Back to Blip again…

Last week was hellish. I am too fatigued to write much but suffice to say, I am glad to see the back of it and have decided to attempt to embrace the possibility that this week shall be a better one.

I collapsed early on Friday evening last week and ended up in an ambulance home. It has left me feeling very drained. I am so grateful to the paramedics who attended to me. It has made me, yet again, reconsider how I pace myself with my fibromyalgia, joint hypermobility syndrome and asthma.

I need to learn to not push myself so hard nor feel guilty about resting when I need to, it’s difficult to rest when you live alone though, much as I adore being independent.

My friends are the best and have been checking in on me via messages, calls and texts. I feel very grateful for the friendships in my life. They are more of a family to me than most of my own blood. 

I have been enjoying flicking through this cookbook over the weekend as I recover from collapsing. I have been having ongoing issues with my left knee since my fall in March, it’s not healing very well and I am going to physiotherapy for it. 

Planning on attempting one of the recipes in the cookbook for either lunch or dinner tomorrow - Poached Eggs and Smashed Peas.

There has been a lot going on re my health and I will write about it in due course as I am fighting to get the right support. It is an epic battle and one which often leaves me battle weary but I will not be fobbed off or medically gaslit by the poorer medical professionals in the very broken NHS.

I am playing catch up with journals tonight and tomorrow :)