It has been a sun drenched week with temperatures reaching 35 degrees in London – too hot for us POTSIEs!!  I have been absent from the blog and social twitter as the heat has given me some pretty grotty days, but thank goodness for midodrine – this has kept the faints under control.  Up to now I have had to get my midodrine prescribed monthly by my cardiologist and then dispensed by the hospital pharmacy, a hassle for everyone, but this month my GP has been allowed to prescribe. Hurray!!

Something that the weather has played havoc with has been my icing!!  I planned to make a cake for our friends’ Silver wedding anniversary and it was all going well until Wednesday night when I came to ice with fondant.  Who has ever tried to ice a 24 ounce, 12 inch heart shaped cake in 34 degrees humid heat??  Three of us were doing it – I can’t roll it out any more due to dodgy wrists/hands/shoulders! – and if we tried to lift the wretched stuff once, we did it at least five times and each attempt the sheet of icing split.  Eventually the cake went back in the fridge, the fondant into its tub and me in front of the TV with a glass (large) of wine.  Panic not, yours truly was up bright and very early the next morning and icing the cake at 7 am before a rheumatology appointment at 9 am.  Very pleased with the finished product and I even made it to the party on Saturday for a couple of hours (in the wheelchair with a dislocated shoulder in a sling – colour co ordinated with my dress naturally) where the A level student got his sister tipsy on cocktails. Enough said!!

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I’m rather later in the day getting some inspiring blog published, so I suggest that it could be time to sit down with a large glass of vino or a cold beer or even a Pimms, and enjoy some great posts & a vlog.  Think I need to take a close look at the sunburn one and I am intrigued by the Spoonie pin up……

https://confessionsofafibromama.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/a-tricky-parenting-secret/

http://hope-health-healing.net/blog/2017/6/19/how-can-i-prevent-sunburn-naturally/

http://chronicallywhole.com/dear-doctors-may-always-use-powers-good/

https://chronicallystrong.com/7-lessons-orange-is-the-new-black-teaches-society-about-mental-illness/

https://thezebramom.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/autonomic-testing-what-you-need-to-know/

https://theinvisiblef.com/2017/06/20/swim-classes-lessons-confronting-anxiety-self-doubt-whole-shebang/

https://tipsforme.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/spoonie-pinup/

https://thedisableddivablog.com/2017/06/21/my-body-failed-to-meet-my-expectations/

http://livewithcfs.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/weekly-inspiration-restorative-power-of.html

Hope you enjoy these and take time to leave a “like” or comment – and share some great bloggers’ work.

Claire x