What are you up to today if you have a chronic illness Thread 8.. plodding on gently...

[MewithME]

Linky to last thread 🧵 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5506529-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-a-chronic-illness-thread-7

Let's be good and use those last posts up first. Nice to be tidy here if not in my house! 😉

Oh I know why @JewelleryCat .... You're not allowed to mention G u m m I e s.... Can't remember why, but it's a thing!

I'm wondering if I will get past the weird policing with my devious spaces 😁

How is the weather with you? @MewithME

Are we not? News to me but thanks for letting me know it’s a thing because I didn’t know we couldn’t say that word

@JewelleryCat I think they check any posts that mention them. I can't remember why but I am sure that's it.

It is flipping hot now here and will be boiling for the next few days. It's a struggle when it's like this.

I did a click and collect (got bag of ice!) and it was such hard work. They shut the bloody collection area and I had to park and walk into the store and queue to ask customer service where my flipping shopping is! Ridiculous. Then by the time I put it away and did dinner I am absolutely floored and shaky.

I get really stressed when I know I shouldn't be doing something and just have to get on with it. Kitchen is tiny and gets full sun in the afternoon so hot weather is awful for me. Just doesn't cool down.

I am really going to try and do nothing tomorrow. Ended up going out because neighbour started jet washing again and I couldn't cope with it. 🙈

@MewithME that is not good, why did they shut the collection area for click and collect? Did they explain why? At least you have ice though, that should keep you cool a bit in this weather but I’m finding it a struggle too

Could your son help you and unpack the shopping? Might be easier on you and make you feel less shaky or maybe unpack in stages so fridge stuff first, take a break then put the cupboard stuff away? Sometimes that’s what I do when Ocado brings it and that’s my next point, would online delivery be easier?

Oh no, you always get someone like your neighbour making noise when it’s sunny. I use loop earplugs and they dim the noise enough to it’s bearable to cope with, might be an option for you instead of you escaping every time when you might just want a day at home

Yes my boy helped which was good. No, they didn't explain. Really crap.

I use noise cancelling earbuds but my neighbour has been jet washing for days now and I couldn't take it anymore. It's just that sound that can't be blocked entirely.

Thanks..yes I do usually get it delivered but couldn't get a slot when I needed it.

Evening all. I can't help with tricky dietary things I'm afraid, but can second the Biomel non dairy probiotics as being rather nice. I currently take the Your Gut Plus capsules which are also non dairy and were developed for some medical trials so meant to be very good quality.

Sorry you had to do extra work for your shopping @MewithME

I had a blip today as I had to* go up to the attic room for something, followed by several trips up and down stairs, got very warm, heart rate shot right up and I had to go and lie down.
(* it could have waited, I'm an idiot).

Watched a nice little film this evening - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15339456/ - and did a bit of doodling in a new sketchbook and feel much better now. In bed hoping to doze off soon as have got an early start tomorrow to get to the pool while it's quieter and not too hot.

Are you another arty one @martha79 ? Can't remember who does what... I'm getting worse...need that spreadsheet for us all I think 🤔 😁 Glad you got some doodles done.

I'm from an arts background/career. Do some digital doodling now and again but nothing serious for a long long time. Just don't have the energy... funnily enough 🙈

Thank you, you lovely people for the dietary chat! I'm going through your posts now with the proverbial fine-toothed comb. I daren't bore people in RL too much with this.

Not too bad with the heat at the moment. Once upon a time we lived on the coast and it was always windy so never really felt heat. However couldn't be any further away from the coast and really notice it. We sit in a dip apparently and this whole area tends to get a heat inversion so always get in the top 20 of hottest places whenever there is a heat wave. Although I'm finding now my thyroid is still underactive and I have short hair for the first time in my life I'm not actually overheating....well yet.

To add I've just managed to eat 3/4 of a lindt chocolate bunny, probably not very clever to do so... Oops.... Oh well if you can't overdose on chocolate when you have stage 4 cancer when can you? 😂

No, I'm a musician who is terrible at drawing 😂 But a few years ago I did the 100 days creative challenge and drew every day, and both got better (who knew, practice works 🤣) and embraced just doing something without having to be good at it. Thought I'd give it a go again as I've been enjoying doing some colouring-in and paint by numbers.

@MewithME do you have a sunflower lanyard? Honestly at the point of going to the desk I'd have showed them the lanyard told them I was chronically ill and asked them to take it to my car and load it for me. It's not your fault they changed their system. If you've mentally and physically prepared for a certain circumstance and they haven't delivered on their contract of bringing it to your car (as is actual click and collect). I hate playing the woe is me card but honestly I've gone past giving flying F's now on things like this.