Now on Plan C!

daffy2
daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
edited 4. Mar 2013, 05:03 in Living with Arthritis archive
This weekend I had intended to spend some time on my allotment, and so had been careful about activities during the week. Woke up this morning to realise that what I had thought was just a reaction to tree pollen the previous day was in fact a cold, so OK Plan B then...knitting and sewing projects, and perhaps a short walk down the lane if the sun came out. Nice idea, sadly hands and feet had other ideas, leaving me hobbling round and intermittently dropping things, to a chorus of ouches.Ended up on Plan C, which I should have started with, on the sofa, alternating periods of deep relaxation(aka sleep) with moderate activity(making hot drinks) and occasional bursts of energetic exercise(sneezing).
I haven't had a cold since all this arthritis stuff suddenly descended on me a year ago so it's sort of interesting to see what happens - wonder what tomorrow will bring, and whether I will sleep tonight having napped so much during the day.... cue nightcap I think.

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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The nightcap sounded like a good Plan D, daffy (I presume we're talking the liquid kind not the woolly variety :wink: ) and I hope it worked.

    'Interesting' is not how I'd view the prospect of an unfolding cold but I like your optimism, girl. To be fair, I don't see why it should be worse than any previous colds as yours is, I think, OA, isn't it? It's the immuno-suppressant meds that make our colds...er....'interesting' though I must say I found my last one bl**dy boring after the first three or four weeks :lol:

    Your Plan C sounds good, though I think you were right to try the others first. Here it's not a very inspiring day so I'd stick with it and try to get stuff more under control before the sun appears again. Take care.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • daffy2
    daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sticky it was the liquid not woolly kind. Yes I have OA, but I'm not convinced there isn't something else involved as well, sadly it's taking forever to get the GP to listen. As far back as I can remember I've had sore joints when a cold gets going, so I was wondering what difference there might be this time, when joint pain has been a constant companion without the help of a virus.
    The sneezing has eased up, so I've had a potter round the garden and sorted out a pile of rose prunings - if my fingers are twanging anyway I might as well give them something to twang about, and at least there'll be something to show for it! The early crocuses have suddenly appeared, a couple of scented winter flowering shrubs are coming into their own, there is an assortment of little birds(including goldfinches) whizzing around, and a couple of opportunist bees. The sun is coming out so perhaps a post-prandial will be possible later. In the meantime lunch and Radio 3's Baroque Spring beckon. Sometimes it's not too difficult to put aside the down side of arthur.....
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi daffy
    I do love spring, but like you I am limited in what I can do now in my garden..at the min I have got my OH making some troughs to plant in they are around 3 half foot high...so I am looking forward to them being finished.
    Every day is different has you have found...hopefully we will have a nice summer..
    I do hope the cold disappears very soon its rotten when you cant get rid....you look after yourself xx
    Love
    Barbara
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    daffy2 wrote:
    if my fingers are twanging anyway I might as well give them something to twang about, and at least there'll be something to show for it! The early crocuses have suddenly appeared, a couple of scented winter flowering shrubs are coming into their own, there is an assortment of little birds(including goldfinches) whizzing around, and a couple of opportunist bees. The sun is coming out so perhaps a post-prandial will be possible later. In the meantime lunch and Radio 3's Baroque Spring beckon. Sometimes it's not too difficult to put aside the down side of arthur.....

    I like your philosophy, daffy, and a spot of fresh air won't do the cold any harm. If you think you might have an auto-immune variety to add to the mix, could you persuade him to do a blood test as starters?

    Our goldfinches and woodpeckers deserted us in the winter. There are a lot of cats round here though. I wonder :idea: if there's a connection.

    Thank you for the Radio 3 tip. Purcell et al have helped me prepare my veg for this evening.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,896
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Postprandial what Daffy? I used to love my postprandial **** :oops: Eeeh! Them were t'days :wink:

    I am very glad to hear you are chucking of that cold as quickly as it arrived. Go you :)

    Even more impressed by your gardening attempts....I spotted my first crocus in flower too today.

    Take care

    Love

    Toni xxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah, post-prandial ****, thems were indeed the days. (DD gives a wistful sigh; the only reason I stopped smoking was the fact I could not (and still cannot) easily get into town to buy my belovéd Gitanes.)

    Sometimes, daffy, resorting to the least-fancied plan is the only way, I hope that things are feeling better today and that the sneezing/snoozing combo has gone. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • daffy2
    daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sticky, goldfinches tend to move around a lot and judging by what happens here the cats aren't too much of an issue as to whether they are in the garden or not. We get big groups of them(collective noun 'charms' I seem to remember, very appropriate) on the allotment site.
    The woodpeckers haven't been much in evidence here either, I don't know if the bad weather changes their habits, but there's also been a lot of tree work on the big oaks that they favour so that might have driven them away.
    Don't get too excited Toni, the missing word was walk! I'm hoping that the cold has decided to move on, but if it suddenly re-appears tomorrow I can share it with the GP as I have an appt.
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    daffy2 wrote:
    Sticky, goldfinches tend to move around a lot and judging by what happens here the cats aren't too much of an issue as to whether they are in the garden or not. We get big groups of them(collective noun 'charms' I seem to remember, very appropriate)

    'A charm of goldfinches' - I think you're right. The other lovely one is 'an exhaltation of larks'.

    Hope it goes well tomorrow.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • ToastierShorti
    ToastierShorti Member Posts: 11
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    'if my fingers are twanging anyway I might as well give them something to twang about' - Oh, how I agree with that!!

    Really hope the cold gets better soon and there is sunshine to implement the postponed plan A and B.

    Spring. I drove a friend to a small unspoiled market town on Saturday. Used my blue badge for the first time too. The country lanes were full of snowdrops and on the way home an owl flew beside the car for a few seconds. It was awesome. We even stopped at an area where I used to take the children on picnics to let my border collie have a run, and found some of the land had been fenced off for a couple of highland cattle to graze. I've never been so close to them either. Amazing beasts. The sun came out, and because we were still freezing, we treated ourselves to an afternoon tea in a quaint tea rooms.

    It was a very special afternoon. And we all need these special moments when we can, to remind us of how lucky we are, being people who see the special things in life so many people who are rushing about, miss.

    Marie