I do tend to prefer savoury stuff most of the time

If I could I would live off chocolate.

Creme eggs are amazing but they are sickly

Morning threadlings, how is everyone today? What are you guys up to today?

Hi Luna, how are you? I've got a video call with the neurologist at 10.20 so I'm nervous about that.

Morning Luna and tamo
I'm ok thanks
How are you?

Why are you nervous tamo?

I hope the video calls goes well Tamo. Thinking of you!

Hey Beckie, what you up to?

I'm being a pin cushion!
They can't get blood from ANYWHERE
And these tests are really important!
They are going to try putting a glove full of warm water on the area to try and get a vein up.

wow, not at all? Have you been drinking enough water?

That's frustrating Cacoethes.

The video call changed to regular call. I have to have an MRI and EEG.

Nope nothing!
I've been drinking lots of coffee and diet coke....
She's just tried again and nope. My body is not cooperating!

the EEG glue is so difficult to get out of your hair!

At least this means that they are actually starting the process that should have been done last week finally

Stuff with caffeine in isnt exactly the best thing hydration wise

Exactly!

That is true but I do not like water!

diet coke is actually a diuretic so would be having the opposite effect. I hate water too but it really does help the veins

how about flavoured water?

assuming you'd have access to such things of course

Thats true Luna.

Flavoured water could be an idea.
The co op deliver with deliveroo so I could see if they have any available.

^ Good suggestion. I prefer flavoured or carbonated to just still plain water

I only have plain water with food or sometimes meds.

i'm not a great fan of water either, or at least not york water (oddly i like th ewater when i'm in scotland or cumbria) so i basically live on cordial. I also have hard to find veins and got advised a few years ago to try using a rehydration sachet the day before a blood test. no idea if it really works but i have enough electrolyte things about for running that i tent to use one before a bloood test now just incase it helps

That's interesting Hazel

I'm just really hoping they can get some on Friday!
The doctor said she was really good at getting blood too!

Last time I had a blood test, they had to try three times with an ultrasound machine. Having crappy veins is such a pain!

They did say that they wish they had an ultrasound machine here!
It is a pain.
The strange thing is, I'm usually ok to get blood from. Only from one spot though

The neurologist asked me to keep a diary of my spasming. I had 42 spasms this morning!

I made a phone call. Scary but I have been putting it off since Monday.

Well done insig.

It's for my coronavirus jab so was mega important. Anyway I am having it Friday afternoon.

Do you not have an online booking service in Wales?

I got a text the day before my jab.

No my doctors didn't text me. In Wales they send a letter as my parents had one. However I had nothing as my doctor didn't have my landline number and only knew because they updated their Facebook page.

Hi guys

Hello Luna how are you?

tired, you? Hows your day been?

I am ok thanks Luna. Apart from sleeping and washing my hair I haven't done much.

well done :-)


phonecalls are awful

Phonecalls really are the worst. Well done for making one, we know how hard that is!

Thanks you two xxx

my PIP form turned up today :blink: the fact it comes with its own booklet to explain it is slightly intimidating :laugh: I mean it took me 2 weeks to fill out the WCA one and 3 days to do the census so I explect the PIP form may take me a month :eyeroll:

Morning guys, how are you all?

Morning Luna

I had a terrible night's sleep because I was freezing cold!

How are you?

morning all

Morning Hazel
How are you?

Mainly getting stressed over the PIP form :laugh: and tired... had a rubbish nights sleep. Though having seen some if your posts about your nights sleep don't think I have the right to moan about that one... hope you get something sorted about that, being cold at night sucks

Have you tried speaking to the citizens advice bureau. I think they help with benefit forms? Not sure on that though.

It really does suck!

Hi everyone. I had to take PRN to get to sleep.

I did too. Two lots of it! It did not work

ye, i've had an email conversation with CAB this morning. I am posting the form to them with some notes, then they will phone me and we will do the form over the phone. Not great as I struggle with phones, but only option

Not ideal but at least you’re getting some help with it.

does mean i need to phone the benefit types tomorrow and ask for an extention though which i'm not looking forward to... hopefully though they will understand that the lack of face to face appointments makes things take longer

Fingers crossed you get a nice person!