I have done very little today. The DP has been looking after me by preparing all my meals.
After lunch I managed to stagger down to the Shedudio.
There must be worse places to feel sorry for oneself!
Juvenile Robin.
Adult Robin. Once the breeding season is over most birds go through a moult so look pretty scruffy.
A smart Great Tit.
Shy Goldfinch.
Bee on the Teasel.
Bee and a Moth on Teasels.
Better day tomorrow.
BB I do have Vitamin D prescribed due to my having Osteopenia. Brittle bones. Steroids I still have to take when I get an infection. As they say between the devil and the deep blue sea..... I have a monthly pill - Ibandronic Acid too. I dont have a fractured spine any more and my height has now stabilised at 4 feet 10. Hysterically funny really! As one bit of me improves another drops off!
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Totally get the " as one bit improves another bit drops off. Tomorrow will be better. L.x.
Oh Jill - you have to laugh or you'd cry. I'm glad that they have you on helpful medication to offset the useful but unhelpful stuff! The Vit. D really perks me up of a morning and since I've been taking a multi vitamin I have some energy again. Just need to lose weight now. That would make walking up steep hills so much easier.
I love your bird photos and am glad you managed to stagger as far as the Shedudio this afternoon and hoe that it cheered you up.
Thinking of you hun x x
So, you're in Scarlett O Hara (Gone with the Wind) mood now. "After all, tomorrow is another day" she said to Red Buttler.
Well, Jill, you're lucky you've got a wonderful partner. No chance he"ll react like Red: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" :) He"ll cook your meals, wash you and lovingly take care of you. Life is definitely worth living with such a person.
You have a very pretty view to the yard, I can see in the first photo and glad to hear you staggered to the Shedudio, perhaps for some painting.
Vitamin D has been great for me. My last bone scan was really good. Drugs are a balancing act. Wishing you a better day tomorrow and beyond.
I was prescribed vitamin D a few years ago and as over 60 my prescriptions were free. A few months ago, our NHS, not sure if it's just my county or all of England, decided that they would no longer give them on prescription and now I have to buy them from Boots chemist.
As regards your previous post about the gulls, I love the sound of gulls. Whatever I'm doing or feeling, the sound of a gull brings a huge grin to my face. I would have laughed along with you had I been there. I've even got the sound of gulls as my mobile ring tone. Can't get enough of them. I even light up when I see them round here, inland, in the fields, or hear them in our nearest town car park.
Hello..I read your blog everyday but have never written a comment...I am a "retired" RN after 42 yrs. in the profession...I am 74 yrs. old now and a 2 time widow...I've been a widow since I was 38 yrs. old when my 2nd husband died. I have smoked cigarettes all of those years....I am lucky that still at 74, I don't suffer from COPD or Emphysema...But my problem is "I WANT TO QUIT SMOKING" I quit once 4 yrs ago and it lasted for 2 yrs...Then I started again...I do not want to take drugs to do it! I want to find the strength to do it within myself.....When I read your posts, I see myself in the coming years, fighting to breathe as you must do every day....I am so sorry that you are going through this...As a nurse, I cared for many patients with COPD...It was so difficult....You would think I would have learned my lesson.....But smoking is so addictive in so many ways...Yes, it's the nicotine addiction, but it is also the "mental, soothing, relaxing" addiction, as well as in my case, it is a friendly, comforting feeling.
I just wish to tell you that as I read your blog, as I read all that you continue to do despite your pulmonary problems...You inspire me to stop smoking now....As we nurses say "the benefits do not outweigh the results"...I pray for inner great strength to conquer this addiction every day...I will keep trying....Thank you for all you write on your blog! It opens my eyes and mind as to what lies ahead for me if I cannot conquer this addiction!
One thing I left out from my previous post...probably the most important thing........Smoking is like a friend for me....It makes me feel good, strong and able to tackle all jobs I need to accomplish. Smoking is also a "reward" for me when I do accomplish something tough....I know...One must ask how a cigarette can hold such power and give such satisfaction......Only a "never smoker" would not understand this concept. I need to find the way now to live a fulfilling life in my late years without cigarettes...Somehow I must find a new way in life as a non-smoker! I pray for the Lord's help and blessings.
Thank you, Jill, for allowing me to lay it all out here! You are living the very tough side of longterm smoking and are strong and a fighter....You inspire me to stop this horrible addiction and get on with living a clean life in the years I have left!
My daughter in law has a similar condition so I know the pitfalls.
I hope your today is better and you get out to the prom although I'm not sure what your weather is like up there? so hope it's fine and not windy
I love seeing the young Robins get their colour glad they make you happy too xx
Glad you managed to get out to the shedudio, it as a joy to see the visitors to your garden.
You surely take good photos!
Thank you for some more lovely photos. I am an amateur watercolour artist and get a lot of inspiration from your paintings. The photo of what I call a Thistle with the bee is lovely and I think it would make a lovely watercolour and I would like to paint it, with your permission, and I would also like to see you paint it. Thank you again and I do hope you feel better tomorrow. Your husband is a wonderful help to you and I am sure you think so too.
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