My time has been taken up with visits to Doctors, hospitals, physiotherapists and crazy garden life. That and all the other daily life happenings.
I have been to Huddersfield to see Mr Fogerty at the BMI Hospital with my shoulder. Apparently I have what is called "Impingement" in my right shoulder. This is incredibly painful, he gave me a steroid injection into my shoulder which he said would help with the pain. It didn't!!!
If you want to know more about this Mr Fogerty has a website you can look on
shoulderelbowclinic.co.uk
if you open this URL then click on shoulder impingement will come up in a list.
Mr Fogerty referred me to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for physiotherapy. I have been to see a very nice lady called Katherine there.
On the first visit she asked a few questions, asked me to show her how far I could move my arm into different positions, which didn't take long because I couldn't do most of them. Then she massaged my muscles in my shoulder which was painful but felt quite nice at the same time! After only a few minutes of this I could move my arm slightly more, which really surprised me.
Katherine then showed me how I could get the same effect using a tennis ball. This is so I could massage my muscles at home myself, which I have to do for 2-3 minutes 4 or 5 times a day. I am also supposed to put my hands into a pillow case up to the elbows then force my arms apart as far as I can using the pillow case to prevent me forcing them too far. I am not too good at this because my right arm is so weak the pillow case just falls off.
When I returned for the second visit Katherine said to just carry on with the exercises I had been doing, she said there was no point adding anymore as the muscles were still so tender and weak that it would do more harm than good.
I see Mr Fogerty again at the end of January if things are not improving it could mean an operation. So I am making sure I use the ball everyday and trying my best with the pillow case before I see Katherine at the beginning of January.
When I saw Dr Daru again my cholesterol was still sky high, although I had managed to loose about 6lbs in four weeks. Dr Daru wants to see me again in April by which time he expects me to have lost at least another 8lbs. If my cholesterol is still high then he wants to put me on "Statins", another bloody tablet!!!
Now lets get to something more cheerful.
The garden has been lively, we have had four squirrels in the garden some days. We had three new baby squirrels who ran round the garden like lunatics. Tony kept a sharp eye out for cats, they get too close for comfort sometimes and have to be warned off with a mint imperial whistling past their ear.
At the bottom of the garden near the greenhouse.
By the nut box.
On the shelf at the bottom of the garden .
The birds are not left out either, they get mixed seeds, black sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts, suet nibbles, peanut nibbles, suet balls, peanuts and fruit. Then of course any left over bread, biscuits or cake. The squirrels do help with the sunflower seeds and cake.
There has been a lot of birdlife in the garden the latest return has been the Greenfinches and the Blackbirds.
Greenfinch on the water dish in the garden.
Greenfinch in the hedge opposite the shed.
Wren in the hedge opposite the shed.
Wren in hedge opposite the shed.
Blue Tit on feeding station.
Coal Tit ready for take off.
Dunnock on the fence opposite the shed.
Robin in the hedge opposite the shed.
Blue Tit in the hedge opposite
the shed.
Robin in the hedge opposite the shed.
Hoglet looking for food in the garden.
The hedgehog was taken earlier in the year but I found it when I was sorting some photo's out and just thought I would include it.
I hope that has given you something to read "Elvira", I will try to keep up but I am not promising anything!!!
Until the next time...
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