Its Wednesday and I wake up feeling like my body has been given a pummelling but at least the blows have stopped. It would appear that my 28 day jabs are giving my body an increasingly hard time leaving me weakened and tired for longer than it used to. This morning I have no option but to get up as my partner is going out on business and there is a dishwasher doctor coming to look after Daisy, our sick dishwasher. So rather than my usual lazy waking routine I am up and breakfasted and doing life admin from the off. In preparation for Daisy’s operation I clear the mass of things that have accumulated under the sink cupboard and clear the area. All I have to do is wait for the engineer to arrive. My partner returns just as the engineer arrives.

My partner goes off to see her mother and the engineer cracks on dismantling Daisy who has become incontinent. From then on there is much activity taking bits off and putting bit back on. There are test runs and adjustments going on as I retreat to let the man work in peace and I start to draft the blog. I can hear there are several false starts as it is proving difficult to stop Daisy leaking from one of her inner pipes connected to the pump. Eventually there is failure, the right sealing kit has to be ordered, so it will be next week for the return visit. A new sealing kit is £46 so I just have to wait and let the guy ring me when the it arrives and he can get to us. So now I can get on with the rest of my day.

With the engineer gone I sit down and write a letter. I type it because writing with a pen is less comfortable due to my Dupuytren’s contractor in my right hand, mind you typing is also a bit more awkward. Having completed my letter and tucked it up in an envelope I venture out to the post office to send it on its way adn to buy a paper. Once home I settle down to do all the days crosswords, which I manage far better than previous days, so I am clearly getting better. I nibble a sandwich and read a bit before my partner returns from visiting her mother. It is only 4:30pm and already it is dark, the light rapidly failing. It feel as if winter is here and preparing to spring typical wintery weather on us. At these times I feel the urge to hibernate but there are still many chores to do before I can truly hunker down. Tomorrow is a day I must make the effort to train and to get to my chiropodist before the afternoon. Before then is an evening to fill, meds and bed.