3rd June 2017

I feel like a broken record. Today I had to phone the hospital, I've put it off and put it off but my chest seems to have gotten a bit of an infection so I'm spending my afternoon conducting a wedding before heading up for a doctor to have a listen and hopefully send me away with antibiotics.

I know I'm being optimistic.

I just keep reminding myself that I'm very fortunate   to be alive, so these are blips. Nothing too serious , but trying to get numerous chronic conditions to behave all at once is proving to be tough at the moment.

It feels like a giant domino line up and hopefully I'm coming to the end of it and I'll get some time to spend at my home.

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