28th Jan – hmmm. Should have gone to dentist a couple of weeks ago…

Or at least made an appointment!

Long and short, I’m in pain and bloody knackered!

Went to bed last night, it was quite late, courtesy of my love affair with my new phone 😉

Cuddled into Paul, which means I was lying on the bad mouth side, turned over, and the agonising throbbing was relentless! Got up at 11.45pm took some prescription strength codeine which also has paracetamol in, went back to bed, tried sleeping flat on my back, unnatural for me, but obviously my head kept lolling, so an hour later I took ibuprofen. Tried again to sleep, half an hour later, in agony, I came down stairs, propped up cushions on the sofa and tried to sleep sitting up!

3 hours! That’s how much sleep I got.

Work was… fun! A real scrappy day, loads of issues and I had a ridiculously fuzzy head. Peter very kindly suggested I work from home, at least I was in the comfort of my own home then. Liz and Peter were great, they picked up some of my work.

I tried to sort out dinner, Paul had to take over for me.

The annoying thing is that I’m in a really determined mood at the moment, I’m desperate to be serious about my fitness! I need to get on with it! Instead, I’m sitting here at 8.30pm feeling slightly drunk 🤨

I called the dentist, they originally advised they could see me in March. Luckily the receptionist realised I’m quite desperate, so I now have an appointment 11th Feb.

In the meantime, in an effort to get some form of exercise today, Paul and I walked to the shops so I could buy anbesol (an antibacterial and antiseptic mouth gel) corsydl gel (to use after brushing my teeth) and a super soft bristled toothbrush.

God I hope I sleep tonight!

So, here’s my day today…

Food – 40g natural nuts, 90g dried fruit, 1 hard boiled egg and a cheese portion.

Lunch was salad, with a dressing this time. And quite late as I just didn’t want it.

Dinner was chicken in a maggi bag, with a pepper, onion, mushrooms and a load of garlic, and oven cooked spuds.

Fluid – Paul made me tea this morning, he realised I would need a hot drink bless him.

I haven’t had a glass of milk today, I’ll have a warm milk tomorrow, maybe add a bit of honey.

In total I’ve had 5 cups of tea, and another one on the go now.

Exercise – disappointingly not much. My watch shows I’ve done 24 minutes of activity, and the gentle walk to and from the shop has added about 2000 steps to my step count, which brings it up to 3600 steps for the day.

At this rate I’ll make it up the first 100 metres of Snowdon!

So, here’s to hoping for a good night’s sleep tonight!