I am alive. Coping with the hiatus hernia. Perhaps in a one damned thing after another sort of way. Still, the symptoms have all improved dramatically since I started eating much smaller meals and stopping before I feel full ( Read more... )

So I haven't written anything here since July, which is impressively lax even for me. In short, I have been suffering from the worst chronic fatigue since I lived in the flat and eventually got diagnosed with hyperventilation occulta. I am playing Elder Scrolls Online and chatting to people via Skype and my ESO Guild's Teamspeak channel, but barely ( Read more... )

Went to the doctor yesterday. My TSH level, which was apparently 1.93 uIU/mL in October 2015 is now up to the truly appalling 4.13 uIU/mL. Suddenly my need to go to sleep in the middle of the afternoon makes sense.

TSH is thyroid stimulating hormone so the higher the number, the worse your thyroid is responding. Technically the "normal" range goes ( Read more... )

It seems to have been ages since I've posted anything in livejournal. I have been very short of energy and not doing much except for playing Elder Scrolls Online and hanging out at home with Richard and on Skype with Shifty. Seriously, I've hardly been out of the house in the past month. I miss the friends that I haven't been seeing, but I haven't ( Read more... )

I feel like I've fallen into some sort of nightmare. Went to have the ECG today. It was normal apart from my pulse rate being so damned fast... but the doctor is referring me to a cardiologist anyway because I have pain in my chest whenever I get stressed or exert myself a little bit (or take my asthma reliever inhaler). She thinks I might need to ( Read more... )

I have been obnoxiously ill lately - even since before I left Canada. What doctors refer to as "Tired All The Time" (TATT), in a lot of pain with my joints, plus a high pulse rate for no particular reason. Yesterday my chest started hurting - not enough to take myself straight down to A&E, but enough that I thought I should go to see the doctor ( Read more... )

I have successfully filled in my Disability Living Allowance (re-)application form. It only took me 6 days.

I have also successfully achieved a signed FP92A form, which is a Medical Exemption Form granting me free prescriptions for the next 5 years. Now I just have to wait for it to be processed ( Read more... )

Last night I went out for curry and ice cream in a clean t-shirt. And then proceeded not to spill any of it over myself. Who am I, and what have I done with h-l?!

The evening also featured a visiting brooksmoses. It was lovely to see him, just as it was to see epi-lj and clawfoot in May. If any more friends from the other side of the Pond have a burning urge to visit ( Read more... )

My auditory processing issues are beyond hilarious sometimes. I heard Richard say "I think you're onto a glass bagel because you're a messy-furred wolf."

What he actually said was "I think you're onto your last bagel unless you've bought some more ( Read more... )

Feeling pretty blah due to colossal amounts of back pain ( Read more... )