Ally's Diary - take two

[Seacrest]

Got a chicken tikka salad off the sandwich man...it has mint yogurt and mango chutney with it though...will attempt to eat round that i think!

I think that sounds REALLY nice....

 

[Ally89]

I might try it, not a fan of chutney though

 

[Purple Patsy]

Hope you get on OK at the quacks. With all the porridge you eat your cholesterol should be OK. Your lunch sounds fab too. But then I love mango chutney, YUMMMMMmmmm.

 

[Ally89]

haha, my cholestrol was fine last time i had blood tests anyway...but that was 2 years go...not that i put off having them done or anything (yes i have a phobia of blood tests ). We shall see in a bit how nice it is...might eat it before 1, i'm starving, and my boss has gone AWOL...not that he would care if i ate it while working anyway xD

 

[Ally89]

Just eaten my salad...well i'll rephrase, i have eaten the chicken, some of the lettuce, cucumber, sweetcorn and carrot out of my salad. Going sainsburys at lunch, buy something that isn't half a tub of iceburg crap lettuce, chicken was really dry too. Didn't even find the mango chutney...mint yogurt i did though, it was ok, i suppose xD

 

[Ally89]

Ooooooo glad i took the effort to walk down to sainsburys now, their chicken tikka slices are free unlike iceland!

 

[Ally89]

Prepare for a rant

So been doctors, told him about the disease that spreads through my family, and got the usual "i have no idea what that is" look which isn't unusual since it effects 2 in 100k people, said he didn't think it was that cos I don't have leg spasms, except I know damn well it doesn't start with spasms, it starts with bad cramps (which i get in my feet), pains, tripping over, loss of balance (so score 4 out of 5 on that one for me). So anyway he felt it, asked the usual questions, checked for infection... Then came to the conclusion it could be my PCOS, so is sending me for an ultrasound scan. And then when writing the referral he put i had normal periods, despite not even asking if they were normal (if he'd asked i could have told him I haven't had one since June last year after I came off the last lot of meds). So yeah told me to take pain killers and getting a scan to boot. Going to go back to my usual doc to get results, might get some sense out of her.

 

[MissPeriPeri]

Wat an idiot!

 

[Seacrest]

Ally, that's awful. Appalling that he didn't investigate fully or seemingly listen to you. I hope you get a better & more satisfying result from your usual doctor.

 

[Ally89]

I cant even get appointment to go back. Our doctors now do mostly on the day appointments.. What good is that to me when I'm working. Its ridiculous, then I wonder why I hate the doctors.

 

[Seacrest]

That's all dreadful. Doctors should be accessible and available. Good luck with getting another appointment and getting some sense.

 

[Ally89]

Breakfast: choc porridge, 2x ww yogs
Lunch: ham salad, kiwi, banana
Tea: chicken and veg

HEa: milk
HEa: 2 dairylea slices
HEb: porridge
Heb: bread

Syns: bournville highlights 2, gum 0.5, sugarfree sweet 0.5, options ginger 2, 2 xaniseed imperial 2, chorizo 2, mini kinder bar 3.5
Total Syns: 12.5
Free Snacks: prepacked fruit, plum

 

[Goodygoodstuff]

So **** that the doctor was rubbish. I think you should complain - it is a common problem - last time I went to the doctor about a problem with my hand I got a 20 minute lecture on fertility...he actually asked me what I was waiting for, and why wasn't I trying to get pregnant now! Ridiculous.

 

[Ally89]

He was ridiculous, not as bad as one of the others there, when i went cos i hadn't had any periods for god knows how long, took me ages to go and she told me "come back when you're trying for kids" took me 5 years to go back, and another doctor (my usual one) sent me straight for scans and blood tests to see whats going on and was diagnosed with PCOS 2 weeks later. But this one was ridiculous, least he checked me out i suppose but i think i am going to force the matter of the HSP and attempt to get tested, its rare and runs through my family, so i'd rather know if i do have it, even if he is right and thats not the reason for my hip pain this time....though i'm still yet to figure how PCOS manages to cause pain in my hip and thigh.

 

[Purple Patsy]

Sorry to hear about the rubbish service at the doctors hate it when they don't listen, cos obviously you know nothing about the illness in your family and even less about how you are feeling. Hope you get a decent doc next time.

 

[Ally89]

I should just stick to google. Makes a better doctor sometimes

Mmmmm hot chocolate yum yum.

 

[Ally89]

Random question...why does aniseed make your tongue numb? Just had an ainseed imperial and now my tongue is numb.

 

[Purple Patsy]

Useless answer - no idea, I'm not a fan of aniseed generally. yuck.

 

[Ally89]

I may have to google it I like me some aniseed, but its one of those things i like one week then despise the next

 

[Ally89]

Found the answer "Anethole is an aromatic compound that accounts for the distinctive "licorice" flavor of aniseed. It is sweet and mildly toxic, causing numbness of tongue"