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So in October I had weird digestive symptoms and had to go get checked for bowel cancer, with the result that I think I've figured out that I have a newly onset case of dairy intolerance. At least once I stopped eating dairy the symptoms went away.
Then I had a horrible cold. I was just getting better from that when I came down with Covid, which lasted a good week. Then although I tested negative for the covid, I remained ill for at least two weeks afterward. Then I started to feel a bit better - enough to go to bellydancing one week. Then this Saturday I came down with a debilitating headache which feels like a migraine even though it fully fills my whole head. Light sensitivity and everything. And that has gone on for over three days now, making me miss another week's dance practice.
I think it's common for me to lose at least a month to illness during the transition from summer to winter (just like it's common for me to feel physically healthier and for all my stuff to clear up in the summer) but it's an enormous pain, and every time I wonder if I'm ever going to get better.
I guess I'll give it another week, and if I still don't feel better after that I'll go to the doctor again. At least I can tell them about the resolution of the digestive issues, which probably needs to go in any health record I might have.
On the plus side, I am occupying my rare moments of mobility and energy by making a Magyar style Rus-Viking coat, which is pretty much exactly the same pattern as my earlier Banyan, except that it has sleeve gussets that should make movement a bit easier.
I found the pattern in a cupboard I hadn't opened for 15 years and immediately thought 'that would be a lot easier than having to take my measurements and plot it all out by hand.'
The material is black corderoy for the outer layer and black fake fur for the lining. I've wanted a long black coat for years and haven't found one that was both warm and affordable, so I'm going to make it myself. Silver buttons and black silk lacings across the chest, I think :)
