getting to the roots of things

This blog post is a follow on from recently upload youtube video click here to view Living with chronic headaches.

Chronic head aches can be severely debilitating and soul destroying, I have been suffering with them for over a year now! They came on a few month following a full face impact into a side of a bus! Ouchhy you may think. Yes it was not to mention highly embarrassing landing as a heap on the floor of the bus! A kind man got up to lift me up off the floor and dusted me off. I felt sore and  disgruntled more than anything and  annoyed that the bus driver failed to notice anything had happen, 

but following on from the accident I had some discomfort around my nose and a slight headache, It was expected after such and impact but it wasn't anything I was overly worried about, If anything
I counted all my fingers and toes that I got away with only slight injuries. So I persuded the company
to report the accident.. not for Selfish gain more to get the drivers to slow down and take bit more care on there narrow country roads! where many have sheer clif top drops YIKKES!! yes very Yikes,
 but went through with claiming compensation, But soon enough the whole incident was all forgotten about and I carried on with my Employment and the rest of my life.

Then came September some six months later, I started to suffer head aches the odd one or two was unusual for me so this was more of an irritation to me, but then moving from to the end of September the begging of October they started to get worse. They where getting more and more frequent going from one or two a week to nearly everyday. The pain was getting more and more intense that the general Paracetamol wasn't killing the pain or for that matter getting any where near touching it.

This is the time to PANIC.....no no it wasn't but was the time to go on the hunt for my Gp.
This is where the fun begins ( If only hey) I use the term fun is a very sarcastic way.

Unbeknown to be me this was the start of weeks and months escalating to a year long battle with every Medical professional that I needed scans and referrals. that sad truth about the NHS system is that if you come in walking or make you're own way to hospital that you are likely to be made to wait subjected to a torrent of unnecessary questions and stupid waiting times, If however you are transport less or deam your Condition bad enough to require and AMBULANCE then to call one you are straight in. no waiting around for doctors to or nurses to treat Mr student with the bad case of the hangover, but are seen and treated like a Genuine person will and Illness!

What I find increasingly frustrating is that then NHS rather spends hundreds of our (taxpayers) money on pharmaceuticals to treat symptoms rather than spending that money on scans test and specialities to treat under lying causes and treat them. Why dope someone up too the eyeballs and give them enough pain relief to knock out a bull, wouldn't it make more sense to spend the money on treating the person and getting the off there case load?! This I feel is what I'm constantly Coming up against. The figure fixing statistic forming poor approach to health care. It's no longer there in interest of patient or there care but more to satisfy the local health board and to 'save' money. Although I can't see alot of saving going on to be honest.

All in all I feel extremely let down by the NHS, I feel frustrated that it's still a service in which I am finding myself battling against to get basic help, Some thing has to change and very soon,

Have you ever heard a goose say thank you.

 So today was one of those days that as you stand peering out of your rain covered window
in a deary Thursday morning. What on earth did I get up out of bed for?!

The day started well, despite the weather, I resolved to keep my optimism that I would be able to
get everything done before dark. This largely consisted of walking the hound at least twice and motivating myself off the sofa and to go film a video for youtube. After all I was the one responsible
for setting myself the challenge of the week long up load. Everyday this week something as come up and has forced me to film later and later comprimising my good day light hours in which I can film.

Today was going to be one of those days, only difference was that I didn't realize how much of my time would be take up, so after my first assesment of weather and how much light I had.  I decided that I needed a sit down and plan this video (without a plan I just babble on for ages). Then came the STORM

I heard something on the news the night before about severe weather front heading for Britain but as we are some distance from the sea I didn't really take much notice.

But boy was this weather strong or what?  I walked the dog at 10.30am and was drenched through too erm.....well I'm sure you can guess where. The wind was strong but nothing I hadn't seen before! I came inside tried and failed at hiding from the wet rat... Oh wait, it was a dog. 
I could hear an awful roar from outside. The wind and rain came hurtling towards our house as we sit at the very top of the valley. It hit our house with some incredible force and well, it caused havoc. We had rain filled gusts of up to 70mph blowing apart anything standing in it wake. Our chickens had taken to hiding in their house, the geese resolved to acting tough guys and stayed in the garden out in the elements.  Well not really, the wind had shut the door to their house!

So after battling  with the wind and running around like a mad women to stop stuff flying away and damaging the house and cars, my mum and I decided we seen enough of the tough guy act from the geese ( I mean there is only so long you can keep that up for). We got them a fresh clean bed and opened the door to let the gooseys in! Sid and Gussy where thrilled to be in the dry and in nice comfortable house, after a bucket of food was brought to them Sid shoved his head in to gobble up a mouth full of poultry wheat then looked at my mum with his head cocked to one side and squawked a thank you. Delightful!  That's why you have animals, even when the weather is foul!