Poppyg1rl is poorly.

frogmorton

Hi poppy

l think you are doing really well. I'm sure you don't but trust me you are!

Keep at it you will make it Try not to fel too down you have been through a heck of a lot if you think about it?

Love and hugs

toni xx

chris7

Hi Poppy

I can't advise at all on any of this, :???: but I do recognise someone having a really rough time for a while, so you do have my very real sympathy.
Just leaving a few more hugs and hoping things feel better soon. (((( ))))
Chris

dreamdaisy

I would like to advise you of my sources but fear I cannot. :oops: The knowledge was aquired during one of my less sedate evenings spent in a pub. :oops: And yes, the memory makes even me blush. I can say that the Finnish for cotton wool is (this is phonetic, not yer actual Finnish) 'poom-pully'. Ain't that cute?

Right Poppy, I have finished (ha-ha!) hijacking your thread. Good morning, I hope you had a better night and that things are steadily (if only slowly) improving. I hope the reduction goes OK and doesn't make you feel too rough. I am thinking of you. DD

Poppyg1rl

Hi DD,
Big thankyous so everyone else who sent me such lovely supportive messages and advice, I'm very grateful.
Knee still huge, very little sleep but gone down to 15 pred today as planned. Please keep me in your thoughts as I've SO much to do today that cannot be put off and my way of getting through it is to just grit my teeth and not think too much about it.
Hope you all have a lovely painfree day Hugs xxx

stickywicket

Hm. Not sure I approve of your planned day, Poppyg1rl but, having been in that situation & done exactly the same myself, I'm hardly the right person to tell you not to.

Please take things as easy as possible. It's not giving in to give up occasionally.

Be with you in spirit. Take care.

julie47

you are in my thoughts poppy

hope you are not going to over do it with all the important stuff you have planned

Try to rest inbetween if you can

Juliepf x

dreamdaisy

Don't - repeat DON'T - be a silly girl. You have been to hell and are very nearly back, don't go and borrox things up by trying to do too much. You are not strong enough, not fit enough and I shall now shut up. DD

skezier

Hi Poppy,

Bad plan,... better one rt up and let someone else do it for a min.... tis a better plan fr now. Leaving you a ((((((((( ))))))))) and a hope Cris xx


Hey Sticky could I just say I know a few Chinese swear words as well.... my bil is dutch and your right tis a scary language written or spoken Don't know as I could ever learn it

dreamdaisy

Danish is pretty odd too. DD

Poppyg1rl

Hi DD, Cris, Julie and Sticky,
Had to hobble about today (on my boring grey crutches, which when I'm feeling better I will spray paint with purple/pink glitter, that's the plan anyway) to have blood test done and more importantly go to my eldests leavers assembly at his school. It was lovely, very moving but unfortunately very painful. And ofcourse the world and his wife wanted to know the ins and outs of whats wrong with me...all very uncomfortable and insensitive for my poor lad, so I told them I didn't want to discuss it. I thought that was far more diplomatic than my hubby's response which I wont mention :oops:
I'm to stay at 15mg steroids, my consultant wants a lung function test done Friday and if the knee hasn't gone down by Tuesday an aspiration.
Feel bit punch drunk actually, so much has happened with arfur but life still goes on, although does feel like I'm treading water I'm getting there.
Thanks for your lovely messages everyone, I'm so grateful I'm not on my own with this Xxx hugs to all ((()))

dreamdaisy

15mgs sounds like a plan, the lung function tests are a good idea, as is the aspiration (been there, done that, you know what that entails and it will help) and let's hope that you will start to feel much, much better soon. I hope you have a decent night's rest tonight and take things easy tomorrow. You are a poorly girl at the mo - don't you forget that, you need some TLC from those around you (which I am sure they are providing.) DD

bubbadog

Hi Poppy, You poor thing! Sounds like you are being dragged through hell at the moment! Hope everything gets sorted soon and you can be left in peace to recover and get stronger again. Big (()) . Take care and hope you start to feel better soon. Amanda, (bubbadog).

stickywicket

Poppyg1rl wrote:

I told them I didn't want to discuss it. I thought that was far more diplomatic than my hubby's response which I wont mention.

Very wise, Poppyg1rl. I, too, have one of thos husband things and they do need to be kept in check.

Thanks for the update. Keep plugging away. Hopefully things will slowly improve.

Poppyg1rl

Sat in a&e with number 2 son, fainted at school, hit head on desk and floor and lost conciousness. Been here 3 hours, they're keeping him under obs.
Hugs needed...x

kneegirl

Hugs Poppy xxx

tillytop

Oh Poppy! It's just one thing after another isn't it? Really, really hope your son will be ok and able to go home soon.

Thinking of you.

(((())))s and love,

Tilly xxx

tjt6768

Hi Pops.. Hope all is alright hun.. Hows the lads noggin??

Poppyg1rl

Thankfully panic over, huge bump on noggin, but Drs happy he's ok.
Paracetamol and plenty of rest, Sam'll be fine
Thanks Tilly, Kneegirl and Dancing Tony love and hugs from a very relieved mummy xxxxx

tjt6768

us lads are made from tough stuff.... I was so clumsy and accident prone as a kid.. Forever in plaster or full of stitches, lol..
Not too different now :roll: :shock:

ironic

Oh Poppy,
What a nightmare for you. So glad you are back home with number 2 son and he is ok. I am so sorry everything has come all at once for you and your family.
Fingers crossed that the weekend finds you all a little better. I hope your appointment on Friday goes well for you.

A bucket of hugs and stamina coming your way flower.
Lv, I x

skezier

Hi Poppy,

Oh bless him he should rest up for a bit if you can get him to? Leaving you a bucket of ((((( ))))) and a hope. Love Cris xx

bertyboy

Hi Poppy i hope you are settled and rested now and your son is ok , other than a sore head x

Poppyg1rl

Hi Iris, Cris and berty,
My Son is fine this morning, has a real shiner of a black eye though bless him!
And I'm so happy to report...my knee is responding to the steroid increase and the swelling has gone right down no aspiration hopefully! Hoping that's it now, no more bad luck/news please feel a lot better this morning all round.
Hoping everyone has as painfree a day as possible and BIG thankyou to all that posted encouragement throughout an extremely stressful and painful time, I am very grateful.
Hugs (((((()))))) x

tkachev

Poppyg1rl wrote:

Hi DD, Cris, Julie and Sticky,
Had to hobble about today (on my boring grey crutches, which when I'm feeling better I will spray paint with purple/pink glitter, that's the plan anyway) to have blood test done and more importantly go to my eldests leavers assembly at his school. It was lovely, very moving but unfortunately very painful. And ofcourse the world and his wife wanted to know the ins and outs of whats wrong with me...all very uncomfortable and insensitive for my poor lad, so I told them I didn't want to discuss it. I thought that was far more diplomatic than my hubby's response which I wont mention :oops:
I'm to stay at 15mg steroids, my consultant wants a lung function test done Friday and if the knee hasn't gone down by Tuesday an aspiration.
Feel bit punch drunk actually, so much has happened with arfur but life still goes on, although does feel like I'm treading water I'm getting there.
Thanks for your lovely messages everyone, I'm so grateful I'm not on my own with this Xxx hugs to all ((()))

Hi Poppy just caught up with your thread.Sorry you feel so rough.You are still off the humira aren't you. My knees swell when I am off humira.
I am doing a lung function test on Friday too!Mine is at GP's place though.
Hope we both get good results.
Elizabeth x

dreamdaisy

Morning Poppy, I am glad to hear that your knee is feeling better - lovely things, oral steroids, yes? No? Yup, I agree with no, it is such a fake 'better'. I hope you are feeling brighter in yourself and that the boy is OK. DD