In my life this week…
New diagnosis
This week was a pretty big
one for me, as I had an important appointment with a rheumatologist at my local
hospital. After 25 years of being told I’m an attention seeker and that my
symptoms are purely psychological I finally found a doctor who took me
seriously. After lots of questions and a thorough examination I was diagnosed
with Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, which, after reading up about it,
seems to be used interchangeably with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type 3. I’m being
referred for specialised physiotherapy and have been given management tips for
things like what I can and can’t do, eating little and often and things to look
out for. Although the diagnosis is a bit scary, in that I know I can never
recover from this and there is a likelihood it will gradually get worse, I
actually feel really positive about this. Finally I have some answers as to why
I am the way I am, and I can now learn to accept this and manage my symptoms as
best I can. On the way home from the hospital we popped into Home Sense and I
picked up this crochet book to see if it can help me learn more stitches and
get started on a project.
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Books
I’m hugely into reading;
always have been and probably always will be. I can’t remember a time when I
haven’t had a book on the go, and even when I was younger one of my favourite
things to do was to go to Waterstones and choose a new book. Back then, one of
my favourite series of books was Animal Ark (anyone else remember them?!) and
now I tend to like genres like chick lit, romance, comedy, real life and crime.
Just recently I’ve been very lucky, as a few friends have sent me books to
read, so my bookshelf is currently looking nice and full of stories just
waiting for me to read them.
IKEA
I have something to admit.
Until recently I had never been to IKEA! Then, a couple of years ago, I joined
my Dad on a trip to the one in Southampton and totally got what all the fuss
was about. Over the last few weeks we’ve been decorating my bedroom, so I
needed some new furniture to finish it off. Yesterday I got up nice and early,
and my Dad and I made the trek to Southampton in time for breakfast in the café
(if you do this you have to try the almond croissants – amazing!) After a yummy
breakfast my Dad wheeled me round the store and I chose a desk, filing cabinet,
bookshelves and some photo frames for a new project I’m working on. I’m now
incredibly excited for it to all be assembled and put into place in my newly
decorated room.
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| My IKEA Selfie! |
What has grabbed your attention this
week? I love hearing about people’s new discoveries and you may end up sharing
something that makes it onto my list next week!
Congratulations on the diagnosis, it must be such a relief to know what's wrong now? Where did you get that top in the selfie? Looks gorgeous :) Hope all is well xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Sophiia, yeah it feels like such a relief to understand what's been making me feel so ill the last 25 years! The top is from ASOS - it has Mickey Mouse on it a bit further down and I think it was in the sale if I remember rightly so you might be able to snap up a bargain! xx
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