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Rice ‘n’ peas

November13

I managed to get out of the house the other day and go to a Caribbean restaurant which was really nice. Unfortunately I was the designated driver as I can’t drink and don’t really feel like it anyway to be honest. It was still fun watching these guys on the 2 for 1 cocktails – funnily enough they just had two each every time so I was glad that they were putting in a good effort.

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I was on my peppermint tea and was looking pretty rough (see below if you dare!). For the love of God someone give me the name of a good eye bag concealer.

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I’m still having trouble with the random aches and pains. I was filling up a hot water bottle to ease the pain in my back and managed to pour it over my hand instead – how ironic!

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Oh, on a positive note I can’t really remember the Girl on the Train now (despite also reading the book) so when it’s played on the TV it will be a real treat 😉

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“Rice ‘n’ peas”

  1. Avatar November 21st, 2016 at 7:22 pm Emma Says:

    Is that turtle bay? I’ve been to the Birmingham one. Love the food there!
    Ps you don’t need it, but I always use clarins under eye concealer. It makes me look human again after a rough night with the kids and work the next day!!
  2. Avatar November 25th, 2016 at 1:06 pm Susan Cartwright Says:

    Yes it was a really good atmosphere too, it was like you could have just rolled off the beach and popped in for dinner 🙂 noted down the concealer (thanks for that!) and I’m hoping Father Christmas will be winging one my way soon xx

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Was – independent, intelligent (with plenty of dizzy moments), successful, busy, funny (depending on how much Prosecco I and the people around me had!), quite stressed out but overall happy, without even realising how lucky I was.

Now  – ? just a mess really! I was diagnosed with Migraine Associated Vertigo (MAV) eight years ago when my life changed dramatically. It’s a variant of migraine that means I feel dizzy and tired nearly all of the time. If I try and do anything ‘normal’ this sparks of vertigo which gradually gets worse and worse until I pass out unless I lie down for hours, sometimes days. What this means is I spend 90% of my time in bed in a quiet dark room. Normal activities like shopping, walking, going anywhere bright or busy, the cinema even visiting friends who have patterned wallpaper or a gravel drive is a nightmare!

I’m continually trying new medications, all of them with quite nasty side effects (worsening of vertigo, weight loss, hair loss and sense of humour loss to name but a few) to try and find the magic one that will work for me. Fingers crossed the one I’m on now will work, time will tell.

A good friend set up this website so I could become a ginger whinger. No I’m kidding, so people can understand what I’m going through and maybe it would help me to have a bit of a rant. I have quite a dark sense of humour, I think that’s the only reason I haven’t gone completely bonkers! I clearly don’t have the most exciting of lives but I live in a small village with some entertaining characters and I’m always having blond moments (I blame the meds but I’ve always been a bit dappy!). Who knows I may even get better, and I can assure you life will be filled with amazing adventures then!

Scrap that! After zillions of Consultants all saying that they know what’s wrong with me and that they can get me better. Endless drugs and procedures I was finally Diagnosed with Chronic Lyme which was great – until I find out that nobody in the UK has a clue how to treat it. That complicates things some what 😉

 

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