Happy new years 2022

In 2021. There wasn’t much to talk about with the coronavirus about, I managed  to finish the exercises trial at Newcastle and hopefully with good results!

2022

I have just completed my own personal challenge this year whitch was a sit down cycle challenge I decided to do it for Leigh’s network which was founded by my mito friend Faye Wylie I decided to want £100 and as the month went on it began to go up up and up and by the end of the month by the genorosity of friends and family i got up to £415!  Whitch will go a long way for the charity!

I’m now looking  forward to getting a Cochlear implan processor the kanso 2! 

Merry Christmas

Well it’s been an eventful 2 years with covid!   I’ve had my two covid jabs and recently the booster with any luck next year will b better I’ve got a lot to look forward to in 2022 I’ve got my cochlear implants upgrade to Kanso 2 which I’m looking forward to! And lots more lily get togethers COVID permitting! 

 Merry Christmas and a happy new year 

Diabetes type 2

Over the last few years drs have been confused why my blood sugars are up but didn’t have diabetes! I was a  mystery one dr said my blood sugars was were high I should be sick!! But this year. Things caught up and I was finally diagnosed with diabetes type 2 I wasn’t really surprised with my blood sugars being high  but my dad was on the ball because he has diabetes type 2 as well so he was  doing pricks in my thumbs and testing my blood sugars  and making sure I’m ok,  apparently it’s common to get mito diabetes’s type 2  in my case the nutrition drinks I was drinking were high in sugar so I’ve been cut down to 2 a day and an extra pill in the mito cocktail of pills. I’ve become an expert at pill swallowing haha 

2021?

Happy new year to my readers 

There's not much I could say other than 2020 was a crappy year with covid! Hopefully with the vaccine coming out that 2021 will b a better year!I haven't really left the house since march apart from going to dentist and a drs appointment!  

Convid 19

 

The country uk has been on lockdown for 3 months n only now the prime minister has  told us to wear a mask in shops and hospitals and carehomes for safety 

I have not left my house other than to go in the garden for 3 months  it hasnt been too bad i kępt busy doing cross stitching and knitting n now the isolation is coming to abd end on 1st August n I’m looking forward to my 35th birthday!

Breathing appointment

I forgot to update my Leeds appointment where I go for my breathing appointments. The doc was super happy about my breathing since I starting using my breathing mask mask overnight. (did imention I have a breathing mask machine and cough machine in my room now??)anyway It took me a whole while getting used to wearing the mask overnight but 6 months on im used to it now. I give myself one day off from it n now my breathing dr has allows me to use the cough machine once a week which is good because I hate it!   I have tried to get back to gym but my balance is getting really rubbish since coming out of intensive care  so I try n use the treadmill for about 15 minutes to exercise my legs n walking. It might hit sound like much hit its a mile stone for someone with mitochondrial disease!
I have the mitochondria disease euromit coming up in March which will be interesting! 

A New start

I have been so busy this Year whitch is such  a contrast to last Year because last christmas i was suffering from pneumonia and it was such a blur i don t really  remember much about it whitch  is a shame because i  love chritmas!!
I enjoyed going to middlesbrough to see the family i got to meet my new 2nd cousin who was born a few months ago! She was lovely!

Hope everyone has a lovely xmas xxxx

RRM2B study

Apologies for the long time away I’ve had difficulties logging in to my blog!

Last weekend I travelled to Newcastle and stayed in a hotel to do the RRM2B study as paid for by the lily foundation or research. It was a busy two days of testa. Before hand I wore a watch which recorded all my heart n sleep patterns and also a stool sample ( which wasn’t the easiest task to do haha)  ands my mum had to note down every poo and what I ate 4 weeks before the Study in Newcastle 

I arrived at the hospital with my parents and met the doctors.we went through the ins and outs of the test and consenting to do the study. Of course I couldn’t have the MRI scan because of my cochlear implant which was fine.

I had TEN vials of blood and although they were concentrated about my arms and the muscle mass. My right arm is bigger than my left .

We then sis some  exercise an lot of walking with Zimmer frame (my walking hasn’t been the same since I was in intensive care last year)  we did normal walking and fast walking to compare the two.

I then was given a mental test on a timer 

I was then asked to fast overnight and at the hospital did a urine test. That was the end of the tests and the docs  will do the tests again next year ,

 Fo now I earned a good rest!

 

Absence explained...

Sorry ive not updated my blog lately a lot has has happened over the lAst few months and im only just getting back in the social world as you would say.

In september my parents took me to newcastle as i hadnt been sleeping well and i began to have a unstoppable shake in my foot and have hallucinations  whitch was frightening for my family. Newcastle did tests which sho wed an infection  i dont know what it was but it lande me in intensive care for 10 days. I spent 3 weeks altogether in hospital before i was Home in huddersfield. A long tim

I have been given a CPAP machinę  to helps me if i stop breathing in my sleep which took a long time to  get used fo! I feel like darth vader!


Its only now im getting back in social media n blogging again,  it has been a long few months   Getting back to myself  and with the Help of charlie gard foundation and their generosity they have provided me with a elevating bed and comfy chair that helps me to get up.

My parents have also invested in a stairlift to Help me tackle the stairs at home.

The worst thing is im on a mash diet i have to wait til april where they will xray my swallowing ive had it done before so i should be ok

coughing....

Ive started coughing when i drink fluids so i saw  a speech and language nurse in my home town she has given me some some powdery meds to thicken my fluids hopefully it will help 

sleep study

last week i went to newcastle hospital to do a sleep study and EEG as i am having trouble with my short term memory loss prof Turrnbull said it was part of my mitochondrial disease RRM2B.
so that night in the hotel i did my sleep study witch was a gadget on my wrist and we were to drop it off the next morning 
The next day we did the EEG and spoke to prof Turnbull about how i was getting on with things we spoke about my balance as its getting worse! i stumble about like someone drunk but im finding walking with someone arms in arms. better  ive always had bad balance because of the deafness but its got worse 
As  the years go on i worry about the future i dont want to be confined to a wheelchair 24/7 i like my  independance.I know i have rachel to help me go out and about but its not the same as being on your own  ie i always need someone with me for the balance part.

we have found a lovely place called kirkwood hospice which do a drop in centre and i can do my arts and crafts there which is what i wanted a little group to do cross sthiching or knitting with ill keep you posted on how how that goes 

i am being referred back to PALS exercise group theat they do on wedsnesday;s so i can work on keeping my body moving rather than sitting at home all day 

The land of nod...I f

 I finally got 9 htrs sleep n feel refreshed the sun was streaming through the blinds after a night of just watching tb no iPad n no phone,
Since I didn’t know what to do  with my hands so I did colouribg , I did some knitting na bad for my self n mum .
I’m still on the anti dressants n 3 sleeping laps later I finally felt tired n fell asleep!
I’m on skips fruit n yogurts  jellies so it goes down easy n I don’t cough it up
I still love tea but I’ve cut down because of the caffeine but I drink my vitamin bottle drink or orange juic
Other last few days without sleep I got high on nail varnish n I felt fuzzy I saw double I’m getting a new prescription at vision evPress  to help me see the needle eye when cross stitch but that’s not til Friday so I’ll do dot to dot
painting n I will knit the cushhiom case mum wants,
I would love to go back to college but my body isn’t strong enough so I though about the open university!
Watch this space

Lack of sleep///

I have discovered that not sleeping is a big factor of a Mito crash . I never slept for 72 hours no fault of my own my body would just not give in . I got very erratic and doing things i wouldn't even think of doing, like going up and down the stairs a lot de cluttering at 3am in the morning , my memory went . Ignoring parental advise i had so much on my mind that i was making lists after lists 

my parents were getting angry and worried about me because i wasnt listending to them or anyone else for that matter i would only do what was on my mind and didnt care how and who i hurt during it.

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No sleep...zzzz...

I haven’t been sleeping very well according my fit bit my heart rate resting is 95 a beat! I think it’s because I’m excited about tts becalm excited about future things! Like the lily foundation family eeekend n maybe go back to college and vollenteering! If that goes well maybe a new house and job?


I’ve been doing bracelets for Faye n her. Leigh’s network stalls , that has kept me busy as well as organizing my life n room.

Then maybe a holiday abroad somewhere flat so I can use my new walker n wheelchair!

I’m also getting good skin n nails thanks to antibiotics

I’m on sleeping tablets at the mo to help me relax n sleep a good well earned rest!

I have not been sleeping very well a lately,l don’t know what has brought it on. I want to raise Moneyfor mitochondrial disease, so l have been making bracelets to sell at the lily foundation weekend.

mental health ..

recently due to lack of sleep with my mitochondrial disease i have suffered a set back mentally .
i have have had to have my medication reviewed by Dr Hamad and i need to sleep i have had my dose of olanzapine increased to 15mg

i have an appointment for a  sleep study in April as lack of sleep is leaving me exhausted  hopefully they can come up with a cure for sleeplessness as its driving me insane. Leaving me sleeping for 3 to 5 hours a night.

i have also been given sleeping tablets only to be taken when necessary
i will report back after doing my sleep study at ;leeds st james.
bye for now

mental

Nail.art n all random stuff...

Check it out I have set up a nail art page on FB as I got some nail art pens n foils from the craft fair can't wait to try them out!

Mostly been cross stitching knitting n going to gym for physio I've got got homework to do! Justine keeps me busy !!

Getting there...

I am getting on well with physio and life itself muscles are getting stronger and still going to gym for physio and im also going for  0 min walks with dad to the postbox  

prof turnbull is keeping an eye on me as he was worried about my pneumonia but i am feeling much better than i was less breathless than i was i am going to a sleep clinic in newcastle in march and mums still worried about my brain and my meds!

i am keeping busy by doing 5 mins breathing between watching tv 

i am also looking forward to doing my stitches that i bought at the craft fair lots to do!

i am in touch with dave from ci group on facebook seeing if we can do a `0th anniversary of  family meet up when we first met in Huddersfield 

ALSO  going to the lily foundation family meet up with susan warnock and faye wiley will be good to see them all again i had fun last year despite catching a cold but this time will be spring we can chill outside as well!

the group is going well too and im going to start a nail art group with pics of nail art! 

thats all for now

Moving on up....

Since January started things have steadily going up! My flu and pnuemonia has got better and I'm feeling better now I've got my lungs back . The physio is going well and she's working me hard but not to the point I overexert myself! My physio has shown my carer Rachel the exercises I need to do so there will be no slacking! They have both being motivating me which is good so I know I'm doing well. 
Diet is going ok I'm still on a soft diet and having one or two protein shakes a day I switched to fibre because my stomach just got bunged up. I got a cd player for Christmas so I'm gonna try n listen to some CDs parents got me . Dad managed (after 2 days!!)  So IL  dig out my mic lead and try and listen to some! I still need to try out the phone clip which o
I don't use much as I either txt or WhatsApp on video. 
I started penpaling again but to less people as it got too stressful keeping up with them all I had people asking their letter their letter stressfulI.I thought we had all the time in the world to them .After all post is slow!! 
I'm  also doing knitting and cross stitch and tapestry I find it relaxing. 
I'm going to a art and craft fair in February so I've got that to look forward to!