Like doing a marathon.

Writing in blue, because I feel blue.

Yesterday we went out to get a few bits and pieces, we went into Asda and bought a toy for Poppy, it wasn`t the big Asda, it was a small Asda home store and we only went upstairs on the escalators, took the toy off the shelf, paid for it and went back downstairs in the lift as for some strange reason the escalator in this particular shop only go up, you then have to walk down a long flight of steps! We then went into the pound shop next door to get a new drawing book for Poppy so we just went straight to the section with the drawing equipment and then to the till to pay. By this time I was starting to flag and walking was becoming even more difficult and painful. I was unable to get one other item that I wanted in this shop so we decided to give a home bargain shop, just a couple of shops along, a try to see if they had what we wanted. As soon as we reached the shop I realised I had made a mistake, it was already too much for me, just the short walk along the parade of shops, not very far but obviously too far for me. We went into the shop but we had only got half way down the first aisle when I realised I could not go much further, the pain was bad, very bad. I said I was struggling and so we made our way to the exit, me walking very slowly by now, trailing behind and leaning heavily on my stick. The walk back to the car, no more than about 10 or 20 yards, was slow and painful. I kept having to stop and rest, leaning against a convenient pillar on the shopping parade. By the time I got to the car I could have cried, the pain was excrutiating, my back was screaming out in agony, both hips were so painful. I eased myself carefully into the seat and the relief I felt on reaching the car was immense. It was like doing a marathon, except I was only walking a very very short distance. Today my legs have felt so heavy and I have been in a lot of pain with my back, it is so wearing to be in pain all the time, even though I do my best to keep a cheerful face showing to other people sometimes I just can`t manage it, and I am best at home, resting in the hope that the pain will abated a little. Ehlers danlos hypermobility syndrome, grrrrrrrrrrrr.