You may have noticed that I have been away from the shop for a while
now – I can assure you I have not been sunning myself on a beach of
any kind. I have been in hospital again, but for a different reason
this time. Apart from having a fever of 39.9C, I had Discitis, which
has a fun-sounding name but turned out to be nothing of the sort.
It was rather
debilitating – creating lightning-type flashes down my legs and
almost pinning me to the bed. It is basically an infection between
the spinal discs – don’t ask me how it got there, even the docs
couldn’t work that one out, but it was there. They pumped me full
of antibiotics until it was nearly foaming from my ears. That made it
feel a little better quite quickly, but then it sort of settled down
at a certain level and I still had pain, but could move around a bit,
but even holding a phone to my ear or in front of me was sometimes
just too much!
After a while they
sent me home where I could experience the pain in my own bed and
swallow lots of ABs in the form of tablets which smelt like bad
drains. I can now walk around for a short while and stand at a
workbench for short periods of time, so some work is possible, but
the pain is now in my hip and leg. I’m due a hospital visit soon
and they may give me some lovely bone-cracking physio, so maybe
things will feel better in a few weeks!
Thanks so much to
those who were so patient and waited until I could complete their
order (they know who they are) – that was so kind and much
appreciated.
It will probably be
a couple more weeks before I can open the shop again, as I want to be
as well as possible before upping the pace again. Just in time for
the Christmas rush – what great planning! Not.
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