First Day of freedom

 Was lovely sleeping in my own bed, although I did get restless and disorientated at 1 point and the warmth of the Duvet caused me to itch quite a bit, I'm up before anyone else is, they've got school and work, I make the Wife a coffee and bring it up to her, it will help to wake her up and its something I try to do everyday, I'm going to enjoy my first day of normality. 

I potter about, get the washing up and some laundry done and put away, I have to sit down and rest tho, I can definitely feel a change in me, I'm slower, walking up the stairs is more difficult than I remember.

I speak to my doctor on the phone and explain what has gone on and read her my discharge notes, she signed me off for a 2 week period with a view to review and extend if necessary, no one knows what the recovery is going to be like, how long it's gonna take etc, it took 5 weeks for the reaction to to show so god knows how long it will take to disperse fully.

I also email my Rheumatology nurse, again, detailing what has happened since we spoke on the phone the day before I went to hospital. 

I have visitors, a little bit of help and a lot of "take it easy, don't do too much" but I can't sit on my bum all day, I'll get bored and downbeat and that will lengthen my recovery, plus, there's never anything decent on telly. 


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