"I feel like something bad is going to happen to me. I feel like something bad has happened. It hasn't reached me yet but it's on its way" This post is probably going to be a bit up and down, like my hormones because perimenopause is so. much. fun. A lot of hospital-ing has happened since I last posted over a month ago. Actually, the same day that I made my last post I had one of the worst pain attacks. The pain was so intense and prolonged that I repeatedly had to go to the

I'm back with my latest missive from the medical trenches. Buckle up, this is going to get emotional. When last we met I was just a few days into my post-surgery recovery. So let's rejoin our tale from there. Get a cuppa, and let us begin... Post-op recovery and additional investigations I expected to feel discomfort and pain while I recovered from the surgery but I don't think I appreciated how exhausting it was going to be, especially as I had had two laparoscopies before,

I had my gallbladder removed a few days ago. My admission time was 7am so I was hopeful that I might get seen on the early side. It turned into a longer than expected wait. I was initially given a time of 9-9:30am and I was ready. There had been a flurry of activity early on with assessments with the nurse and visits from the anaesthetist and surgeon, so it felt like it was imminent. When the nurse came back I thought I was ready to go but it was to tell me they had rejigged

It's been a while. There's not been a great deal to report on my usual nonsense since I last updated. The usual fuckery has been fuckering on and my mental health has been taking quite a prolonged tumble for a while so it kind of just feels normal at this point. It has made daily things like work more difficult because the anxiety weasels have been a lot louder making me question my abilities and place. Some difficult decisions had to made after our Hallowe'en party that weig

Breaking news from Gynaecology Horror Land! I went into detail in a previous post about my various frustrations with how my "treatment"...

I've always joked about being a hermit and that one of the benefits of that was managing to avoid getting Covid for over 5 years. Not...

It's been a bit of a miserable old week. So it seemed fitting to come back here. My husband and I were obviously very tired after our...

Well, hi there. Back again to report on the latest happenings in my adventures in gynaecology. I wish I was feeling more positive right...

I had lovely plans this weekend. What's that saying? How do you make the gods laugh? Tell them your plans. It all started out so well....

It has been a wee while since I felt motivated enough to do a new blog post. I have had the film theme for this one burbling away at the...

Welcome to the House of Pain! The last couple of weeks have been especially miserable. I'm unfortunately firmly in burnout/flare-up...

It's been six months since losing Aragorn. It's been longer since I properly updated about where I am with my health, and since I'm...

It's been a minute since my last post, which was shortly after my hysteroscopy. In terms of latest news from that, it was just today that...

The stalking by my chronic fatigue has been quite relentless lately. It's probably been the most ruthless of all my symptoms these last...

A week after the hysteroscopy and I have been doing pretty well. I was actually in much more pain and discomfort after my internal...

I had my hysteroscopy this afternoon so I thought I would update this here blog about the experience. My confirmation letter told me to...

After I had my ultrasound, it must have been a week before pain levels subsided, which isn't normal. Well, it's probably pretty normal...

Since my last post, I got an extension to my doctors note. Just for an additional week. My sleeping still isn't what you would call...

My doctors note expires on Tuesday and I have had to accept that I need more time. My sleep what-the-fuckery is still...

With a kind of inevitability, I am currently signed off work. It's been a bit of a badge of honour that it's been two years since I was...