Healthy

I decided to pay a visit to a doctor today and ask about my health. I haven't been absolutely well for the last three months or so, no major illnesses like heavy flu, but numerous infections that kept coming back, feeling well in the morning, feeling terrible in the evening. And you know how it is - you cannot concetrate on your work, but you also have no strength and will to practice your crafts!... Blah!...

The doctor turned out to be a very nice old lady (with the Atlantis ring on her finger, if it matters ^^), who examined me and said that my immunity system was in pieces and we were going to start the recovery treatment. She at the start said that she's going to approach my case a bit differently (than the traditional doctors, I presume ^^) and gave me some homeopatic medicine, and told me to come back next week for a check up. For the first time in my life I felt that the doctor really wanted to help me, and not only prescribe me the regular antibiotic-aspirin-vitamin C-cough syrup combination and put down 'check' next to my name on the list.

So, I bought the pills she gave me and took the first dose, and I'll be waiting for the results (which may come not so fast, I am aware of that, because I have to rebuild my immunity system and it's not something you can do in the blink of an eye.) But at least I made the first step! ^^

In addition I bought some food to keep my fit and healthy.
Let's look inside my fridge: these are the joghurts enriched with special bacterias to strengthen body's ability to fight illnesses (natural flavour and the orange ones, although they are not too tasty...).

Here are some fresh salads: mixed beetroot salad, red and white cabbage salad and plain beetroot salad, next to earlier inhabitant of my fridge - horseradish to put on the meat sandwiches (yummy! ^^) and cranberries for the roasted chicken.

And of course some alive fruit and veg: tomatoes, oranges, apples (I haven't eaten them in a while, I don't know why?...), an eggplant for musaka and a kohlrabi (I love this vegetable! I usually slice it and put some salt on it, very tasty and crunchy! ^^)

Knitting
Last night I knitted one wristwarmer of Fetching from knitty.com and... I didn't like it at all! It was the right size, cables twisted properly, but it didn't have that vibe. Maybe it was the yarn - I used Wendy's Merino Double Knit, 100% wool in white, maybe if I used some blend with microfibre or cashmere as recommended in the pattern (or cotton, because there is no way I could buy cashmere or silk yarn in Poland...), it would look and feel differently. Anyway, it's frogged now and I'm back to knitting Emelia and Candle Flame shawl.

What the heck?...

OMGs... I woke up this morning and immediately knew something was not okay with me... Then all was clear - my Cystitis came back again!... Yes, I know I should wear warm underwear and longer jacket, the weather is not summery at all, but I totally ignored this fact and went out on Friday evening and Sunday evening wearing skirts and waistline jacket (also thicker tights, if you may ask). But I thought it would be okay because I travelled by car, no long waiting for a bus or walking - but it came to me anyway. Also I think, going out onto the balcony "just to take a photo", in a blouse, short skirt and socks helped here a bit... (In fact, the bacterias just activated, they are always there but most of the time they are dormant, it's just my fault that I created the environment for them to act...).

So I had to cancel my beautician's appointment and went to get some medicine. And now I'm sitting at the computer, my hips wrapped in a warm shawl, drinking a lot of different fluids to wash the bacterias away.

Fortunately I acted quickly and it was the mild beginning of the infection so it's not that bad right now. But it gave me a food for thought - I should have some petticoats or a pair of bloomers to wear underneath my skirts in Winter! ^^ It would be very Victorian, and I rarely wear skirts that are fitted around my hips and legs, usually they are the A-line ones, so I could tuck something underneath to keep me warm. *^v^* Some time ago I bought a set of patterns from Laughing Moon Mercantiles, namely the following pieces: two corsets, a chemise and a pair of open drawers, that can be adjusted to a pair of bloomers I hope.

Anyway, I started knitting gloves last night. I'm using a combination of several patterns, just to fit my yarn stash and my size, here are the first results.

(Sorry for the dark dull photo but that's the weather's been like all the time lately and I couldn't find a better spot in my flat to take this photo.)

I stopped with the first glove at the line of fingers and started the second one because I'm running out of red yarn so I had to knit the second glove's cuff and see how much yarn I have left potentially for the fingers. It looks that I will knit one finger with red on the right glove and maybe one finger on the left glove if I have enough.

Happy Monday, everyone! *^v^*