I don't have much of an idea of just how many people read my blog on a regular basis, but if you do, I am sure that you are sorely disappointed at the lack of entries recently.
I think that if the truth be told, I am a little consumed by new job. It's been several weeks now and from the off its been pretty manic times and for the majority of the time, once I finally get home at night, I would rather spend that time with Kerris than be sat up here in my dim office battering away at the keyboard.
Anyway, I now have a laptop with WIFI so I can now sit in Kerris's company and do the blog too. Multitasking has always been a speciality of mine.
So how is the job going? Well what can I tell you, its been a hectic start to life at Onyx, its also been stressful in more ways than one!!! The main stress comes about from one of our suppliers who have insisted on sending people to help me in my early days of selling their products. The problem here is that I had one guy from Belgium and another from Germany with me and they just don't understand that a lot of the calls I am making are intro calls to people I have never met. My only expectation on an intro call is that the customer is happy with me as a person and Onyx as a potential supplier. However, these guys expect to walk out of every call with orders. Its not over yet and its something I have to bear with for a few more weeks.
Another thing is that I wanted to work harder than I did at Ingersoll Rand and I am doing. I got very lazy at IR so to get back into a hectic regime has been a bit of a shock to the system. My body is not what it was and I can feel within me that there are still wounds that are far from healed. Its been an adjustment and will continue to be, hopefully my body will allow me to adjust.
All in all though, with the exception of people who only want to tell me how much cheaper everyone else is on key blanks (I sell for 10p and the guy tells me he can buy for 9.3p) its a role I am starting to get my teeth into. Over the first few weeks, I have met loads of new people and as I start to make regular calls into them, I am sure I can win business. I am also getting familiar with some of the new kit I sell and last week, I did my first key machine demo!! I now want one to take everywhere!!!
The blog has been neglected though, and it needs my TLC. I plan to put some catch up entries on over the next week and the big news is my impending MRI scan that I am in no way looking forward to!!!
Stay tuned!!!
Saturday, 27 October 2007
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Interesting angle.
Woke up today for a second day without hip pain which was nice but I do feel like I have pulled a muscle in my neck in my sleep to compensate!!!
Anyway, one thing I forgot to mention in the last post was the fact that my massage lady had a good 20 minute chat with me prior to getting her mits on me and its her point of view that illnesses that are caused without reason are usually brought on by stress. In my case, she started by asking me about the last point of trauma I had in my. I recognise cognitive techniques and she was textbook!!!
We talked about causes that may have triggered my illness and to be fair, we went over a lot of ground which she discounted. These included, my Dad passing on, Jay being born and the after effects of the birth, my break up with Sandra all those years ago and my vasectomy!!!
However, I was made redundancy from a job on 18th November 2005 (some dates you don't forget eh) from Neurodynamics (I think there is some irony in that seen as though I am now under a Neurologist) and thinking back, the 2 months that I was out of work were very traumatic for me as a person and for my family. We came to the conclusion that this was well timed to unleash my current condition and I have to admit, the more I think of it, the more I am willing to use that point as the start of this.
Well there you go, any comments welcome!!!
Anyway, one thing I forgot to mention in the last post was the fact that my massage lady had a good 20 minute chat with me prior to getting her mits on me and its her point of view that illnesses that are caused without reason are usually brought on by stress. In my case, she started by asking me about the last point of trauma I had in my. I recognise cognitive techniques and she was textbook!!!
We talked about causes that may have triggered my illness and to be fair, we went over a lot of ground which she discounted. These included, my Dad passing on, Jay being born and the after effects of the birth, my break up with Sandra all those years ago and my vasectomy!!!
However, I was made redundancy from a job on 18th November 2005 (some dates you don't forget eh) from Neurodynamics (I think there is some irony in that seen as though I am now under a Neurologist) and thinking back, the 2 months that I was out of work were very traumatic for me as a person and for my family. We came to the conclusion that this was well timed to unleash my current condition and I have to admit, the more I think of it, the more I am willing to use that point as the start of this.
Well there you go, any comments welcome!!!
Friday, 19 October 2007
Craniosarcal Therapy
There is a long word for a Friday eh!!! Basically, yesterday evening, an older woman took me into her spare bedroom and massaged me until I came all over light headed and weak!!
Actually, I think the real story here is that I am turning a little "new age" and trying out alternative methods of coping with the symptoms of Myelitis.
I came to the conclusion a few weeks ago that I am currently sitting in limbo waiting for the next bout of symptoms to strike me down. While in limbo I have Myelitis and once I am hit with the dreaded second coming, they can clinically diagnose MS, however, the trick is to stay in limbo for as long as is humanly possible. The longer you are in limbo, the better because even if you have the dreaded second coming of symptoms but they are 18 months from the first attack, you still wont be diagnosed as the attacked have to happen between 6-12 months from each other to tick the box.
So you would think that limbo is a good place then? Wrong, its a lousy place. There is not much help in limbo, doctors refer you to consultants and consultants analyse data but offer little support. If I had MS, there are a million groups, forums and other services to call on but until such a time there is no support structure for Myelitis. Also, don't confuse what I have with Transverse Myelitis, they are not the same.
Anyway, seen as though there is not much support for me, I thought I would give into Kerris who constantly tells me the benefits of alternative methods of dealing with my problem. I have heard the acupuncture mentioned more than once and I figured that it was time to start checking these out.
So this brings me to Craniosarcal Therapy. Its a method of massage concentrated on the central nervous system, practised by a few people and after my session, I think these people feel they are healers who channel positive energy into you. She was channelling something as she told me to take off my leather belt as energy does not pass through leather!!! That explains why cows stand still then!!!
Well I have to say, I am the worlds best sceptic but last night, the technique was very relaxing and very pleasant. Basically, the lady held various bits on me in her hands (steady!!!) and very slowly maneuvered me about while I lay relaxed on the bed. This was especially good with my head as I got a genuine feeling of floating around the room!!!
Afterwards, I felt very tired and light headed and she told me that over the next 7-10 days, I will feel changes to my nerve functions. She told me to drink loads of water (I hate water) which has basically made me pee all day. As for my symptoms, well there is no major improvement, I have been waking each morning with pain in my hips and today there was none. Coincidence or result?
I will keep you informed!!!
Actually, I think the real story here is that I am turning a little "new age" and trying out alternative methods of coping with the symptoms of Myelitis.
I came to the conclusion a few weeks ago that I am currently sitting in limbo waiting for the next bout of symptoms to strike me down. While in limbo I have Myelitis and once I am hit with the dreaded second coming, they can clinically diagnose MS, however, the trick is to stay in limbo for as long as is humanly possible. The longer you are in limbo, the better because even if you have the dreaded second coming of symptoms but they are 18 months from the first attack, you still wont be diagnosed as the attacked have to happen between 6-12 months from each other to tick the box.
So you would think that limbo is a good place then? Wrong, its a lousy place. There is not much help in limbo, doctors refer you to consultants and consultants analyse data but offer little support. If I had MS, there are a million groups, forums and other services to call on but until such a time there is no support structure for Myelitis. Also, don't confuse what I have with Transverse Myelitis, they are not the same.
Anyway, seen as though there is not much support for me, I thought I would give into Kerris who constantly tells me the benefits of alternative methods of dealing with my problem. I have heard the acupuncture mentioned more than once and I figured that it was time to start checking these out.
So this brings me to Craniosarcal Therapy. Its a method of massage concentrated on the central nervous system, practised by a few people and after my session, I think these people feel they are healers who channel positive energy into you. She was channelling something as she told me to take off my leather belt as energy does not pass through leather!!! That explains why cows stand still then!!!
Well I have to say, I am the worlds best sceptic but last night, the technique was very relaxing and very pleasant. Basically, the lady held various bits on me in her hands (steady!!!) and very slowly maneuvered me about while I lay relaxed on the bed. This was especially good with my head as I got a genuine feeling of floating around the room!!!
Afterwards, I felt very tired and light headed and she told me that over the next 7-10 days, I will feel changes to my nerve functions. She told me to drink loads of water (I hate water) which has basically made me pee all day. As for my symptoms, well there is no major improvement, I have been waking each morning with pain in my hips and today there was none. Coincidence or result?
I will keep you informed!!!
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Wedding Bells
Yesterday saw my friend Nick Bartlett get married to the ever so lovely Cara Mitchell and I was Best Man.
I am pleased to report that it was a great day and went off (almost) without a hitch....and I dont mean that in a marriage sense.
The wedding was at Speke Hall in Liverpool and the reception was held at the Marriot Hotel in Liverpool city centre. Nick and Cara had gone to great lengths so that guests could be ferried between the wedding venue and the hotel but the coach failed to collect the guests in the morning from the hotel so a load of emergency taxis were called in!!! Apparently the guy had been held up in traffic on Edge Lane but amazingly failed yo let anyone know. Anyway, that was all that went wrong so the guests all arrived by taxi and I tracked the coach down so that at least it was there to ship them all back to the hotel.
The service in the great hall went perfectly. Nick's voice was breaking a little during his vows but I am sure its just nerves. Cara made up for it by stating hers loud and clear for all to hear!!! I was there alongside to pass the rings and also catch Nick if he decided to faint!!
A lifetimes worth of photos then followed before we took the show back to the Marriot for the wedding breakfast.
I had been nervous all day at the thought of the speech and it would not be fair on the couple to reveal the depth of my nerves around the event as they have enough to worry about without me adding to it. When the time came to deliver my Best Man speech, I took control and nailed it!! All that practising in the car had done wonders!!! Soffe, being the ever resourceful man that he is, ran a sweep stake on the length of the my speech and it serves him right that there was a debate from a disgruntled party following the result!! Finally, my job was done and I could enjoy myself!!!
In the evening though, lethargy came over and although it hit me later on, Kerris went first and
was in bed early following the buffet. I managed to carry on until about 11.15 but I had been awake since 4.00AM so I hit the hay alongside a "dead to the world" Kerris. Note to Marriot Hotels......we love your beds!!!
So, all in all it was a lovely day. I enjoyed myself immensely even though nerves and a few other niggling things started to get the better of me but hopefully no-one noticed. Cara and Nick jet off to Mexico on Monday for their honeymoon, I really hope that they enjoy themselves and I look forward to seeing just how dark Nick can get in 2 weeks of scorching beach worship!!! Take care guys and thanks for letting me be part of your day!!!
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