Yes. I am back. Has the internets been quiet without me?
Thank you for all your lovely messages. It has been so odd not being able to use the p.c. I have felt quite disabled. Not good.
Anyhow, I am feeling altogether better today. Was semi mobile by Friday, and a weekend in London (long planned for) has done its usual restorative magic. More of which anon.
It turns out that I am doomed to keep having this bloody neck injury if:
- I don’t start doing neck strengthening exercises and exercises for my posture, pronto.
- I don’t get a better chair for my desk than the one I currently have.
- I don’t get one of those funny wrist support thingys for when I type.
I can do all those things and am already in the process of doing the exercises, much though they bore me. Better bored and mobile than weeping in agony. Even I, the original three toed sloth in human form, know this to be true. I shall sort the other two things out in the coming week.
I spent all of last week at my frankly saintly parents house. Particularly saintly because a) they ran round after the children all week, who freed from the bounds of school and nursery were behaving like hyperactive gazelles, and b) I was so poorly on one night that I succumbed to the worst migraine of my entire life and ended up lying next to a bucket of my own sick on the verandah until two o’clock in the morning wishing someone would just shoot me through the head and have done with it. My long suffering father nursed me through the whole thing and mopped up after me, which was utterly above and beyond the call of duty.
I got home on Friday, still feeling grim. I managed to drive the entire half mile to the Co-op, which was the first driving I’d done for a week and a half, and which I wouldn’t have bothered with had we not had no milk, no bread and four mouldy tomatoes to sustain us.
It has been rubbish.
We will draw a line under it and pretend it never happened. This is much the best thing.
I am going to go and reacquaint myself with my lovely husband now, and will be back at the coal face of blogging tomorrow with more London tales.
I have missed you.xx
Welcome home! And to the insanity of the world. We heared you woz poorly, so glad you’re betta now. Necks and backs are a PITA when they behave like this. Guess you just have to give in to the **** exercises — bit of a kulture shock tho’ innit? Be good — and have fun.
xx
Welcome back. You have absolutely been missed!
You poor thing, I hope you really are feeling better. And your parents sound divine.
Welcome home Katy! And three (at the very least) resounding cheers for your lovely parents.
We are glad to have you back – expect Jason is too
Keep doing the exercises, my arthritic neck has been much happier since I started them. The migraines may be linked to the posture issue too you know, could be putting more pressure on the blood vessels than they like.
Better get practising with the driving again pronto as Kent and all its glories await your presence soon.
x
Good to hear from you again, wonky neck and all! I hope the exercises, better chair, and wrist support work magically well for you.
Yay! Glad you are back and feeling a bit better anyway.. So sorry you have been feeling so crap – the bucket of sick at two in the morning usually has something to do with loads of fun with alcohol and you didn’t even have that pleasure!
Welcome back Katy!
Sorry you had such a week of misery – glad your parents were so wonderful.
S and I are on the road on our holiday having a lovely time. We flew into Heathrow early Saturday then switched terminals and flew on to Paris. We are still mildly jet lagged but have so far enjoyed the Louvre, Notre Dame, and people watching from Cafes. Looking forward to arriving in London properly next Saturday to follow our Katy- and reader-suggested itinerary!
Hey, Welcome back Katy !! I hope you feel great asap !
Wish you a very speedy recovery !!
I woke up this morning unable to turn my neclk to the left! Your recovery wasn’t supposed to involve sending your pain my way!
Welcome back, I am very pleased you are on the mend, even if you have to do the blasted exercises. I have very much missed your writings… x
Hello everyone, thank you for your lovely comments. I am so sorry I have been rubbish.xx