News from the Free!

Saw a nice Danish doctor today. After having a slight melt down over bloods (one day I will understand this system. My mistake all along has been making assumptions which on the whole would seem like common sense - but hey common sense and the NHS really don't seem to go together!) I did have some results at the clinic.

Basically there is very little change from last time. Bilirubin is still 33! Others are similar too. So I've plateaued. He called it stabilized. It's where he'd expect me to be at this stage. Next bloods and clinic appointment is in 8 weeks. They will wait and see what happens next time. 

We discussed my many aches and pains. Yes normal after being on a high dose of steroids - I have probably been addicted to them! So getting to a stage where they are at a low dose (7.5mg) I will feel things even more! Typical. I am being sent for a bone density scan. 

Got to keep walking! 

DeLIVERance walk 40

Name: Hampstead Heath

Distance: 1.8 miles 

Not bad for the slot inbetween bloods and clinic!

Dogs: everywhere! Fell for a 9 week old miniture shnowzer (?) puppy. No shelties :-(

Company rating: 10/10

Spot of the day!

A flowering bluebell (could have posted a picture of a dead rat!)

View of the Shard

Strange duck / goose

Not a selfie!

Notice of the day! Shame she wasn't there!

DeLIVERance walk 39

Name: shenley park to shenley heights (shenley heights closed for resurfacing!)

Distance: 1.2 miles (felt longer because of the mud - I have a fear of falling over and hurting my back even more!)

Back still sore!

Weather: cold and grey but sun did come out. Missed the hail!

Dogs: 3 - another sheltie! Nearly another dog knapping case (Andrew take note!!!)

Spot of the day: cowslips

Sheep- a whole fild full (from a distance!)

Look behind the tree!

New bird: green finch

Also spotted

Oilseed rape

Wood anemone (?)

Another white flower

And a purple one!

And another purple one!

And a nice view of shenley 

DeLIVERance 38

Date: 26th March

Name: round the little block with a huge break at Irene's!

Distance: 1 mile

My back keep ceasing up after walking so went to osteopath later

Weather: v v cold (indeed later on in the afternoon it was 2.5 degs and sleeting)

Dogs: 0 too cold for them!

People: 0 too cold for them too!

Observation: the magnolia flowers got all frozen and is brown and falling off the trees :-(

Too cold for us today!

DeLIVERance walk 37

Name: round the lake at Veralamium park

Distance: 1.3 miles

My back has been very sore. Should I walk or not? 

The floods had receeded a bit so I could nearly walk all the way round on the path 

Weather - cold sunny and a bit windy

Sheep: yep they were there (with my favourite house!)

Mill race into the Ver 

Arty Island (where the heron is nesting - I did see one of the pair

Nesting coot

Buds on a horse chestnut tree ( then I noticed the moorhen!)

Then I saw actual leaves!

Swan (they were v grumpy today!)

DeLIVERance walk 36

Name: round the long block 

Distance:1.7 miles 

Weather: chilly but will warm up later. Needed my coat

Dogs: 3 including a sheltie (nearly dognapped it)

People spoke to: 1

Building sites all coming along

DeLIVERance walk 35

Name: waitrose to the Ver

Distance: 1.64 miles

Weather: bit chilly then it rained!

Sorry for blog silence took a week off as I was fighting viruses and sleeping! My birthday and Purim got in the way too!

Dogs: nothing pretty!

New bird on list: great crested grebe

Thought about: school travel plans 

Sbootie on a roman wall!

Violets

Primroses

Goose

Grebe

Funny birds

Good sign

DeLIVERance walk 34

Name: Verulamium Park, St Albans

Distance: 2.03 miles

Steps: 4352

Weather: trying to be spring like but a bit chilly - needed my coat!

Dogs: loads! Loved the one paddling in the v swollen river Ver!

People: loads (I was in a park!)

And to think in December I came here and could barely walk 200 meters! 

Great to walk by Roman Ruins. Never seen the lake so flooded!

But even better to walk past Jacob's history classroom for next year! He is so lucky!

Nice swan

Nice Abbey!

Nice trees!

And even some sheep!

DeLIVERance walk 33

Name: quick one along shenley heights inbetween coffee and lunch appointment!

Distance: 1.14 miles

Weather: windy bit sunny bit cloudy 

Hip: better since yesterday!

Dogs: 0

People: 0

Sheep: 5 or 6

Since yesterday loads of celandine has appeared 

Same view different weather!

DeLIVERance walk 32

Name: shenley heights

Distance: 1.9 miles

Steps: 4016

Weather: cold and sunny

Dogs: 3 

People: 4 -1 actually had a conversation with me as we walked along!

Sheep: 0

New bird for list: jay

Status: hurting leg and hip all the way!

Celandine

Tree fungus 

Nice sky 

Nice view

DeLIVERance walk 31

Name: round the block variation 

Distance: 1.45 miles 

Status: feeling v tired - dragging myself along! Will no doubt sleep later 

Weather: sunny and a bit warm - no coat!!!

Dogs: none

People: 1

Interesting notices: 1

Spring: well on its way!