bad to worse

As if I wasn't already unlucky enough having caught a sore throat and cold last week, I manage to top it off by catching some kind of stomach bug just as I started to shake off the cold. If I'm honest, I almost wonder whether it was the vomiting that finally killed whatever bug had decided to cling to the inside of my throat and make it feel like a rusty cheese grater.

Needless to say eating *anything* went completely out of the window once that started; I don't think I ate anything for about 48 hours straight (until my housemate told me that I'd probably make myself worse by not eating), because I just didn't trust my body not to just forcibly remove it all as soon as I'd swallowed. Thankfully it didn't seem to be quite as nasty as the last time I had a one of these V&D things, which took me out for about two and a half weeks, about a year ago. I am wondering now, in the light of recent discoveries occasioned by the mega-diet, whether the doctor's advice last year might have contributed to the bug's persistence. Daily pro-biotic yoghurt drinks, he told me (even though i've always thought you were supposed to avoid dairy if you had a tummy upset). Well, as it turns out that it's quite likely that I have a dairy intolerance, maybe that's what made it last so long.

So anyway, that pretty much put paid to all of my plans for most of the week. So much for starting the term as I mean to go on, I managed to attend 1 of 3 seminars and 1 of 3 lectures. At least I'm fairly up to date with the reading so catching up shouldn't be too great a chore...

Hopefully next week will be a bit more successful. Fingers crossed, anyway. The MS seems to be playing up a little bit at the moment too, which makes things fun. I'm not entirely sure whether it's because the nortriptyline has finally worn off, or if it's because the neuro pain has got worse, but the pregabalin sure as hell isn't touching the spot right now. I'll have to remember to mention it to the quack when I go in about getting the implant (which I still need to book an appointment for). Can't wait. No periods for 3 years??? I'll sign up for that!! :D

Oh yeah, almost forgot to give my weigh-in update. 14st 2lb. *Almost* 2 stone gone!! Only another 2 1/2 to go! :)