Goodbye August – Hello September

In It is September already, how did that happen so quickly.  Where did the Summer months go and now it will all be about Christmas. So what has been happening in the StressedMum world. Lets say Goodbye August – Hello September.

Starting with C

As you know C has been ill for over 4 years with a chronic illness.  This has robbed her of so much of her life and now we are sorting out her teeth.  Before she became ill she had beautiful teeth, but the illness and medication have had a huge effect on them.  Due to another condition she has problems with her jaw making dentist trips a nightmare. So we had a referral to a dental hospital where we were looking at her having the work done under GA.

We had the appointment two weeks ago, and they think they can work with her without putting her under and without making her open her mouth any wider, that was a huge relief.  She now has 5 appointments at another hospital to have the work done.  Unfortunately they are early morning and I have no idea where the hospital is. I will also have to wake her early as her medication makes her drowsy, so that should be fun.

Her headaches

I realised last week, that we last saw her Neurologist Consultant in April, and it was supposed to be every 4 months.  So I contacted them last week and had a reply she was on the list for October and I will hear something this week. In my mind they forgot about her.

In August we had her Optical appointment two weeks ago and apparently all fine but her discs are inflamed.  We have seen an improvement in her as her headaches have not been 24/7.  Unfortunately last week they came back and she has been so ill with them.  I can not get hold of her supposed Consultant and got told to take her into A&E which we have done many times, sit there for over 7 hours and get sent home.  She is 16 in November hopefully we can get her a new Consultant as she will be classed as an adult.

Now For Me

I have been suffering this year also. It is the dreaded menopause and since January things have got a lot worse.  I kept seeing my GP begging for something to be done.  Eventually I had a Gynecologist appointment and was given some miracle tablets to stop bleeding. In August I was also booked in for a hysteroscopy, and a couple of other things.

I had this done in August, I will not go into detail but had them worrying about me a couple of times. It is an experience I never want repeated.  They took biopsies from my womb at the same time and I have an appointment this month to discuss this.  I have had a letter and should not have googled what it meant.

I have not felt right since the hysteroscopy and am suffering all the time with pains, so no idea what is going on with me at the moment.

In other news

We have had no holidays or days out due to C, so we have been looking at redecorating her bedroom for her.  Getting her to discuss anything is a nightmare bless her.

I hope you have had a good August, what nice things have you done? Were you glad to say Goodbye August – Hello September?