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good day vs bad day

im going to tell you about a good day then a bad day you will be able to tell they are very differnt.   a good day with fowlers  I can get up before 11am  i can get dressed i can change my dressing and clean my site on my own i can do things in my house  i can cook meals i can change a bad  i can leave the house i only have to take a few painkillers i can get in the shower on my own i can go for a walk i can spend a few hours out of the house i can go for lunch with a friend  i can feel like a girlfriend  i  can get comfy in bed and sleep i feel pretty  i feel mentally normal  a bad day with fowlers i struggle to get up before 11 am i dont get out of my pjs i need help changing my dressing and cleaning the site i struggle to do more then 2 things in the house i cant get out of bed i cant get off the sofa i dont leave the house i am constantly taking medication i end up in hospital i need help getting ...

Medication isn't all let's make you better medication

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So like a lot of people with fowlers I am on lots of medication I have a clothes draw full off the stuff. A lot of people go oh just go to the doctor and get some antibiotics then you will be all better but believe it or not most of my medications make me feel so poorly with side effects like neasua , vomiting , dry mouth, constipation and insomnia and that's just to me ton the nicer side effects. Being on medication won't make us better over night and it may never make us better but it can help us feel more comfortable or stop us from dying and I'm not being over dramatic a few months ago I had a usual uti and over 3 or 4 days that turned into a kidney infection which then lead to sepsis I had no idea I had sepsis till I got to the hospital and was nearly admitted to hdu with a stupidly hight heart rate I got pumped full of medication through a iv and it did get very scary at one point it was messing with my blood pressure I kept vomiting I felt like death warmed up and...

Been away for a while

Ok guys so iv not done a posy in a while as you know I moved which really took it out of me I had infection after infection the  a chest infection the shingles it was never ending iv not been sleeping much at all so ov ended up on sleeping tablets which I really didn't want to happen but I really needed to sleep just a few hours Had loads of other things going on which I'm it ready to talk about yet in till I know what's going to happen I am going to start doing more posts soon once I'm more mental able to We are settling in very nice in to our new home and my furbabies love it so much it's so quiet and relaxing here and great views Also wandered if anyone is reading this blog and if it's worth keeping it going il decided if anyone comments as I don't know if it's doing any good  at all Il leave it there for now Xxxxxx