Valium or vodka?

 Husband has suffered no ill effects from falling out of bed, although his face is well bruised.  I had a phone consultation with his GP on Wednesday afternoon - husband was having a snooze in his bedroom (with the door slightly ajar for safety!) so I was able to have an uninterrupted chat with the doctor.  The GP agreed that the nightmares/thrashing about husband has been experiencing are almost certainly a side effect of one of his new meds - he even knew straight away which one it would be.  It's one for the neuropathic pain in his feet - it's actually working at reducing the pain, husband hasn't complained about it for 2 or 3 weeks now, always a good sign!  The GP suggested that husband should stop taking the med for the next week or so, to see if the nightmares stopped.  He said the downside is of course that husband's foot pain will most likely come back, but that's probably the lesser of two evils.....safer than him falling out of bed, and him continually thumping the wall as he flails his arms about.  Husband does already take another med for his foot pain, the GP said he could double it if we decide he should stop taking the new med for the future.  Meanwhile, we've got and fitted the bed guard, so hopefully that'll stop him falling out of bed again.  

Oh, and the GP - very friendly and helpful guy - laughingly said that husband seems to be causing even more problems than usual lately (we've had to go for GP appointments for husband several times on several different matters in the past couple of months).....and then asked if I wanted a prescription for Valium or vodka for my stress levels!  😂😂  I said if he was offering gin instead I might take him up on it (I don't drink alcohol anymore, but when I did G & T was my tipple).

Husband, having seen my new to me recliner, decided he'd like one for himself - the charity furniture shop said they had a few (different ones) in, so yesterday we went to have a look.  Husband chose one, a very nice one, I'd go so far as to say it's even nicer than the one I got.  It was about the same price as mine, husband however didn't really want to pay extra for delivery, so we managed to get it in the back of the car - well, 2 of the male shop staff put it in for us.  Shame they didn't come home with us, as obviously then husband and I had to manhandle it out of the car and into the house, and remove the old chair out to the car port.  So yet more furniture shifting, and my back is well and truly buggered now, and my left arthritic knee is killing me as I've twisted it due to walking funny at the moment (not that there's anything funny about it!).

I had an email reply yesterday to the queries I'd sent off about the stopping of my Carers Allowance, it was very long and convoluted and at first read through seemed to be a load of waffle designed to actually say nothing and confuse me even more.  As my brain currently is just as tired and worn down as my poor aching body, it may be a case of me just not grasping it, so I shall leave it a few days until I feel more alert (if that ever happens).

The last month or so has just totally worn me out, physically and emotionally, and I've shed a few tears.  That desert island is calling to me again.  I need a break.