September report

September has been and gone already and it's almost half way into October now.  It hasn't been a good start for me which I previously mentioned in the last post "MY HEALTH SCARE".

But September was a good month not as busy as August was. Besides the common craft meets I attended two birthday parties and watch a movie at the cinema with my best friend.

My kids just returned back to school last week after two weeks of spring vacation. I managed to spend alot of time with them both. We had days of shopping, going to the cinema, social bowling, dining out and a day at Dreamworld. 

Rachel had one week at home with me then her second week at her father's. It was nice to have a break from parenting for over a week.  Last two weekends she was at Grandma's who helped her make her Halloween costume.  It's all completed and ready for Halloween on 31st October.

Enjoy the rest of October!  

My health scare

Welcome term 4!  It hasn't been a good start for either myself or my daughters as we all came down with the winter virus on the first week of this term.  I am the one pretty much copped the virus worse then them since last Tuesday.  All the plans I had scheduled for last week were cancelled!  

On Thursday afternoon I visited a local GP to where my parents go to check on my cough as it wasn't good.  She said it was more a viral thing but why did she give me an antibiotic prescription then if the virus is only viral?? While she was checking my cough and breathing at the back she spotted a 1cm mole. She was more concern about the mole then my flu after that!!  I was scheduled to return this morning to have the mole removed but I had to postpone the appointment because of my coughing fits.  As soon as I lay down on my bed, my coughing fits go off for hours.  As you may imagined how I feel right now after two full nights of coughing. Everyone else in this household are on edge because they had lack of sleep because of me coughing most of the night.  I will be glad when this coughing stops!! I think I will visit another GP elsewhere (who bulk bills as my parent's surgery costs alot for just consultation) for another opinion of this virus.  I am starting to think it's more asthma then just bronchitis. I only get asthma when I have a flu virus and thankfully it has been afew years since I last had an attack of this maybe because I swam alot throughout the summer months in our pool. But since the move I haven't done any swimming for the past year. And it could be the environment I moved back to may be making me asthmatic again.

I was aware about the mole before as a very close friend of mine mentioned it and should get it seen. But most people aren't aware I am not the type of person to visit a GP until I am at least half dead so to speak!! I felt this way because of bad experiences with a couple of GPs before of not making me feeling welcome to return.

Most of the time when I get a cold or flu I just get over the counter medication from the chemist which intends to work most times but not this time round. It seems alot of people are currently sick with the same flu virus.  I was told it could take up to 2 weeks to get rid of it.  Just what I need: two weeks of sleepless nights!  I am on edge now from lack of sleep for two nights!  Imagine what I will be like after two weeks??  I will be like a volcano erupting and I am not even a red head!

Don't worry my mole will be dealt with as soon as I get over this coughing stage!  I might go to a skin clinic instead as I know they have more experience in this field then a GP would do.  I was going to have my back cut from a GP (which I feel not confident of her doing it) this morning. Its only a small mole but I will end up with a 3cm scar afterwards. I know this is a benefit for my health to be done but I had to put up with back pain all my life.  I don't like anyone touching my back  in chiro or physio style!  And having a cut down where it normally hurts is going to be rough for a couple of days.  I am sure with modern medicine has other ideas on how to remove this mole without cutting a person skin. I do know there is a cream to kill off the mole and laser method done!!  But I guess that comes with a cost too!!

Watch this space!  I will let you know what the outcome will be in the end.  
But remember this especially if you are a fair skin person, if you go into the sun, make sure you have sun protection on with a good sunscreen and a hat.  And try to avoid going into the sun in the middle of the day because that is when the high UV rays at their highest level. Even on a cloudy day you can still get sunburnt too!