Hello Kin
Yes, it has been a long time since I last posted. I have found lockdown tough being confined to the flat on my own. I remain gf, it is now three and a half years. My financial situation is unchanged but during the Covid 2nd wave I have not been bothered too much with creditors.
Late January and February were quite tough for me. My smoking finally caught up with me. I have been diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome and despite it being urgent, admission for a kidney biopsy has been delayed till mid March. I should have had my first Astra Zeneca vax by then. I developed breathlessness and cardiac arrhythmias and it was very difficult to access my gp, primary care practitioner and kept being fobbed off with go to a and e by the reception staff. Eventually three weeks later my gp said two week wait for routine ecg and five weeks for 24 hour one. So I did my own ecg and staggered down to my gp surgery with the trace. I could not even walk ten yards. Ended up seeing a very rude cardiologist at my local hospital. A blood test for clot activity was three times above normal and I was treated for a blood clot in the lung or heart and sent home to inject myself in the tummy with clot busting injections. This was a truly horrible time and I decided to go cold Turkey with cigarettes at the same time. I am now on day 16. A lung scan a few days later failed to reveal any clots in the lungs. I am still awaiting other cardiac tests but I can now say I am all addiction free, the toughest of all was the cigs. I am taking Ayurvedic medicine and the arrhythmia’s are easing off every day but at one point they were really bad. It feels good not to smoke. This was after all a 49 year pack plus a day habit.
Today I am reasonably ok, still working from home. I found the isolation after now one year working from home and living alone really quite difficult. Pete had also been quite tired of all of this as well and in the recent very snowy bad weather wasn’t able to earn. Also, have desperately needed a dentist as my front teeth crowns are loose and falling out but like 3verything in healthcare only the most urgent dentistry is being done right now.
I would so love to give the best news but right now surviving and staying well is my priority for myself and my family. I think here in the U.K. we have all had a complete bashing from Covid and are so ready to reopen and end lockdown again. It has been so bad for all ages mental health to be stuck with lockdown.
