3 weeks 2 days post op Buses and Firefox and MERITS

It has been quite a bit now since the op and I am still having trouble with my arms. I still get the same pains, I can move my neck to a point and then it hits a "bollard" and that is it. I really hope this state of play sorts it self out as the Hospital said by week 6.

I went for a long walk to day firstly to post some letters but I went a long way around. Then I read that one of my module assignments had come back and was ready to pick up. As I also needed to take a library book

back I thought I would go into town.

I wasn't going to walk in but as I was 20 metres from the bus stop it arrived and as I got 5 metres from the stop it departed so I walked to the main road into town and then decided to walk into the University.

I had my big coat on and a fleece and although it was cold outside I was really warm in fact I will have to have a breathable fleece as I was really sweating.

So I dropped the book off and went to the Faculty building to get my assignment. What a surprise I got when I read it, 67% that is really great as I had thought I had misunderstood a lot of what had been talked about but that is a merit and 3% short of a distinction considering I was incapasitated for most of the time at lectures I think that was brilliant I am so proud of myself, I didn't have anyone to share the moment with so I will wait til I get home to celebrate. I am using Google Chrome to publish this post and I am struggling on how toreduce the picture size. Also Firefox is playing up as I can't load up the browser I am also struggling with elements of the browser, I am not happy with Version 3

Recovery, Pain management and Weight gain

Woke up this morning after having had a great time at a friends house to see the England - Ireland rugby game ( less said the better)! Good company few drinks and little pain. The last time I had been to the house I lasted just over an hour before getting a taxi home because of the pain.
The conversation was good the company was good the laughs were excellent.
Now comes the downer, I had to resort to the dodgy pain killers which literally mess with my head but they do ease the pain. What could have caused it I don't know, had I slept in a strange position, the pain in the arms was back the numbness in the hands was back the pain across the shoulders was back! Just goes to show you can't take anything for granted. I have managed to float through the morning now with minimum pain but a feeling of strangeness which I don't like.
My local football team Newcastle upon Tyne have been beaten and I chose today to seriously cut down on my food intake so all in all not a good day.
I now weigh 95 kilos which has increased of late from 90 Kilos and I have decided to do something about it. I must admit I do put this rise down to my inactivity due to my slipped disc operation although I do tend to go for a walk each day. As a vegetarian I think I eat a minimal amount of fat. I have bran or porridge for breakfast with semi skimmed milk. I would eat cheese on toast for lunch or a boiled or fried egg. For dinner it will be some sort of pasta with a vegetarian sauce or veggie sausage and oven chips. Through the week I would have one night fried potatoes and mackeral or tomato soup. So I don't think I am gorging myself into oblivion but the fact remains I have put on weight and I know I have so I am now resigned to eating no bread but to have rye bread instead and to eat dried fruit if I need a snack and eat crumpets so I should cut the weight gain as long as I watch what I put on them :) My BMI has just shocked me as I scored 29.3 which means I am officially overweight so the new regime I am considering is worthwhile I am going to do this using Information Communication Technology (ICT) to chart my process so it will give me something to aim for and allow me to increase my ICT skills. That's what they call a "wake up call"