This week has continued in a similar vein to last week. Quite a lot of pain and discomfort and not much activity. Yesterday I managed to make my back much worse by coughing! Not to be recommended, especially when you have to go an have a blood test at RBH!
Thankfully I had an appointment with my wonderful GP today, who was very reassuring but also very thorough. After lots of prodding and pushing she feels that it is probably connected to my muscles but just to rule out anything else I am to have an x-Ray when I come back from Bath. She also suggested that if I still have the pain the following week I should contact oncology to arrange a bone scan. In the meantime I have more painkillers, muscle relaxants and exercises to do. My blood results are ok and don't show any problems from the azathioprine - so far! I will increase the dose when I return from holiday and have more blood tests.Thankfully she was happy for me to go away and to wait to increase the azathioprine when I come home. I am so thankful for her wise advice and her thorough care of me. I feel in safe hands.
I am really looking forward to time away with Paul and some different walls to look at! we have booked a lovely little flat in the centre of Bath only minutes from the Abby and the baths. Hopefully we will be going to the thermal spa to swim in the open air pool and have afternoon tea. We have also booked tickets to see Pygmalion at the theatre. I am really hoping that my back continues to improve over the weekend and with the painkillers I am able to cope. It would be really lovely to see a bit of sunshine too - or is that asking too much? I am off now to write a packing list - I hadn't wanted to do that before as I wondered if I would manage to go .
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