Look! An update!

[cosmic_llin]

So, I'm experimenting with crossposting between Dreamwidth and LJ... we'll see how I get on with it...

I've got a bit behind with the internet, what with one thing and another... my new medication is making me really sleepy AND my computer is in bits while Andrew tries to figure out some way to save it, but the outlook isn't good...

Anyways, some lovely bullet points:

* Went back to the doctor, it's still probably trigeminal neuralgia. I'm going for an MRI and to see a neurologist. In the meantime I'm on a slightly higher dose of medication, but the doctor was surprised that that dosage was even keeping the pain under control to the extent that I'm still going to work and socialising, so hopefully that's a good sign! Also I'm getting the hang of the side-effects a bit better - I can stay up late now even though I'm sleeping very soundly, and the dry mouth is just making me drink loads of water which is good for me anyway!

* My birthday! It was good. Cara got us tickets to Folk by the Oak! Dad got me a Kindle. I have named it Zoe. Also Jenni made me amazing TARDIS wrist warmers! And I got books and a pasta maker and a castle and lots of other lovely things! Hurrah!

* My computer. It is not so good. A couple of weeks ago it just stopped working. Andrew says the motherboard is kaput. I need to find out whether I can claim for it on the house insurance, since I sure as hell can't afford a new one right now. Luckily Cara is very generous when it comes to letting me use hers.

* Writing. I wanted to be finished with my second draft by now, but being ill set me back a bit. But I'm onto the final section, and I've decided to change it around a fair bit. I'm still hoping to have a good second draft by the beginning of May.

* We're off to Croatia soon! Only for a few days, but I'm looking forward to it a lot. Plus we're taking a couple of days off after too, I'm looking forward to the chance to relax, and also to get some stuff done.

Right, off to catch up on AAAAAAALL the internet. How are you all?

Comments

[narrativian]

Eeeeeeeeeee! You posted here! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! Yayyayyayyay!

~does a very un-myself-like thing and smishes you over the internets~

:D

No, really. I've started blogging here, so I now tend to look here first for updates before looking Over There. I'll now reply Over There just for the form of it...

[readingredhead]

I, too, am a recent convert to actually posting via DW -- have just granted you access to this journal, which is at present an exact mirror of my LJ but which I'm hoping to maybe switch over to eventually...

*hugs* Have been keeping up with your health woes even if not always commenting, and while I'm sorry to hear they are so woeful, at least the doctor seems to think that you're doing well considering the dose you are on, and even if the diagnosis is unpleasant, at least it is a diagnosis? (One of my friends back home went through ~2 years dealing with lupus-related problems before being diagnosed with it properly.)

In other news I am very jealous you will be headed to Croatia, but hope you have an amazing time! Life is much the same with me -- lots of reading and paper-writing, aka what grad school in the humanities looks like for probably everyone -- but I am looking forward to being in London briefly in June and will hopefully get to catch up at least a little in person (and hear more about your novel project which sounds AWESOME).

[elder-goddess.livejournal.com]

Answering your last sentence without bullet points: similar physical grrr-argh although of course mine's due to multiple dying and abscessed teeth in addition to The Usual and of course I have no recourse to medical assistance (so I'm SOOO GLAD one of us does!); still slooooowly recovering from the wetware rewrite of ten months ago; assorted death and birth in the (in-laws') family; writing a little (go look!!!) and hoping to write more but the pain and the wetware issues still get in the way; looking forward to 'winter' because my blood has finally thinned enough (as 'twere) to mistake said 'winter' for actual winter and I might even have an excuse for gloves!and!boots!; still ate'nt dead; and lots of little changes that aren't worth listing as changes ;-)

Lovely to see you here! Hope your 'puter gets fixed soonest and cheapest!

[touchdownpossum.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear your medication is helping you a little. And I'm very jealous of your pasta maker!