Somewhat shambolic start to the day today. Bella had her vet appointment at 9am, so I snuck out of bed early and locked the cat door with her inside. So far so good. I got down to the vets in time to be told, “didn’t you get the phone message cancelling the appointment”…. umm NO!!! [...]
Archive for the ‘health’ Category
From a stressed shambles to sanity (almost!)
Posted in animals, health, just life, tagged anxiety, Bella, gratitude, health, instinct, rudeness, vets, work on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roundup of the long weekend
Posted in health, just life, tagged calf muscle, cold, exam, gardening, jazz, study, visitors, weather on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. Got my assignment back on Friday – got a B. Was initally disappointed with this given how much work I had put into it. I lost marks because of my report layout and some proofreading errors. Oh dear. I had been worried that the B reflected my going wrong re my understanding of the [...]
Exam anxiety is here …
Posted in health, just life, tagged animal welfare, anxiety, calf muscle, exam, Mike King, Peter Sankoff, physio, study on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well we have the guidelines for what to study for the exam – of course I look at the topics today and think “my god I don’t know anything about this!!” … but it will come together bird by bird (hopefully!!!). Apparently there is going to be a question requiring calculations. I couldn’t figure out [...]
Wednesday
Posted in health, just life, tagged annoyed, calf muscle, exam, physio, stress, study, tired on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Went to physio yesterday. Fiona thinks its a torn calf muscle, which is pretty much the conclusion I had come too. So I got a bit of heat treatment, some massage and a compression bandage to help get rid of the swelling that is still there. I am still limping, and frankly am over all [...]
Random
Posted in health, just life, tagged anxiety, calf muscle, friends, health, jazz, study, walking on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had some semi-coherent idea for a post when I was moping the floor a minute ago (miracle I can do this), but now I sit down and type its gone. So here is a list: 1. Meeting the Southern Cross rep tomorrow about health insurance – feel anxious about this. Why? 2. Looking forward [...]
And that was the weekend …
Posted in health, just life, tagged animal cruelty, cast, crutches, snail mail, study, weekend on May 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well the cast came off and stayed off on Friday. The doctor said he was very pleased with how my leg was (despite me not really being able to put any weight on my foot, and my foot and ankle looking rather swollen) and that it should gradually get better. So that was a great [...]