cold tonight, so I have already put our electric blankets on. Our cat, Xena has found the warm patch already and is asleep on my bed. It will be interesting to see if she objects to me slipping in beside her when I retire tonight. She actually tells Chris no when he comes in to say goodnight.
They say cats aren't very expressive, but Xena is! She's also very bossy and fussy. We love her to bits, even if she's a diva!
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
The spirit is willing