Tag Archives: Advice

Acupuncture on my tendinitis ankles

So, we finally came to a decision, the tendinitis of my ankles is more than likely caused by the sarcoidosis, and as I have been on upto 40mg of Prednisolone per day for approaching two years its time to try get off it, well, reduce it and see what happens?


OK the quality is not brilliant from my mobile, I do have a decent camera but keep forgetting! We know that reducing the Pred will cause some problems to raise an ugly head that it has been masking, so lets see how the needles help with my sarcoid ankles.


What I will say here, that above needle on the left I certainly felt, but not in the pain as you might expect, it were a very strange yet relaxing sensation that also mildly went up my leg!

I could find it very easy to drift away while having those little needles shoved in me, hmmm, yes I certainly enjoyed them, oh, its mental pain I don’t like, so lets see what happens over the next few weeks.

Tonight im due to be flooded…

The police at the door, and warned the the river Wharfe is due to rise by another three foot, jeez, that’s the ground floor flats flooded, so to press here are my actions to cope with a flooded flat;


But the Doc Martens are so important, I have not worn them yet until the red laces arrive, ah, yes some other stuff important on that settee too!


Just in case you have thoughts about my bed, well that there king size finally comes into reasoning, after ten years it has a purpose, oh, those curves are the nearest I get to curves these days!


I really do thank a friend for reminding me to look after ‘Scampi’ my Chile Rose tarantula!


Then it comes to me, my bed is full, erm, OK I will ditch on my settee, two bottles, feet up, Bob Dylan, sit back and take it easy, we can not stop the over powering force of nature – water, today the river Wharfe burst its banks and tonight it is due to flood us!

Should sausages be pricked for cooking?

Its a question that seems somewhat poked alot, many say to let the fat cook the meat inside the sausage skin, yet many say poke the sausage allowing it to be cooked in the fat? Regardless of what the photo shows I do not prick my sausages, especially as these days they are getting much less fattier, so we are sold!?

Leeds Remploy

Hey, I have an appointment at Remploy in Leeds, its next week, this could be a brilliant chance to getting back into work, might only be a few hours per week. They do get quite a few vacancies through, the thing is too, employers seem to put trust in disabled people, that word ‘disabled’ jeez I never thought I would be using it, or actually have it.

And so the story continues, despite all the medics proving I was unfit for work on 2nd June 2011 Atos failed me, the benefits know im genuine and should not have been failed, my ESA appeal is now at the higher courts in London, Im quite sure what the answer will be but this time Atos have hugely got it wrong, I will up date later as I always wanted to get back into work, I just needed the support that was promised and then kicked out!

Just maybe the Leeds branch have more opportunities for employment?

The Lynx manwasher kit

I just had to do it, having £10 in Boots vouchers to spend, Lynx had this offer on for the manwasher, I finally used it as advised and used the showertool to make my skin an equal pink all over, very nice but I just could not reach some areas… offers from nice and gentle females welcome!

Tesco’s new fruit juice cartons

Well well, these new fruit juice cartons of Tesco’s that they claim to be easier to open, not so im afraid, tried a few times and failed terribly, but could it be my overly strong thumb?

After pulling it up quite softly I ended up giving it a really good tug, and yes, the easy opening pulled off quite easy!

And so I reverted to the best knowledge I could and stabbed a few holes, this worked a treat, Tesco fruit juice containers, yes I will be passing on the message to them!

Can sarcoidosis cause blindness

Yes blindness can be temporally and/or permanent and usually through Bilateral Uveitis. What are sarcoidosis eye symptoms though? its a question that seems to be brought up quite a bit, here is information on eye problems brought on by sarcoid including blindness. Hoping this straight forward explanation helps those who certainly – like me – do not like too much technical terms within many organisations explanations!

This is the link; What is Bilateral Uveitis?

Learning laughter therapy!

Laughter the best medicine they say, hmmm. well here I attempt some forced and unforced laughter, did it make me feel better? have a watch and find out how to laugh, join in and see how you feel…

Bailiff’s and debt

Bailiff’s are used when

What is a bailiff? Owing debts like county court judgements, council tax, parking fines, court fines, and dropping behind significantly, then a bailiff may visit your home. If you ignore reminder and warning letters the bailiffs will eventually be involved. For clear advice please continue reading on Bailiff’s and debt.

How to cope with bankruptcy and going bankrupt

Thinking of going into bankruptcy and need advice? Most of us believe it will never happen; illness, loss of job, loss of home, folks can have many reasons and it does happen, we go bankrupt and struggle with going through it. For what ever reasons if your debts are continually building you must talk with those who are owed, if you know you cannot pay to clear your debt within lets say five years then its time to make appointments with the CAB or CCCs as both are free. On the other hand, if you are thinking about an IVA then do think very seriously as this can actually delay going bankrupt by five years, whereas in that time you could have been bankrupt and slowly getting life back on track again. For much more straight forward advice continue reading How to cope with bankruptcy and going bankrupt