Recent Art

The diet is going well. I added some extra things so I wouldn't rebel in hunger and have a big binge session, over a kg down since Wednesday.

Things in my head are bad at the moment, not helped by things in my body being sore and troublesome. Judging by the poor numbers this blog gets no one wants to hear me complain, since that's mostly what I do here so I'll omit the details.

Look, some art!

 This is Girl. Girl is supposed to feature in all of the pages I work on in the magazine - I forgot to take her with me on Friday so she missed the photo shoot. I'll fix that this week.

This one is a few weeks old, I did it as an impatient and then smeared paint all over the page with the kettle. The page with the kettle flips up to reveal the image below.

I consider the main two pages below to be finished, but I'll work on the red page, maybe just get rid of the advertising, I like the rest. I'm not sure where Girl goes here.

Missing the girl. I know where to put her though.

Painting from two weeks ago just using up left over paint from another work and then added the white and bird, which is cut out from a piece of fabric lying around.

Anger and Eating

There was a paragraph here but it seemed likely to piss people off, so instead I’ll say I’m angry, very angry.

I had Lithium toxicity this week due to an idiot GP (not my usual) telling me to use Voltaren despite me informing her and him (she did a secondary consult) that I’m on lithium and can’t use anti-inflammatories. The GP that Nurse on Call put me through to told me to stop the Voltaren and it should be ok since it was only two days in. This adds another thing to my anger list – two GPs and a pharmacist getting it wrong. I saw psychiatrist tonight and he said Lithium toxicity explains a few of the problems I’ve been having in the last week.

I dropped another kilo the day after my last post and it’s all stayed off but stagnated since then. I can’t do dieting right it’s only ever in extremes so today I’ve enjoyed food before tomorrow becomes only fruit and raw or steamed vegetables. Purging is easier but my medication intervals are too close together now. I’m not sure I’ve ever mentioned food issues on here, it’s just another fun thing to deal with.

Ten Days Out

I’m a little sad to be returning to Blogspot; Wordpress is so much better for the readers, but it’s a bitch to use and has put me off blogging; thus I return.

For posts between 6/1/14 and today go to onereclusivegirl.wordpress.com

I’ve been home from hospital for 10 days, during which time I’ve lost 4 of the 10 kilos I gained during my admission. I’ve achieved the weight-loss by doing nothing more radical than two swims and not eating such vast amounts. I’ve got a long way to go, I was big before admission, now I’m huge. I have a pouch to rival the most experienced mother kangaroo.

My body has been sore since discharge, I’m assuming it’s a result of 6 weeks of inactivity. My left hand is very swollen and my right foot doesn’t seem to remember the concept of walking. I’m not allowed to take anti-inflammatories whilst on Lithium and Panadol and Panadeine do nothing at all. To top it off I dropped my car bonnet on my arm twice (don’t ask) on Sunday, giving me two large bruises.

I started out patient art therapy last week, it goes for 5 hours rather than the 1.5 we get in hospital and it was great. My other therapy group was not so great, that’s a full day on a Wednesday and I left early and really don’t want to go tomorrow. It’s supposed to be informative, but instead most of the day is spent listening to fellow group members complain, at its worst you might get half an hour about someone’s dog being sick and that making them stressed. I know people need to talk about what’s going on but it’s not the right forum and the psychologists leading it do nothing to discourage it and kind of fuel it.

Abrupt ending, I don’t know what else to write and my hand hurts.