Slowing down again.

This fatigue is a strange thing. After the last post of throwing myself with energy into my work, today I am tired through to my bones and it has been all I can do to keep going and I had to resort to 2 hours asleep in bed and 2 hours snoozing infront of Shrek 2. I had good intentions to go to aqua aerobics as exercise is good for fatigue - but thats easier said than done when you are fatigued!
But, i actually now feel a little refreshed again and so hopefully can throw myself back into it tomorrow after an early night tonight (although these days every night seems to be an early night for me, ho humm)

Clinical Trials and me.

Well, I am throwing myself into work in the New Year. I still feel ever so tired and am sticking on 3 (reduced) days a week for a further 3 months until I can get into the routine of it. However, I have got a huge incentive to throw myself into work. I am going to apply for a Fellowship grant which would fund me for 4 years of research... but the best thing - I could do it part time! I am struggling to imagine working full time (very hard for a 30 year old career girl to admit!) and so if I could just get support to work 4 days with a Wednesday recuperation day in the long term it may help me eventually get there. So I am throwing myself into it and actually enjoying the mental challenge.

Mammogrms and lumbar punctures

Well 2 more medical things done and dusted.

Mammogram done on Friday. Boy, they are painful things... especially where "evil boob" post surgery is concerned . Imagine a boob, put between 2 plates in a vice and squished flat until you think it can't possibly squish anymore... and then tighten some more. Then add in lots of "just move that arm there", "just relax that shoulder back", "just suck your belly in out the way of the machine" ;-D
Results in the post within 4 weeks. I am not too worried about this.

Lumbar puncture done yesterday. I didn't like it all that much. It was mainly uncomfortable and you don't feel much apart from a bit of pushing and crunching between my vertebrae. I got myself all crunched up into a ball and I had a very nice doctor come and do it. The pressure was normal, which is great - but means I went through it for what is probably going to turn out to be nowt. But as long as nothings wrong there then that's all that matters. The neurologists have now lost interest in my and it's just the opthalmologists tests to come now. Afterwards, I had to lie down for a couple of hours before going home. I then lay around some more at home and had James wait on me like old chemo days. He is good to me. I seem to have escaped headaches that can happen as a result and apart from some discomfort in my back (only to be expected after having a needle pushed into my spine!) I am feeling fine.