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Am feeling slightly better this lunchtime and I even managed some food: a pork casserole with a chunk of pineapple and a chunk of melon for dessert. I hope I continue to pick up as the day goes on.

The psychiatrist came to see me today,and it was good unloading on her a bit of how I an feeling (morose and gloomy as well as being ill). I want to go home just for half an hour or so to clear the kitchen of fruit and food stuffs that will go off and they're not letting me which makes me really angry. That's when living on your own really sucks. I've found someone who will do this for me but not until Saturday.

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I hope the doctors will find out what is causing the fluctuation in your temperature soon, Ffosse.

In the meantime just take one day at a time, they will discharge you when they think you’re fit enough to return home.

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The thing is, I'm frightened that I'll never be well enough to go home.

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Ffosse, I can well understand this is getting you down but it doesn’t help you having negative thoughts, that just makes you feel worse. Try to be a little more positive and tell yourself you are going to get better from this virus and every day is a day nearer returning home.

We are thinking of you and want you to feel better.

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I understand others' wishes for me. It's just hard when day by day I'm faced by some new complication or other.

Still, at least today I managed to pay my gas and electricity bills using my phone And I've ordered a couple of new t shirts after the socks and boxers near disaster.

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I had another Temperature spike this evening which I could feel coming on.

Firstly I felt shivery and cold so put a jumper on. The staff gave me paracetamol which didn't seen to make much difference.

Now I'm back to simply wearing a t-shirt and feel hot.

Still, at least I got a visit from my eldest sister, Anne, and she cheered me up. She's named as my next of kin so we were talking about wills and practical stuff which isn't as gloomy as it sounds.

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Oh Dreamy I am sorry I am away, and not able to support you properly.
Wills and stuff goodness you are going nowhere. They will eventually find the right treatment. Stay positive my lovely friend. X

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Well, I've to go for a CT scan this afternoon which will hopefully tell more about my infection. They just don't know where it is.

And I've had paracetamol this morning to bring down a temperature spike, it seems that's all they can do. The Consultant did say, though, that he didn't think any of my issues are cancer related which I suppose is a blessing

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I hope they find the problem today Ffosse. Try to stop worrying about fruit going bad in your kitchen. On a scale from 1 to 10 of what's important right now, bad fruit is a minus. Hope you feel better today.

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Thanks Longdogs. At least the fruit in the kitchen going off should be a thing of the past soon.