So the Friday night came and gone, watched The Last Crusade to continue on the Indiana Jones theme that I have had the last few nights. Didn't start my antibiotics tonight, will wait until tomorrow. would have taken the first ones too late in the afternoon and didn't really want to have to split them on half a day i.e. half a day today and half a day at the end, not that it really makes that much of a difference, just don't like doing that.
Next morning wasn't feeling so bad, still a little annoyed at finding out about the lymphoma yesterday, but I still think I should be worse. Back was sore this morning which woke me up and lay on again rather than just getting up and getting paracetamol to clear it, seems to be the thing I do now. When I finally did get up I watched the NHL outdoor stadium match a repeat from earlier in the year and watched the Man City Chelsea game later in the day in the FA Cup and that night some Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and 2, was very good and really enjoyed it. Also started playing WoW again today, this always cheers me up. Just feel a bit grumpy and not my normal cheery self.
Sunday came along and didn't do too much today, just stayed in again and watched the Arsenal match and played on the computer, nothing much else, although did run out of cigarettes and didn't bother going and getting more.
Monday was a bit of a busy day, started off by going to the GP to get another sick line which I was hoping I didn't have to get and after telling the doctor she said "this doesn't sound very good at all" and it sort of hit at how bad a situation I was in and got a bit more upset about it and she proceeded to ask what support I had at home and mentioned about different people or groups that I could talk to about it, to be honest I just need to spend a little time having drinks with my friends and I think I'll be back to normal, just a bit shit that I'm on antibiotics for two weeks...
After the GP I went to hospital to hand in a couple of samples of sputum to test for infections and while I was there a couple of the nurses that I've known since starting to go up there about ten years ago asked me how I was and explained everything to them and they both gave me a hug because of it, so even the nurses think this is a pretty big deal, it's really not like them to do anything like that. Next stop was into work to get my sick line photocopied and then sent off. Explaining things to the manager there was quite upsetting but I helped clear my mind talking about it a bit more, I find it hard telling people about it without welling up a bit especially after the way the doctor and nurses have responded to it, but I'm sure it will pass, it is me after all and there's always something wrong with me. Plus... another six weeks off work to find out what's going happen in the long run.
After getting back to the house for some lunch I had to go and pick up my new sunglasses from Halfords (no were near that price though) but when I went down the delivery hadn't arrived yet and popped over to Argos to pick up a couple of WoW Mega Blok figures that I had also ordered. That night I watched Final Destination 5 in the Insyplex, it was disappointing.
Tuesday woke up again with my sore back and felt very rough, got up and it did ease again. Got a call saying that my glasses had arrived and went and picked them up and the rest of the day was spent on the computer and watched the City Barca match and then some Stargate after.
Wednesday, back was once again very sore, the cough is still there as well and doesn't seem to have cleared up that much with being on the antibiotics, but it's only been a few days so will obviously have to give it more time to notice anything. Later in the afternoon I started getting my roughness back again with the fever/cold legs thing, but instead of going to bed for a while I thought I would do the opposite and go out onto the stationary bike for a while to see if that helped, it didn't, maybe even felt worse off after. But I got out onto it for an hour and got some reading done and once back in wrapped myself up to get warm. Although it has cheered me up a bit I done my whole laughing at something I thought of, then forgot what I thought of and started to laugh because I couldn't remember what I was laughing at. That evening I got to watch the Arsenal Bayern match as it was on Sky 1 for some reason.
Thursday very little was done but still had the same feeling like crap in the morning, and seems to be getting worse and also moving into my chest too which is getting a bit sore and tight. I gave myself a bit of a project today to find out a bit more about astrophotography and if I would be able to use the telescope that my dad has and a camera that we have too, turned out that the telescope can be used (which I knew) but the camera can't so if I want to do it really high techy, I will need to get a new camera which will be from about £250 but would be able to get some incredible pics which would be very nice. Instead I settled for a mount to attach to the telescope that I can put the ST200F to and get pics of stuff in the solar system, should keep me busy itself for a while anyway. Just hope it works well enough. That was basically how I spent the day researching that for a suitable camera etc, will just have to wait and think about it.
Breakfast
Friday I didn't do too much, although won a few quid on the Euro Millions so went to the shop to get the money for that and got another one for tonight and stupidly got some cigarettes too which I've been off since Monday... Didn't do very much again today had the usual back pain in the morning which eased once I got up and the throat pain which has been coming on this week, feels like the lymph system is blocked up and putting pressure around my face and head, it's not quite sore, more uncomfortable.
Saturday woke up and back sore once again, another thing I noticed a few days ago was that I seem to be grinding my teeth, my teeth and jaw was sore in the mornings along with my back so I ordered a gum shield that you can mould to fit your mouth better, if anything it will help keep my teeth in one piece. I also keep getting twitches, especially in my left arm, they're very frustrating!! The day was mostly spent watching sport, watched the Chelsea Everton game and once that was over the end of the Italy Scotland rugby game and later after some computering the England Ireland match, all very good to watch even if all the results didn't go my way. That night started playing Rayman Legends and then watched some more Stargate.
When I woke up on Sunday I felt rough, back was sore and the lymph system was all blocked in my neck and throat, was very unpleasant, once I got up and took some paracetamol (thankfully that's as strong as I need) the back eased but the blockedness lingered on for a while. Watched the World Superbike races from the early morning in which Laverty won race 1 and was doing great in race 2 until his engine blew up, a fantastic result for him, winning on his debut for the new bike.
Mentally feeling back to normal again and really wanted to head out on Saturday night but I want to make sure that I'm rid of this bug, might be able to get to the quiz on Monday but after the way I was feeling this morning it put a bit of doubt into my head. Still haven't heard anything from the hospital about a date for the biopsy, will probably hear about it sometime this week and back up to hospital for the review on Friday anyway, hopefully no more antibiotics so I can get out and get blootered next weekend. Was a tough start to the week but I've settled and cheered up thoroughly as the weeks went on and felt pretty good on Saturday, feeling wise, physically I'm gradually getting worse and feeling really bad at times, really bad.