A letter
Posted on November 1, 2008 - Filed Under Health | 13 Comments
Dear Mr Rheumatoid Arthritis, Mr Staphylococcus aureus and Mr Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,
I really do not like to be rude, but I think the time has come to let you know that you have all worn out your welcome and need to move on and give me a little break for a while. I can’t even […]
I felt like..
Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under Health | 8 Comments
…kicking him in the flippin’ whatsits!
The podiatrist that is..yes, you know him, he is a foot scrapin, clippin, poking, prodding kinda bloke.
Yesterday I went to him for the first time after advice from the surgeon and rheumatologist. He spent the first ten minutes reading my latest reports from them and then if he asked me […]
Septic Arthritis and Golden Staph.
Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under Health | 16 Comments
Just like my Rhuematologist said, I guess you are all getting the idea by now that I don’t do things by halves…LOL!
As requested I am posting some pics (sorry they are a little dodgy but they are from Cal’s phone) of my septic, staph infected big toe. Not long after these photos were taken […]
The dangers of plastic tubing.
Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under Health, General | 2 Comments
Gosh I didn’t realise that plastic tubing could be so dangerous…LOL!
It is a full-time job keeping myself (and my trusty IV) untangled and on the straight and narrow. Last night I almost cut through it with a knife, got it all tangled around my bedside table and almost shut it in a drawer.
Getting dressed […]
Home from hospital.
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Health, General | 15 Comments
Well here we are home at last! Thank goodness…I don’t do hospitals very well LOL.
To add to my ever increasing list of health problems, I now have septic arthritis to add to the list. I cooked up a very impressive looking big toe (pics of that at a later date as they are on Cal’s […]
*Puts on a happy face*
Posted on August 16, 2008 - Filed Under Health | 10 Comments
To be honest though putting on the *happy face* is becoming just that little bit harder each day.
This week I was informed by my specialist that without more aggressive treatment (shit how much more aggressive does it get than being attacked by a man with a hypodermic every week?) I will be unable to walk […]
