Thursday 15 February 2018

Catching Up.


Lovely flowers were received yesterday from my husband for Valentine's Day.


Cards were exchanged.




I spotted this Chaffinch in the garden today...I think there were several as I could hear them singing away.


The sun was shining which was nice as we have had such changeable weather lately.

Over the last ten days since I last posted:


Bread has been made


Delicious with my home made plum jam.


Lemon cake has been made and eaten.


Last Friday I had a Ketamine Infusion.  I didn't have such a bad reaction as last time which was good. Heart rate and blood pressure remained stable.  I managed to read through most of it before I got a bit 'fuzzy' and couldn't concentrate.  This was just after they put the drip in.  The nurse had a bit of a problem and I ended up with a brushed arm AND hand...but it is fine now, it didn't especially hurt which was something!  Unfortunately it had no effect and the pain is much as it ever was.  I asked about the Lidocaine patches, but the pain clinic won't prescribe those (read - financial reasons!)  Go figure, fancy prescribing something that might actually help a bit.  

In the garden there has been some signs of spring.



At my son's house there were some lovely snowdrops.  None of mine have come up this year.


Also some beautiful crocus.

We've had a couple of lovely meals out with our beautiful daughter in law and also visited another couple of times which has been nice.  

Currently in the oven.... a fruit cake.

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  1. I am a great fan of fruit cake, the lemon cake looked delicious. Thrilled to hear that you didn't have such a bad reaction with the infusion. Hope all goes well.

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    1. The fruit cake was delicious and went down rather too quickly really.

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  2. Too bad the ketamine infusion didn't have the desired effect for you. Must be SOOO frustrating. It was nice to see your smiling face in picture of you receiving the infusion.

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    1. Thank you. Very frustrating not to know just what is causing all the pain (apart from the TOS side which is neuropathic in origin) but hey ho... got to keep smiling.

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  3. Love the flowers. That bread and cake look delicious! Good luck with the ongoing health issues.

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    1. The flowers were lovely and the bread and cake delicious.

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  4. Despite being hooked up inhispital you are managing to look very glamorous x

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    1. Ha ha, thank you....that was before I started to look a bit cross eyed!

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  5. What a lovely catch-up. It's lovely to see your smile too. A bummer about the Ketamine infusion. I was very amused by the way the doll is looking at what I take to be a cow.

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    1. Thanks Graham...got to keep smiling, at least in public anyway! Actually I do generally try to keep smiling, it always helps to have a positive outlook. Yup a bit of a bummer about the Ketamine, but it didn't work last time either. I was just pleased I didn't have the horrid side effects this time like I did last time.

      As for the little doll, I think she was rather stunned to see such an unusual looking cow!

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