What are you up to today if you have chronic illness? Thread 3

[MewithME]

Link to last thread.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5406424-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-chronic-illness-part-2

Can't believe we filled another one.

@TodayIsatrickyone no tidying up, but no leftovers 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@FurForksSake the people who stand and chat are the worst ones! Although it's nice to see people. Waitrose list done for tomorrow. Wow it costs a lot, but I always stock up on the reductions. They've got Pukka 3 Mint tea cheap at the moment.

@MewithME glad you finished the day with a party!

@Swanhilde sounds cosy on a gloomy day!

@TeaAndStrumpetsforgot about Pluribel, it's from the creator of Breaking bad and better call Saul isn't it, loved them. Unfortunately we don't have Apple so will wait to buy on 4k hopefully.
Working our way through several new Love is Blind on Netflix. We join for a month or 2 a couple of times a year.
After few weeks silence we sold 2 pups today and just the one pup left to sell. Have another being collected in a week so they are company for each other.
Masses of washing to get through thanks to a very leaky MIL.
Love to all

@Stressybetty so pleased (most of) your puppies have found new homes.

I must say Apple have been the best value for new shows. We got it for Bad Sisters and Slow Horses but they have a very good selection.

You must get through a lot of laundry for your poor MIL. Do you have a large capacity machine? I've often fancied one to save time.

@TeaAndStrumpets haha ... The mildest of parties but definitely my kind these days. PJ's on, make up off.

@TeaAndStrumpets It's so lovely having a really nice family fall in love with a pup and you know they're going to have a brilliant life.
We have a 9kg Miele which is pretty good. Have to wash MIL stuff separately from ours and at higher temperatures and they have a good eco 40-60 programme. Miele tumble dryer 9k too. Puppy vetbed and toys get changed and washed every day too on a quick wash programme so basically I'm doing several loads a day. Miele has certainly paid for itself! I was looking for a really good old school rubber type wipe clean bottom sheet/ mattress cover but all amazon are giving me are naughty s&m options 😂

Please could I join? I have suffered with Ulcerative Colitis for 25 plus years. Haven’t had a flair in 5 years so had become very active, fit and busy. This flair started a month ago and it’s floored me. I’ve been signed off work sick and I struggle with everything.

Today has been a ‘good’ day though! Mucked out and exercised my horse (from the ground as can’t ride whilst flaring), have brought the tree in from outside (real tree) and mostly decorated it. Have also cleaned the fish tank. So now sat snuggling my son, watching a Christmas movie and waiting for the pizza I had for dinner to keep me up all night 😞

@Stressybetty that is interesting about Miele, they have a good reputation.

Maybe a disabled supplies website would help with the rubber sheet search? If you could find a brand name maybe that would narrow things down.

Naughty rubber sheets? LOL!

@ForLoveNotMoney a warm welcome! That sounds so disruptive and painful.

You have certainly done a lot today...your son must be very happy about the tree!

@ForLoveNotMoney gentle welcome. I’m sorry you’ve flared after such a good period of time, must be harder in so many ways.

@ForLoveNotMoney welcome, this is a lovely gentle corner of Mumsnet

@ForLoveNotMoney every year I wish I had a real tree but can't cope with getting one and disposing. I think I'm going to buy a v small one in a pot and then keep it and just bring it in, in future.

My mum planted one I bought as a student and 25 years later, it's huge and beautiful in her front garden.

Enjoy the twinkle and smell. I have tree envy.

My artificial one will have to do. 😊

Not sure when I'll put it up. Maybe next weekend.

Morning all!

@ForLoveNotMoney welcome to the thread, it's lovely here! Sorry to hear about your flare up after such a long settled period must feel disheartening especially this time of year.

@MewithME so glad work went okay for you and wasn't horrific. Hope you enjoyed your beer and crisps!

Yesterday was just lovely for me, I coloured in my adult colouring book, I read two chapters of my book, I pottered around doing small bits of housework only when I felt able, I had a looong bath with epsom salts and then got straight back into fresh pyjamas, I wrote in my journal, I had an hour long face time with my lovely niece and I was even able to do some yoga as I wasn't in any pain! God if only every day could be like that.

@Realisation14 what a gorgeous sounding day!

@Realisation14 it's lovely to hear you had a good day! Always worth celebrating the good ones.

I'm still feeling a bit battered by PEM and planning a sensible restful day.

Have a good Sunday everyone.

@Realisation14 that sounds beautiful. 😊

Today I woke early. I know I'm stressed because I can feel I've been grinding my teeth. It's work. I can't switch off and it's just a relentless treadmill made worse when I only get one day off on a weekend

Anyway, I put an audiobook on and rested my body until 8.30 at least. I've had a coffee in my new favourite mug which I treated myself to last month , and I've just had a home baked pastry. I'll have heartburn shortly but it was worth it 😁

I have an enormous laundry mountain to do. I must ring my mum and DS and I are going to watch a film this afternoon with popcorn and everything.

I will be trying hard to rest as much as I can in between the laundry and making food. I feel heavy and the internal buzzing is v bad. Yesterday was way too much though it went ok.

I really need to start planning retirement and stop sticking my head in the sand. Even if I know it's ten years and not 15, it might help and maybe I can reduce my hours...I don't know. I don't have much pension and inheritance is never a given. I shall check my lottery ticket!

Currently finishing my cuppa in bed listening to the wood pigeons. This is totally outing but I doubt anyone who knows me is on our thread, ... someone said the sound they make is like them saying "my toe hurts, Betty!" V silly but still makes me smile.

Day of rest here too. My leg muscles feel like they've done a 10k run but I feel fine, no PEM symptoms at all. Slept a lot better last night too. Wierd effects from the deep tissue massage, but positive I hope 🤞

Sun's out here and DH has some jobs to do in the garden later which I will need to supervise ☀️ If I'm up to it, I'll plant the last of my tulip bulbs too 🌷

I'd also like him to put up the Christmas lights on the front of the house for tomorrow. And I'll put up my advent calendar and open my new Christmas spice diffuser. I might even make a wreath for the front door, saw a cheat way on social media yesterday using a 🥔!

I'm not usually into Christmas this early but it feels different, more chilled this year 🎄🎅

Reading all that it doesn't sound too restful! Soup and homemade bread for tea.

Have a lovely day all 💕

A potato wreath? Baffled and intrigued!

I also need to know about the potato wreath @Swanhilde !

We won't have a tree this year. We used to have a really massive live one. When both DDs lived at home they were very keen on decorating, and when DD1 left DD2 took over (which saved arguments) She has been coming home for Christmas for about 20 years and loved being in sole charge of choosing and decorating. Now she has a baby at home she is creating her own magic!

DD1's home looks like Santa's Grotto so we'll enjoy it all on Christmas morning when we go over.

We have so many wood pigeons @MewithME , I often watch them being stalked by foxes but they mostly get away! Occasionally there is a pile of feathers on the lawn but not that often. I think our local foxes feast on McDonald's packaging....They are cute to watch though. We had a pair that had a large litter every year, but they missed this year and we've only seen the old fox around by himself.

Outside jobs done 👍 It's gone v cold now as the sun's gone in, feels much later than lunchtime 🥶

Potato wreath is a great success - made from clippings from the garden 👇

Wow @Swanhilde that is impressive! We have loads of Holly trees so you have inspired me!

It was dead easy! Poke holes in the potato first with a skewer and then pop in whatever greenery you have. I used bay, rosemary and holly but anything with a woody stem would work. Looks fab and smells delicious 🤩

Wonderful! Great for a table setting.

I am trying to get the house in order while my husband is out. I've had to take my acute medication and so I'm feeling really tired and its slow going. So just doing 5 minutes and having a break when I need one and hopefully I'll achieve something over the next couple of hours.

Hello all and new people I've not met yet!
I'm having a largely sofa day as I've gad a busy (for me) few days.
I have managed to get a couple of loads of washing done and dried ( on the line) before tomorrow's yellow rain warning.
And made dinner- cheese and vegetable scone thingy.
Thats quite enough.