An update

1) I saw my endocrinologist last week. She said that my thyroglobulin levels have come down (or my "globs" as an endocrine nurse called them) I still have to an MRI, I guess they want to check that everything is in order. I don't have to see her for another four months, and I probably won't have to have another blood test for another two weeks! 

2)I need to speak to a doctor this week because there's a mistake on my prescription slip. I don't even know why. It was correct, but now, all of a sudden, it is not. There's definitely been some communication between the two hospitals, but that line of communication has not extended to my GP. (Apparently they are behind on their typing at the hospital and that is why. Hopefully they've caught up by now)

3)I didn't know if physiotherapy was having any real effect, then I foolishly went a day without doing my exercises (tsk, tsk) and I really felt the difference! So stiff! 

4)I've been trying to learn how to be more patient with myself. This is just over the course of the past few months. I was given no timeline for recovery and yet I've been getting so frustrated with myself, simply for not being 100% yet! 

5)Calcium levels are crawling up. They do seem to take dip when my immunity levels aren't so good, so I'm trying to keep them up. Another reason to eat better, really!

6)The CT and MRI scans have been booked. They will be at the end of this month, far too early in the morning! (Well, the CT scan is first, and is at 8.45. The MRI is at 9.20, so maybe I'll just have a nap)

I think that rounds it all up nicely! 

The memory jar

So, it is very easy to become a hermit when you're going through something like this. Sometimes the fatigue puts me off taking opportunities. I have needed to find ways to motivate myself. That's where the memory jar comes in!

I had seen on my Facebook that a few people had done this last year, and I felt like I should try it for myself this year. What you do is, you get a jar (preferably an optimistically large one) Then whenever you create a good memory, you write it down and pop the piece of paper in the jar! When it gets to the end of the year, you open the jar and look back on the memories you have made.

It's the perfect motivator, because I forked out for a large jar and now I have to fill it somehow! Obviously I still have to be sensible about which opportunities I take, but this jar helps me think about getting out of the house!

I can't wait to open this jar at the end of the year and reminisce about what I got up to. Maybe by then I will have two or three jars! Till then, I best keep trying to fill this one!