Pretty quiet huh?

[glenatron]

I have been quiet here for a while- been reading but not updating since that last clinic report, so what's been up?

Well, herecirm went away and came back. The coming back bit was best.

A friend paid for me to travel up to Scotland and back so I could teach her horse to load, so I did.

I felt increasingly ill for a few weeks- probably from before the clinic really - and it reached a head when I could hardly get out of bed for a week. It looks like I've probably got Mononucleosis ( Glandular Fever ) but the blood tests to confirm that aren't back yet. If I have got it I have at least not got it very badly as yet- I've been weak but not totally enfeebled - so I guess I'm lucky so far in that respect. I'm trying not to push my luck and do too much and just resting when I need to. I was a lot less bad last week and I've been back in work, albeit a little late in the mornings as I literally cannot wake up regardless of what alarms I set and it's probably best if I don't try too hard to.

It turns out I have so many opinions about horsey matters ( and I would like to be findable as someone in this part of the world who does know about these things ) that I have set up a Pragmatic Horsemanship blog in which I can post as much horse related nonsense as I want without upsetting anyone who doesn't want to read it. I can't guarantee I won't upset anyone who does want to read it as I do have opinions, but I like to think they're fairly common-sense, by and large and I'm always open to a persuasive argument.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/blitzen_/]

commenting on it is difficult! it wants all sorts of details. i hate my webskills. or lack thereof.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

It shouldn't do. Or at least it can, but you should just be able to sign in with any OpenID provider - I think that includes livejournal - or with Facebook or Twitter. I've tried to make sure it supports every possible existing log-in so that nobody has to create a new log-in...

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you've been laid low - hope the blood tests come back okay & you're soon on the road to recovery.

I really enjoyed the blog... Thanks for explaining the use of nose-bands going cross-country - Charm and I have often wondered, 'Why nosebands?'

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I think at the moment the best blood test would be a positive because it would give me a clear explanation for what is going on...

[oifonly.livejournal.com]

ack, glandular fever sucks. I had it while I was at college and pretty much spend several weeks either asleep or walking around like a zombie. Antibiotics should fix it tho. Hope you feel better soon - sounds like it's been going on a while!

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Apparently I have tested negative for actual Glandular Fever, but as I have all the symptoms there are a couple of related things that it could be that are basically the same but don't respond to the same test, so... erm... good?

[oifonly.livejournal.com]

ah, bugger. Well fingers crossed they work out what drugs you need soon and get you sorted!

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

It seems the main thing is to rest- it's a virus so there's no real medical solution, but for all the symptoms are unpleasant and debilitating it isn't normally very serious and should kind of go away of its own accord, which I think it is doing, slowly.

[oifonly.livejournal.com]

oh well. In that case, take it easy - as much as that's possible, anyway!