An unexpected letter

A letter from the hospital arrived this morning and I thought that the x-ray results had arrived much quicker than expected. But no - it was from the respiratory department with an appointment calling me in for some tests, so I have gone from knowing that I have rheumatoid arthritis to wondering what else I have.

I must admit that my shortness of breath seems to have got worse over the past week or so and I tend to get out of breath when I am walking. Obviously some of this is down to my weight, although I have managed to lose a few pounds recently, but it looks like there may be something else causing it. I suppose that there is no sense in worrying too much. I will know more at my appointment on the fifth of March.

The steroid injection I had last week doesn't seem to have kicked in although it knocked me for six on Wednesday and I missed the Dons' 3-3 draw with Motherwell. I did manage to make it to Pittodrie on Saturday though. Another draw. It would be great to actually see a victory!

I worked two days last week covering classes and am back to my normal three days sfl, starting tomorrow, unless I get pulled to cover classes.

Things I won't take for granted - being totally pain free. It hasn't happened for a while so here's hoping......

Thanks for reading and please comment and share. If you comment please leave your name - either by changing from anonymous or in the body of the comment.

Take care everyone - you never know what is around the corner.

Cheers

Rob


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  1. Anonymous19 February 2024 at 06:10

    Hopefully you can get to the bottom of the breathlessness Rob!

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    1. Shirley19 February 2024 at 06:12

      Oops that last comment was me!

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    2. Joanne Galloway19 February 2024 at 06:22

      It’s good that things are moving and you’ll know the full picture shortly ( fingers crossed) x hopefully get to the bottom of the breathlessness x

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  2. Debra Sherriffs19 February 2024 at 06:21

    Take care, hopefully you will get to the bottom of the breathlessness soon.

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  3. Sharon P21 February 2024 at 05:08

    Hope you get to the bottom of it soon. Remember when investigations are being done it's often the clinician being thorough and stinking to disruptive things rather than suspecting things. I learned that the hard way. And still get scan anxiety (yes that's a thing) but I'm learning to keep that in the 'don't worry about it' box.

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