Deirdre Geraghty

I saw my doctor yesterday – well she was filling in for my GP who is away for a bit. She was very good to put up with me jumping from ailment to ailment but I now believe that she took me seriously. I have found nhs health care in Norwich to be excellent despite there being waiting lists for some things.

My angry tendon is really hurting this morning – l can’t think that I have done anything with it but I do most things with my other hand these days.

One of the weather forecasts said snow here in Norwich last night but, thankfully, l haven’t seen any!

My weight management programme that I have been on for one year has come to an end and I have been a little reckless for the past week or two but I am back on the straight and narrow…

I don’t know why there’s such criticism of Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party although it suits the Conservative Party and their followers to keep at it. I really feel that Labour have done really well in their first four months in power and, although they have had to do some unpopular things, they are at least making a difference.

The more I hear about the political situation in USA the more I worry. It really does look very bleak. But I suppose one needs to keep an open mind and just hope that nothing too bad happens. Four years to pace this time. We went through fourteen years with the Tories in here so it’s a matter of waiting and hoping…

I realised before breakfast that I was running out of cash but one of my friends drove me so I could replenish my funds. So I was late doing my chores and only just sat down with my New Statesman to read. I got there eventually.

Not 100% today. Woke up very tired and a bit of a sore throat and water works problem again. I had difficulty getting up but have managed it now. Perhaps I will feel better after a bath – or on the other hand maybe I should cancel it, I don’t know – in a bit of a dither!

The fear that something l have had a problem with for quite a while might be something more sinister came back last night and I have decided it is time that l mentioned it to someone. I will see if I can change my doctor’s phone appointment back to a face to face.

I woke up at 8.29 and knew I had someone coming around 9.00. Just got down and made my coffee and breakfast when she arrived. Trying to sort myself out now!