What are you up to today if you have a chronic illness 🧵10! Summer Edition 🌞

[MewithME]

Getting ready..,. But you know the score.... Let's be good and fill thread 9 up first 😁

Link https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5542135-what-are-you-up-to-today-if-you-have-a-chronic-illness-thread-9-summers-coming

I sat down to watch Ludwig episode 2, cuddling my electric hot water bottle, but nodded off and missed most of it! A double whammy of soothing, it was just too much for me 🙄

Very cosy! My hot water bottle is here and heated up - thanks for the recommendation 😀

Mine's pink!

Nice! I got the grey - colour coordinating with my bedroom furniture (and shows less cat hair than other colours 😂).

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I watched episode two of Ludwig too though given up with TV and headed to bed. Since my shoulder has flared again I just can’t get comfortable on the sofa, keep trying various corners with various cushions but the pain seems to get worse. Probably a combination of a hard sofa and it’s the end of the day. I did try my V pillow from the bed tonight which meant I managed a whole episode without grumbling and moving positions too much so I need to remember that!
I’ve done over a week of increasing pregablin as GP suggested and taking max dose of paracetamol every 4 hours yet it’s really no better. Getting me down tonight, just isn’t settling and I’ve another month before my stroke follow up. Sorry to moan but it’s so exhausting dealing with constant pain.
Decorator needs to do another couple of hours in the morning just to finish off. He’s going to spruce up the banister while he’s here as it uses the same paint so that will be good but I kind of just want to stay in bed and I can’t really!