Ricky Buchanan ([info]rickybuchanan) wrote,
@ 2008-05-06 17:49:00
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State of the Ricky
Positives and negatives...

+ Brother and father visited last week.
- Brother now in QLD to study so won't see him for a long time.

- Been VERY fatigued, needing to sleep 2-3 hours every afternoon. Seems to leave no time for LIVING. Life ends up being: Wake up. PA here. Lunch. Possibly 1/2 hour of doing stuff. Sleep. PA here. Dinner. TV with Charlie for a little bit or some doing stuff. Sleep. Rinse and repeat! ["doing stuff" means computer stuff, reading or occasionally typing like now]
+ More time to cuddle cat and meditate?

- Had extra problems with pain in my neck and arms and migraine-like headaches, both of which mean no typing. Hence lack of updates.
+ Cute osteopath visits to help with above. Yay for cute young male osteopaths!
- Cute young osteopath may be changing jobs and not able to treat me any more.

- No visitors lately - seems everybody is sick or busy or away.

+ All PA shifts are now filled by at least semi-competent people.
- 14 shifts filled by 3 people is a disaster waiting to happen as soon as one of them becomes unavailable.
+ Is OK for now.

That's all.

Hugs,
r

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[info]ltlpengy
2008-05-06 09:47 am UTC (link)
Hugs sweetie.
It seems to be a pretty average time for a lot of us at the moment. Wonder if the change in season has something to do with it.
Could you get cute osteo to still work for you? Cuteness in physical therapists is almost a must!

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[info]rickybuchanan
2008-05-08 12:59 pm UTC (link)
*hugs* Yes, cute osteo is asking boss if no-competition clause could be waived so I don't have to spend 6 months training his replacement! Yay!

Will keep you posted :)

r

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[info]acelightning
2008-05-06 11:00 am UTC (link)
yay for cute osteopaths, cuddly cats, and competent carers!

(i'd come visit you lots, but at the moment i don't even have enough money to get to the airport, never mind getting a ticket to Australia :-( )

*hugs*

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[info]being_bec
2008-05-06 12:51 pm UTC (link)
I know you don't know me that well, but would love to visit sometime, maybe next week, if that works for you?

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[info]rickybuchanan
2008-05-07 01:16 am UTC (link)
Yes! Call me!

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[info]egyptian_spider
2008-05-07 12:43 am UTC (link)
*big hugs* I'm glad to hear from you, hon. <3

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[info]paula_angela
2008-05-07 09:16 am UTC (link)
You know, your icon is looking good. Is it a recent pic, indicating that (in general) you are a little better these days, perhaps even lost some weight? I like the way this pic captures a glint in your eye :-)

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[info]rickybuchanan
2008-05-08 01:02 pm UTC (link)
Ohhh, it is a recent pic! Thank you for the nice words! Have indeed lost 21kg (and counting) and I'm in a much better range medically although still "obese" according to the BMI thingy.

Pic was the result of me messing with the webcam to see if I could get a nice pic actually, so I'm lots happy with it :)

Love
r

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[info]cyberpurple
2008-05-08 11:47 pm UTC (link)
if i could be terribly rude and but in on an existing conversation here, can I ask what your nuymber one top tip for losing weight would be? Coz you do look loads better and thats a great weight loss ~Emma *in need of help and inspiration here*

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[info]rickybuchanan
2008-05-09 01:29 am UTC (link)
Not rude! I have some written in an email that I would be happy to forward - what address?

*hugs*
r

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[info]cyberpurple
2008-05-09 10:32 am UTC (link)
Are you sure that wasn't rude? either emma@wheelchairprincess.com or ejcrees@googlemail.com Thanks Ricky tis muchly appreciated! (((hugs))) ~Emma

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[info]diamondie.myopenid.com
2008-05-07 11:46 am UTC (link)
Hope you're doing better soon! In case you're interested, my CFS/ME treatment book will be out next week, you can read more about it at http://www.brokenmarionettebook.com I assume you might not be able to read it yourself, but perhaps your doctor would be interested?

I'm sending out over 700 press releases, including over 100 to Australia alone, but if you can get other people to bug the media (especially if you know someone who works for a small paper), it could help a lot.

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