The 28th & 29th; This would be so much easier if I weren't allergic to contrast.
The 28th of March. I have been outside!
This morning, I got up a bit earlier than usual, which meant I had time to write up my blog post before we had to go out. I had a chiro appointment at eleven, which was sorely needed after all the crocheting I've been doing. These jumpers have rather fucked up my neck - too much sitting here, looking down. Trine had to apply some rather intense pressure to some knots and ooh it was painful.
From there, I went to the gym. I met up with Karen, but there wasn't much for her to show me today. I just need to do my thing for a few weeks, then come back to her with my progress to talk about any changes.
I worked out for about two hours, getting to do everything in my preferred order which was most pleasing. Even more so was that when Mommy picked me up, she'd been to M&S where they had a pretzel and a cinnamon swirl!
This afternoon, I have returned to the crochet (trying to look up more often) and watched thimgs that recorded last night. I did some screaming at How to Get Away with Murder because of Connor and Olly's wedding and Scandal crossover! Going to be SO GOOD. I haven't actually watched Scandal, but I feel very very excited about this.
Tomorrow I am finally going to find out exactly what is going on in my arm. Let's hope, or I'll have a breakdown in the middle of Andrew's clinic.
The 29th of March.
Hm well not really proper answers. I love going to see Andrew because he's very punctual and I never have to wait when I am called through.
Basically, we don't know why my arm is fat. The pictures from the MRI show that the veins in my neck and chest are as good as they can be, and any further intervention using stents or whatever won't really make any difference. So I asked if we can look at my actual arm to see there is a stricture anywhere, because the forearm is where I get pain, where it feels like things are being squeezed, and he's going to do an ultrasound in it when I go in for my steroid injections. That's all that's left, really. I think I will email Anne Dancey and ask her if there is a scan she could do that would determine the exact composition of my arm - what the veins and lymphatic system look like, what is fat, what is fluid, and then what can be done with the results of that. This would be so much easier if I weren't allergic to contrast.
We picked up Christine at New Street (eventually), and this afternoon I have been crocheting the second sleeve of the jumper and starting Scandal. I'm doing this one longer, so I'm going to have to unravel the first one and do it again. I have enough wool.
