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Waiting patiently for the cheery updates lol........

I'm not really , come on tell us all some good news !!!!!!

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Hahaha! Sorry to keep y'all waiting.

First one is John is now coming to my friend Caz's birthday get together on Saturday! Her and Tim (fake brother) have finally moved in to their shiny new house so we're having her first birthday there actually in the house. He can only stay for a couple of hours coz he's in work Sat night (he'll have been in work Fri night too!) But I think that will help a bit coz he knows it's a short time and he has an escape 'excuse' lol! But now I'm nervous lol!
Think I might wear this: http://www.marksandspencer.com/Limited-Collection-Cheetah-Print-Shift/dp/B00BLCGZTG Bought it in the sales a few months ago and not had any reason to wear it. Tis a bit fitted tho...

Also, another boy update lol. He's giving his car back sometime towards the end of Sep (think it was a lease type thing) and he wanted to do one last, long drive. So he's invited me! And then he asked if I'd like to stay over a night somewhere :eek: At the moment it looks like we might be going to Scotland!! Never been to Scotland! Well, except as a baby, which doesn't count ;)

So yeah!

Other stuff... Dropped the car off this morning. Eeek! But it's at the nice, local one that has been recommended to me. The mechanic referred to my car as 'she' which made me smile! It's a he, but he's not met him before :p Fingers crossed they don't find all sorts of sh*t wrong with it!!
It should just be a service, new back tyres, and maybe fix the oil leak.
Stopped at The Neighbourhood Cafe for a healthy, but probably not SW friendly breakfast. I got their home made granola topped with mega thick greek yogurt, fresh strawberries, blueberries, apple, and banana, and loads of honey. Dunno how many bees they had to squeeze to get that much ;) And had a couple of cups of coffee. Was nice actually and I just read my Nexus. That's not something I do by myself at all! So felt good doing that :eek:

Walked home and was surprised it only took me 35mins. I really wasn't walking very fast lol! I was trying to text as I was walking and almost threw up. F*cking nausea! It's really bad again now :( Think I was too tired to notice it this morning, but it's definitely here now. Got an upset tummy too :(
Grrrrrrrrr!!!

Anyway, my car should be ready about 3 if all goes well. And my ultrasound is at 6. So far no one's coming with me, but my Sister might. Not that bothered really, but I guess it would be nice to have someone there.

Will probably just watch some Netflix stuff and read till small car's ready.
Hope everyone's doing ok.x
 
Aawww I love to read happy things - and u deffo deserve some :) :) yay xx
 
Well, just to blow the happy things out of the water ;) I AM SO F*CKING STRESSED!!

Car was in today right? I called them at 3:30 and they were trying to sort something out because they'd found a very expensive problem. She called me back after about 20mins with a quote and what needed doing.

There's a leak in the gear box. Funny that considering the idiots I bought it off had it in their garage TWICE coz I was telling them there was a problem with the gear box and couldn't find anything. That will cost roughly £100 parts & labour to fix.

There's also a leak in the oil head something or other that is the very expensive thing. Would cost around £450-500 :confused:
Now this is a problem that is on the previous MOT certificates as well as something that was mentioned to me this time. So, again, a known problem. But not fixed!!

Luckily i was smart enough to buy a warranty. It's an AA one and the 5* one-which covers up to £1000. I took it with me when I went to pick up the car and the guy said they're usually really good and most often accept claims with no problem and without using the "it's wear and tear, we don't cover that". He said that could happen, but he said AA are the best and it doesn't happen much. He said all other warranty's are rubbish and not worth the paper they're printed on. And he wasn't selling me it, so I trust him!
They were really nice actually and very sympathetic and talked me through everything.

So tomorrow I have to call AA, tell them I suspect I have an oil leak, and how do I go about making a claim. He said they'll prob tell me to bring it to a garage and get it looked at and an estimate - then the garage take over. And hopefully they'll accept the claim.

If not :confused:

I am definitely going to have to pursue Trading Standards now. I STILL haven't got my replacement seat and these problems are obviously not new and should have been sorted by the selling garage.
Just not sure I can cope with this stress. I feel awful now! So tired, achey, weak, etc... I had to get a taxi up to the garage, get my car, come home and get my Sister (she was on her way home as I left), and race to the hospital!

Had my ultrasound and the guy said my thyroid's not enlarged. But it isn't smooth and has a nodular appearance. This can be normal for some people apparently, but it can also indicate inflammation. Which would fit with the research I've done :)

Came home and I was the sweatiest mess in Sweaty Town so jumped in the shower and have chucked my clothes in the wash. Gross!! My driving to the hospital was terrible too :eek: :( x
 
ARGH!!!!! F***ing garage! I swear, next time I go past that place on the train I'm going to throw something at them! You should definitely go to Trading Standards, and if that doesn't work, then maybe even small claims court; they're just being ridiculous. I'm glad (not in a bad way) that the ultrasound showed something potentially abnormal on your thyroid; I know that's a weird thing to say, but it's a possible step closer to getting the problem solved. Hope you're feeling better now that you're home and settled xxx
 
These new garage people are lovely. I can't believe there's something wrong with the gearbox!
Actually I don't even know why I'm surprised that there's something wrong with it! Of course there is. But I'd hoped there wouldn't be.

I wish I had a PA to do my phone calls. Just the thought of using the phone is making me feel sick :(

Meh!

Anyway, today's food!! No idea how to syn today so decided to half ignore breakfast, still have my Hex's, but very low syn food. Should balance it out. Hopefully :whistle:

Breakfast: Super awesome granola, fruit, yogurt, and honey at the lovely cafe :)

Lunch: 3 Linda M sausages, mushroom red & yellow pepper cheesy scrambled eggs, wholemeal toast, and tomato sauce (half HexA1, HexB1, + 1)

Tea: Sweet jacket spud, Quorn steak, cottage cheese, cheese (rest of HexA1), salad, and super low dressing.

Snack: Chewy Delight (HexB2)

Drinks: Coffee. Diet Coke. Peppermint tea.

Syns used: Dunno
Syns saved: 11.5
 
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You've had a mixed day, love your good news, your fella sounds smitten and it sounds like you've got a good one :) I'm sure you'll have a brilliant time both at the party and your night over in Scotland. These bits of good news are the things you need to keep you going, something to look forward to when you're having a rough time.
And really sorry about your car, fingers crossed for the warranty. That garage sounds like proper cowboys, you should take them to trading standards, how many other people have they done this to??
Hope you've got your feet up, relaxing after everything today x x
 
Well I think I've worn my heart out. And run out of adrenaline and cortisol. My blood pressure has plummeted!! Got very weak pulses and for the first time in days I can't just hear my heart and it doesn't feeling like it's trying to burst through my chest. I'd be relieved if I didn't think it was a bit bad. Think I'm just exhausted!! Waiting for the daily hit of cortisol, but it's usually well here by now. Must have used it all in the insane panic I had before. I really thought I was going to pass out from the stress :eek: :(

I am going to phone the AA Warranty tomorrow and start that. And if I feel up to it I will call the Citizens Advice line to start the trading standards thing. My Mum's (and mine) friend who cuts our hair did this when stuff went wrong with her car and she said they were really helpful and it all got sorted quick style.
It would be great to get something out of them. But really I just want to get them in to trouble!! Would be nice if I got some sort of pay out tho.

John is being lovely. Apparently he's bought me a cool present. Have already told him off ;)

Think I might watch something funny, like Black Books, then head to bed. Up early again tomorrow to go pick up my ECG *half yay*

Mum brought a huge slab of cake each back from my Nan's birthday. Couldn't face eating it :( Will share it with John when he comes over tomorrow. Half the syns! ;)

Nighty night all.xx
 
All wired up :D It's pretty cool actually. The monitor itself is pretty small - like a small walkie-walkie and fits in my pocket fine. There's a lot of wires though! I've got three actual ecg pads and one extra one that's anchoring the wire bunch to my tummy. Have had to readjust the anchor one because the main wire wasn't long enough to keep the monitor in my pocket while I was on the toilet :p Then it was sticky enough so gone over it with a safari animal plaster. Dead cool I am!

I feel really weird today. Like I did last night - a bit spaced out like I feel when I take diazapam. I dropped Mum off for her physio appointment at the hospital that was kinda on the way to mine and drove much better today ;) Not being in the right lane stresses me out, so I remembered the route and got there with only one wrong turn lol.
My appointment was pretty quick and the woman was lovely. She said my heart op scar is REALLY big! Not had that before :confused: She said it was unusually big, but looked good :) It is a very neat scar, I have to say. She'd also worked with animals for 20 years doing various things! And before she got this job she had an interview and a trial day at MY work! But she chose to go human lol. How bizarre is that?! She was really nice :)
Got to drop the monitor back off tomorrow morning at around 10. Which is good coz the letter said I had to take it back half an hour earlier than today's appointment, which would be 9. So an extra hour. YAY ;) John's staying tonight so I feel a bit less guilty now he's not getting up quite so early on his day off :p

I felt so weak and lightheaded leaving the hospital I stopped in at Starbucks. Got porridge with maple syrup and a filter coffee. Just read for a bit and sent some texts. Feel a bit more human, but very nauseous and my stomach's all wibbly and still upset :(

I was driving home and figured Mum should be leaving her appointment about the time I'd be sorta going past. So stopped at that hospital and caught the back of her as she went through a walkway. So I called her and crawled round till she caught up with me lol. Wasn't paying for more parking :p So at least she didn't have to get buses and stuff and got back to work earlier.
We're going to see The Wolverine later :D And for some reason I often have a heart/cortisol episode while I'm there. Fingers crossed so it shows up ;)

Dunno what I'm going to do for food today. Will keep it low syn anyway. Might share that cake with John later if I don't feel like I might throw up! Definitely no pic & mix at the cinema :jelous: At least I'm eating less syns with this nausea. At least one plus side lol.

Right, had better go sort the bunnies. Hope everyone's having a good day.xx
 
Wednesday food:

Breakfast: Starbucks porridge,made with water, with maple syrup (Will call it 6 + HexB1. No idea tho!)

Lunch: Literally had to force feed myself this! Chopped up nectarine, cherries, and an Activia Snack Pot.

Snacks: I did take a Chewy Delight to the cinema (HexB2)

Tea: Quorn steak, Med tomato & veg Pasta N Sauce with fresh spinach stirred in, cheese (half HexA1), salad, and bit of super low dressing.


Drinks: Coffee. Diet Coke. Peppermint tea.

Syns used: Not going to save any from today coz I really don't know about the porridge and syrup. Wont do me any harm to miss out on some syns ;)
Syns left: 11.5

Still feeling really rough. Really nauseous and very headachey. My stomach's really wibbly as well and I do feel like my bum might explode :eek: Trying to eat as well and as sensibly as I can though. Really trying!

Off to see The Wolverine in a bit :D Hoping to be just as pleased as Oddsock was at seeing the white vest in action ;)

Urgh! Phoned the AA Warranty place before - that will have certainly registered on the heart monitor!! They said I have to go to a garage they tell me too and they couldn't find my own garage. Even though in the booklet for the warranty it says you just need to go to a VAT registered garage. And when I was there yesterday they said they've dealt with the AA Warranty people lots of times. Dunno what to do :confused: She also said some stuff I couldn't make out, something about £45, but by tyhen I was panicking, couldn't hear her properly and just wanted to get off the phone. Can't face any more phone calls atm and it's sending my heart loopy!
 
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So fed up :( Have had to cut my day short with John and it's likely I'll have to cancel plans with my friends because I feel so ill :cry:

John came over last night at about 9 - after I'd forced myself to eat. That was really hard! We chatted for a bit and watched an ep of The Wire and a couple of Black Books.
Attempted to go to bed before midnight, but it didn't happen. We talked for a bit but was a bit awkward, because of the placement of the heart monitor and all the wires, I couldn't lie on my left side - which is the side I sleep on and the side I would need to lie on to face John.
Didn't sleep much coz he was restless too and kept waking me up and my heart was a bit nutty last night, so that was keeping me awake. And I was uncomfortable being on my right side the whole time!
Had to get up at 8 again and we dropped Mum off for her appointment and then he dropped me at the main hospital for me to hand my heart monitor back. We went for brunch at the veggie place, but by then i was feeling so sick that the thought of food was just making me feel worse and dizzy. I ordered scrambled eggs and managed to eat just over half a piece of thick wholemeal toast and maybe 1/4 of the eggs. I really thought I was going to throw up! Even coffee's started making me feel ill, so I drank lots of water to try and help.
Have got a really upset tummy/explosive bum too so that's not helping in the slightest.

He even bought me some chocolate quails eggs from a posh chocolate shop in Chester and the smell of them made me want to vom! Can't stand the thought of sweet stuff!! Me!! Have had some cake that Mum brought me back from my nan's birthday sitting in the fridge since Tuesday. Just gave John half of it to take home!

We had a quick walk thru town and I got some bits for me from Lush and my friends birthday stuff. And then we went to the cinema to see The Worlds End again :)

Towards the end of the film I felt really rough and it felt like my blood pressure had plummeted. John was complaining he was really hot, but I couldn't have told you if I was hot or cold! I felt really out of it and dizzy, but my pulse was strong :confused: It's probably just from not eating much - or at least that's making it worse!

Was a bit out of it on the drive home and I just said I thought I really needed to lie down so he's left me to try and relax.

I feel awful though! He's really thoughtful, goes out of his way to do stuff and offers to do loads, and this bloody mystery illness has cut our day together short and meant that last night was ridiculously awkward!
I was supposed to be seeing Tim and Caz later, but I'd need to drive to them and I don't think I even can. Never mind if I should!

So fed up :( And feel really, really awful.

Whine over, sorry.xx
 
You've no need to be sorry. It sounds like hell, it's really quite worrying how ill you've become, I'd be nagging the doctor for some answers or at least some help.
John is the perfect gentleman, you've certainly got a good one there :) x x x
 
I went to bed at 4 and got up just before 7. Was surprised I managed to sleep. Feel a little bit better and absolutely starving!!!!!

I think the eating was so bad this morning because I have been so nauseous, but then I had the "eating in front of a new person" thing going on too. Well, hopefully that's why it was so bad. If that carries on then I will definitely have to see someone or try and contact the Dr. My MRI's Monday though and I know they really wanted that doing before I see them again. Still no sign of the endocrinology referral!!

I'm bloody starving and for some reason quite fancy Supernoodles. So going to carry on attempting to eat as normally as possible.
I do feel a little better, but painfully hungry and lightheaded, so gotta try something.x
 
Ok, today's food now that I've eaten something substantial! Might have taken me half an hour to eat it, but glad I did. Even if it has made me feel sick, I had to eat!
Trying to keep things healthy and trying to keep eating veg/salad/spinach etc coz I think that'll be pretty important.
My tea isn't 'light' or bland but for some reason it's what I really wanted, so I thought I'd go with it.

Green + 15

Brunch: Maybe one egg's worth of scrambled eggs and 3/4 of a thick piece of wholemeal toast. I think there was some spread on the toast, ick, but it would have been vegan and I had a tiny bit of fruity brown sauce. (HexB1 + 3?)

Tea: 2 Quorn Southern Fried burgers (5) with cheese (HexA1), low fat Supernoodles, salad, spinach, red & yellow peppers, and cherry tomatoes. Extra light mayo and super low dressing (0.5)

Snack: Chewy Delight (HexB2)

Drinks: Coffee. Fanta Zero. Diet Coke. Peppermint tea.

Syns used: 8.5
Syns saved: 18
 
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Aw :( I feel for you cc ..... Sounds horrendous and usually when you feel horrendous you atleast can tuck into some nice food to make you smile but you can't even do that now! I wish I could help and make you feel Better - john is a keeper, how amazing is he being eh - and so understanding! Atleast you have him by your side :) x x x
 
He is being lovely and I really don't feel that I deserve it. And I feel like he's making all the effort and stuff. All's i seem to be able to cope with is sitting watching stuff with him. Even the 40mins we spent walking through town totally wiped me out and most of that was spent in Lush lol.
I want to be able to do fun stuff with him and show him I'm not just a sick, pathetic girl who needs looking after. I really hate the thought of someone looking after me - it's the other way round! I look after other people!!
Think I might be brave and try and get hold of my referral Dr's number tomorrow. Might not get to move the appointment to see him but it may hurry along the endocrine referral?! Will see if I can do it.

Just watching Red on Film 4. Handy! I've not seen it and the new one comes out this week I think. Excellent :)

Thank you for your lovely messages, as always.xx
 
So glad you've managed to get some food in you, must be hard forcing yourself to eat when you don't feel like it. I would see you doctor again, you seem so much worse and some of our symptoms are quite alarming :( I think you should let him look after you, you can always repay thr favour when yo're back on your feet. If he's happy with you when you're like this he will certainly love you when you're back on form :) x x
 
I've got a re-visit booked for my referral Dr the week after my MRI - which is Monday. So I don't think he will bring that forward, coz they only run the clinic on a Wed afternoon, so I don't know if they'd have my MRI results back by next Wed, so will prob have to keep the one I have for a week on Wed. And my GP can't do anything. I just wondered if I were to update my referral Dr on how bad it's gotten he might be able to do something about the endocrine referral.
I'm planning on going through my diary on here and copying and pasting the dates and symptoms in to a Word Doc so I have them to hand when I see him again. So he can see when and how bad stuff has gotten. Might do that tomorrow.

Just managed a Chewy Delight. So glad they're not too sweet!!! And on my second mug of peppermint tea. I don't feel quite so sick at the moment, just very tired as well as the usual crap. So will watch the rest of the film and head to bed. xx
 
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