@mermaid thanks and yes two weeks to go and it has been a nightmare trying to sort the flooring out. It has even made me wonder if I am making a mistake. I am having Marmoleum Click fitted which are sort of like laminate but with a chemical free vynyl. However, the colour I want is out of stock till mid September EVERYWHERE so I have to move in without flooring.
It is a huge decision to go into sheltered housing and have to get rid of so much of your stuff. I am attached to my German built washing machine which will last forever but it has to go. I just hope it will not be a mistake. The coffee morning was a lovely thing to do - yes and shows how kind the warden is. She has been lovely.
I do hope you will soon improve from the crashing and will continue to pray for you. Anything on top of ME is hard isn't it and you have had your share. Especially being carer for your mentally ill son. That is tough and I feel for you having supported mentally ill family members before.
My health is going downhill and I am having a huge loss of hair. But my energy levels are staying okay due no doubt to adrenaline. Another good thing is that removals are being paid for by welfare assist and they will give me the money to get a fridge-freezer as I have separate units and they won't fit into the kitchen which is very small. I have thrown a lot of stuff out and have recognized that I am a hoarder!
Please take care of yourself and make sure you are getting the nutrients needed for healing.
@brenda.... I feel for you re the flooring and all of the other stresses of moving. I consider that I was so lucky to have the 6 weeks break with my sister in law so the legal stuff re the flat could be completed, and then the painting and flooring sorted out.
Yes, parting with old friends, be they washing machines, is a wrench. If my own experience is anything to go by, the washing machines are OK there re smell, but avoid the dryers as it seems it is those that impart the worst smells.
I looked at the possibility of moving into a Housing Association flat instead of buying one (mine is via Churchill), and it would have meant a long wait, plus the rooms were much smaller. I was impressed with myself, with no car, and living on top of a hill getting rid of stuff, but I did it over months not weeks. I also didn't reduce as much as I should and have brought half of my craft stuff, thinking that I might be more sedentary if the health dip continues.
How are you managing to get rid of things? Charities? It's a mammoth issue especially if you are doing it quickly. I used a local Facebook group to offer things for free, but even that took energy, as my house was hard to find and I had to send full directions to people. Happily I didn't bring any excess furniture, as I measured up well, but the boxes of 'stuff' were a lot. Not sure I would have considered myself a hoarder, but I did inherit things from my mum and husband only a couple of years ago, and am only slowly parting with some of them.
I didn't have the problem of getting rid of a washing machine or fridge/freezer luckily as the person buying was happy for me to leave them. Here I have a small kitchen, (with washing machine in the laundry), with a fridge and freezer and cooker installed.
I rather fear that I have been kept going on adrenaline for months, and certainly while I did my removals, so no wonder I am struggling now. I have only been going out once or twice a week here as too exhausted to do otherwise. I did manage a lovely trip yesterday to a co-operative lavender farm (well it's actually part of an allotment) where I could pick a large bunch, and also visit some lavender based stalls. It was very peaceful and enjoyable, though the bus trip was a bit stressful as I didn't know how to get there, but thankfully I met someone who was going in the same direction, and I got home fairly easily.
I am sorry about your loss of hair and downhill health. My hair is very thin now, but it's been going on a long time.
Thank you for your kind supportive comments. I am eating well - food means a lot to me! Not all of it is ideal, but I have an organic veg/fruit/meat/fish delivery each week here from Abel and Cole, and Ocado once a fortnight. I spend more on food than most as I feel it's important. I also take many supplements, but feel that I need something for my adrenals, and not sure there is an easy fix there (have tried various last year, but nothing seemed to make any difference). I had a test years ago via Dr Myhill and had the lowest score on Carnitine she had ever had, but wasn't able to tolerate the supplements. I am going to try it again, as I eat less red meat now, and it's in red meat. I had a 2nd test and I had improved but it was a long time ago.
I have herbs via a medical herbalist, (expensive) but am also thinking of paying out for functional medicine, as I have savings via an inheritance, and this is the worst I have been re ME for many years. I am looking at the list that Dr Myhill provides (Natural Health Worldwide) and trying to decide who to go for. On the plus side, I have improved hugely on 2 fronts over years - as long as I am careful, my digestion is good, and also my immune system feels a lot stronger, as I don't tend to get the odd reactions (sore throats etc) that I once did.
