Essentially Samantha

 My new wheelchair was ready for me to work with, just in time too, as I had to go to phlebotomy to give a blood sample. As I went past on the bus, I saw an old friend whom I needed to clear the air with. Today, however, was not the day. I managed to have a successful blood test; the nurse got my vein in one go. Very happy with that. On the way to Boots the pharmacist, I stopped off at the park with Barry for some refreshments. I picked a big bottle of water, which came in extremely useful later on in the day. The park was beautiful, and everybody seemed to be in high spirits. My new wheelchair goes over cracks and dips in the pavement without flinging me out of the chair. We even went across the grass! Onwards to Coffee 1 in Southampton City Centre. I quickly messaged Paul on Discord and drank my Chai. I went to Boots, picked up a photograph and then we headed home....or so we thought. Halfway up the high street, Barry bumped into a homeless woman whom we both knew. She was lovely...

  Overnight, I recognised that my throat was burning, not like heartburn, but like drinking a spirit and the hot warmth that spreads throughout, type of burn. My thyroid has always been dodgy, and recently I had an abnormal result, which meant I had to decrease my Levothyroxine. The other day, I felt so fatigued in town that I had to get a taxi back home. Then, whilst I was cooking chicken, I felt like I was going to faint. I have now bought a manual wheelchair. This should do me until I can afford an electric wheelchair. So I walked to the GP this morning, who checked my thyroid and agreed to run a blood test to see if anything is going on. I am being tested for Hashimoto's and Graves' disease, also. GP also said she thinks I have a virus, and she is running a full blood panel. I am having the blood test this Saturday. If my blood tests come back as normal, then it looks like my Fibromyalgia is worsening. I have discussed with Barry that we need the electric wheelchair asap, b...