My Big Day Out!

Well, the new treatments that I am on for ME/CFS and fibromyalgia are really working! I am so happy! Yesterday, I was able to go out and walk to a waterfall with my crutches!!! It was AWESOME! =D I hadn't been able to walk more than a few meters for over a year - but now I can! Here are some pictures from my day out!

Lunch at the bakery:

We re-visited the structural S (I had to use my wheelchair for that bit LOL!):

We then visited the lolly shop (there is no way I could just go past that!), and then went to see the waterfalls. I used my new crutches to walk the short way down to the falls! I am so proud of myself, because it is the kind of walk that up until two weeks ago, I could never have done!!! The new crutches, + vitamin B12 and iron injections, + endone and endep, + salt tablets are really working!!! =D I took it slow and stopped for frequent rests (and had to crawl in some bits), but I made it!!!

 

  

Elle and I were crushed to see that our favourite bridge had been... well... crushed... by the recent floods!

I got very shaky and disoriented while we were there, and ended up stuck on a rock and missing a shoe. It was all part of the adventure! 

My disorientation also resulted in some interesting camera angles... I swear I was holding it straight! 

By the time we got back to the car, I was barely able to keep standing. It felt like I was still moving, even though I wasn't! Lol! I was very glad to climb into the car and fall asleep! 


Today I am having a rest day - not that I really have a choice... My body says so! LOL! I have been lying in bed and eating the spoils of the lolly shop visit, and cuddling my gorgeous baby, Moke! 

I started on dexamphetamines today - to hopefully help even more with my ME/CFS. I don't feel a huge difference - but I guess I am sort of sitting, and I am typing and not asleep despite overdoing it yesterday. Therefore I reckon they are probably working? LOL!


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My Second Adventure in Paper Quilling!

Yesterday and the day before, I tried some more paper quilling! (My first attempt can be seen here). This time, I tried to create an orchid - since the local orchid show is coming up, and if my creation turned out decent enough, I could enter it into the orchid craft contest at the show! Here is how it turned out:

I think it looks pretty cool! The middle looks like a hilarious face! I added my creation to a card to enter into the orchid show:

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Paper Quilling!

Today, the quilling supplies that I ordered last week arrived! I was so excited! I had been feeling really down (as some people know), and it was really cheering to have something so colourful and creative arrive in the mail! 

I am a total beginner at the art of quilling, but it looked like fun - so I ordered some beginner supplies. Here is a photo of the first quilling creation that I have created so far (the glue still has to dry!):

I made it for my mum, because I love her! 

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Some Pictures I Took In My Garden Today!

Some pictures of my garden:

Gorgeous Moke:

 Happy turtles basking in the sunshine:

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My Day!

Well, today I painted my nails! Pale purple with glitter for my fingers, and pink with glitter for my toes. I like having painted nails, because it makes me feel pretty =D It is awesome to finally have the energy to do things like that again after being too sick for so long!!! 

We also went to the river for lunch, and I used crutches instead of my wheelchair - for the first time in ages! It was SO AWESOME!!! =D 

I am a little too tired to write anything of substance tonight (even though I slept all afternoon after we got home lol!), but I am so so so happy to finally be feeling better enough to walk a little bit and sit and stuff, I had to share! =D
 
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