Thanks Nanc :)

The storms aren't due to let up any time soon - we are getting all these storms coming off the US east coast, they are then travelling across the Atlantic and picking up lots of warm moisture, then dumping it on us in a big swirl of high winds and heavy rain....such fun. Not.

Good idea to order the baby shower gifts online and have them delivery there - very wise :winky: Hope you're feeling a lot better then and can really enjoy it rather than just enduring a social occasion. It's always horrible when your smile is stuck on for the benefit of those around you, rather than coming from your heart.

I've just got back from work, and I'm so glad I managed to go. I was tempted to cancel but didn't, and had a really nice session and a bit of a laugh too. Always cheers me up a bit. I warned her I was having a bad pain day and she was really nice about it. Bless. I love my job. Once I'm there lol.

Leg is going mad now though, got the bee stings thing going on. I had a quick five minute game of ping pong with my lovely understanding husband (he came back, phew) which always cheers me a bit, but tonight I think I will pay. Sigh.

Thanks so much Nanc.

Bram :hug:

Oh Bram,
Don't apologize for moaning especially because you're always here for
us too!
I had no idea of what is happening there. That all sounds so devastating!
The low pressure along with all that humidity would just amp up all the
pain. Then add in all the worries over flooding, you poor thing.
I hope you can rest and try to get some dry heat.
We'll be thinking of you :hug:

Thanks Di :)

We are lucky to be on a hill so we won't flood in a direct way unless the patio fills up again like it did in 2007, and even then it didn't come in the house, just the garage... I just feel so sorry for the countryside. It's one thing after another for them, and so many British farmers are living on a knife edge anyway. And the poor animals :( so many dead creatures in the flood water.

No let up for at least the next couple of weeks. One storm tonight, more rain than anything else, and another really bad one over Saturday afternoon with high winds and even more rain. The floods here have been rising again through today after last night's rain, then we've had this bizarrely nice sunny spring day today, then it's due to start chucking it down again in about an hour. What a miserable winter we're having!

I'm a right mopey muppet tonight lol :rolleyes:. Ouch, ouch and thrice ouch.

The water will go one day and all will be well. Fingers crossed.

Bram.

Bram, I'm sorry you are having such a hard time. I keep telling myself that spring is just around the corner. And I have a box of Celebrations, which helps. :)

Chocolate always helps Kim :) I've destroyed a large bag this evening...

I held it together until the children went to bed and then just fell apart and blubbed all over my husband's shoulder. Bad evening.

Thanks and hope you're doing ok yourself.

Bram.

I had physio this morning, then went straight to work, so I'm pretty shattered and extra-burny.

I'm contemplating ridin' the tram tonight (or, as normal people call it, taking a tramadol).

I just have to wish everyone well out there in the sodden and storm-battered UK, from Cornwall to the Shetlands....

Winds are due to hit 100 mph in some areas, horrific rain (a months worth in the next 3 days) and the floods just spread and spread. A force 12 gale is forecast for the Irish Sea. Even the coast guards were shocked at that.

There is a lot of misery out there. If you're in the UK, good luck and I hope you are (and stay) dry and warm. If you're in the US or anywhere else, and think we're making a fuss about it all ;) then have a look at the BBC News or the recently posted YouTube videos of parts of the UK.

The Thames Valley is seeing unprecedented flooding. Cornwall and the south west are battered and broken, with storm force winds again today and enormous seas. The Welsh coast is going to suffer again after massive damage to towns like Aberystwyth. The Severn valley through the Severn Estuary all the way through Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Worcester and up to Shrewsbury are having a very wet and tough time of it. The waters are rising in my town :(

I'm lucky to be on a hillside and no flood water can get to us, but I know plenty who have the sandbags out, and roads nearby are becoming blocked by water again. It's just awful. The wind is rising fast here, possibly up to 80mph. Yikes.

Needless to say, all of this wet and wind, and the huge low pressure system that brings it, are playing havoc with all my CRPS symptoms. Such a miserable time.

Take care everyone, and stay safe.

Bram.

Hey Bram! I did hear about the epic rain and flooding the UK is having on NPR news yesterday. A woman there in the UK was saying that it's flooding on the opposite side of flood plane areas... weird. Gosh, we've had our share of weather too. Massive flooding last summer that we're still dealing with damages, fires, brutal Arctic cold this winter, and what has seemed like daily snow and gloom. One more weather system and my life will be complete!
It friggin HURTS!!! Weeks and weeks of pain, flares and spasms.

I'm so sorry for all that you guys are having to endure! Hang in there! Surely all this will pass...surely...right?!

Hi Bram,
I'm in the Smokie Mnts. of western North Carolina (USA) in the middle of a storm called Pax. I'm in the same boat as you with the weather playing havoc on me. My left hand and wrist hurts with sharp pain from the cold just opening the door to let my dog in. She loves the snow!
I've noticed that my pain is worse when the barometric pressure is 30.0 or higher and when the humidity is 60%% or more. When both are in the higher numbers so goes up my pain level. Both feet are very cold and burning too.
I wish you luck my friend...

Completely agree Russell - it's that combo of very low pressure and high humidity that really trips the crips-switch... Add in low temperatures and/or high winds, and you're really ramping things up a notch.

I'm just so tired of it all. Could do with a holiday from the whole country tbh! It's lovely usually, but not when it's like this.

Still horrible out there, big gusts and rain. Mmm lovely. Hope you're doing ok yourself tonight, we don't have snow here, just lots of mild very wet weather.

Bram.