Where to begin???

Can't believe it has been so long already since my last post.

Hmmm, I guess time flies when you're having fun.....

You could say I've had a busy few weeks.

I've been up to Leeds to spend a weekend with Amy, been catching up with some old Derby friends, had my usual circus of hospital appointments each week, and have been attempting to sort out my spare room. This weekend I'm heading down south to catch up with some old family friends who are over from the US - including a trip to London's West End to see Waiting for Godot. I'm really excited, and trying to store up some energy so that I last the weekend!

Today, though - I'm pretty shattered - I had to be up early for a "Pathways to Work" interview at 9 at the Jobcentre; a requirement of the health related benefits I've been getting. They are meant to 'offer' me 6 compulsory work focused discussions to "assist on return to work" in order for my benefits to continue being paid. Thankfully (in some ways) the person interviewing me realised that I was "obviously a long way from being fit for work" and therefore was not really at a point where their meetings will be of any use at all, and in fact may be detrimental to my health to drag me in for meetings, so she has postponed the next one till February. Secretly though, I was a bit gutted that a non-medically trained person was able to come to her conclusion about my lack of fitness for work so readily though - as I'm not really all that ready to accept that a return to work is such a distant goal just now. Patience is not one of my strongest character traits!

I've subsequently been up the hospital for physio, acupuncture and to see my local respiratory consultant. Since getting home, I've done little than fall asleep for hours at a time, and watch a bit of Wimbledon on the TV.

More updates soon. There's lots going on just now!