Tuesday

I was able to walk to the surgery for my GP appointment this morning. I wanted to discuss pain relief. It was very helpful and I came away with a prescription and advice about how to increase the dose slowly. (Arth is happier at the prospect.)

After a coffee and a set of exercises, I was out again for a walk. It has been grey and damp here all day, so not a day for taking landscape pictures. I was really pleased to walk as far as the post box in the hamlet of Lincoln Hill. This is part of Humshaugh, but there is a gap between us. I think I may have walked a mile today. Hooray!

Back at home I propped Arth on high pillows and lay down for a couple of pain free hours. All good.

The TENS seems to be helping Mum with her pain. We are cautiously optimistic since there is always a placebo effect with something new.

I decided that I needed some detail for today's blip, since the landscape was so grey, so here is an old, spent seedhead at the roadside.