AND SO IT BEGINS

 

Summer is here.  

And as per usual, my legs are blowing up with fluid.  It happens all the time, but it's so much worse over summer.

I got on the scales yesterday, and I've had a BIG gain.

But, I know it's not just poor eating over the past two weeks.

ABOVE: Fluid retention... I now have CANKLES and fat feet/legs.

ABOVE:  *sigh*

This morning I will have to take a 'piddle pill' to try and shift some of that fluid.  My legs feel so heavy and stiff, and they are 'ticking'.  It's not nice.

And sure in hell not pretty!

I'm also going to lie on the floor with my feet elevated, that should help as well.

I can continue watching a series on Netflix that I'm thoroughly enjoying.

ABOVE:  I stumbled on it yesterday, and so far I've watched 4 Episodes.  I told Stew about it, and he's on Episode 2.

It's worth a watch, if you like medical dramas, with a little twist.

I doubt I will venture into the sewing room until this afternoon, so I can keep me feet up all morning.

Usually I end up running to the bathroom half a dozen times in the morning... so let's start counting.

Won't that be fun?  Counting how many times I need to pee!  lol

BACK LATER...

8.45 am. So far... Four.

I can already see a huge difference in me legs/feet! Whoop.

12.15 pm:   And I'm up to 7 times now!   It's such a relief there is a solution to the fluid retention.  I've suffered from fluid retention for about 40 years now, and no, it's not a problem with my heart, in case someone suggests that.

I've had all the tests, it is of undeterminable cause.  

YES, it might be due to my Diet Coke intake, but it's not going to kill me, so I will continue to drink it.

DIET COKE does not melt tar, or cause nails to disintegrate, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Oh and YES, I have tried 'doctoring and flavouring' water to make it more palatable to me.

DOES NOT WORK.  It is disgusting.

Now, what have I been up to this morning?

ABOVE:  I moved my Dad's chair from the lower sunroom area, up to this area.  Now the drying rack(s) can stay down in the lower area, out of the way.

I think it looks nice like this, getting rid of all three brown couches freed up lots of room in here.

ABOVE:  Stew completely unboxed the bath, and it is 100% fine.  That's a relief.

Do you think it's too soon to start nagging for it's installation?  😂😆😅

ABOVE:  After that, I went into the sewing room cos... well I love being in there making shit!

And I am 70% done with this one.  It's not going to have borders.

Right now though, I'm taking a break.  Having some lunch.

ABOVE:  It's 3 pm, and I just finished this fairly long Bee Braid Runner.  I love the bee in the middle.  

And that's me done sewing for the day.

It's time for a swim.

Our swim was just what we needed to cool down this afternoon.  

After that, we just chilled out for a while.

Stew is now at the pub for a couple of hours, and I'm pottering around, topping up the pool, picking tomatoes, watering the fruit trees and so on.

ABOVE:  I'm happy to say most of the fluid on my legs/feet has been piddled out.

THREE KILOS worth I might add.  That's a colossal amount of fluid to have on board unnecessarily.  

I might just stay here now, feet up until...