Monday, 14 March 2011
snakes and ladders
Hallo to all in badhairday blogosphere (and cleveland ohio). I should be frolicking like new spring lamb (bounce bounce), but sadly am not. Got hit with mega cold bug last week which floored me and had me in bed all over weekend with raging temperature and hacking cough. Crawled into clinic this afternoon for my blood test - which has tumbled somewhat from the last lot of sparkling results. Now white count has dropped to 3.2 (4 and above is normal), platelets down and neutrophils too - they have slipped from 3.1 to 1.9 which in my book seems pretty dramatic - though still just within normal range. Consultant says it is result of cold virus and weak bone marrow. So he has slapped me on antibiotics and I have crawled back to bed. I am hoping that immune system can buck up soon and sort itself out and start to produce everything normal again ( I used to hate the word "normal" - now I love it). My appointment with neurological consultant is on April 12 - so doesn't seem like 'elevated protein' can be that problematic. Appointment with ENT department on April 11 but dIzzyness slowed down and pins and needles less. Steroid injection had some positive effect on shoulder - and I now have a bit wider range of movement - but still unable to put my arm above my head or out by my side. Exercise everyday and still physio once a week. Would love a holiday and some sun. Seems like Luigi been an age back in Italy. Japanese nightmare. Unfolding horror. Lost for words. How do you move on from that?
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Hey Tess.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of a a needle tapping my spinal fluid fills me with dread. How awful for you. Hey Japan! I have a friend who has recently moved there with his Japanese wife who is preganant. His complaint is that the shops have run out of toilet paper. He says, "You have to hand it to the Japanese. They are dealing with earthquakes, tsunamis, economic catastrophe and nuclear annihilation but they are not going down without toilet paper".
You know the straw that broke the camel's back? He can take that one and one more away.
Thinking of you lots.
Love Steve
I heard this morning on Radio 4 a Japanese woman talking about people and their strength and proud while dealing with adversities. She mentioned a Japanese saying which it says something like "If you fall seven 7 times you stand up 8 times".
ReplyDeleteYou are doing very well...maybe that special treatment that Tony was suggesting may be a kick to your bug...
XB
A good night was had by all on Friday 25 March. Tessa, Tilly, Kellie and I went out to the Bishop in East Dulwich. A glass of medicinal prosecco was administered orally. And I got a taxi ride home courtesy of Tessa. We talked about moving our respective practice towards moving image. Tessa – here is a link to a podcast I made of the ISTD assessments I was at on Saturday: http://vimeo.com/21606995
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