facebook: who me?
me: yes you.
I have completed my quest to whore myself out to the social networking community.... I now have a facebook page.... http://www.facebook.com/pages/HypoMan.com.... I have had for a while actually.... but consider this official notice of it's launch....
Why now?.... well I have linked my twitter account to my facebook page so that my tweets appear as posts.... who's a clever boy then?....
It would be amazing if you could support me by "liking" my page.... you can always "hide" the page from your "news feed" if you find the banality of my "tweets" tiresome.... as if!
I'm sure there are people out there who only use facebook.... or only use twitter.... or just prefer the blog experience. I partake in all three.... consider it my purgatory.... and I have always been greedy.... does my delusion know no bounds?.... I now see myself as the James Bond of the online thyroid support community.... obviously not.... exactly.... just what I was thinking!
Check out the ego on me!.... all this new terminology.... listen to me.... how much more up myself can I get?.... plenty.... come on.... you know by now that one thing I love is.... a rhetorical question!
My objective is unflinching, and it is to direct people to this blog.... with the bigger picture being to do my bit to raise the awareness of Hypothyroidism in the public's consciousness.... piece of piss really!
I'm still in the middle of a "wobble" but I'm confident of recovering my equilibrium again soon....
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Hello tweeps....
Have you noticed?
Can you tell?
It's at the top of the left hand margin of this page....
Despite being in the middle of a "wobble" I am feeling pleased with myself....
1.... I reached a decision to use #twitter as a means of keeping my life story more immediate.
2.... having made this decision I managed to work out all by myself how to connect my #twitter account to my blog in the hope of making my life story more interactive for those who care to follow.
3.... my promise to you.... my blog will always come first.... it is my baby.... and I am enjoying watching it evolve and grow as my knowledge in turn evolves and grows.
Check out the ego on me!
This is a whole new voyage of discovery for me.... the #twittersphere if you like.... #tweets.... #tweeps.... #trending.... and.... #tagging.... which I am getting carried away with already.... or should that be.... ####!!!!
It's a work in progress.... let's see how it goes....
I've tweaked the appearance of my blog too.... obviously!.... this is all part of the evolution of the learning thing. I have discovered.... oh alright.... stumbled upon.... other blogs that look so cool.... to me anyway.... that I am now experiencing what can only be described as.... penis.... ooops.... blog envy!!!!
Seriously. There are some pretty cool blogs out there.... power to the bloggers amongst you! It has changed my life.... sharing.... and because you are here!
Hope....
Can you tell?
It's at the top of the left hand margin of this page....
Despite being in the middle of a "wobble" I am feeling pleased with myself....
1.... I reached a decision to use #twitter as a means of keeping my life story more immediate.
2.... having made this decision I managed to work out all by myself how to connect my #twitter account to my blog in the hope of making my life story more interactive for those who care to follow.
3.... my promise to you.... my blog will always come first.... it is my baby.... and I am enjoying watching it evolve and grow as my knowledge in turn evolves and grows.
Check out the ego on me!
This is a whole new voyage of discovery for me.... the #twittersphere if you like.... #tweets.... #tweeps.... #trending.... and.... #tagging.... which I am getting carried away with already.... or should that be.... ####!!!!
It's a work in progress.... let's see how it goes....
I've tweaked the appearance of my blog too.... obviously!.... this is all part of the evolution of the learning thing. I have discovered.... oh alright.... stumbled upon.... other blogs that look so cool.... to me anyway.... that I am now experiencing what can only be described as.... penis.... ooops.... blog envy!!!!
Seriously. There are some pretty cool blogs out there.... power to the bloggers amongst you! It has changed my life.... sharing.... and because you are here!
Hope....
Thursday, 17 February 2011
AWOL....
Absent With Out Leave....
I'm sorry for the silence.... it has been more than two weeks since my last confession!
I'm in a funk due to my old adversary.... constipation!
Can my energy levels get any lower?
I have that horrible bloated feeling.... so I am uncomfortable and grumpy!
My bowels are moving each day.... hurrah!
I have increased my MOVICOL intake from one to two sachets per day.
Looking back through my copious notes.... the last time I changed to my current T4 dose of 137.5mcg I experienced a prolonged period of bowel discomfort.... oh, the joy!
Those fortunates whose digestive transit is a model of efficiency.... oh, the joy!
I'm trying to keep a lid on my renowned sarcasm which can so easily slide into self-pity!
In the background there is genuine good news.... I am holding on to the gains made since starting on VitaminD3!
So when I can say "good riddance" to this period of discomfort I will be ahead of the game!
When I am in one of these "funks" my creative juices dry up and my general enthusiasm for life "goes for a burton"!
Do not fear.... these feelings will pass.... well I bloody well hope so.... no, they will!
I know what I need to do to make long term gains in my personal health and future quality of life.... but I am still learning to surrender to "episodes" like the one I am currently experiencing.... and accept them for what they are.... a "time-out"....
It's no good getting frustrated as this comes hand in hand with negative feelings resulting in the perfectionist part of my personality putting pressure on little ol' me....
At times like these I'm going nowhere fast!
In the immortal words of Liam Gallagher and Oasis'; I'm Outta Time.... you gotta keep on keepin' on....
I hope you enjoyed that offering.... and in the spirit of doing my talking through songs here's Bon Jovi's; Keep The Faith....
I still have faith in myself to make 2011 my year!
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.... yadda yadda....
I'm sorry for the silence.... it has been more than two weeks since my last confession!
I'm in a funk due to my old adversary.... constipation!
Can my energy levels get any lower?
I have that horrible bloated feeling.... so I am uncomfortable and grumpy!
My bowels are moving each day.... hurrah!
I have increased my MOVICOL intake from one to two sachets per day.
Looking back through my copious notes.... the last time I changed to my current T4 dose of 137.5mcg I experienced a prolonged period of bowel discomfort.... oh, the joy!
Those fortunates whose digestive transit is a model of efficiency.... oh, the joy!
I'm trying to keep a lid on my renowned sarcasm which can so easily slide into self-pity!
In the background there is genuine good news.... I am holding on to the gains made since starting on VitaminD3!
So when I can say "good riddance" to this period of discomfort I will be ahead of the game!
When I am in one of these "funks" my creative juices dry up and my general enthusiasm for life "goes for a burton"!
Do not fear.... these feelings will pass.... well I bloody well hope so.... no, they will!
I know what I need to do to make long term gains in my personal health and future quality of life.... but I am still learning to surrender to "episodes" like the one I am currently experiencing.... and accept them for what they are.... a "time-out"....
It's no good getting frustrated as this comes hand in hand with negative feelings resulting in the perfectionist part of my personality putting pressure on little ol' me....
At times like these I'm going nowhere fast!
In the immortal words of Liam Gallagher and Oasis'; I'm Outta Time.... you gotta keep on keepin' on....
I hope you enjoyed that offering.... and in the spirit of doing my talking through songs here's Bon Jovi's; Keep The Faith....
I still have faith in myself to make 2011 my year!
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.... yadda yadda....
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Back on point....
Enough of the frothy, "I'm a real person", self-indulgence.... for now!
Time to get back on point.... back on message if you will.... a subject close to my heart.... not literally, at least I hope not!.... my bowels, or more pertinently.... constipation!
How best to describe how I have been feeling?
I thought about Quasimodo; "the bowels, the bowels".... no, not feeling it, then....
Sherlock Holmes; "it's constipation my dear Watson".... but settled for....
Something more expansive.... indulge me.... from Edgar Allan Poe (Wikipedia page) and verses 3 and 4 of the poem The Bells....
III
Hear my loud alarum bowels-
Brazen bowels!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping, higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavour,
Now- now to shit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon,
Oh, my bowels, bowels, bowels!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they out-pour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling
And the wrangling,
How the danger stinks and swells,
By the stinking or the swelling in the anger of my bowels-
Of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels, bowels,
Bowels, bowels, bowels-
In the clamour and clangour of my bowels!
IV
Hear the tolling of my bowels-
Iron bowels!
What a world of solemn their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats,
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people- ah, the people-
That they dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone-
They are neither man nor woman-
They are neither brute nor human-
They are Ghouls:
And their king it is who tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A paean from my bowels!
And his merry bosom swells
With the paean of my bowels!
And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the paean of my bowels,
Of my bowels-
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels-
To the sobbing of my bowels;
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels-
To the tolling of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels, bowels-
Bowels, bowels, bowels,
To the moaning and groaning of my bowels.
I enjoyed that!
If I was so inclined I could keep a blog on the subject of my bowels, and their habits, alone.... but I will spare you that level of detail!
I remember recently in the media it was stated that the subject we are least likely to want to discuss with our doctor is our.... whisper it.... bowels.... me?.... I don't have a problem with it.... life's too short.... I always speak a load of shit anyway!
This is what I will share....
I am learning that three to four weeks after every change to the dosage of my T4 I experience an acute period of constipation.... now this, as anyone who has experienced it, has the uncanny ability of putting one in a real funk!
I feel, among other things.... listless, lethargic, bloated, uncomfortable.... added to the day to day grind of life with Hypothyroidism.... it's nothing short of joyous!
Suffice to say I now have a dreamy, some might say angelic, smile on my face.... and a spring in my step.... phew!
That reminds me, as I rush headlong toward my fortieth birthday.... do not pass go.... do not collect £200.... instead you are entitled to a prostate exam!!!!
That's going to be a good old-fashioned "Mexican standoff" (Wikipedia page) with my Doctor.... happy days.... do I get jelly and ice-cream I wonder?.... it could be the clincher.... NOT clencher!
And on that note....
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.
Time to get back on point.... back on message if you will.... a subject close to my heart.... not literally, at least I hope not!.... my bowels, or more pertinently.... constipation!
How best to describe how I have been feeling?
I thought about Quasimodo; "the bowels, the bowels".... no, not feeling it, then....
Sherlock Holmes; "it's constipation my dear Watson".... but settled for....
Something more expansive.... indulge me.... from Edgar Allan Poe (Wikipedia page) and verses 3 and 4 of the poem The Bells....
III
Hear my loud alarum bowels-
Brazen bowels!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping, higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavour,
Now- now to shit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon,
Oh, my bowels, bowels, bowels!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they out-pour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling
And the wrangling,
How the danger stinks and swells,
By the stinking or the swelling in the anger of my bowels-
Of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels, bowels,
Bowels, bowels, bowels-
In the clamour and clangour of my bowels!
IV
Hear the tolling of my bowels-
Iron bowels!
What a world of solemn their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats,
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people- ah, the people-
That they dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone-
They are neither man nor woman-
They are neither brute nor human-
They are Ghouls:
And their king it is who tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A paean from my bowels!
And his merry bosom swells
With the paean of my bowels!
And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the paean of my bowels,
Of my bowels-
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels-
To the sobbing of my bowels;
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels-
To the tolling of my bowels,
Of my bowels, bowels, bowels, bowels-
Bowels, bowels, bowels,
To the moaning and groaning of my bowels.
I enjoyed that!
If I was so inclined I could keep a blog on the subject of my bowels, and their habits, alone.... but I will spare you that level of detail!
I remember recently in the media it was stated that the subject we are least likely to want to discuss with our doctor is our.... whisper it.... bowels.... me?.... I don't have a problem with it.... life's too short.... I always speak a load of shit anyway!
This is what I will share....
I am learning that three to four weeks after every change to the dosage of my T4 I experience an acute period of constipation.... now this, as anyone who has experienced it, has the uncanny ability of putting one in a real funk!
I feel, among other things.... listless, lethargic, bloated, uncomfortable.... added to the day to day grind of life with Hypothyroidism.... it's nothing short of joyous!
Suffice to say I now have a dreamy, some might say angelic, smile on my face.... and a spring in my step.... phew!
That reminds me, as I rush headlong toward my fortieth birthday.... do not pass go.... do not collect £200.... instead you are entitled to a prostate exam!!!!
That's going to be a good old-fashioned "Mexican standoff" (Wikipedia page) with my Doctor.... happy days.... do I get jelly and ice-cream I wonder?.... it could be the clincher.... NOT clencher!
And on that note....
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Giving me the Elbow....
Elbow are a band. A band gifted to me by a friend a couple of weeks ago.
Forgive me if I'm repeating myself, but before everything went tits up at the beginning of 2000, I would have considered myself to be a fan of music. I had a healthy collection and I knew what I liked.
I still know what I like but my collection is a bit under the weather.
Now my friend, I reconnected with on the back of a rather grandiose gesture on facebook. At the beginning of 2010 I declared that I would try to make more of an effort in reconnecting with old friends and to form some sort of social life.
A few friends accepted the olive branch, but it continues to be a slow process, I have been off the radar for more than twelve years now! One thing with this illness is that time has lost it's sense of meaning to me. Twelve years have been and gone, but so little of note has occurred, that it only feels like a couple. But for all of my social group whose journey through life has continued at a "normal" pace twelve years is quite simply that, twelve years! A long time and their lives have moved on.
Like I say, I'm well and truly off of their collective radars!
With a depressive illness like mine I've learnt that things that used to bring me joy failed to have meaning. Very sad. The most precious things to me where joy could no longer be found were listening to music and reading. Cruel.
Slowly during 2010 things started to pick up. Friendships have been reformed and new one's ventured into. I began to read and listen to music again. Reading I still struggle with as my memory is far from being back to anywhere like it used to be! But music can be felt with immediacy as well as leaving a lifelong mark.
This is what has happened with my discovery of the band Elbow, by way of a compilation cd lent to me by my friend. The moment I put it on something altered inside of me, and I knew this music would be a part of my life for ever more. A very special feeling that, beautiful!
For those of you who like a more complete picture, flesh on the bones if you like, please follow the link to the Wikipedia (my new memory!) page for Elbow....
Elbow (Wikipedia page)
From their discography you can see that their first studio album.... Asleep In The Back (Wikipedia page) was released in May 2001, at this time I was in the throes of my nervous breakdown! That's my excuse for them slipping through the net the first time, and I'm sticking with it!
I first became aware of them in my subconscious on the back of their fourth studio album.... The Seldom Seen Kid (Wikipedia page) was released in March 2008. At this time I was beginning the long and arduous journey towards understanding Hypothyroidism, and it's own peculiar impact on my life. They garnered quite a bit of media interest on the back of this release and it's easy to understand why! It culminated in them winning the 2008 Mercury Music Prize (Wikipedia page) a prestigious award. And on the evidence available to me, richly deserved!
I want to hear what they are all about!.... I hear you cry!.... or is it my imagination?
Well as you know, this is the tricky bit, trying to insert YouTube video clips in the interest of a more satisfying blog experience.... I'm just too good to be true.... can't take my eyes off of you.....
Blogger and YouTube need to pull their collective fingers out on this! Those with more accomplished IT skills than me must find the whole thing infuriating.... although I suppose they can design their own websites!.... if only.... I make do with hissy fits.... which I'm good at.... and swearing out loud.... and I'm world class at that!!!!
My first offering to you is the song Grounds For Divorce (a live recording made at the world famous Abbey Road Studios.... of Beatles fame no less!), which just keeps getting better and better each time I hear it!
Next up is the heartwarming and just incredibly uplifting One Day Like This (also from the Abbey Road Studio session).... I dare you not to have a smile on your face after listening to this.... and smiles from me are hard won let me tell you!
This next song Mirrorball is an audio track from YouTube.... hypnotic is the word I'm looking for....
This last track.... I wouldn't want to be accused of overkill now would I?!?!.... Lippy Kids, is an exclusive live performance of the song from the forthcoming album Build A Rocket Boys, released in the UK on 7th March.... treat yourself, because I know I will, and lets enjoy the experience together.... here's a taste.... it's awesome!
Everything I need from a great group of artists.... and there is no doubt that's what they are.... comes together with Elbow. It's hard to find the words to do them justice but the lyricism really strikes a chord with me as do the melodies and overall sound of a group of artists at the top of their game. Three of the four songs included above are live studio recordings that drip with emotion....
I feel very privileged to have been introduced to them properly by my friend this past couple of weeks.... I get it.... and that makes me feel real good!
If you enjoyed this offering it was my pleasure, and I hope you buy the records.... mine are on their way to me as I write.... I had to raid the coin jar to pay for them.... but I can't for the life of me think of anything that provides such fantastic value for money as this music! It feels naughty to only be paying just over £4 for each album on cd from Amazon.... there's something not right there.... but beggars can't be choosers so I am grateful....
If this was not your cup of tea, I'm sorry. That is the beautiful thing about all art mediums.... beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and today I hold it.... but what a boring world we would live in if we all had the same taste!.... I'd be fucked for sure!!!!
I'm not one of these.... oh, that's shit that is, don't know how you can listen to that shit!.... just the tip of the iceberg known as narrow mindedness.... the curse of mankind....
I like many types of art.... equally, there is so much more that I don't get.... or that just doesn't do it for me.... for no rhyme or reason.... whaddya gonna do.... c'est la vie....
Now for the irony.... come on!.... you know I like my irony.... Elbow are playing a small, intimate, warm up gig for their forthcoming UK Arena Tour on the back of Build A Rocket Boys release.... at The Junction in Cambridge.... less than 1,000 capacity.... just down the road from me!
I haven't been to a gig in SO long.... and this is happening soon.... on my doorstep.... that it's no surprise that it's sold out!.... the tickets went on sale the 20th January.... the gig is on the 2nd March.... shit happens!!!!
I can only imagine how good it would be. And what a great fillip it could have been.... I really enjoyed my first trip out to the movies, in more than 12 years, to see The King's Speech.... with the same friend who put me onto Elbow!
What greater way could there be for me to repay his generosity of spirit than to say.... guess what mate, I managed to score a pair of tickets to that Elbow gig.... I love music.... he LOVES music.... don't worry I've thanked him many times already.... so many times in fact that he is no doubt worrying about my state of mind!
There.... I've done it!.... a post that is about more than my battle with Hypothyroidism.... it has felt good to share with you, and put this type of post in the rotation.... a more upbeat, positive vibe that reflects the fact that I'm holding on to the gains made since introducing VitaminD3....
At long last.... and not a moment too soon.... I now know my arse from my Elbow!.... boom, boom!
For as long as there is hope we have a chance....
Forgive me if I'm repeating myself, but before everything went tits up at the beginning of 2000, I would have considered myself to be a fan of music. I had a healthy collection and I knew what I liked.
I still know what I like but my collection is a bit under the weather.
Now my friend, I reconnected with on the back of a rather grandiose gesture on facebook. At the beginning of 2010 I declared that I would try to make more of an effort in reconnecting with old friends and to form some sort of social life.
A few friends accepted the olive branch, but it continues to be a slow process, I have been off the radar for more than twelve years now! One thing with this illness is that time has lost it's sense of meaning to me. Twelve years have been and gone, but so little of note has occurred, that it only feels like a couple. But for all of my social group whose journey through life has continued at a "normal" pace twelve years is quite simply that, twelve years! A long time and their lives have moved on.
Like I say, I'm well and truly off of their collective radars!
With a depressive illness like mine I've learnt that things that used to bring me joy failed to have meaning. Very sad. The most precious things to me where joy could no longer be found were listening to music and reading. Cruel.
Slowly during 2010 things started to pick up. Friendships have been reformed and new one's ventured into. I began to read and listen to music again. Reading I still struggle with as my memory is far from being back to anywhere like it used to be! But music can be felt with immediacy as well as leaving a lifelong mark.
This is what has happened with my discovery of the band Elbow, by way of a compilation cd lent to me by my friend. The moment I put it on something altered inside of me, and I knew this music would be a part of my life for ever more. A very special feeling that, beautiful!
For those of you who like a more complete picture, flesh on the bones if you like, please follow the link to the Wikipedia (my new memory!) page for Elbow....
Elbow (Wikipedia page)
From their discography you can see that their first studio album.... Asleep In The Back (Wikipedia page) was released in May 2001, at this time I was in the throes of my nervous breakdown! That's my excuse for them slipping through the net the first time, and I'm sticking with it!
I first became aware of them in my subconscious on the back of their fourth studio album.... The Seldom Seen Kid (Wikipedia page) was released in March 2008. At this time I was beginning the long and arduous journey towards understanding Hypothyroidism, and it's own peculiar impact on my life. They garnered quite a bit of media interest on the back of this release and it's easy to understand why! It culminated in them winning the 2008 Mercury Music Prize (Wikipedia page) a prestigious award. And on the evidence available to me, richly deserved!
I want to hear what they are all about!.... I hear you cry!.... or is it my imagination?
Well as you know, this is the tricky bit, trying to insert YouTube video clips in the interest of a more satisfying blog experience.... I'm just too good to be true.... can't take my eyes off of you.....
Blogger and YouTube need to pull their collective fingers out on this! Those with more accomplished IT skills than me must find the whole thing infuriating.... although I suppose they can design their own websites!.... if only.... I make do with hissy fits.... which I'm good at.... and swearing out loud.... and I'm world class at that!!!!
My first offering to you is the song Grounds For Divorce (a live recording made at the world famous Abbey Road Studios.... of Beatles fame no less!), which just keeps getting better and better each time I hear it!
Next up is the heartwarming and just incredibly uplifting One Day Like This (also from the Abbey Road Studio session).... I dare you not to have a smile on your face after listening to this.... and smiles from me are hard won let me tell you!
This next song Mirrorball is an audio track from YouTube.... hypnotic is the word I'm looking for....
This last track.... I wouldn't want to be accused of overkill now would I?!?!.... Lippy Kids, is an exclusive live performance of the song from the forthcoming album Build A Rocket Boys, released in the UK on 7th March.... treat yourself, because I know I will, and lets enjoy the experience together.... here's a taste.... it's awesome!
Everything I need from a great group of artists.... and there is no doubt that's what they are.... comes together with Elbow. It's hard to find the words to do them justice but the lyricism really strikes a chord with me as do the melodies and overall sound of a group of artists at the top of their game. Three of the four songs included above are live studio recordings that drip with emotion....
I feel very privileged to have been introduced to them properly by my friend this past couple of weeks.... I get it.... and that makes me feel real good!
If you enjoyed this offering it was my pleasure, and I hope you buy the records.... mine are on their way to me as I write.... I had to raid the coin jar to pay for them.... but I can't for the life of me think of anything that provides such fantastic value for money as this music! It feels naughty to only be paying just over £4 for each album on cd from Amazon.... there's something not right there.... but beggars can't be choosers so I am grateful....
If this was not your cup of tea, I'm sorry. That is the beautiful thing about all art mediums.... beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and today I hold it.... but what a boring world we would live in if we all had the same taste!.... I'd be fucked for sure!!!!
I'm not one of these.... oh, that's shit that is, don't know how you can listen to that shit!.... just the tip of the iceberg known as narrow mindedness.... the curse of mankind....
I like many types of art.... equally, there is so much more that I don't get.... or that just doesn't do it for me.... for no rhyme or reason.... whaddya gonna do.... c'est la vie....
Now for the irony.... come on!.... you know I like my irony.... Elbow are playing a small, intimate, warm up gig for their forthcoming UK Arena Tour on the back of Build A Rocket Boys release.... at The Junction in Cambridge.... less than 1,000 capacity.... just down the road from me!
I haven't been to a gig in SO long.... and this is happening soon.... on my doorstep.... that it's no surprise that it's sold out!.... the tickets went on sale the 20th January.... the gig is on the 2nd March.... shit happens!!!!
I can only imagine how good it would be. And what a great fillip it could have been.... I really enjoyed my first trip out to the movies, in more than 12 years, to see The King's Speech.... with the same friend who put me onto Elbow!
What greater way could there be for me to repay his generosity of spirit than to say.... guess what mate, I managed to score a pair of tickets to that Elbow gig.... I love music.... he LOVES music.... don't worry I've thanked him many times already.... so many times in fact that he is no doubt worrying about my state of mind!
There.... I've done it!.... a post that is about more than my battle with Hypothyroidism.... it has felt good to share with you, and put this type of post in the rotation.... a more upbeat, positive vibe that reflects the fact that I'm holding on to the gains made since introducing VitaminD3....
At long last.... and not a moment too soon.... I now know my arse from my Elbow!.... boom, boom!
For as long as there is hope we have a chance....
Friday, 28 January 2011
A piece of the jigsaw....
.... yes, it's definitely a piece..... I'm sure of it now.... which piece I don't know.... I guess that's why it's called a jigsaw puzzle....
The analogy's.... not the word I'm looking for.... but anyway, they are endless.... watch me run with it....
I hoping it's a piece to a child's jigsaw puzzle.... made out of wood.... you know the sort, with about a dozen pieces!
Being a glass half empty kind of guy I'm expecting it to be a piece from one of those arty type jigsaws.... of 10,000 pieces.... for crying out loud!.... probably a picture of clouds in the sky or something.... you know, very near impossible to complete!
In all honesty.... it's much more likely to be closer to the child's version.... otherwise what hope (that word hope again!) is there of ever completing it?!?!
Get to the point!.... ok, ok!.... you've probably guessed by know.... the piece of the jigsaw puzzle I'm referring to is.... VitaminD3.... nothing more, nothing less!
INCREDIBLE!!!!
For me anyway!
Here's another shameless plug for the VitaminD3 supplement I'm taking.... available worldwide....
Hallelujah is in fact an incredible song, written by Leonard Cohen.... However, my favourite version is by Jeff Buckley.... which I will share with you now.... because I'm good like that....
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
All in the interests of making this blog a more interactive experience.... and having mastered (careful!) the art of including video clips.... yay!.... did you enjoy that?
I TRIED TO VIEW THE VIDEO CLIP BUT IT WILL NOT LOAD BECAUSE OF SOME "VEVO" BULLSHIT.... SORRY ABOUT THAT.... PLEASE JUST USE THE LINK INSTEAD.... I TEMPTED FATE AND PAID THE PRICE.... WILL I EVER LEARN?!?!
Anyway, back to the VitaminD3, I'm contemplating increasing my dosage from the current level of two tablets (2,000iu) to three tablets (3,000iu.... d'oh!). I have been taking these after my breakfast each day as I read that they are absorbed better with fats in the stomach.... the milk with my cereal.... Rice Krispies at the moment if you must know!
Longer term I anticipate taking four tablets (you do the math!) or even five, during the winter months, and three tablets per day the rest of the time. We'll see next winter....
One of the best things during the past three weeks is settling into a comfortable daily pattern.... up at six or seven, bed at ten or eleven.... this is a luxury for me and long may it continue.... this has always been one of the greatest stumbling blocks for me.... I can't tell you (well I've tried!) how much this affects my general mood. So a regular daily pattern is a big deal for me.
I am still, and will always be, eternally grateful for all the positive feedback I've received since "the video".... is this to be my legacy?.... I like to freshen things up a little.... not the celebrity way for me.... sex tapes are SO last year!!!! hehe....
Another benefit these past few weeks has been the reawakening of my love for music and reading.... which I'll share more in future posts.... I know, I keep promising, but I will get there. When I'm in a funk the last thing I want to do is listen to music.... let alone have the concentration levels required to read a book.
The only people not happy with this progress are my neighbours!.... I've been a bit too enthusiastic with the volume.... but I've adjusted the levels to be neighbourly.
I'll post again soon..... keep the hope alive....
The analogy's.... not the word I'm looking for.... but anyway, they are endless.... watch me run with it....
I hoping it's a piece to a child's jigsaw puzzle.... made out of wood.... you know the sort, with about a dozen pieces!
Being a glass half empty kind of guy I'm expecting it to be a piece from one of those arty type jigsaws.... of 10,000 pieces.... for crying out loud!.... probably a picture of clouds in the sky or something.... you know, very near impossible to complete!
In all honesty.... it's much more likely to be closer to the child's version.... otherwise what hope (that word hope again!) is there of ever completing it?!?!
Get to the point!.... ok, ok!.... you've probably guessed by know.... the piece of the jigsaw puzzle I'm referring to is.... VitaminD3.... nothing more, nothing less!
INCREDIBLE!!!!
For me anyway!
Here's another shameless plug for the VitaminD3 supplement I'm taking.... available worldwide....
I'm guilty of nothing more than wanting to share the love....
It's now been 3 weeks since I started this new regime.... and although the initial euphoria has settled down.... there is no denying progress has been made!
HALLELUJAH!!!!
It's now been 3 weeks since I started this new regime.... and although the initial euphoria has settled down.... there is no denying progress has been made!
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Hallelujah is in fact an incredible song, written by Leonard Cohen.... However, my favourite version is by Jeff Buckley.... which I will share with you now.... because I'm good like that....
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
All in the interests of making this blog a more interactive experience.... and having mastered (careful!) the art of including video clips.... yay!.... did you enjoy that?
I TRIED TO VIEW THE VIDEO CLIP BUT IT WILL NOT LOAD BECAUSE OF SOME "VEVO" BULLSHIT.... SORRY ABOUT THAT.... PLEASE JUST USE THE LINK INSTEAD.... I TEMPTED FATE AND PAID THE PRICE.... WILL I EVER LEARN?!?!
Anyway, back to the VitaminD3, I'm contemplating increasing my dosage from the current level of two tablets (2,000iu) to three tablets (3,000iu.... d'oh!). I have been taking these after my breakfast each day as I read that they are absorbed better with fats in the stomach.... the milk with my cereal.... Rice Krispies at the moment if you must know!
Longer term I anticipate taking four tablets (you do the math!) or even five, during the winter months, and three tablets per day the rest of the time. We'll see next winter....
One of the best things during the past three weeks is settling into a comfortable daily pattern.... up at six or seven, bed at ten or eleven.... this is a luxury for me and long may it continue.... this has always been one of the greatest stumbling blocks for me.... I can't tell you (well I've tried!) how much this affects my general mood. So a regular daily pattern is a big deal for me.
I am still, and will always be, eternally grateful for all the positive feedback I've received since "the video".... is this to be my legacy?.... I like to freshen things up a little.... not the celebrity way for me.... sex tapes are SO last year!!!! hehe....
Another benefit these past few weeks has been the reawakening of my love for music and reading.... which I'll share more in future posts.... I know, I keep promising, but I will get there. When I'm in a funk the last thing I want to do is listen to music.... let alone have the concentration levels required to read a book.
The only people not happy with this progress are my neighbours!.... I've been a bit too enthusiastic with the volume.... but I've adjusted the levels to be neighbourly.
I'll post again soon..... keep the hope alive....
Saturday, 22 January 2011
A nod to DearThyroid....
I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted.... but.... the DearThyroid website is a fantastic patient resource for everything "Thyroid"!
If you are not familiar with it.... I cannot recommend it highly enough.... I helps me get through dark days and on good days I am sometimes inspired to contribute....
I've covered this territory before in my post..... DearThyroid; my letter.... please check it out.... it is all part of the awareness theme....
I have got caught up in the emotion of this weeks developments and have compiled my own acrostic poem.... a regular feature on DearThyroid....
H.... happiness and
Y.... yearning with
P.... persistence and
O.... optimism.
M.... mesmerize with
A.... awareness and
N.... nurture.
I'm no poet.... but I enjoy the process.
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.
If you are not familiar with it.... I cannot recommend it highly enough.... I helps me get through dark days and on good days I am sometimes inspired to contribute....
I've covered this territory before in my post..... DearThyroid; my letter.... please check it out.... it is all part of the awareness theme....
I have got caught up in the emotion of this weeks developments and have compiled my own acrostic poem.... a regular feature on DearThyroid....
H.... happiness and
Y.... yearning with
P.... persistence and
O.... optimism.
M.... mesmerize with
A.... awareness and
N.... nurture.
I'm no poet.... but I enjoy the process.
For as long as there is hope we have a chance.
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