My rest up days are always consistent, I sit a lot, I drink gallons of water, I watch TV a lot and I long for chocolate and company.
When I got up this morning after taking all my normal drugs and my new one, I felt quite nauseous and giddy so I just went straight back to bed and laid there till it passed.
This is when you miss having a partner and live on your own. When you really need a cup of tea and a slice of toast brought to you in bed to help the nausea pass, it's all down to little old you. Still I guess it gets you out off bed!
A bit of a strange day out there with sun and quickly followed by heavy showers, but I did get to see a beautiful rainbow out the back of my bungalow early evening time. It was lovely standing by my backdoor breathing in the fresh air, I now understand my mother doing it each day.
Oliver came round to see me bearing two bars of my favourite chocolate, one of which we demolished between us straight a way. He did a load of chores for me such as hoover right through the bungalow, something that I have wanted to do all week, but between feeling breatheless and getting tangled up between the leads of my concentrator and the hoover, I just didn't have the spark to give it a go.
Next was putting the wheelchair back in the boot of my car, as even sheltered under the gazebo yesterday, it still got thoroughly soaked thanks to the driving rain that we had all day yesterday. Flaming June? I don't think so.
He also checked up on nanny and then took my empties down to the bottle bank and before you tut tut, they were empty horse radish and cranberry sauce jars etc washed out from my fridge.
He found my bumbling over my words quite amusing, but told me to get my oxygen back on for a while as not only was I confused, but my lips were blue.
He is a good man my son.
Julie called round later too which was lovely and bearing freshly picked raspberries and strawberries, my favourites.
It was good to hear all what was she had been up to today. I knew she was a little sad as her son signed the agreement this afternoon to move out and into a flat to share with his girlfriend. He'll be fine and I'm sure it won't be long before they entertain Julie around there, but I can't see that he'll be cooking the meal for a little while yet my lovely!
So summary of the day is I am now getting a headache from watching too much TV, the tops of my ears hurt from the new nose specs on my concentrator, my teeth ache from the infected sinuses, but my chest isn't hurting so much and my oxygen levels are slightly better than yesterday, so I guess win some loss some.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better again and soon it will be service as normal as normal is in my life.
Lots of love Debbie x
About Me
- Me...Debbie Burden... or known as Burders
- I'll be 55 this August... I've had bronchiectasis for ten years plus this year... End stage lung disease for the past year...been on oxygen for three years... and have I got used to it yet?... nah! I am now waiting for the biggie; a double lung and maybe a heart transplant. I love my life weirdly enough, because I have some wonderful family and friends who are with me every step of the way on my adventures, even though I embarrass them on a daily basis with my unorthodox way of looking at life. Not for the faint hearted!
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