5th December 2021 Had quite a busy week this week. Went to St Georges Conference Centre to complete our research into areas surrounding being sectioned. Had to leave this early in order to have my Covid booster jab. Fingers crossed I’m all protected, or at least as much as I can be. Travelled to Bury St Edmunds on Wednesday to see my friend in hospital. It was lovely to see her. I took her a food Xmas hamper and also a few Xmas presents. Visited her on Wednesday & Thursday. I wish I could do more for her. On Friday I saw my Community Mental Health nurse. There we no issues to discuss. We just re-capped on what I had been up to and what is happening over the next few days. I had to have some bloods taking at the doctors. Then I went to visit mum & dad. I think my mum is really struggling with her mood at the moment. It must be so hard for her not to be able to do things like she has in the past. I’m taking her out on Tuesday for her to get a few Xmas pressies so hopefully that will cheer her up a bit. Yesterday I had to have a tooth pulled out. Not very pleasant. Unfortunately I need to go back for another one extracting. Trying to get in to the Xmas spirit, writing cards & buying presents. Will hopefully get the tree up soon.
13th December 2021 I have eventually had my car bumper fixed. That was really stressing me out. There has been a lot of to-ing & fro-ing with the dealership. Seen a lot of the family last week which was great. I saw mum and dad on Tuesday, uncle & aunty on Wednesday, my sister-in-law on Saturday and then our grandchildren on Sunday. It has been lovely to catch up with them all. I’ve also had a lot of doctors appointments over the last week. They are still trying to find out through lots of tests what is going on. Hopefully they will come up with a diagnosis soon as I’m quite anxious about it all. I am still waiting for a start date for my new job. I am now hoping it will be after Christmas, although I am really looking forward to starting something new. I am eventually going to put up the Christmas tree today. Hopefully that will get me in a Christmas mood.
18th December 2021 Today is the first day in months that I have had the voice. I don’t know why it has come back. I am trying so hard to fight it. I’m not sure what to do. Should I phone my husband, a friend, the Crisis team or just try & battle it out?
24th December 2021 Well I managed to keep myself safe the other night. I spoke with my nurse today about it & she said I did well not to do what the voices were telling me to do. Like everyone else in the lead up to Christmas, it’s been quite a hectic few days. I am currently baking some buns for Christmas day & Boxing Day. Fingers crossed they will turn out ok. I’m really looking forward to spending the next two days with family. You can’t beat it.