Have written this over about 5h30 of drifting in & out of pain-punctuated sleep; so apologies if it has any spectacular errors &/or if I’ve missed anyone. On plus side, somehow have mostly been having quite innocuous dreams. Weird & vivid, but nothing frightening &/or doom-laden. Indeed, I have invented several things just tonight that are particularly splendid & I’m really quite disappointed they don’t exist, frankly. At least I know they don’t exist though. Unlike my teenage attempts to buy the book of mixed plain & manuscript paper I was convinced existed. In fairness, everyone I asked about it got all excited about it & was after having one too. So not a stupid thing to have dreamt up. Just really embarrassing not to have correctly filed it as imaginary.
And now am going to shut up & get some sleep before my dietitian appointment later to try to ensure that it is as useful as possible & minimise risk of saying something ridiculous!
@OrganTransplant123
That’s so sweet of you! My trouble with the elusive article, however, is that it was written for the British Medical Association Northern Ireland branch's annual report of 1895–1896, not the BMJ. It’s a catchy wee title mind: A Curious Condition of Placenta and Membranes. Hence my thinking I’ll be needing to hie me to the Wellcome when such a thing is possible; but if you’ve access & time to look that’d be amazing.
@AuntieSocia1
Sorry you’re having a rough time atm. Fatigue is horrendous isn’t it? You’re a shocking bad influence though: I’ve now 2 duvet sets on order from Aldi (so need to be ordering sheets & extra pillowcases). I was vastly more tempted than a grown woman should have been by the idea of an invisibility cloak 
@Megatron
My portacath management is having to be done at a COVIDy hospital. That I’ve to travel to from the middle of a hotspot. I’ve done one visit so far & everyone worked really had to keep me as safe as possible - my haematologist came down to meet me with a mask at a quiet entrance & stayed with me throughout then walked me right back to my Daddy’s car. It’s scary, but give them a ring & see what they say about you going in: if the benefits of them seeing you significantly outweigh the risks they’ll work to protect you as far as they can - my visit is timed so it’s just after the department has had its during-day clean. They’ll have lots of shielding patients to consider in that department so should have a really good plan in place by this point.
@DissociatedDinosaur @Onmyown1 @Potentialmadcatlady
Dedicated Outside Time for the shielding group would be amazing. Unfortunately I think we would need to venture into Sinister Dystopian Methods to actually enforce it. (Trying to go out when it’s not your turn [& not an emergency]? Yes you have just been zapped by Sinister Monitoring System. Zap zap zap. Sinister System does not care you keep whinging on about being “high risk”, you’re getting a zap if you try it on.)
But if we could have it, have you places you’d go? I know that I’d start with my closest park (at the top of my road) & playing Pooh Sticks (gloves!) & feeding the denizens of the duckpond. Then progress to the park slightly beyond the end of my road to play Pooh Sticks in the river there & see if I can’t spot the kingfishers & check how N’s memorial tree is. And once my legs have remembered how walking works, it would be up over the Heath & through the Park (seeing the deer!) & down to the Thames. Mudlarking, even, Time & Tide Permitting. Literally, not some weird permission slip from a defunct magazine...
@Pebble21uk
I’m often dreaming of being out somewhere busy & suddenly realising/remembering that I mustn’t be. I know what you mean about developing a fear of being out
@Babysharkdoodoodood
Down to 59 from 84 is significant improvement though. I know it’s not in range, but if it’s not bouncing back up it sounds like you’re getting as much out of your body as you can when it’s coping with so much stuff trying to throw it out of kilter. It’s frustrating when you do it all right & your body doesn’t play nicely.
Glad you’d a nice time - albeit at considerable distance - with your family: sounds fun 
Good luck with the bulbs...
@FuzzyPuffling
We got Peace-And-Love-d by MNHQ the other day, so you should be ok. Am sorry you felt you’d to leave; & that you’re having a rough time atm.
@ceecee32
Congratulations on reaching the 100-day mark. I hope you enjoyed your takeaway Completely understand you having The Fear of it - I’ve not ordered any takeaway since February, even though I know it should be perfectly safe. Gah.
@LadyDoc1
Do you know when you’ll hear back about your interview? Will hold my thumbs for you. Am sorry yhou’re having such a tough time at the moment & I really hope things improve soon. Is your surgical recovery time a marathon one?