Let's hope this works, and they don't have the same degree of Nausea side effects as the other ones I was on. Appetite totally under control. Blood pressure still well within normal ranges (136/75). So, we shall see. Meanwhile, 3/4 of the way through JD Kirk's Blood and Treachery.
My gorgeous wee girl who looks like she's eating spaghetti but actually it's the fringe on a blanket!!
I was reading something really interesting on Findmypast earlier on, whilst checking the Newspapers for my family in Cheriton Bishop - trying to establish a connection there. It was in the Morning Chronicle in October 1839 and spoke of a lass (who could be a relly) being duped into possibly stealing things from her boss in order to pay 5 shillings to have her Nativity read by "Raphael", Astrologer. She went back next day and was told it was another 5 shillings and if she couldn't pay up, she might find her legs got broken or other ill luck attend her. Poor girl wasn't able to read very well and didn't understand most of the Nativity cast for her (fortune telling, basically). He (real name Ebernezer Webber) was proven to be an utter fake and sentenced to 3 months hard labour in the House of Correction.
I have been very distracted looking through as for some reason a lot of the "links" they are meant to provide - highlighted in blue - don't actually take you to the page and highlighted article you want. Still, I've read all sorts of interesting stuff on there. Early racism in Totnes (poor chap, a "Hindoo" set upon and robbed by three drunken louts;) arson; murder; attempted murder; all sorts. One poor girl was sentenced to 6 mths hard labour - her crime, "taking a piece of cloth"!
I have also been searching for my g. grandfather, John Bolt, who moved to Hampstead in London with his mother when she was widowed (in Moretonhampstead). Have found what could be him, being somewhat militant about the Vestry Elections (Hampstead Town Ward). He lived in Holly Place and the house next door has just sold for a cool £4 million. That was an odd number though and perhaps his place was flattened as there are more modern dwellings for the even numbers. Think the dates are wrong as he had been in the Vestry members for 40 years. All I can say is, he wasn't having any nonsense! He wanted new blood in the Vestry!
Fingers crossed your new antibiotics work, sometimes the side effects of them is almost as bad as the infection they are supposed to cure. Treated myself to a large ready planted pot today at the garden centre as we had been to order a much needed shed. It has a skimmia, white hellebore, cyclamen, pansies and ivy, it fills a gap by the front door and I can use some of the plants in the back garden when I'm ready to plant it. No dug out beds, its all lawn (field), although I did find the stand for the whirly when I last mowed. Hope you soon feel 100%. Hugs Xx
ReplyDeleteWell done getting that potted plant - nice to have some colour over the winter. Tam and Jon have a shed (largely paid for by me) but he isn't very good at arranging help to put it up. I imagine it will still be leant against the wall in a year's time . . .
DeleteI insisted that we paid someone to put the shed up, they came out for a site visit, measured up, its an odd space to fit in. When its being put up, the boss is coming to fix a gutter along the back and paint it for us too, obviously its costing but OH in his mid 70's and never been very DIY minded. Hugs. Xx PS Hope the antibiotics have kicked in.
DeleteIsn't Rosie so darling! Fringe chewing must be a no-no, it's a choking hazard?
ReplyDeleteYup, fringe blanket placed out of reach! She is an absolute darling.
DeleteI hope the new meds work.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Me too. Fed up with feeling sick though.
DeleteI have taken to keeping Whitards Ginger in the house to make ginger tea, and also gingernuts and crystalised ginger to help combat nausea that comes with so many tablets. It does help, although hopefully you won't be on the tablets much longer, but it's worth considering for the future.
ReplyDeleteI have gingernuts and crystalised ginger here. Hadn't thought about ginger tea though.
DeleteAsk your doctor if taking probiotics might help (though some antibiotics can’t be taken with them). I have to take probiotics with them if I’m prescribed a course as antibiotics play havoc with my stomach
ReplyDeleteI've got yoghurt in the fridge which - when I am eating - I have with granola.
DeleteOh that picture of Rosie is adorable. What bright eyes she has! Fingers crossed that your new antibiotics work.
ReplyDeleteShe's gorgeous and she LOVES her gram!! (e.g. me).
ReplyDeleteThere’s a good pub on Holly Bush Lane where Dr Johnson and Boswell would carouse. I took S there for lunch some years ago when we were having a day exploring Keats’ house, Fenton House and the modernist 2, Willow Road and wandering the pretty Hampstead streets. It felt like a proper pub despite or perhaps because of its location. Meanwhile our pub built in 1420 is inching towards opening. It’s taken over two years so far and cost a small fortune and one of the fun things I’ve been doing with my librarian-trained friend and bookshop colleague has been choosing Sussex books for the 12 bedrooms and one of the rooms downstairs which will be a library of local history, folklore and literature. We have sunshine this morning and what a difference it makes, and yesterday I watched a beautiful sunset for the first time in ages, watching the sky change from duck egg blue streaked with apricot until it was deepest indigo filled me with happiness. After yoga first thing yesterday I spent the whole day outside in the sunshine. I started with the leaves (I’ve bought a leaf blower to use with our existing battery and used it for the first time - much less strain on the old bod) and potting on cuttings and other plants and then S and I had a walk from home just soaking up the sunshine and colours and breathing in the views. It made me feel better as I have been so worried about S lately. GP and neurologist appts next week … . But this morning he is making our porridge (muscle memory to the fore) and we are going to have a short cycle down to the mill pond and back (muscle memory again) and if he’s still ok we may go out for lunch to the Black Horse in Byworth and I’ll treat him to half a pint of bitter. Less than 40 days to the Winter Solstice and I’ve got three Saturday afternoons in the bookshop coming up including this Saturday when the Christmas lights are being turned on in Petworth. S also suffers from overwhelming nausea ever more frequently. He sucks crystallised ginger which helps but ginger tea and biscuits are a good idea too, thank you RP. Do you think that nausea is a recognised side effect of the levadopa - S now takes 8/day but often needs to increase the dose to 10/day and the nausea is becoming worse. I try to see it off at the pass by keeping him occupied and happy but that in itself can be exhausting. Finding a balance is the secret to life. Wishing everyone an even keel, especially you BB. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteI would love to have been able to visit the area -we were so much nearer when I lived in Hampshire and then Dorset. It sounds like there is plenty to see anyway. I love the idea of helping to create a local history book resource. I've scarcely been outside this past week (apart from going to the GP's and Boots!) I am looking forward to feeling a bit more my old self again. I hope that there isn't too much of an increase in nausea for S when his dose increases. Sending you both (((HUGS)))
ReplyDeleteFrom what I remember nausea was a side effect of increasing levodopa. Everything seems to be balanced out between good and evil with medications. I am LOOKING at the thousands of leaves out there - mostly Sycamore in the south and Beech in the north. I'll carry on looking for a bit yet.
Having a weepy day today, mostly from being off colour and a bad night's sleep last night.