Up The Farway Tree

Tired

I have been really tired the last couple of days and my limbs feel heavy and achy. I am more or less convinced this is due to the reduction regime for my steroids. Your body gets used to a certain level of steroid and when you reduce that you can feel 'not so good' for a little while. I have experienced this so many times in the past so I know it will eventually pass.

Despite feeling tired I have had a busy week. Last weekend was go go go! We had a friends 30th BBQ on Saturday - unfortunately the weather wasn't great but we did manage to sit outside (me with my North Face jacket on haha). My new drink at the moment is Malibu and fruit juice - I am not allowed fizzy juice after my operation in January so have been trying to find alternatives. We spent the afternoon experimenting with various combination of Malibu, pineapple juice and cranberry juice - all very nice :-) A few friends then stayed over on Saturday and it was great to catch up. On Sunday I headed into town to meet my friend Claire and we had some lunch, some coffee and some shopping. She is entirely responsible for everything I bought.

I had my physio appointment first thing on Monday. She had a look at my hip and found the muscles on that side are much weaker than the other side, so I have some exercises to do which should strengthen that side. The x-ray had not been reported yet so no clear diagnosis yet. She is hopeful it is just an overuse injury (from the walk) and I should be able to work on this. I then had to dash straight to the meeting with occupational health at a different hospital. The meeting lasted all of 2 minutes where she said that since I had been working since February with no issues I was clearly fit for work. So now I am just waiting for official news about the new job and confirmation of start date (which should be 17th August). Would be nice to see a contract also...

Tuesday and Wednesday were really busy at work because I am trying to fit in as many patients as I can before leaving so I can tie up loose ends and leave clear notes about my management plans etc. We also had a team lunch out for me leaving which was really nice - it's definitely one of the best teams I have worked in :-) I will be really sad to leave this job and really hope I enjoy the new one as much as I have enjoyed this one!

So today I am trying to rest up a bit. So far I have made some soup and a card for a friend. I am now trying to work up the energy to take Seb out for a walk. Might need some coffee first....

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