In with the new and out with the old

I decided that it was time that my dancing shoes should be retired at least for the time being...they have taken up residence in the garage for the next six months (probably to make homes for mice). They had given me good service and were the second pair of this type as I loved the first pair so much...They saw me through my pregnancy so they have basically had it..no spring left! I've replaced them with a more 'sensible' pair of Skechers...
My spotty Green Flash pumps had also had their day so they went out to the bin never to be seen again on

the arrival of my more fun blue and pink Green Flash (who says you have to be grown up all the time?!)
(And this is just proof that I can throw things out!)

Home for the weekend

It feels like it's been a while since my last post, but I suppose it hasn't really. Sunshine and I went home for the weekend for various things. I was nice to be in my own home for a few days although it wasn't very restful as Sunshine decided to have a teething night which got both Peter nad I up every 2 hours on Saturday night so Sunday we both felt a bit like death warmed up! In all honesty it could have been a combination of teeth and Jab reaction...
Anyway it was nice to be home, but now I'm back at my mums for the week.

Bury St Edmunds

As part of mu prescribed exercise routine we all went of a trip to Bury St Edmunds...quite a nice market town with some interesting things like this sign for Lloyds bank...









and the smallest pub in Britin called the Nutshell...apparently we should have been holding a pint whilst the photo was being taken but that wasn't possiible for me! :(




We stopped for lunch at a lovely place called Cupola and Sunshine seemed to enjoy the music!

Caramelised Casserole Catastrophe

Poor Peter...he made casserole yesterday evening and put it on for a slow cook in the oven...but because he was so knackered from dealing with Sunshine all week we went to bed early.
This morning the caramelised casserole looked a bit like this...



...so it'll be something different for tea tonight!

I wonder what will shift the stuff off the casserole dish....

Jammy donuts

Life on the carpet has changed a bit over the last couple of days...in fact I haven't been on the carpet..I've been in hospital finding out that I have not one but two herniated lumbar discs. The gooey stuff in the disc had leaked out and was pressing on my left leg nerves..it was described to me by the suegeon as the jam being squeezed out of a jammy donut!
I got to have a look at my MRI scans but couldn't bring them home to blog so I found these picks to give an idea of what happened...but with two discs!



So, as a result I was given two options...a caudal epidural where steroids are pushed into the epidural space at the base of my spine to encourage natural healing of the tissues...or a discectomy

50/50 chance of success with one or 80% chance with the other...
Yesterday I opted for the epidural and now I can walk and the numbness in my toes is subsiding...should be tingle/numbness and pain free in a couple of weeks. The only downside is I can't do any heavy lifting or bending at the waist for a while which means I can't pick Sunshine up :(...we're off to my mum's for a while so Peter can recover and get back to work.

But at leasat it's something positive to post! The last few have been a bit dismal so it's about time I had some good news to blog!

Life on the carpet

Well, not life as most people would know it...and not new life on the
carpet...although I really should hoover more often! I'm stuck on the floor again today...after improvements in my pain situation over the last couple of weeks, I feel like I'm back to square 1 again. Spasm city or the suburbs at least. Poor Peter had to come home from work to look after Sunshine and I am realising how cold it can be on the floor all day...especially when both the doors are left open and the fire is off! I'll be more considerate to Sunshine from now on and maybe even get some draught excluders.