Month: January 2025

I was shivering really badly last night, and felt really sweaty after a difficult day. So I decided to have a warm bath. A twenty-minute soak did the job. However, I discovered that I was unable to get up out of the bath! My arms were just not working well enough to get me up, though there are plenty of grab bars to help. That was very frightening! OK, I always have the phone and fall alarm within arms reach, but really did not relish having to call for assistance …

Eventually, I decided to let the water out of the bath and try again. So, slightly chilly as the water ran away slowly, and then at the third attempt I did manage to get upright. But very wobbly stepping out of he bath, holding on to anything available. I didn’t even think about bending over to dry myself! Large bath towel on top of the bed, lay down, and was instantly asleep.

Despite flu jabs at the end of last year, I seem to have gone down with it. Shivering with cold in a room temperature of 23C, and an hour later the stove has died down, the room is 20.5C, and I’m sweating and taking my jumper off! Aches all over, of course, and unable to stay awake for more than two or three hours at a time. Self-imposed quarantine seems in order (as does large quantities of blackcurrant lemsip, and handfuls of grapes).

EEEK !
In the last couple of months of 2024 I put on a lot of weight – around 4 Kg. I’m now trying hard to get back to the target weight (65Kg) that I agreed with the pre-diabetic nurse some 4 years ago. In the last week I’ve shed about 3/4 of a kilo, but it’s hard going, as cold weather makes me want thick soups, warming stews with dumplings, suet puddings and suchlike, which are clearly currently out of bounds.