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! 😉

Glad work went ok for you @martha79, I am just trying to figure some adaptions I can ask when I got back at the end of this month so that I can ease back into it. Really want to carry on working so hoping I can find a routine that works 🤞

I knew I have found my people on this thread @JewelleryCat I have looked at those cyberjammies they have some lovely prints 🥰

Home from first day back at work and in bed with a cuppa, cheese and biscuits and an apple 🍎

Spent the weekend in bed recovering from travelling so not feeling too bad today 🤞

Will have an early night and go again tomorrow ☺️

I wore white today - this was a mistake

I have a few pairs of pjs but I’m more a nightie person

@Dozymoo42oh I’m glad you like the cyberjammies prints 🙂

Sounds like I need to look at the next website and look at their pyjamas and nighties are good too. I like both but I do wear nighties with pyjama trousers. I also love fluffy socks in winter. I recommend sockshop, lovely prints and so soft

@JewelleryCat ooh the cyberjammies do look good. I shall try and remember next time I need new ones! And yes fluffy socks in winter are so comforting!

I think being stuck indoors so much it's even more important than ever to have lovely soft things to wear! I prefer nighties but I've got some cashmere bedsocks which I wear with slippers rather than in bed because they're so soft on my ankles. I always used to get sheepskin slippers but I've recently discovered felt slippers which are good all year round. Mine were new from an eBay seller but I think Lidl sell them every year. I've often seen German felt slippers in lots of lovely colours but very ££££. I wear my boring grey ones with colourful socks!

@TodayIsatrickyone I am wearing cyberjammie bottoms right now. They are very soft and comfy.

I've been very tired today. Feels like hormonal tired not MEcfs tired. I'm like the Eskimo and snow. I swear there's a lot of different tireds.

I am also in a lot of pain so I think an epsom salt bath is on the cards.

Hope you feel better soon.

It seems very common for people to rip out their bathtubs when they renovate their bathrooms, but it is so nice to be able to have a good soak!

You are so right about all the varieties of tired @MewithME. I hope the bath helps.

I don't have a bath and it's the one thing that makes me consider moving house sometimes! I did treat myself to some Aromatherapy Associates shower oils this payday though - a few different travel size ones so I've got a 'reviving' one and a couple of 'relaxing' ones. Thought I may as well make my (sitting down) showers more luxurious.

@TeaAndStrumpets I noticed that with so many houses not having a bath tub now. I won't even book a holiday cottage without a bath!

It makes a huge difference when I'm doing a bit more than usual like on holiday.

I'm going back to a place I've been before this summer. Got it's own paddock, woods,. amazing view, can drive right up to the door....plus Aircon! And the nicest owners. Hoping we get the weather. 😊

Right... bath time....!

I definitely agree with having soft things to wear when you’re stuck indoors. Unfortunately my eczema reacts with wool so no cashmere for me and I’m guessing felt would be the same for me lol

@TodayIsatrickyone glad I could help you 🙂

Your holiday cottage sounds lovely @MewithME

Ugh, awake after weird bad dreams - I think probably my brain dealing with stuff that came up in counselling. Thought I'd have a snack and try to go back to sleep, but have just had a really horrible banana 🤣 At this time in the morning that seems very unfair!

I was also awake but managed to nod off until 7. 4 am is my typical time to wake up!

I just kept dozing off yesterday and had to keep rewinding my audiobook. Hopefully today I'll hear it all!

@martha79 if you spot a user with the name HorribleBanana... that's my next name change for when I dip into other threads 😂 commiserations on your poor breakfast..hope the day improves. X

I dozed off again after waking at 5am and I now have 10 mins to brush teeth and make packed lunch before getting ds to school. Still sat on the bed with a coffee...I do not want to adult today.

Haha that's an excellent username. It truly was a horrible banana - you know when they're somehow a bit overripe but also still really dry?

I think I dozed for another hour somewhere, but also don't want to adult today. There is work to do, however!

Breakfast and a podcast. Morning all.

DP is unwell, and he is a terrible patient. He’s done a covid test which was negative thank goodness.

I may suggest he finds something to do in the garden. He can’t sit still (he’s always fiendishly active). But he’s barely slept and is certainly not fit to drive anywhere IMO.

My guts are still a work in progress.

Much cooler today. DGS has been claiming it's too hot to revise so there's no excuse now!

After my osteopath session yesterday I can feel my neck is a lot less stiff although getting little twinges further down. It's usually a bit unsettled the day after. I had my hips worked on as well (bum really!) for my sciatica and I'm feeling it. I hope everything gets looser as we go along. Back next week.

Cup of tea next, I'll try and finish my audiobook while I'm awake! Oh I tried putting the TV on but I need to sit about 4 feet away to see it. I can hopefully order my new specs next week so then I can binge!

A work in progress is a hopeful turn of phrase! Sorry your DP is poorly. I think it's worse for active people to feel ill because the mental to do list is frustrating. Hope he improves soon.

I bought loads of cheap audiotapes on eBay and now I've listened I tried to donate them to charity with no success. Apparently there's no call for them because nobody has tape decks any more. I suppose that is probably true. Anyway, Oxfam will take them and will send out a postal delivery bag.

Thank you! He has decided to clean the hob and oven. The man does not know how to rest.

My guts are responding well to the latest experiment, which is half a small child’s dose of Fybogel. (I tend to overreact wildly to any digestive-related medicine or supplement.) I am actually eating a little of what I want to eat daily, because we thought, well it can’t really get any worse, can it?! I’ve tried everything else.

I am on an idiopathic mystery tour.

Home from work and in bed with a cuppa and some tortilla chips 🌮

Had my annual reflections meeting this afternoon (appraisal) and it turns out that my new line manager's brother has LC! So I didn't have to explain anything to her about my limitations and she was really understanding. Such a relief 😊

Fishcakes for tea, expertly cooked by DH, and then another early night 🥱

Have a relaxing evening all 💕

How lucky about your line manager! That must have been an ice breaker.
"Expertly cooked" I envy you - everything DH does is "anxiously cooked" 😐

Morning all,
Yesterday was just a bad day here, both physically and emotionally and I started to cry in the afternoon and just couldn’t stop. We discovered yet another issue with the house that will need builders to look at and things just felt too much.
But after a much better nights sleep, I’m feeling calmer and hoping today will be a little more positive.

Currently having a cuppa and cuddling the dog. Restful morning planned ( think I’ve been pushing it and need to remember my slowly slowly approach)
Osteopath later. It’s a different practitioner as my lady has gone on holiday but it’s gradually helping and I didn’t want to miss a week.

Have a peaceful day everyone