Philip (Phil) England

Not long got in from doing few things.  Been to chemist to pick up my meds, always friendly in there and all the staff know me by name. Been to Morrisons, as know my way around it more than any other shop. Friendly staff, had to ask for help twice, but always feel safe in there. Got home, put things away, poured a glass of Lucozade, sat down, did my bi-weekly injection, looked at the meds I just got from the chemist and burst out crying. Yes every bone in my body is aching and I feel drained, but the crying seems more mental than physical sided. My morning stats today were as follows: Blood sugar first thing 8.9 BP & Oxygen first thing 124 / 81 - 96

After going to 3 Toby 's in the past week...  Monday: https:// www.tobycarvery.co.uk /restaurants/midlands/ quintonbirmingham #/ Wednesday:   https:// www.tobycarvery.co.uk /restaurants/wales/ thecockleshellswansea #/ Friday:   https:// www.tobycarvery.co.uk /restaurants/wales/ whitchurchcardiff #/   I decided to try to recreate something.... Just put together a vegetable bake. Part boiled some sliced potatoes and carrots, then into a creamy mushroom sauce added grated garlic and English mustard, shook it up.  Layered up the carrots and potatoes and put some of the sauce, put in a small tin of sweetcorn, more sauce, then the rest of the carrots and potatoes and the rest of the sauce. It's in the oven ready to bake later  It would go well with smoked haddock, smoked cod or the cheaper smoked white fish  Oh yes, Saturday Kitchen is on BBC One at 10am on Saturday! Photo will be here later! What dish have you tried to recreate from a restaurant? 

I have been trying to raise awareness about Fibromyalgia for ages, and also have a car sticker in my car. In any health blog I try to include Fibromyalgia and how is it affecting how I am feeling. I have been a sufferer of Fibromyalgia for a number of years, it coupled with Ankylosing Spondylitis makes my life a living hell.  I think of Fibro as an amplifier for pain, seems to double or triple the pain I suffer with. Plus I've been getting more forgetful forgetting simple things like words and what I am doing. It also makes my body tingle and go itchy.  If I forget to take my gabapentin it's like asking for my body to be attacked. Why does Fibro do this to me? It's really affecting my life, I just hate it. My GP doesn't seem to know. Fibromyalgia seems to be shroud in mystery! If you suffer with Fibromyalgia , share your experiences here so others could benefit from anything we post. Useful websites to help: NHS https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/fibromyalgia/ UK CHAR

Piddled off and stressed.is the understatement. A certain government arm messes up, and just as the mess up is uncovered I am trying to order my new Motability car, AND I get a call from a coach company for an interview as I showed an interest in becoming a driver! The mess up has affected both.  You see what happened was, back earlier this year I got in touch with the DVLA about removing the medical part of my driving licence as I no longer need insulin to control my diabetic control. When this happened somehow code '78' got added. This code means only AUTOMATIC cars can be driven. I've only ever driven manual cars, never been assessed for automatic. Before I sent in the request there was no code '78' Code '01' is for glasses / contacts And after the request for the medical part, code '78' was added! So pissed off right now, could do without this right now. There's one thing this government is good at being, that is inept and fantastic at f***in

Another new month, we sure are zooming through 2023 aren't we! August started with a visit to Neath Port Talbot hospital and an appointment in the Rheumatology department. I had to score my aches and pains and the Fibromyalgia. I think I may have under scored them some what! Time to keep taking a record for this month starting with 2nd August! WEDNESDAY 2nd: Feeling run down and achy, about 5 out of 10. I did have an appointment to see the nurse at the surgery, but emailed to cancel as feeling less than well enough to venture out. BP FIRST THING 124 / 83    BLOOD SUGAR 6.9 THURSDAY 3rd: I HAD to venture out to get some bits. Went to Home Bargains, was pushing the trolley and my hip started playing up. My aches and pains this morning started as about a 4 out of 10. By the time I got back to the car it turned in to 6 out of 10. Still not finished I made my way to Morrisons. By the time I finished in there I was feeling very run down, every bone in my body and every joint was achy

  As a new month starts, my lavender in the garden is looking good, the sweet peas have grown bloomed and are now looking a mess!, not seen many bumblebees about, hope the fuzzy little things are ok. Picked up my glasses from Specsavers, very happy with them, I also ordered two pairs from Glasses Direct, happy with those as well. This month is the month for getting back out in to life, I've booked to hire a camper van and am going to a music festival, volunteering at Big Love. It's been a while, but it has to be done.  My diabetes is under control, the diabetic nurse phoned and is happy, appointment made for later in the month to see her. Aches and pains - yes, still there, and the fibromyalgia is up to its tricks again! Well, I managed Big Love Festival, I managed the crowds, my anxiety did show its face in the form of sickness and stomach aches, but I did it. Life and socialising can resume for me now proper! I am so proud of myself for pushing me to do it. Hired a camper van