Before I go
They went home yesterday morning. I think they got home about two hours ago, I haven’t heard from them yet though.
I’m utterly exhausted. I’m so grateful I only have to work today and only after my doctor’s appointment. This is the NHS ENT. I sent a letter to him last week explaining the history of this so hopefully we’ll be able to dive right in.
I’m sure that I’ll be able to recount the two weeks of holiday in pictures over the next few weeks, but right now I am so completely drained.
I have been thinking about the high blood pressure thing, I don’t know if it can show up because of stress? Because I have been stressed about my parents, about Horatio’s paper, him moving out, work, this illness and lord only knows what else. But I’m scared to hope this is temporary because I might just end up disappointed.
I finished my first read through of Horatio’s dissertation last night. I had a fever all day yesterday so I expect I missed some things and made changes that didn’t make sense. He is going over it again today and I’ll check it again over the weekend and then we’ll officially be finished. He gets it all printed and bound on Monday and hands it in on Wednesday.
Horatio has moved into his new flat. He refuses to take photos for me, I just have to wait and see it next weekend.
Must go get ready now, I’ll have to catch up more later.
High blood pressure is known formally as hypertension… if you didn’t know the medical meaning, what would you think it means? High stress
Stress and blood pressure are very, very , very… did I say very… closely linked. Even just the stress of seeing a doctor and worrying that your blood pressure will read high can cause it to be raised. Seriously, when you next have it done, ask them to repeat it a few times to let you relax to a more normal sort of baseline. They should know all about white coat hypertension and help you with that.
Seb’s probably not taking pictures as it’s almost all certainly still in boxes
But you’re a good incentive for him to unpack 