Hello and welcome back. I hope everyone's had a decent week. Just trying to scratch
me then and decided to whack me headset. Not the smartest thing in the world to do. But
yeah, I hope everyone's doing okay. I'll be honest with you, this probably isn't going
to be a massively long show this one. I've not been very well actually the last week.
I did something a bit silly one day. We were having some work done on our road. And they
were putting out some signage and whatever. And like a clown I decided to go and try and
speak to the people doing it. To try and find out how much of the road is being done at
one time, what dates and whatever else. Naturally I could not keep up with them and go and actually
speak to them. So as I went walking down there, I actually had my fez machine on my belt.
What I didn't realise, well what I did realise but didn't think about, is I had the wrong
trainers on. I had my gardening trainers on. So I didn't actually have the little bit in
my trainer to make the fez machine work. Which honestly wasn't the smartest thing that I've
ever done. But you know, you live and learn. It did hurt. But it was actually probably
the following day that it got a little bit more difficult shall we say. And I will say
for those of you watching on YouTube just very quickly, I'm trying out a different technique
for doing things. I've got the camera in a different location and it's not actually sat
on the laptop. So if you see my eyes wandering, I'm just getting used to this. Please don't
worry too much. It's all a bit new. I've got new microphones that I was actually going
to try and use but I don't think they really work with my recording desk if I'm honest.
Not to a good enough extent. So that will be stuff for me to use when I'm outdoors and
what have you. But anyway. So it was basically the following day after I decided to try and
chase this workman down. Again, really silly thing to do. And I woke up and again if you're
watching me on YouTube I'll sort of turn my face a little bit. You might see it around
this area here on my cheek. There's a bit of a lump. Woke up, pain, couldn't open my
mouth fully. It just wasn't right at all. It's an issue I have had previously. It was
a saliva gland infection. And I tried to sort of ignore it for the first day thinking maybe
it's something and nothing actually this time. But it was the day after that that really
did kick in. And for once I actually did the sensible thing and I contacted the doctors
really quickly. Don't normally do that. So I got in touch with my doctor on this brilliant
thing that you have to do it online rather than phoning up and just turning up and seeing.
But that's a conversation for probably another time. Everything's internet based these days
and it just makes no sense. It really don't. What's wrong with a phone call? What's wrong
with a face to face? But anyway. Anyway I digress. So yeah I mean I got in touch with
him and I will say my doctor actually got back to me really quickly. It was probably
within an hour. He got back in touch and prescribed me some antibiotics. Yay! I think. But yeah
I started taking them and slowly but surely the swelling is coming down. The pain is easing.
I'm still not able to open my mouth that wide but wide enough to put food in thankfully.
Can't go without food. So yeah I'm hoping that's going to clear up pretty quick because
in all fairness these kind of infections are actually really painful and I have to admit
the sooner it goes the better. But the other thing I was going to talk about today just
for a touch on. I mean one of the things that was mentioned to me when it was said that
I was going to be treated for MS with ocrevus ocraluzumab. Probably said that wrong but
I'm trying you know I'm doing my best here. Give me some credit. It was said to me that
as you push towards the next infusion you can have an issue where you start feeling
unwell. And I will use the term and I'm going to apologise now. I'm going to use probably
do you know what I'm not going to use the full word. All I'm going to say is it's a
gap between your old and your new infusion. The word begins with C ends in P and gap.
So I can't say for certain and I'm not going to sit here and say to you 100% certain I'm
going through this C gap. But all of the research I've done the people have spoken to and whatever
else. It kind of makes a bit of sense. It really does. Again I am still quite new so
I'm not going to say oh 100% that's what it is blah blah blah. That would be wrong of
me to do so. But what I am going to say is there is a chance. Only time will tell and
hopefully when we push towards the next infusion about 4 weeks time from now. Hopefully we
can figure that out. But what I will say and I'm actually going to put a bit of a positive
spin on it. I really am and which might seem a bit strange. But if it is that and I'm at
a point where I've had my first infusion and I'm waiting for my second and I've already
had that issue. At least going forward I know and understand what I'm going to be feeling
and whatever else. So actually I know it sounds really strange but if that's what I'm feeling
right now. I'm kind of pleased because at least I've got it out of the way and I understand
it. I know that's a really messed up way to think about it. I know I get it but at least
then the thoughts are there. I understand what's going on. Because let's be fair it's
something I'm going to deal with quite a lot these infusions. So in all fairness I have
got to get used to it. Now with the problems I'm having they're not anything new. It's
all the old stuff that seems to be ramping up a little bit. Which again on that I'm kind
of used to it. I don't like it. I'm not happy with it. But at least I'm used to it. I know
how it feels. I know what I'm going through and whatever else. So actually in the grand
scheme yeah it gives me something to think about. And again I'm actually going to see
it in a positive light because there's no reason not to. It's life. That's what I've
got to get used to. But yeah apart from that you know there's bits and pieces we've got
going on in family life. Which again I'm going to be honest are really positive. Really really
positive and I'm not going to go too far into it. But what I will say is hopefully something
that we've been. I'm going to use the word dreaming. Something we've been dreaming about
for a long time might actually come to fruition. Now I don't want to say too much because I
don't want to go jinxing things. Let's be fair and I'm going to call it Murphy's Law.
Yeah Murphy's Law. Yeah I don't want to test it. I just don't want to test it. But yeah
I mean hopefully I might have some real positive news in the not too distant future to share
with everyone. Which would be quite nice. But yeah I mean in all fairness as I say I
don't want to do a massively long show this week and I will apologise for that. Like I
said I'm still not feeling great. It is hurting. Talking isn't so bad. Talking a lot. It does
kind of hurt. It does quite a bit. It does. It looks like I'm kissing my microphone. Don't
know why I'd kiss my microphone. But you know. I mean yeah let's just not. I am in a bit
of a funny mood today. I'm in a bit of a jokey laughing mood. Which is exactly how I want
to be. So yeah. And do you know what I'm going to tell a really silly story. I wasn't going
to but I'm going to anyway. I did a video for YouTube where it was a short and it was
from when I was playing Fortnite. And there was this big lump of wood. It was like a tree.
Just right in the middle of where I was looking. And I thought this could be fun because there
was some machinery down. So I knocked this bit of wood down and it went and wiped everything
out. Now instead of giving it this really big funky title on YouTube. No. No I had to
dad joke it. And the title was. Would you believe the damage this does. Would you believe
it. Yep. Yep I had to do it. It was wrong not to. And I enjoyed it. And I'll be honest
with you the response side off the back of it was fantastic. So in all fairness. I might
do a bit more like that now and then. Just because. And in all fairness. I want to start
doing a few more of the fun type videos as well. Because why not. Because why not. Life's
too short for all the negativity all the time. Let's be totally honest. You know I didn't
really have any plan for this show today at all. Part of me was debating whether I was
going to do it because of. Me the mouth me pain. But I thought no I'm going to do it.
I'm just going to crack on and whatever. And you know what. It's kind of fun just to sit
here and natter away. It really is. But yeah no in all fairness. I'm probably going to
start calling it a bit of a wrap in a minute. But. Next week we'll be back to normal hopefully.
I'm really hoping this infection does clear up quite quickly. Because. It'd be nice to
eat my dinner properly. Not even a cut it up into tiny and I do mean tiny little bits.
And then sort of semi chew mostly swallow. Yeah. Yeah OK. But anyway. Anyway. Gonna call
that a day for this show. Like I say if I start feeling better in the week I might sling
another one up. Just to come and say hello. I'm probably going to do not necessarily next
week. Maybe a week after. I'm going to do a proper update show. Do a full update on
how I am. What's going on and whatever else. Because actually I haven't done one of them
for a little while where I've just done a full update. To watch this space. Well thank
you very much. Hopefully with this new new routine I'm going through this this new design
for setting the camera up in a different place and whatever else. Hopefully that's not come
across a bit of it silly. Again I was going to use a different microphone. But it just
didn't work properly. It really didn't. I think it's one of these. You just plug it
into your phone and away you go. Rather than like I say I record now on the laptop instead
rather than the phone. It's just easier. Makes editing and I don't do much editing. But just
that little tiny bit here and there. Just makes it a little bit easier. Well. I hope
you have a brilliant week. And I will apologize now if it's been a bit of a rambly weird
show. But you know what. You've got to do something different now and then. Have a great
week. I'll speak to you soon. Bye bye.