Birds, beach, bread and a bit of a whinge (ok, a big hissy fit).

My last post suggested that I was on the mend. I spoke too soon as the cough and congestion waxes and wanes and tantalises me with a day of feeling better then hits me a day of feeling like death warmed up.

One day last week I managed a walk across the footbridge to the main beach. It certainly blew the cobwebs away but the chest infection makes breathing a a bit of a challenge.

Anyway I saw this little chap ...

... and these two beauties - I could have touched them and they probably would have let me which is a concern as wildlife should not be tame as tourists are stupid not everyone understands not to feed/touch wild animals ...

The beach was wild and windy and cold and I loved every bit of it. 

Other than that very brief sojurn I was basically housebound with the lurgy. I did my U3A stuff and then would come home and veg on the couch.

When I was in Melbourne Three and I bought ourselves a bread making pan from Aldi. (It turns out Angela did as well).

The last time I cooked a slow cooker casserole I had enough liquid left over to freeze as a soup base and yesterday was the perfect soup day. I used the left over casserole, some frozen stock from god knows when and a bucket full of veges and made enough soup for 3 meals for both of us and one serve for one of us. I popped some parmesan on the bread with sesame seeds and it was an ideal winter dinner.
 

I had a doctor's appointment booked for tomorrow for my next script of Wegovy. I am pleased with how things are going. The food noise is subdued, the hunger is less intense and I haven't weighed myself once. I have one more dose in the fridge so need a new script filled and in my hot little hands by Wednesday of next week. This evening the GP practice rang me to say that my GP has called in sick and they have to reschedule. I have been given an appointment with a doctor I have not seen before for next Tuesday at 4pm. I hope this doctor doesn't get sick. I hope that she will give me the script. I hope that the chemist will have stock of the drug. I also found out that my GP only works one day a week here and one day in Bairndsale so getting see her regularly could be a problem. 

It is not the end of the world if I don't get the script except it sort of is. It took a lot of soul searching and courage to even make the appointment to discuss this. My GP said that she would only prescribe if she can monitor me on a monthly basis. She also said that if I miss a dose I have to drop back to the minimum which isn't an issue yet as I am still on the minimum. 

I am thinking of doing something I said I never would and investigate on-line doctors just for this. If it means I get a guaranteed continuity of supply then I feel I have to consider this option. 

Lord, I sound like a drug addict. It would be easier to get ice.

I was meant to be going to NSW on Friday to spend a long weekend with Two and his lot but they have come down with Covid. There is a particularly nasty weather event forecast for when I would be driving over the mountain so probably not a bad thing I can't go but it doesn't help me feel any better.

I have made falafels for dinner with spicy harissa veges which is perfect for this very cold winter's evening so I shall go and throw them in the oven, pour a glass of red wine and get over myself.