Saturday, 27 March 2010

Bones and Bathrooms, Heartache and headache

Things have been stressful lately. New bathroom works started last monday, and amazingly, finished on friday. Apart from the hiccup where this morning I had to call the plumber out again, the lovely new shower having ceased to work three minutes into the shower, it went quite remarkably smoothly. It was not without stress....but it was OK. I coped. Yay me. I may even start kitchen works soon. So you see, I can DO building works now...
What overshadowed all of it, was that lovely son managed last saturday, to break three bones in his ankle, while on a drunken end of term night out. I got a very VERY scary call from the hospital he was taken too, which managed to tell me he had been admitted, without telling me what had happened. It took an anxious ( anxious? I was in bits!) 10 minutes before I finally got through to him, and heard what has had happened. His mobile wasn't working and he couldn't call me, which is why the scary message thing happened. Honestly,. The NHS was lucky it didn't have another admission with a heart attack....
Anyway, poor baby is still in hospital, 300 miles from me, and can't be operated on until tuesday, because of swelling. I absolutely HATE that I am not with him, and spend much of my time wanting to cry. Even though I know he is fine and being looked after....
I can't just rush up there......because my ex is there. Well she lives up north. Its easy for her to get to him. And she IS, and he is getting the best of care...and I speak to him several times a day. And its fine really. Except it physically hurts to have him so far away when I know he is in pain and in trouble. This probably doesn't make sense to anyone reading who doesn't know the whole story.....but trust me, its best if I DON'T go up and muddy the waters...so....
On top of that, I have had a headache for over ten days. It started on a Wednesday evening, when I had a massive row with B. The kind of row where you think, really, this is absolutely the end of this, because I just cannot, will not, do this any more....as it happens, we did, kind of, make up that evening. But still, I was left feeling very, very sad. I cried. When I cry, it actually makes me feel ill. I get flu like symptoms, and a headache.....
Even though we made up....kind of...I woke the next morning with a headache still.....and it just has not really lifted for more than a few hours since. Painkillers keep it manageable. B has done some massage a couple of times which helps short term, but doesn't fix. It is quite agonising sometimes. I don't really get headaches normally, so it is also quite frightening. There is a bit on my head at the back which makes me feel quite sick to touch, it hurts so much. I am not sure what to do. It feels to me that this is stress related and tension related. But who knows. Maybe I need to go and see a doctor, but my instincts tell me that GP's don't really deal with this kind of thing...
I am a bit of a mess right now.
Tired, anxious, and a bit sad.

5 comments:

  1. Glad your bathroom installation went okay. I'm sure you're glad you did it in the end, even though it was stressful even just thinking about it!
    Your poor son! I can only imagine how helpless and awful it feels for you to not be there - I know that I would hate, hate, hate it if I couldn't be with DD, for whatever reason, if she was in hospital. I hope his surgery goes well and he recovers quickly.
    Have you considered a chiropractor for your headache? It does sound stress-related, and as my chiro has told me, sometimes when we are under stress, our bodies tense up in weird ways, affecting our nerves and causing us pain in odd places. A chiropractic treatment or two might be worth a try, anyway.
    Be kind to yourself! xo

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  2. Oh no, your poor son. I can imagine how you must feel; can you get him down to stay with you once he has been sorted and plastered up properly? Not sure what to say about the headache, but it does sound bad; it must be worth talking to your doctor at least. S/he may not be able to deal with it but may be able to point you in the right direction to find someone who can.

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  3. Lovely honest post.
    I know how you feel not being with your son. My son contracted TB in India in Varanasi. He rang from the hospital coughing up blood, insisted I shouldn't fly over. It was just sooo terrible, not knowing if I should go or not.

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  4. oh lovely. I am so sorry. I hope things are improved now and that your head is better. It sure sounds like stress to me. Maybe a cranial massage would help? love to you and your son.xxx

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  5. I'm sorry about your son but he has youth on his side, so I'm sure he'll be as right as rain in no time at all.

    You, on the other hand, are sounding very depressed and overwhelmed. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I don't like "B". He just seems to add so much drama to your life. But you can tell me and my opinion to fuck off.

    In any event, I'm glad that you're back posting!

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