Cheekychinchilla's food and stuff

[cheekychinchilla]

Thanks guys. I'm really really trying. I can't let it get the better of me, my job is far too important. But on my days off it's really difficult!
I actually didn't make it out today as I needed to get really stuck in with this assignment. I've done roughly 2/3rds of it Took way longer than it should, but I'm so glad I did it. it's frustrating not being able to work to my usual ability!!!
Also doesn't help that I had the grand total of 4 lines of information to design a handout on fungal diseases!!! Luckily there is only one common one (ringworm) and I managed to find a lot of info online and in the big-ass text book my friend has leant me. And I'm awesome and managed to put together a 2 and a half page handout with pictures

Like I said, I've dealt with this sort of thing in the past. And it is generally mild and tends to lead to anxiety rather than full on "I can't leave the house". But even trying to decide when to take Ellie out yesterday had my heart racing. Meh. I'm just sick of it all!!!

Anyway, I'm glad I got my work done and had a nice tea. Made my lunch for work tomorrow. And now watching last weeks Doctor Who Up at 6:30 so need to go to bed soon, but a bit too full right now.x

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Saturday: In work 8 - 6:30. *sarcastic yay* At least it's not a late I suppose. I'll be back of house as well, so kennels and theatre - the most tiring sections. My knees are going to be screaming by the end of it! Hope I'm with a nice nurse....

Breakfast: Weetabix with banana, maple syrup, and hazelnut milk (half HexA1, HexB1, + 0.5)

Morning break: Pineapple, kiwi, and raspberries, with an Activia snack pot.

Lunch: 2 Quorn burgers, interesting bbq beans (mushroom, peppers, sweetcorn, and cherry tomatoes), jacket spud, salad, and dressing (2.5)
Pack of prawn cocktail Hoops and Crosses (4)

Afternoon break: A peach. have been waiting for these to ripen all week!!!

Tea: Wholemeal Med Pasta N Sauce made with mostly water and a bit of milk, a rather out of date Quorn Escalope (uh oh!), cheese, veg bag, mayo ) dressing (HexA2 + 8.5)

Snack: Weetabix Oaty HexB2) A mini malteser Bunny (3) And 2 Snack! biscuits (5)

Drinks: Coffee. Ribena. Diet Coke.

Syns used: 24
Syns left: 21.5

Exercise: Working my ass off!

 

[Tetris]

I hope things get better with the agoraphobia do you know what triggered it this time or last time?

Do you wear a support band on your knee? If not maybe give it a go? Helps me a bit when mine is really bad.
X

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Me too mate. It comes and goes. Gets worse when my depression's bad, which sets of my anxiety, which sets of the agoraphobia. It was hard work leaving this morning I can tell you

I haven't got a support or anything yet because I want a diagnosis first. Supports and the like can cause more problems if you're using the wrong one! So not yet, will wait and see what the Dr says and if I need to go to physio or anything.

Had an interesting chat with one of the nurses at work today who is newly diagnosed hypothyroid. Oddly enough she went to the Dr's with a list of symptoms, had her bloods done, and all came back fine. But, like me, wasn't happy with that. She's been to a private Dr and had the other tests done, it's called a T4, and *shocker* she IS hypothyroid! The specialist even said the same thing had happened to him and he had just tested himself and started treatment at the same time as Debby! Apparently the 'normal' perimeters for NHS thyroid testing go well in to what is considered high levels by thyroid specialists and the like. By a range of over 4. I know that doesn't sound much, but to be in normal you should be between 0.3 - 2.something. But the NHS see up to 6.something as normal And they don't routinely test T4 as it's a more expensive test. Hmmmmm.... I don't really think I can afford private (both people at work have had to go private tho!) but it might be worth pestering my Dr. Who is lovely and does seem to give in to things lol.

Anyway. Today went well until lunch and then it just turned in to absolute mayhem. At one point we had a cat in an oxygen tent in a theatre, a dog opened up for exploratory surgery in major theatre, a dog having an eye operation in theatre prep, and I was recovering a cat in x-ray Mental doesn't cover it.
I'm so bloody tired and I am literally aching from head to toe. Had a nice, hot lush shower when I got in, which did help a bit. Might have to take some of my mega anti-inflammatories tonight and through tomorrow. Ouch!

Just watching an ep of Supernatural with some munchies before I head to bed.xx

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Sunday food: green Day + 15

Breakfast: Porridge, banana, maple syrup. and hazelnut milk (part HexA1, HexB1, + 0.5)

Morning break: Pineapple, kiwi, and raspberries, with an Activia snack pot.

Lunch: Jacket spud, tin of ravioli with Quorn mince and peppers mixed in, cheese, salad, and dressing (half HexA1 + 3)
A peach.

Break: Chewy Delight (HexB2)

Tea:

Treat:

Drinks: Coffee. Diet Coke. Ribena.

Syns used:
Syns left this week:

Exercise: woooooooork.

 

[Tetris]

Support bands can cause problems?! Really? :S
I just bought a standard one from a pharmacy after my mum suggested it and it helped a lot, usually found it relieved a lot if I was in pain while walking (usually it just hurts when I'm sitting/lying, strangely)

Sounds crazy about the NHS calling 6 normal- def pester for a test. If you breifly explain what you've heard from other people in your situation and stress how much it's affecting you, hopefully they'll give it a go! That would answer everything, huh?!

All those procedures at work at once sounds mental!
x

 

[cheekychinchilla]

I just wouldn't want to use something that would put pressure on the wrong bit or anything. Would rather get medical or physio advice before I do anything
My work friend has had knee problems for years, but couldn't wear a support. She had surgery to help in the short term last year. Don't want to make anything worse. Says the girl who spent a ridiculous amount of time crouching or kneeling this weekend

I always see the same Dr, well 90% of the time, so he knows what's been going on. But can always lay it on and just re-tell him how it is. Especially as I've gotten even worse since I saw him last. He is understanding and really genuine, which is nice. I guess it depends what's allowed budget wise and stuff. Everyone ha rules
It wouldn't solve everything, as I don't think my anxiety and depression would be completely fuelled by an under-active thyroid. I genuinely believe I do suffer from depression, but thyroid can definitely make it worse.
It would, however, help with the 20-odd other symptoms lol. I'd really like to stop worrying about losing my hair!! And if it means I might get the odd sleep without terrifying nightmares, that would be awesome. I'm due my injection a bit later this month, so will make an appointment to see him around that time.

Work was just mental again. One of our own vets did a night shift for the private team who work from our building out of hours (they see our clients then too) and she was still operating at 5:30am on a kitty who'd been shot a few times by a pellet gun
The craziness just rolled on in to the day and I literally hit the ground running this morning. A bit like a drop, tuck, and roll. Lol! But, and I've never been so happy for the football to be on, it was a derby game today and as soon as kick off happened we quietened. I mean, we saw a few consults, and we still had our troop of inpatients, but we actually got some breathing space and I got to catch up with all my jobs and make the place look less like a sh*t hole!!

My work friend, who does the same job as me, was on the late finish yesterday. She was verbally abused by a client and spat on! A woman actually tried to spit in her face! How f*cking disgusting is that?! Luckily (if you can call it that) it missed her face and landed on her scrub top. Vile, vile behaviour!! And why? Because the evening was very busy and there was around a 2hr wait to be seen I would challenge anyone to walk in to A & E on a Saturday evening and be seen by a Dr within 2hrs. Just

Anyway, we were all exhausted today and just about managed to get through a really tough day.
I have to say that I had a little chunk of cake in work. A teeny bit! But I also bought a couple of treats on the way home. Beer and a little bag of Dorito's to go with my chilli for tea. But then I had chocolate too.
I've probably gone over my syns, but considering everything this week, I don't really care

Mum's gone to visit her Sister in Newquay and my Sister is house sitting. SO I have the house to myself. YAY!!!! I never get time to myself! And I also wont have Mum's noisy habits waking me up every morning and stuff.
When I got home I fed the bunnies and gave Peggy her final dose of meds. YAY! And fed the poochies.
Before I had my tea I sat down with a beer and did two sections of my assignment. The beer made my spellings lolarious. But, oddly, normal words rather than veterinary/medical lol. Just going over some stuff now and I might do one more disease before I go to bed. Feel oddly awake and alert!

Hope everyone's had a nicer bank holiday weekend.xx

 

[Barbette]

Your weekend souds like mine, manic
We get a lot of abuse from residents in the hotel and occasionally the odd punch. I know people have genuine complaints but sometimes there is nothing I can do and shouting & being abusive won't change anything.

I hope you have a better day tomorrow x

 

[lisa2]

Some people are disgusting! Why would you spit in someone's face??!

I love Newquay I don't live that far away so usually go there lots in the summer, I'm surrounded by beaches, its great!

I'm just about to try a week of Extra easy
Hopefully I won't overeat! X

 

[cheekychinchilla]

That behaviour isn't acceptable anywhere. But we're a charity!! People don't pay for our services and any veterinary care, never mind emergency service, is very expensive. I really don't understand the attitudes some people have! Absolutely disgusting! There are plenty of stories of verbal and physical assaults from clients against our staff. Someone even set a fire in the waiting room once

I'm not working today. It's not one of my bank holiday's. Not sure I could have coped with another day today!

I feel a bit bad after my evening off plan. But I did have syns saved and a low syn day before hand, so hoping I haven't done too much damage. Besides, I really needed that! I hardly ever drink, so comes to something when I feel the need to pick up a drink after work!

I ended up doing more coursework last night. Finished it about about 1:30am. Then, of course, I had the urge to clear out one of my wardrobes! Got a little pile of stuff that just does not fit any more. Some of it is pretty much new, so I'm sure the charity shop will be made up. It's not good enough stuff to eBay.

Not really sure what my plans are for today. I think I'm going to see A Place Beyond the Pines this evening. I need to sort out the bunnies and get this assignment finished. But that's about it x

 

[OddSock]

That's so awful! I don't understand some people; how can anyone think it's normal, acceptable behaviour to spit at someone? Hope you're enjoying having the house to yourself! Xx

 

[cheekychinchilla]

I am indeed!! It's lovely

Having a bit of a bad day though. Just feel really sad and down. Managed to do some stuff though.
I did a full clean on both bunny houses and got Simon and Peggy out in the garden run for a couple of hours. Cleaned the garden. Washed the dogs bedding and put it on the line (must remember to get that!), took the bins down to the front for pick up tomorrow, made some nice food, and did my dishes.

I also finished the work for my assignment. Just the actual content. I'm not p*ssing about making them all pretty and in to handouts until my mentor ok's the work. Saves faffing around later.
The only thing is, I text my friend who's about 6 months ahead of me and when she did this assignment she just did one disease per cause. So one disease each for bacteria, fungus, and virus. Whereas I've done 4 each (2 dog & 2 cat) for both bacteria and virus. And ringworm for fungus, which covers, well all mammals lol.
The guidelines, unsurprisingly, are really confusing. And to me it says they want a variety of diseases, but you can either focus on one species or cover any of the common species-dog, cat, rabbit, etc... But if they actually only want one disease for each I think they're going to want some info from a micro-biology point of view too. Which isn't too much hassle as it's not something I struggle with really. BUT bloody annoying. I'm so fed up and frustrated with all this crap! Apparently PDSA are actually taking over/providing their own course for VCA's after this year, assuming it's because the college of animal welfare one SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Lord I'm so fed up!!

Anyway, watching a horror film I've found on my shelf that I don't remember. Kinda do now I'm an hour in, but don't remember much of it. The Haunting in Connecticut
Also brought down Prometheus for a re-watch after this. Need some me time! But I also want to study a few bits for up-coming exams. Stuff I mostly know but need a bit of a reminder. Might do half an hour between fillums.

Going for low syn but LOTS of food today. I'm always hungry after a night of munchies lol. You'd think I wouldn't be. Think I'm still craving chocolates and stuff.x

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Monday food: Green Day + 15

Lunch: 2 free Quorn sausages, crispy potatoes, half a tin of spaghetti, mushroom yellow pepper and cheese scrambled eggs, a few cherry tomatoes, wholemeal toast, and tomato sauce (half HexA1, HexB1, + 1)

Tea: 2 Quorn fillets, a portion of the ratatouille I made last week with added sweetcorn and spinach, cheese, tagliatelle, salad, mayo & dressing (rest of HexA1 + 0.5)

Snacks: Chopped peach and pineapple with a passion fruit Danio yogurt and a tsp of maple syrup (2)
A Chewy Delight (HexB2) and 3 Mikado (1.5)

Drinks: Coffee. Squash. Lilt Zero.

Syns used: 5
Syns left: 10

Exercise: Sorting out the animals/garden.
39mins/1.8 miles of walking between the dogs http://www.mapmywalk.com/routes/view/204140176
25 crunches, 25 push-up's, and 25 triceps dips.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Decided on walking the dogs over studying I'll have a quick look before I go to bed. It's only basic anatomy anyway and I know most of what I need to know. Just one or two things I need to look at. Like where the liver is actually situated and not my vague idea of 'abdomen' lol!
I walked for almost 40mins between the dogs, think it worked out to 19minutes each. And we covered 1.8miles. It's amazing how far you walk without realising. The route I did I would never have guessed at it being almost 2 miles!
Was nice out, just going dark, still a bit warm, and no one around. Warm enough that Ellie jumped in the bloody paddling pool when she got back

Have made myself a nice dessert and just put Prometheus on

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Just been doing some research on the Thyroid UK site. I'm going to call my Dr's tomorrow and ask if they can send me my results or if I can pick them up. saves me making an appointment to see my Dr just to ask for what tests were done and the levels and stuff. Means I can research more before I actually see him! And know where I stand.
BUT even thyroid UK say if the tests are normal, yet you're showing all the symptoms (sub-clinical) then they recommend a trial of the drug anyway!
I don't want this illness. But I want to either rule it out completely or get some bloody treatment. And not be fobbed off at the first hurdle, you know?
The site also says that un-treated hypothyroidism can actually cause damage to the heart and arteries, leading to angina and heart attack!!!! Not good news for a heart patient, I can tell you!!! What if this is why I've been getting chest pains recently, now that I've started exercising again?!! Rather terrifying, I have to say :cry:

Anyway, a bit of studying and then bed. Actually going to bed and not doing something else like sorting out my other wardrobe lol! Actually feel much more tired tonight. I think yesterday I was running on adrenalie.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Hey guys!
Well the sky's starting to look a bit scary!! I just got sent pics of my Mum, who's in St Ives for the day. You'd think it was somewhere in the Med. Looks beautiful!!
I'm waiting to hear from my friend to see if she wants to go for a walk. Wish she'd hurry up and let me know!
I've finally written up the info to go along with the pictures of my first aid kit. Forgot to put in a bloody card with contact details on didn't I?! I'll take one tomorrow on my phone! So have sent that, my first aid leaflet, and the references to my mentor. And told her I'm pretty much good to go on 2 exams and an assignment, if she can get me a decent picture of an outline of a dog The exams and assignment are anatomy, physiology, and veterinary/directional terminology. It's just the directional stuff I'm struggling with a little. Too many bloody words that mean the same friggin' thing!
Have read a few more lectures as well :innocent0002:

Where this motivation is coming from I've no idea. But might as well take full advantage of it! I plan to finish the lectures I have left for this section this evening. Goes to show how much I can actually get done when I'm on my own and not having to look after someone or keep them company and stuff. Yes, completely selfish statement, but true
I have also done some washing, hung that out, cleaned the bunnies AGAIN, put Ramona and Ralph in the run, de-poo'd the garden, tidied the kitchen and cleaned the work tops, made lunch, watched some Arrested Development, and had a lovely much needed shower!!
Just going to tidy up the living room - mainly the table full or junk mail and crappy old magazines no one ever feels the need to throw out!

Even if my friend doesn't get back to me I'll walk the dogs. x

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Tuesday Food: Green Day + 15

Lunch: 2 Linda M sausages, crispy potatoes, half a tin of sbeans, mushroom yellow pepper and cheese scrambled eggs, a few cherry tomatoes, wholemeal toast, and fruity brown sauce (half HexA1, HexB1, + 1)

Tea: Roasted veg ratatouille (red onion, peppers, courgette, cherry tomatoes, chestnut mushrooms, and chopped tomatoes), Quorn mince, wholemeal spaghetti, purple broccoli, pea shoots, cheese, and mayo & dressing (rest of HexA1 + 0.5)

Snack: Chewy Delight (HexB2) A Hotel Chocolat choc and 1 Mikado (3)

Drinks: Coffee. Squash. Lilt Zero.

Syns used: 5
Syns saved: 20

Exercise: 2/3hrs Housework'y stuff.
1hr/3.3mile walk between the dogs http://www.mapmywalk.com/routes/view/204729928
25 crunches and 25 push-up's. Forgot to do the tricep dips when i went upstairs!

 

[cheekychinchilla]

So I ended up going on a massive cleaning/clear-out/tidy/hoovering spree! So much clutter just hanging about that no one else ever bothers to sort out. I went through the tea and coffee cupboard and through out boxes and boxes of tea that was 2-3 years out of date!! It looks lovely in there now
Managed to clear a whole sideboard as well as de-clutter the others. And the shelf the dogs meds are on (it seriously looks like a pharmacy!) was full of crap as well. So that's done and clean.
I ended up with about 4 big bags worth of recycling from magazines and junk mail and just sh*t.
Hoovered all of downstairs and cleaned and dusted some bits.
Btw, none of this mess is mine. I found my boarding card for Sweden and my camera. That's it! Drives me absolutely f*cking insane! I thought it would be better with Mum at home while she recovers, but it's actually worse. I love my Mum to bits, but she just leaves junk everywhere and never throws anything away!!
The living room and kitchen look so much better now and I feel much more calm
The bunnies ended up being out for 3 hrs while I was studying and then cleaning.

My friend cancelled on me for our walk so I decided to do a decent walk each with mine anyway. I did just over an hour and walked 3.3miles. Completely different routes for each dog. I had planned on walking Ellie round the park twice, but just as we were about to start the 2nd lap 2 groups of people came in with dogs. So was a quick exit! Walked her back a long way though to make up for it. I walked Davey up on the Trans-Pennine Trail starting and finishing with parks

Then I felt like nipping the shops, and I'm glad I did because purple sprouting broccoli was on offer Got some nice healthy veg and stuff and quite a few bargains too. Bought the dogs a little tray of cooked turkey breast as a treat for with their tea for being so good.
The trays of Mediterranean veg I buy to make ratatouille with were £1 each or 2 for £1.50. So I bought the 2 and some nice cartons of tomatoes with herbs and garlic in and made a BIG batch of ratatouille. I added extra cherry tomatoes and some mushrooms too. Was so nice and I should have at least 3 portions left. Hopefully 4

Just watching the first ep of the new series Hannibal. I thought I'd missed it, so yay!!

Can't stay up too late tonight because I'm in work tomorrow. Only 9-1, but I know I'm on kennels.

Gonna sit back with a mug of coffee and maybe a Chewy Delight and chill the f*ck out lol. Hopefully tired enough to sleep.xx

 

[ThatBubbs]

Oh my, I can't believe how rude people can be though, I could never work with the public!

Glad to see you feeling positive though hun. I quite fancy the look of Hannibal, I might try to catch it up!

 

[Deathworm]

I just wouldn't want to use something that would put pressure on the wrong bit or anything. Would rather get medical or physio advice before I do anything
My work friend has had knee problems for years, but couldn't wear a support. She had surgery to help in the short term last year. Don't want to make anything worse. Says the girl who spent a ridiculous amount of time crouching or kneeling this weekend

I always see the same Dr, well 90% of the time, so he knows what's been going on. But can always lay it on and just re-tell him how it is. Especially as I've gotten even worse since I saw him last. He is understanding and really genuine, which is nice. I guess it depends what's allowed budget wise and stuff. Everyone ha rules
It wouldn't solve everything, as I don't think my anxiety and depression would be completely fuelled by an under-active thyroid. I genuinely believe I do suffer from depression, but thyroid can definitely make it worse.
It would, however, help with the 20-odd other symptoms lol. I'd really like to stop worrying about losing my hair!! And if it means I might get the odd sleep without terrifying nightmares, that would be awesome. I'm due my injection a bit later this month, so will make an appointment to see him around that time.

Work was just mental again. One of our own vets did a night shift for the private team who work from our building out of hours (they see our clients then too) and she was still operating at 5:30am on a kitty who'd been shot a few times by a pellet gun
The craziness just rolled on in to the day and I literally hit the ground running this morning. A bit like a drop, tuck, and roll. Lol! But, and I've never been so happy for the football to be on, it was a derby game today and as soon as kick off happened we quietened. I mean, we saw a few consults, and we still had our troop of inpatients, but we actually got some breathing space and I got to catch up with all my jobs and make the place look less like a sh*t hole!!

My work friend, who does the same job as me, was on the late finish yesterday. She was verbally abused by a client and spat on! A woman actually tried to spit in her face! How f*cking disgusting is that?! Luckily (if you can call it that) it missed her face and landed on her scrub top. Vile, vile behaviour!! And why? Because the evening was very busy and there was around a 2hr wait to be seen I would challenge anyone to walk in to A & E on a Saturday evening and be seen by a Dr within 2hrs. Just

Anyway, we were all exhausted today and just about managed to get through a really tough day.
I have to say that I had a little chunk of cake in work. A teeny bit! But I also bought a couple of treats on the way home. Beer and a little bag of Dorito's to go with my chilli for tea. But then I had chocolate too.
I've probably gone over my syns, but considering everything this week, I don't really care

Mum's gone to visit her Sister in Newquay and my Sister is house sitting. SO I have the house to myself. YAY!!!! I never get time to myself! And I also wont have Mum's noisy habits waking me up every morning and stuff.
When I got home I fed the bunnies and gave Peggy her final dose of meds. YAY! And fed the poochies.
Before I had my tea I sat down with a beer and did two sections of my assignment. The beer made my spellings lolarious. But, oddly, normal words rather than veterinary/medical lol. Just going over some stuff now and I might do one more disease before I go to bed. Feel oddly awake and alert!

Hope everyone's had a nicer bank holiday weekend.xx

That was disgusting behaviour! I must admit that although I deal with the mentally ill most of them are fine. Just a bit frustrated really and I cannot blame then. But for attitude - some of the staff on the wards.... Phew!