Health Matters

So fibre is the new magic fix to lots of things? I've been taking care of my fibre intake for a long time. Early on I switched away from saturated fat foods, and then switched to brown bread and high fibre breakfast cereals. Both of those get me fairly well up my 30 grams target, and then I add an evening meal which adds to the total. Adding extra vegetables to a 'pre-processed' meal to help, but there are a few options of ready meals, many marketed as 'high protein', which have a substan…

Nothing posted for December as I was struggling with my left arm all over Christmas. Fairly sure that I've pulled something in the 2nd week of December when I probably tried to move too much from the garage. Did not feel anything while doing it, but the following day using my left arm was a problem. Trying to find a pain killer that worked and did not cause other problems was fun! Paracetamol and Ibuprofen Gel did nothing, and lower doses of codeine produced little effect. Tramadol sort o…

It has been some time since I did a health post because on the whole I've been comfortable with where I am, but having woken early again today the problem of poor sleep is still a recuring niggle. The one thing I have realised is that it's pointless trying to get back to sleep, so picking up a book and carrying on reading is much more relaxing. It may well be last night I had nearly got to the end of another Anne McCaffrey book and was thinking about the ending which despite having re…

Now this is a little silly. I've normally got at least a weeks worth of tablets in hand so when I start the last sheet of Rivaoxaban I KNOW it is time to pick up the new prescription! SHOULD have done that last week, but even though the sheet was going down I still did not twig until last night that I was late collecting a new script. Just heading out now to pick it up before I forget again. At least checking the NHS app it seems that the Bisoprolol Fumarate has been dropped from the new…

Had a nice day out at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition on Friday. Actually stayed all day and saw all three lectures. Then on the way back to the car I took a tumble and ended up on the floor. I think I just slipped on the steps going out of the Events Centre but managed to avoid actually hitting my head, just bent my glasses and took a few knocks. Mainly on my right side, but having a problem still with my left hand which has swollen up and am having fun trying to hold a fork or do…