My boots for Scotland. Where else? The three below are just some others that found their way here.
The Welsh went well. Whitney won her Limit class and went on to win the RCC. She now has 3 CC and 4 RCC. From now on she is in the Open Bitch class.
This weekend we have two shows on Saturday and Sunday in Scotland. The Scottish Kennel Club Show is on Saturday at the Royal Highland Showground and the Scottish Lhasa Apso Club show is in Boness on Sunday.
I leave here Friday and come back Monday. I am nervous about this trip. It is the first time I have been away like this on my own since my disease took hold. I was telling Mandy how I was concerned about getting dressed or undressed after the show and she told me that she was staying in a hotel close by and just to call her and she would help me as long as she didn't have to see my 'winkie'!
Yesterday I did nothing but the essentials-i.e the dogs. I could barely walk and John had to haul me out of bed. I took plenty of drugs and slept well in the afternoon and last night. I am not swimming today and will have another rest day. In fact I might have rest days until I I go to Scotland on Friday. (Oh saw the doc and she upped the amytryptaline to see if that will help me sleep better without the spasms that wake me. I was right about the sleeping pills not being the answer-she said we would have nowhere to go once they stopped working, and they will stop working if one takes them nightly. It seems that the spine damage in the thoracic region is what causes these spasms. My three worst regions are lumbar, thoracic and cervical-so basically the whole spine! It is rather weird where one gets the pain which stems from these three damaged areas. I also found out that arthritis attacks different joints at different times. Hence why the pain seems to move around. My hands have been okay for a while now but not my feet. I also discovered that my Docs really do help. As soon as I had them off, my feet and lower legs started and I had much difficulty walking. It feels like they crunch when I move. It's the Airwair souls on the Docs that make all the difference. Of course they are very difficult to get on and off, and oft times impossible on my own!)
Whitney is in season, started yesterday. I hope Bridget and Carly come in too a sit will be easier to have them all done with together. I am now having to keep James and Luque away from them and they can't go out together into the garden.If the two young girls do come in season, then this will go on for a month. Longer if they don't synchronize. The one drawback to keeping dogs and bitches as indoor pets rather than kennels. Anyway, it will not be much of a problem until the girl)s) ripens. Then the boys will be really distracted!
7 comments:
You certainly looked dapper in the snapshot. Bright primary colors are such a mood-lifter, don't you think? And, how about that lovely little Whitney. How fortunate to have your pets to care for and distract you somewhat from your pain. Give those little pooches a nice scratch behind the ears for me!
you look fab, anyway.
it's weird how the condition of your feet can have such an effect on other parts. i used to see a myotherapist and he tried to massage my feet once. i turned greenish, and became violently ill, to the point that i had to have someone drive 20 miles to come get me, as even after 2 hours, i was still too sick to drive. i'm supposed to be wearing orthotics in my shoes, but due to the ridiculous health care situation in the US, there is not 1 foot specialist listed as accepting medicaid within 75 miles of my home. that's just beyond stupid. about the orthotics--it's actually supposed to help correct the problems with my spine, not necessarily issues with my feet.the chiropractor says my feet hurt because my spine is twisted just a fraction of a fraction of a milimeter.
odd. but i get what you're saying. best of luck at the shows.
risiko
Love the shoes and boots! You are the Imelda Marcos of Cambridgeshire! :) Well done to Whitney!
as far as your "winkie", if she hasn't seen one before, she won't know what one is and if she has, she won't be surprised by it. My theory anyway.......LOL
Congratulations on Whitney's accomplishments in the show ring, and waiting to come into season until after she'd won ... how did she do that? I'm sorry, but you will HAVE to get the pink kilt to match the tartan boots, no two ways about it.
Those boots are amazing - where do you find them? I would love to know some of the suppliers - they would lok great on me in my wheelchair :)
Reading earlier posts on your blog you mention problems with nightmares/vivid dreams and that you take amatryptyline(sp?) I found one of the side effects was this and higher dose = more of them. I know the drugs available to treat pain etc are very limited (personal experience) and that you may have no other options but you may find this side effect outweighs the benifits of this particular drug....and of course they can cause weight gain over a period of time (again personal experience)
Thought I would mention this as someone who had this problem so you realise it may not be "you" or your past so much as the drug *smile*
Enjoy scotland!
Colin, you are the absolute KING of the boots world! Fabulous wear.
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