The next day at work I wasn't good at all, brain fog played havoc with me, 13 of us were going out for lunch the following week, well I rang one place up and booked thinking it was the place we wanted to go to, then after a while something in my head wasn't quite sure what I had done, so I got both phone numbers of the places we had talked about go to and it turned out that I had cancelled where we wanted and booked where we didn't want to go! It took me about 30 mins then to do something that should have taken 5 mins. I got it right in the end. I got really upset, I had never been as bad as that with the brain fog.
On the Saturday I slept most of it, woke up at 5pm with the shakes and sweats and sore stiff muscles because I had slept so long. I was quite dehydrated too, so drank 2 cans of coke and had some toast and fruit was awake till about 8pm then slept till the Sunday.
Sunday was a good day woke at 10.00am did manage to iron a few of clothes from my mountain of un- ironed clothes that live on the spare bed!. Bob came over and we decided to to have dinner together which was nice.
I don't want you to think Bob didn't have a life when we were together, he did, he and a friend rented a wood and did Archery for quite a few years, he even won some competitions, made his own arrows and the feather things (sorry can't remember what they are called) he has two beautiful bows. The boys have had a go at it too, its the archery where archers aim for targets of animals that are placed in difficult places around the wood. Bob is very good at making difficult shots, he doesn't enjoy easy things he likes a challenge. Of course we all used to go fishing, Bob loves to night fish, he always looked after us in the day, sorted our tangles out, un hooked our fish if we couldn't do it, re set us up if we got broke, but night time was his time, sometimes I used to watch, sitting eating sweets till i got too cold.
Once he had taught himself to swim, that was it he wanted to learn how to scuba dive. So he did, he went on a course and passed. I secretly booked a holiday for us to Egypt and booked him up to do his advanced course in Sharm el sheik. He was so shocked, he had no idea. and ever since when we went on holiday it was to different places in Egypt or we went to Turkey to Olu Deniz with Hazel and Elwyn. Elwyn is Bobs diving buddy, me and Hazel would go out on the boats ( I hated walking the plank to get on and off, it was a nightmare) and snorkel above where they dived we had great fun. The warm water is wonderful to swim in and its so clear. Good times.
Me at Giza with the Pyramids and Sphinx in the background 2008.
Me in the sea in Turkey in 2009 we were out on a dive boat and I decided to get in and cool off. Was lovely.
Monday 5th September about 10.00pm I went to check I had locked my front door. On the stairs I fell. I went down about 6 stairs, I wish I had had a couple of glasses of wine I might not have felt it as much. For a while I just lay their in shock, then I tried to get up and couldn't. In the end I managed to crawl back upstairs and get to my bed. My back was in total spasm but luckily I hadn't broken anything. I just lay in bed all night and the next day, I couldn't do anything else. I managed to get my mobile and make myself a drink the early hours of Wednesday morning and take tablets, tramadol were my best friends. I texted my boss at 7.30am to tell her I wouldn't be in work and texted Bob. No-one could get in because I hadn't given anyone a spare key, it was one of those things that I had meant to do but hadn't got round to do anything. I think Brenda would of broken the door down, but I told her that nobody could do anything to help i just had to wait for the spasm to ease. Friends texted me through out the day to make sure I was okay, Bob came round on the early evening and I managed to throw they key out of the window to him. He got me some food, think I needed it because of all the tramadol I had taken. I had a drink more tablets and went back to bed till 6.30pm the next day.
I was determined to go to the lunch on the Friday I had been looking forward to it. I managed to get washed and dressed, but need my stick for support, I was hurting very bad but I went, and I enjoyed it as I think everyone did.
Jon came round on the Saturday with Sarah, he had heard about my fall, but as I told him I didn't phone him because he couldn't have done anything.
Sunday I couldn't sleep at all, maybe I had slept too much previously. Monday 12th I went to work, my back was getting a lot easier and on the evening I took Bob for an Indian meal, I think really only eat properly when I go out or if someone comes to visit, when I'm on my own I feel I can't be bothered most of the time.Tuesday, one of my days off was wasted I slept till 5.00pm, then I remembered I had to do the evening session at work with Cath.
Wednesday 14th I will remember for quite a while, I woke feeling quite good, this is a rare occasion, I went to work and I didn't need to go to bed in the afternoon. I cannot remember when this last happened.
A shock on the 15th, it was like my body was being punished for having a good day, I was in bed with sweats, shakes, sore muscles all day, during the night I developed a migraine. I don't have them often but when I do they are monsters of a migraine, again couldn't go to work, could even bear to hear noise, the sun shone through the curtains so I had the pillow shading my eyes, I felt sick, but wasn't. I just couldn't do anything. My bedding was soaking wet, I had moved over to the other side of the bed earlier, but now this was soaked too. I dread to think what I looked like, my hair was dripping with sweat, my whole body just dripped. I was like this till 4.00am, then the migraine cleared. I managed to strip my bed have a wash, well by then I was wide awake so I watched an episode of Casualty that I had recorded, then watched the rugby till 8.30am. Slept then till about 1.00pm and felt okay and just pottered about and slowly throughout the rest of the day remade my bed. Sunday and Monday were awful I didn't sleep for 48 hours, it was like my brain would not switch off! I felt so tired in my body but it was like my brain wasn't letting me rest or sleep. Tuesday night I thought I would have a glass of wine or two, so I did, guess what I slept, thank god.
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