I started today trying to get through to my doctors surgery for an appointment! Oh the joys of a surgery where you have to ring on the day to get in and see a doctor! After trying for 30 minutes I finally got a person (and not a recorded message), and the wonderful receptionist told me that as it was now after 9 a.m. there were no appointments left! I tried very hard to keep my cool, but I did insist on being given an appointment, was very assertive, in that I was actually ill and needed to be seen, and she then said 'can you get here immediately'! Oh great, I had been on the phone since 8.30 a.m. and was not yet showered! I told her yes, I could be there in 20 minutes, so I threw on some clothes, brushed my teeth and my hair and drove into town! The one consolation of this quick appointment was the fact that I didn't have time to worry about having a panic attack or working myself up to going! So, I spoke to my doctor about the bad dreams, the sleeping badly, the back pain, the panic attacks, and he told me to up my Amitriptyline (I was tempted to ask if this would make the dreams twice as bad, but I resisted!!) to two a night for a while and to go back in two weeks! Oh great, let's hope that helps the sleep, but doesn't make the dreams worse!
When I got back home I felt exhausted, it is difficult to explain but your whole body feels like it has been through a wringer! I couldn't put one foot in front of the other because I felt so wobbly!So I sat for a while and had a coffee and some cereals, then went and had a shower! By this time it was 11 a.m. and I felt like I had done a day's work! After my shower I received a call from my cleaning lady, she comes in once a week and does my upstairs, the bathrooms and bedrooms, and she was calling to say she wouldn't be able to make it! This was not what I wanted to hear today, I had already stripped my bed, and was in the midst of changing the bathroom towels and doing the washing, so this would mean I would have more work to do! And I was already exhausted! But never mind, I had to get on with things, so I paced myself! I had already decided to make a roast chicken dinner, so I got that sorted first, veg prepared, chicken prepared and all the trimmings! That would keep me going, I love a roast dinner!
When the chaps got in from work they did their bit and helped! Luke helped me finish off the upstairs, helped with making our bed too, Rich finished off the dinner and served it up! So between us we still got everything done and I had saved £20 by not paying the cleaner! I will say though that I would rather pay the £20, as the bending (although Luke did those bits!) and scrubbing are difficult, especially with my back as it is and my hands being so sore! But we got it done, and now my house is reasonably clean and tidy!
The upside is that tomorrow I will be having a lovely afternoon off and going to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry to see Bette and Joan, starring the wonderful Anita Dobson and Greta Scacchi, with my friend Elaine and afterwards we are going to eat a nice Italian meal and have some girly time together! So the outcome of what was a bad start to a day is that my lovely menfolk have pulled together and helped me get everything done, and I have a nice easy day to look forward to tomorrow!
I must say going to the theatre in the afternoon and then out for a meal seems quite decadent! I will let you know how the visit goes in my next blog but meanwhile below is the link to the Theatre and the synopsis of what the show is all about!
http://www.belgrade.co.uk/event/bette-and-joan
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