self-portrait, triptych and more

another busy week has passed and, unfortunately, i spent two days of it in absolute agony every time i moved my right arm.  i suspect the damage may have happened when i helped michelle move a chest of drawers out of mikayla's room as we had to lift from the top and carry it, holding our elbows out to the side like wings.  the next evening i started getting severe pain in my right shoulder.  i think i may have pulled a muscle but it completely debilitated me to the point where i had to get a lot of help from aaron and bradley to do basic chores.  it got so bad, i ended up taking some strong anti-inflammatory medication and thankfully, by the following morning, the severe pain had eased by half and has now ceased altogether. YAY!

i'd arrranged a doctor's appointment for saturday and, as my car is a little risky to drive right now, aaron and i walked up to the clinic which isn't too far from home.  the pic below was a section of the route we took.  it was nice to be walking through the nature strips again...it's been awhile.

WEEK 27 in th 52 weeks of ME project

i had nerve studies done on my hands last thursday as, you may remember, i've been dealing with painful hands and feet for over a year now.  the results showed that i do have mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands but the pain is worse in my right hand due to whatever arthritic condition i have.  so, this will mean wearing splints at night which should hopefully stop the carpel tunnel syndrome from getting worse thereby avoiding surgery down the track.  my doctor also wants me to see a rheumatologist so, hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of my ache and pains once and for all.

as promised, here is a pic of the new quilt cover set i bought on sale last week.  the blues and greens are still there but there is now some pink/magenta thrown into the mix.  i'm still changing things about but here it is so far.  i plan to do a different painting for the wall behind my bed.  it will include all the room colours or maybe i'll re-paint the rose painting i did years ago so it leans more to magenta pink.

an evening shot

i got my weeks mixed up so you get an extra self-portrait this week....lucky you! lol

michelle recruited me to paint a simple design on a triptych for mikayla's room.
michelle is very much involved in the designing process and here is the middle canvas so far.

school holidays are over so aaron started back today.
i miss him already.

i'm off to get ready to head over to michelle's place where we will be doing more work on mikayla's room.  it's looking beautiful so far.....pics coming soon!

~ love, light and peace ~