The new year saw fit to kick off pretty much as the old one left us…hence the delay in this, my first post of the year!
My Christmas Eve post reported on how Alex had needed hospitalisation & how we were still trying to stabilise him…well that is still ongoing but he’s back at school & much more his usual ‘grouchy-teenager’ self!
I managed to get an emergency appointment the day after Boxing Day & the Consultant & his nurse were both very sympathetic & said that this wasn’t unheard of, sending me off with Tramadol for the pain & a return appointment. I managed two doses of Tramadol before taking to my bed with dizziness, nausea & a fearful itching all over!! Add to this the continuing pain in my shoulder & I was not a happy bunny!!
We cancelled our New Years Eve plans & spent a very quiet time, not even venturing out for our usual New Years Day ramble! Then, because things always happen in three’s…I developed a cough which turned into a full blown chest infection & today is my first full day out of bed since Tuesday!!
So here I am, with sore midriff muscles from coughing & a very croaky voice BUT at least my shoulder pain is settling & I’m feeling in a much better place!! 
To those of you also taking part in ‘Move More Eat Well’ & ‘365+1 in 2012’ I’m looking forward to checking out your posts too!
I’ll leave you today with just a little scrappiness…this months challenge over at ‘From Screen To Scrap’ is the movie poster for ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ & the added criteria was 1- include a Santa on the page 2- use brown/orange/yellow hues & 3- use your house number in the title. This one took a bit of thought & with everything going on in the run up to Christmas, I’m afraid it maybe wasn’t as elaborate as it could have been, but this was my finished LO…
I used a photo I had ‘composed’ via the ‘Capture The Magic of Santa’ website a couple of years ago, where you can put Santa anywhere in your own home! This photo had actually freaked Alex totally, it looks so convincing!! It worked well with the required colour scheme as the walls on our landing were a warm ochre colour!! I included a big chunk of verse from ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ as my journaling. I’m afraid I wasn’t very imaginative with the title though!!
Thank you so much for stopping by & I do hope that 2012 is getting off to a good start for all of you! Now that I’m up & about I mean to get caught up with everything as soon as I can, & that means stopping by to visit everyone’s blog too!
Come back soon! :)
4 comments:
Gosh, poor you! I do hope you are beginning to feel much better and that your shoulder is less painful.
I'd recommend a course of treatment from an osteopath - to get the muscles and bones all lined up properly. The drs don't understand the stuff about body structure/problems in the same way as osteopaths. They can give you anti-inflammatory meds and painkillers, even refer you to a physio, but they can't check that nothing is out of alignment and put it back in place. Something must have got stuck/moved/damaged in order to cause the frozen shoulder, I would think.
No, I'm not an osteopath.. I am just a very grateful patient, who has been helped very much by the great osteopaths at my local practice, since I injured my upper back a couple of years ago. I also had pain in my shoulder, kneck and upper back. They have helped me to recover - I can't recommend osteopathy enough. There is a website belonging to the General Osteopathic Council http://www.osteopathy.org.uk/ - they license osteopaths and you can use the register to look for a local practise.
Ooop.. rather a long comment. I hope you dn't mind that.
Feel better soon!
I'll or not you better make lunch next week. I promise to try and remember not to punch your arm !
Sandi, How miserable is that?! I'm very sorry to hear what's been going on and I hope 2012 brings better health very soon indeed
Don't worry, you start 2012 whenever you want, and more so when your back and feeling better. Here's to 2012 being a fabulous year for you. Xx
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