Good News/Bad News

Greetings,

This is going to be one of those good news/bad news situations. I am thinking that this post will not be particularly long or involved, and I do apologise if the brevity of this post puts people off. In a nut-shell this one is more of a status update rather than the sort of discussion that I usually like.

Good News...
Went and saw the respiratory specialist at the hospital who gave me the good old once over with regard to things. Had a listen to my chest, looked at latest blood tests, all that sort of stuff. Seems that things are tracking really well to a good conclusion at this stage. The medication is working and the sarcoidosis is gradually clearing from my lungs.

Bad News...
First, why is it the case that the good news always has to come with some bad news? Why can it not be just all good news? So, sarcoidosis is an auto-immune disease. What this means is that my immune systems have been working over time and unfortunately attacking my own body. What this also means is that I have been blissfully immune to the flu and all like bugs while I have had the condition in its full-fledged state. In order to get rid of the sarcoidosis I am on medications which pummel the crap out of my immune system. Unfortunately this means that I am now prone to every cough and cold all over the place, how do I know this? Got my first cold this weekend, and it sucks. Needless to say it is taking its sweet time to bugger off again.

Just to complicate things a little more. I was out doing the dutiful taking the garbage out job a couple of evenings ago. It was wet, I was in thongs/flip-flops whatever. Well the step was a little wet and a little slick. I put my foot on it and was not stable. Off the edge of the step. The foot did not land correctly and resulting is a twisted ankle. Not impressed I can tell you on that one. So I have had the ankle strapped and elevated for the past couple of days and finally it is beginning to come good. I mean I did not even twist it that badly. You combine fibromyalgia with bad weather and a damaged joint and everything is not good.

Anyway enough of that rot. The ankle is improving, the cold is gradually disappearing. It all just means that I am going to have to be a little more careful with myself. Dumb thing is that I thought I was being careful. All I can say is that both the cold and the ankle had better be fixed by tomorrow as I have training to go to and I do not like missing them. The fencing really does help my FM thanks to the regular relatively gentle movement. Hopefully my next post will be more interesting and less of an update. Or at least a good update.

Cheers,

Henry.