I have been chronicling my move with ME here over the past months, with long gaps in between. It was lucky that I had a 6 week break with my sister in law and her husband not too far from where I have moved to, as at the time I was already suffering from exhaustion/PEM, and to have come straight here might have finished me off.
I honestly don't know how I could have done it better - moving alone, with little support, but this break in the middle was wonderful. They were kind and supportive, and brought me up to my new flat (Greater London) by car - only about an hour from Brighton and Hove on the coast of Sussex where I was in fact brought up.
I have been here 12 days and there are still many boxes to unpack, but I am getting there. The removal company were not great, but that's another story.
On the plus side it's a pleasant flat and not too noisy if my door to the garden is kept shut. I am lucky so far with little noise from above (some distant buzz of the TV sometimes) and the one neighbour one side. Not so good is that the flat is nearer to a main road than I realised (I didn't actually see the flat before buying it as too far to travel), and I am used to a much quieter environment. It's not too bad with the door shut though, and I don't hear much in my bedroom so no sleep disturbance.
The bus stops are very close, and I hope to be able to use my Freedom Pass to get to the parks here nearby. The other residents seem mostly friendly, but they are generally older than I am and most come from this area and so have friends locally. It's quite challenging to come to a new place to start again at the age of 70.
My biggest worry at present is the possible battle I face with my thyroid med being stopped or challenged (Liothyronine/T3) - it's hard enough to get a small dose of it with T4, but I have been on T3 monotherapy for 9 years. Local endocrinologists I have discovered do not approve of it - at all! Currently I get it for free, on the NHS, but I suspect I will end up self supplying while I am going through this. I have a pharmacy review tomorrow on the phone, so no doubt I will hear the worst soon....
I honestly don't know how I could have done it better - moving alone, with little support, but this break in the middle was wonderful. They were kind and supportive, and brought me up to my new flat (Greater London) by car - only about an hour from Brighton and Hove on the coast of Sussex where I was in fact brought up.
I have been here 12 days and there are still many boxes to unpack, but I am getting there. The removal company were not great, but that's another story.
On the plus side it's a pleasant flat and not too noisy if my door to the garden is kept shut. I am lucky so far with little noise from above (some distant buzz of the TV sometimes) and the one neighbour one side. Not so good is that the flat is nearer to a main road than I realised (I didn't actually see the flat before buying it as too far to travel), and I am used to a much quieter environment. It's not too bad with the door shut though, and I don't hear much in my bedroom so no sleep disturbance.
The bus stops are very close, and I hope to be able to use my Freedom Pass to get to the parks here nearby. The other residents seem mostly friendly, but they are generally older than I am and most come from this area and so have friends locally. It's quite challenging to come to a new place to start again at the age of 70.
My biggest worry at present is the possible battle I face with my thyroid med being stopped or challenged (Liothyronine/T3) - it's hard enough to get a small dose of it with T4, but I have been on T3 monotherapy for 9 years. Local endocrinologists I have discovered do not approve of it - at all! Currently I get it for free, on the NHS, but I suspect I will end up self supplying while I am going through this. I have a pharmacy review tomorrow on the phone, so no doubt I will hear the worst soon....