Johan is much better. Yay!
Didn’t do much today, other than join The Sims Social. It seems okay- a cross between The Sims and bog standard Facebook game. I’m trying to limit the amount of rubbishy games posts that go out so they only go to people who play.
Other than that I spent a lot of time in bed. Evening carers upset me, but that’s not unusual.
We now know why we needed to come home last night. Johan seems to have come down with some sort of bug, and has not been feeling well at all 
He’s spent most of the day sleeping on and off on the sofa.
Because of this, we didn’t go back to BarCamp today. Although I am sad to have missed it, Johan needed rest, and we had been to the longer of the two days so it’s not too bad. I spent most of the day reading TV Tropes.
Favourite carer came to give me my bath, and I also asked her to get my tea as Johan wasn’t well. She did so, and even made it look pretty for me 
It is a sign of how much I trust her that I felt comfortable asking for her to do something that isn’t on my care plan, as with anyone else I wouldn’t have been able to do so. She is awesome though, and my bath was nice She’s also the only one who lets me rest in between each stage of having a bath/getting dried/getting dressed/getting hair sorted.
Hopefully Johan just has a 24 hour bug type thing, and will be better tomorrow. He’s not sure if he’s sleeping on the sofa or upstairs yet, as he doesn’t know if his legs will get him there.
Two big things today. The first one is it being our first wedding anniversary! 
The second was BarCamp North East 4. I’d loved the previous two, so we thought it would be nice to go for our anniversary (as well as because we’re geeks and generally like it anyway). It did mean we had our anniversary announced during the introduction 
Day 1 was a lot of fun. The picture is of me just after watching a presentation (Handy Tools for IT Pros I think- either that or the Hack Day one). I had warned people that if I was lying randomly on the floor, I was fine The bean bag made it quite comfortable really.
Other sessions I enjoyed were How To Win At Hack Day (which really made me want to get on with my coding so I can enter things like that), How Big Is The Internet (which was really interesting what I saw of it, but I came in late so missed the beginning), and suggestions for Rescuing Mr Duck (who is stuck down a long hole/shelf thing…).
The food was good (plenty of salad and ham and stuff for sticking to Slimming World… right up until I ate the sweets- well, it is my anniversary), then fish and chips where I ate the fish without batter ) and then it was onto the evening sessions: Presentation Karaoke, Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog, and Torchwood in the cinema. It was awesome
We were originally planning to stay there overnight, but we thought it was probably best to come home and sleep on proper beds. We are planning on going back in the morning
Got up when favourite carer arrived today, as had my housing medical assessment. Went on my computer for a bit, but spent most of the day in bed again.
I think the medical assessment went well. The woman who came understood what I wanted, and thinks it should be possible. I told her I wanted a bath rather than a shower because of my feet turning blue I’ve also been told to bid on anything that looks vaguely suitable, as they’ll get an OT to assess whether it is before offering it to me.
I also received this lovely letter from my Slimming World consultant today I’m definitely glad I decided to go back.
This is the poster above my television. I love it.
Slept forever today Woke up about 3pm, Went on computer, but was too tired to stay on it for long. Managed to go back on it for a bit later, though.
Didn’t do much though, other than finish reading Malory Towers on my phone, and just messing around in general. Carers were early again, and it was different people than on the schedule, so I panicked. Not happy.
Mostly resting so I can be well enough to go to BarCamp on Saturday
Johan has been sleeping downstairs for a couple of nights. He can make himself rather comfy
Not had quite as good a day today. Walking was nowhere near happening, but that’s okay. Not been too bad considering how long a day I had yesterday.
Slimming World stuff has been interesting. A few of my favourite things are going to have to be occasional treats Been able to keep on track though
Had a bath tonight! First time in a week, because of illness. Also watched telly and was reading Twitter. Also reading Malory Towers on my phone, which is nice.
More rioting today. I’m praying it will end soon.
Had a very good day, despite only getting 2 hours sleep. Was able to walk a little bit, and was really happy to be able to walk to the toilet and back Found my crutches aren’t stable enough to use though, so will be looking into alternatives.
Had my care review. My social worker is off sick, but didn’t tell us, so favourite carer phoned up to find out where he was. Before that, she’d washed dishes and things in the kitchen. This was all on her day off The review went well- she said it may be possible to only have one carer in the evenings, which would be much easier for me. I trust her, so hopefully my problems will be lessened soon.
I also went and rejoined Slimming World last night. It went well- I found the meeting a lot easier to deal with than last time. I was also able to use the same details as last time, so I ended up with a weight loss of 1 stone 11.5lbs They’ve changed the system a bit since I was last there, but it should be pretty easy to get back into the system. I’m lucky in that it takes a lot of work for me to put weight on now that my body is used to the medication I’m on, but it’s stayed the same for a little bit so hopefully this will mean I can lose some and get back down to my comfortable weight
Stayed up most of the night watching the riots on telly. It’s sad.
Currently watching the news about the riots in London and Birmingham. I hope everyone is safe, and it gets sorted soon.
Mattress topper is very comfortable Woke up today when the carer was here. She took me to the toilet and brushed my teeth but I was still too tired to get up and dressed. After I’d rested for a bit went into World of Warcraft, where I overdid it with a dungeon that lasted ages.
Spent most of the afternoon resting in bed, feeling rotten because I’d been sitting up too long. Was able to get up again for a bit in spurts throughout the evening, with rests in between, so I’m doing a bit better. At one point while I was in bed Johan gave me a bed bath and helped me into clean pyjamas, which was lovely
Scrambled cheesy eggs for tea, which Johan had never cooked before but were perfect
Evening carers were early because their schedules said something different to mine Made me really anxious and I couldn’t have them near me when they came back. I have my care review tomorrow where I’m meant to be discussing this, so I’ll make sure to bring it up. I’m also hoping to be well enough to go join Slimming World. We’ll see
Nearly forgot to take a photo today, so this one was taken about 5 minutes before falling asleep
Feeling slightly better today than yesterday, and was able to get out of bed for a bit, though not as long as I can normally. Played a bit of World of Warcraft, and also went into Second Life for a bit. Otherwise spent most of the day resting.
I did send Johan out to buy this memory foam mattress topper and pillow. Since I’ve been spending most of the day in bed, it was starting to get uncomfortable and I was developing sores in certain areas (not full blown pressure sores, just red areas that are a bit sore). I’m hoping that this will help make it a bit more comfortable. It does have to air for 12 hours first though, which is why it’s on the floor and not on my bed.
Was vaguely aware of the carer arriving this morning, but was too shattered to get up. Was also woken up when Johan was going to the Linux User Group, but went back to sleep. Was woken up properly by the thunder about 3pm and realised it wasn’t going to be a good day when I fainted after using the commode (luckily I’d made it back onto my bed by then).
Had a day of dizziness, pain and feeling crap Started throwing up after taking painkillers and anti-nausea tablets, but it calmed down and I was able to eat something. So long as I stayed lying down I was okayish, so have stayed in bed all day. Despite feeling crap, my mood has been pretty good, and I half-watched Chicken Run and Paragon raiding on the telly.
Also today I received the book I’d ordered from Amazon. I’m looking forward to reading it when I feel a bit better Still waiting on the rest of the order though, which are speakers (so I can give Johan his back) and some bright pink ear defenders.
Having an early night, so tomorrow will be a better day.