Up The Farway Tree

Only 7 sleeps!

I have had a fairly quiet week, which is nice for a change! I have caught up with a few friends for coffee and chat and that has been really nice. I think I will miss being a lady of leisure when I get back to work next year!

I also had the ultrasound scan on Tuesday which was fine. It wasn't as bad as they had expected so I didn't have to get any treatment in hospital (the plan had been to go up as a day patient for a few days). So I just had to up my normal meds and they also added in a drug (domperidone) to try and help my stomach empty quicker, in light of the barium swallow results. I have still not heard anything about whether the operation in January is still going ahead so I decided to phone the surgeon's secretary today - partly to pass on the information to him that some treatment had been started (too many doctors involved in my care and not sure how much communication between them all!) and also just alert him to the fact the swallow was abnormal in case he has not seen report yet. The secretary was very nice and thanked me for letting her know this information as she has been on holiday so he won't have seen the report! She said she would make sure he loooked at it asap and get back to me if there is any issues with the surgery. Hopefully I will hear soon so I know what's happening.

I went to the gym today - I haven't been for a couple of weeks because my foot has been sore again (the one I fractured). It seemed to start playing up when I started the gym so I think it is one of the machines I am using. I thought it was the rowing machine but I missed that out today and my foot was still quite sore when I got home, so now I am thinking it might be the exercise bike. So hard to know what to do - probably rest the foot, but then I quickly start to de-condition and I am desperate to get some fitness back, plus I have my walk to get training for :-) I will be taking it easy over Christmas anyway and then if I get the surgery in January won't be doing much exercise, so hopefully it will all just settle down again. Very annoying though!

Seb had to get his vaccinations this week and I was so stressed about it. The last couple of years have been awful with him having to be pinned down by several nurses and I could hear him screaming from the waiting room. This year we got on much better, so it was a huge relief. He was ok in the waiting room because there were other dogs and he wanted to meet them all so was very distracted. Once we got into the room he started playing up, trying to jump off the table and getting all upset but the vet managed to do the injection while he wasn't looking so he didn't even know it had happened! Thank goodness :-) Maybe the dog training has helped haha.

I can't believe it's only 7 sleeps until Christmas now! I am quite organised really - everything wrapped, been baking mince pies, cards written and posted and even packed all my medication for going home. I now just have to work out what clothes to take home and how many pairs of boots I need to go with them...