WOODWILD

Still alive folks.
          Seems Lyme disease is what was ailing me. It was bad after having me at its mercy for 3 years. After the Doxycycline treatment which kills of the bacteria I have been left with Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (what many call Chronic Lyme Disease). What it means is I still get attacks of Lyme symptoms and they can be really disabling.  It seems the Lyme as played hell with my nervous system, my muscles, joints and tendons and there are times when I can barely walk and the muscle spasms keep me in bed. BUT... I am writing when it allows. Using OwainGlyn's suggestion A Long And Winding Road, I am writing a story about a boy escaping war. I've completed 4 parts but not published any yet in case I get worse and can't complete it. Days, weeks can go by without me being up to writing, but maybe I will publish, one day.
          Good luck and GOOD HEALLTH to you all.

Hope all my old friends and followers are OK.
          Well its been nine months since I last posted on here. Not a good nine months but time that may  (hopefully) prove to be a turning point for my health. I've been treated with Doxycycline for Lyme disease and that was an horrendous month in bed "herxing", but I survived (goodness knows how). 
          I'm not rash enough to say I'm cured, recovered and OK ; if I carry on as I am  I will wait another twelve months before  saying  that. And I have a number of Lyme related issues still to cope with which may need individual treatment but the greatest thing at the moment is the disappearance of the debilitating Lyme arthritis and brain-fog.  The lifting of the latter means I am looking for ways to exercise the old grey matter. That means doing a spot of writing.
          So... can I ask, as I have done in the past, that you offer up inspiration in the form of song titles?
          I found this really helpful in the past when I wrote Brown Eyed Girl and 100 Red Balloons as a result. I think a short story suggest from a song could be just the tonic I need now. I'm not ready to commit to a long story.
          Looking forward to your suggestions.

Hey,hope you are well?I've not been on here for ages,just looking people up I used to speak to way back when

Hi to you all. 
          This is in response to messages from LittleJoe and Ajay. Thanks guys for troubling to check on me. I don't spend a great deal of time online these days; maybe just posting a few photos on Face Book but not writing. You all know my heath history over the past couple of years and how I was diagnosed with a form of PTSD and linked migraines. Well, having had a persistent visual disturbance for so long without a days respite I took myself off to my optician who actually asked me to describe in detail what was wrong (the first person to do so).  He ran tests and assured me the visual disturbance was NOT migraine. I have a Macular detached retina and because of Covid I am on a waiting list running back to beyond last Christmas.  That is why I'm not using my PC a great deal, my vision is too impaired to allow me to work for more than a few minutes. So forgive my absence. Hope you are all keeping well and avoiding the dreaded bug.

just stopping by, i hope you're well.

All the best to my friends and followers for Christmas and 2021.
          
          I hope that I shall be able to get back in your ranks and start writing again before too long.

Thanks for the follow.. hopefully you'll enjoy more of my poems.
          Best of luck for your writings!

TO ANYONE who has not yet read and wishes to read all, or part, of my poetry collection, WINDHOVER DAYS......
          Due to the recent death of my friend, who is at the centre of this tribute, I have given the book to her son and so I shall be removing it from my Wattpad  collection on the 13th September.  Though I retain Copyright on the book it will be his  to do with has he pleases. So if you so wish, read while you can.

Hope you are all doing well and knocking out some great, imaginative writing.
          Some of you may still be wondering what's going on with me and why I'm still absent from WP.
          Well, the Dr is working to find out what is at the root of what is a sternocleidomastoid condition. There are several things that can be causing my problem but until the hospital is seeing non-emergency cases mine remains a mystery. But if you are at all interested google sternocleidomastoid syndrome to learn a bit about the misery of what ails me.

Being treated for Chronic Sinusitis which it seems I've had for about 18 months and is very well established causing around head pain, neck, should and back pain and aches and pains in muscles and joints.
          Dr tried Doxycyclin but I had a reaction to it so now I'm on Trimethoprim and after 10 days there is a difference. It's going to take a while but at long last I have a grain of hope to hang on to.  Computer time is limited as it aggravates the condition as does eating meals at the table... But at least now I can report an advance (hopefully).