Hello new restriction......

Well, no complaints about a lack of restriction from me. I am well and truly back in the land of those who can't get much down. Not that it's a bad thing - but this last .25 mls I got on Monday has well and truly done the job. 

I was actually a bit worried come Monday night. I had a burning in the back of my throat when eating and I managed about a half cup of food and that was it. Then came the stomach ache. A deep ache right in my gut that went after a bit (I think I pushed the food portion limit to, oh, maybe  two thirds of a cup.. pfft.) This carried on Tuesday and just when I'm thinking, 'Uh oh. I'm going to have to go in to get a touch of fill out,' it went. Yesterday was fine and today has been the same. I still can't get in more than a half a cup at one sitting though and eating is laborious. Talk about slowing me down. 

I am also suffering from a severe backache. What the? I never, ever suffer a sore back. I might get the odd twinge if I've slept funny, but so does 99 percent of the population. This was/is something different. It's low down, making me stoop to distribute my weight and when I stand for too long, argh... my lower back screams. It felt a little better yesterday, and waking up this morning, better still, but as the day is going on, I'm not starting to wonder if it's actually my hip. Referred pain and all that.

When Jake was a baby - so I'm talking about 13 years ago - I took a severe tumble off a galloping horse. I was a good rider, but this was one of those stupid freak accidents. My sister-in-law and I hired a couple of horses and went for a trail ride. We hit the open plains and decided to give the horses their heads and off they galloped. I leaned to the left to compensate a large tree looming in front of me, the stirrup snapped and down I went in a tumble of limbs. Long story short, the docs were worried. I couldn't move my legs for hours and when I finally did, it turned out not to be a spinal injury but I had compacted my hip. Don't forget - I was rather a large girl too, so that's a lot of weight to take on one hip at a fully flat out rate from a certain height. Anyway, the hip aches now and again when I lay for too long on that side, and just today, I feel it throbbing. Cannot for the life of me think what I did to bring this on though. Day to day stuff has just been normal.. nothing out of the ordinary.

I hope it goes soon though because I am due for orientation next Friday - a week today. It's an all day thing (paid) learning how to do my new job and manual handling in the afternoon. I rang to inquire about what time I'm due to start (oh, the contract came through too and it was written in black and white - I start on a Sunday) and the co-coordinator who I have been in contact with at the home said, "Why do they have you starting on a Sunday? You don't want to start on a Sunday, do you?" I was about to reply, its no bother, though it's unusual, when she switched it to the Monday for me. So Monday the 19th of April it is. Cool. 

That's it for me today. Just wanted to touch base. Kids start their first lot of school holidays as of tomorrow (Good Friday.)  Happy times.

Stay safe, speak soon and enjoy your Easter break. I know I will. 

PS Watch out for the chocolate monster and I will do the same. 

Cara xxx