Short and Sometimes Sweet

So I thought I would write a follow up to my previous blog. An update on how things are with me now. Funny thing is, everything is still more or less the same. I finished one lot of antibiotics and started on a different one. People are surprised to learn that I will be on these for 3 to 6 months at least. It's kind of dawning on some people, perhaps even me, how sick I actually was. The bacterial infection had gone right through my body, and I was at a dangerous point. Luckily I had sense to get medical help when I did. Or I may not have been here to blog at all. The new antibiotics are having an effect on my tummy. I'm off my food, and I'm tired all the time. I'm trying to keep my spirits up and remain positive, but it's difficult. Sleep deprivation doesn't help. I feel really tired and worn out yet when I close my eyes I can't switch off. I'm worried. About the possible long term effects, about my breast, and about every single little thing that you c...

Not done one of these in a long long time, but life gets busy and time marches on and before you know it months have passed etc etc. I've not been feeling well for such a long time and to be honest blogging has been way down on my list of things to do.  I've been feeling very very low since before Christmas. I put it down to being busy at work and family stuff that I'm not going to go into just now. I went to the doctor and was told I had a form of mumps and as they were rife in my school I accepted that and took my meds. I felt slightly better when I returned to work in January but still not 100%. And so it continued, me trying to ignore symptoms and carry on while knowing all the time that something more was happening. I had a bad fall a few weeks ago and broke my bottom again. I assumed that the pain was wearing me out. Still I carried on regardless. I'm not one for complaining, so I kept it all to myself. Around this time, I had begun to experience pain in my right ...