What are you up to today if you have a chronic illness? Thread 5

[MewithME]

Here we are again. 😊

Link to last thread 🧵 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5458553-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-chronic-illness-thread-4

Thank you @TodayIsatrickyone 🙂

Yes, maybe shameful to join a chronic illness community to talk about Astrid even though I have CFS and other things but no one else I know has either watched it or liked it. I promise to talk about other things on here too!

We're cool with whatever you want to chat about @JewelleryCat 😊

@TeaAndStrumpets has got us all on tenterhooks waiting for her to report back in her dds new gadgety scrubby brush thingery.

And I've been wanging on about Idris Elba in Hijack for weeks...

This is the level of minutae I live for in between my aches and pains and whinging 😊

I find it comforting.

Also, who was it who inspired me to buy a support for my monstera..with their lovely photo? .cos the twiney thing duly arrived but I have no clue how to 'install' it. My plant is all horizontal and hanging over.

Went to work this morning and banked some lovely TOIL. And then came home and slept all afternoon 😴

I have a blocked ear that I cannot hear out of which is uncomfortable. I can't tell if it's blocked from the inside or out and the tubes between my sinuses and ears are always full anyway. I've been using drops to see if it's a lump of wax that needs shifting and been taking paracetamol to help with the discomfort but I'm feeling a bit miserable 😕

Take away for tea and then Traitors Uncloaked, which I was too knackered to watch last night. And then back to bed. Nothing to do tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to 😊

Have a peaceful evening all 💕

Well the result is in re the scrubby thing. Burned on gunge round gas rings on the range cooker....gone after being minimal pressure from the brush attachment.
Thinnish layer of limescale on marble tiles cleaned off with one pass of the microfibre pad. Lower down the limescale was crusted and didn't want to shift, so out with the nylon scourer attachment....it just annihilated it.

So yes, a definite thumbs up!

Ohhh you should have filmed it @TeaAndStrumpets . Sounds satisfying like those jet wash videos 😁

I'm grumpy today.
Patience was dull as ditchwater and I refuse to watch French ditchwater.

However, have just watched "Whitstable Pearl" and both DH and I liked that.

Oh I'd forgotten the carpet cleaning videos, they were fun.

Apparently people like watching programmes about cleaning really dirty houses - look at Kim and Aggie. You just know the houses they clean will be minging again in three months tops.

I have just ordered several pounds worth of limescale removal spray from Waitrose ; Delphis which doesn't have such bad fumes as Viakal. I reckon a gadget would save money over a year.

@FuzzyPuffling it isn’t French ditchwater. Patience is, yes but Astrid sometimes blows your mind and she’s adorable which helps, I’ve seen it advertised on the Drama channel, is Whitstable Pearl good then? Is it like Midsomer?

We definitely need a link please @TeaAndStrumpets - sounds amazing! Much needed in this house 😆

Don't be grumpy fuzzy, you are going to be a Birthday Girl soon!

Our birthday girl was one this week. Among her birthday gifts she got a walker with a handle which doesn't adjust low enough and a balance bike with the seat too far off the ground for her little legs! She is very short despite a healthy appetite.

So if you can push a trolley and get on a bike you are doing fine!

@Swanhilde Bosch Electric Cleaning Brush Universal Brush 3.6v includes one micro usb cable and four basic cleaning attachments. Amazon £41. There's a version for £54 ish that has all the possible attachments so probably better value.

We have the Bosch window vac which is better than the Karcher one.

Don't know- I've never seen Midsomer!

I hope nobody gets me a walker!!

😂 😂

Ooh I do like the idea of the cleaning brush @TeaAndStrumpets Anything energy saving plus satisfying to boot sounds like a winner! Must look it up 😊

Happy birthday for tomorrow @FuzzyPuffling Heres hoping to a better day with no walkers in sight 😊

Definitely feeling rather better today...despite an old friend sending me a "Happy 70th Birthday" card. She's a couple of years early! 🤣🤣

You'll have to write a 'not yet!' On the card.

Have a lovely birthday!

Thank you Tea. It did make me laugh!

Happy birthday @FuzzyPuffling 🎂
Hope you have a great day!

I share my birthday with my eldest granddaughter, which is really rather nice!

Happy birthday to @FuzzyPuffling Hope you can have a lovely day and enjoy it in some way, however small. Glad you’re feeling a bit better today too.

Happy birthday @FuzzyPuffling and for today’s treat, watch an episode of Midsomer Murders 😂

Happy 70th Birthday @FuzzyPuffling 😆🥳🧁👏🏻

Hope you have a lovely day xx

Happy birthday @FuzzyPuffling 🎂🥂🎁🎈💐

Today is a tricky one. I desperately need to rest but I'm feeling fizzy and my head wants to do things that need doing. I've already had a shower and weekly hair wash and now I'm back in bed with a cuppa and I need to stay here ...

Wish me luck 🤞

I saw this yesterday which made me laugh @Swanhilde