Sorry about the erratic service. I’ve been very tired and disorganised and my hands have been very sore. I’m not sure what happened – I was recovering from the arthritis flare-up when it suddenly became worse. It wasn’t particularly painful but my knuckles felt very tender and I had no strength in my hands for simple jobs like tucking my shirt in or using a fountain pen. Even now it’s a bit tricky pressing on the mouse button and I only have three capable of pressing down a key on the keyboard. Fortunately I don’t need many as I am generally a two-fingered typist anyway.
I have discovered why some of my eBay photos do not allow me to edit them properly. It seems to depend on the camera settings I use. My Panasonic, despite being old and slightly faulty (some of the pixels are missing from the screen) continues to be better than the pink party camera foisted on me by the shop owner. It has better battery life and close-up focus abilities so I carry on using it. For some reason it will no longer let me crop images properly. I don’t know why, but I have tested it on some other settings and can now crop properly.
Even if other things hadn’t intervened, I think I would be ready for retirement soon. It’s very wearing having to go to work and use a dreadful pink camera and a computer that won’t switch on properly and which works very, very slowly . . .
My cheap laptop and ten-year-old Lumix actually do a better job. Having worn out two cameras in the last six years I am becoming quite resentful that I am not provided with proper equipment to do the job. It will be quite relaxing to retire.
Photographs are from Julia’s recent excursions.
You inspire me!💓
Hopefully, like Julia’s tree, you will regenerate. That pain seems intolerable
Thank you Derrick. I’m hoping that now I have restarted the medication and made some notes in my diary it will gradually return to normal. . The worst bit is knowing that it was my inefficiency that caused the latest flare-up, though the surgery failing to process my first request ddi contribute too. 🙁
I am glad to hear from you. I am sorry your hands are so painful, and hope you are able to get some relief soon. Hang in there, Simon!
It’s better already after taking pills on Saturday – not great, but much improved. 🙂
I am really sorry you are in such pain. I have had problems with my hands and feet this winter so I know exactly what difficulties you are experiencing. It is extremely depressing when one is unable to perform simple tasks. A diary to remind you of what medication to take and when would be good, as well as a reminder of when to re-order meds. You could set alarms on your phone to go off at pill or injection times. A friend of mine has one of those multi-dose pill boxes where all the tablets of the day/week are set out in order. Anything is better than a flare-up caused by forgetting to take medication.
Yes, I definitely need to do something. I used to set alarms on the phone for my Warfarin but it was set for 8pm (the time I’d been instructed to use) and used to go off in evening meetings, so I started leaving it. I might have to look at the box as my current “system” is clearly not working.
I got so fed up with slow computing that I took advice from my son and bought a good quality laptop which has transformed my computing life. It was worth every penny.
Even this one is a great improvement over the work one. He insists on buying a succession of secondhand computers, but only when offered them by a friend of his. Low speed I can endure, but last time we actually switched it off the faulty on/off switch meant I had to spend over 40 minutes attempting to restart.
My last one would hang up frequently, meaning a slow and ponderous restart every time. I should have got rid of it much earlier than I did.
It is always hard to discard something that is working, even if it is working badly. Julia tells me this is true in many spheres of life.
The pain of Osteoarthritis is awful. I’m sure the rain doesn’t help either. I like the photo of the robin.
It’s even worse, because I caused most of the problem by not taking my medication properly. It’s on a different cycle to my other pills, and I missed a week then followed up by forgetting to reorder at the right time and missing another week. I really need to keep a diary.
So sorry about your hands! How irritating not to have equipment that works well. Retirement is only a stone’s throw away. Wonderful pictures, especially the Robin on edge of the bucket. Brava, Julia!
Yes, all things pass and, as you say, something better is waiting for me. 🙂
Counting down the days with you, Quercus!
🙂 I’m going to make myself a calendar,