To give you a health update…  I am definitely improving but progress is very slow.  I get very frustrated with it all, especially on the days where it feels like you have taken three steps forward and two steps back.  Still, this is what I have been up to:

Wednesday:  Handed in big uni project a day early so that I wouldn’t have to do a presentation (can’t go in on a thursday at the mo anyway).  I managed to get it all done despite printing stresses etc.

Thursday:  Worked a lot in the day and then the evening was supposed to be a uni celebratory night out starting with live music at Slak.  We got to Slak, took a detour to the cash point so my tummy could calm down and finally walked inside.  It was very crowded and not many uni people were there.  We hung around for a bit and chatted to one of my tutors, but a combination of lots of people and it being the first hour or so that I was out, made me lose my nerve a bit.  The music was also a little painful!!  We left pretty hurriedly but decided to go to the Swan where some friends of ours were headed later.  We sat outside and listened to a mad rock band.  By the time Mark and Al arrived I managed to calm down a bit and we had a good laugh  Finally my brother and Russ joined us for a drink so that was nice.  I was really chuffed to have stayed out for a whole evening.

Friday:  JT had the day off due to working crazy hours last Sunday.  We did a bit of random and slightly sporadic shopping.  I had to endure the usual bout of IBS meets anxiety in shop - gut goes into spasm causing my body to move in strange ways - look a bit odd.  I finally wimped out of NEXT as JT paid and stood by the car.  Just then a Bible verse came to me which reminded me about how man looks at the outside and God looks at the heart.  This whole thing is about confidence (or a distinct lack thereof) and so I decided that I was going to be confident and walk back in not caring what I looked like or what would happen (easier said than done, but on this occasion it worked).  We looked round a bit more and then managed Sainsbury’s to buy some candles too (random!)  Unfortunately that evening I got a monster bout of IBS (pain, nausea, shaking etc).  I finally fell asleep at 5am, woke up at about 10am and am still suffering now.  Life is a bummer sometimes.  Excuse the unintended pun!!!  

Saturday:  We’ve actually been tidying the house!!  Rock AND roll…  I have just sat down for a break because I still feel horrible and very tired.  I think we are going to attempt a trip to the shop to buy something for tea in a minute and then I guess it’ll be X Factor tonight!