Two Evils

People always tend to talk negative about the health system in the UK but I never had any problems with specialists or hospitals there. They listen to what you’ve got to say and take your complaints serious, they don’t treat you condescendingly or show this annoying superior attitude, they don’t tell you things you already know for years…

In the Lowlands they wouldn’t listen to what I had to say last week about the specialist in the UK and what she recommended, they felt superior and wouldn’t accept her medical opinion. Their reaction was: ‘we’ don’t have that medicine here and ‘we’ feel it doesn’t work. *I feel it does!* ‘We’ have our own methods so ‘we’ are going to do this ‘our’ way…

Gosh… such arrogance!

The specialist in the UK told me that they’ve got much better allergy tests in the Lowlands and that I should have it done there, she was patient, polite and didn’t have the arrogant competitive attitude like the Dutch have. Her treatment had done me good, I wasn’t just a file number, she knew who I was when I visited her six months later.

So now I’m a guinea pig having to deal with people who are not really interested. I’ve been given medication that is kinda new and they don’t know the side effects for longterm use. It burns, stings and it hurts but it seems less damaging to the skin *no hormones*. I can see a difference already but this burning sensation is killing me…

It seems to disappear after two weeks: one week down the road it should be gone. I’m glad it’s winter because the cold numbs it in a way but I’m not looking forward to the summer: let’s hope the problem will be gone by then. I’m not allowed to catch any sunshine either, they’re still doing some serious research on the side effects.

It’s like having to choose the lesser of two evils… I was reminded again of the perfect health system and past frustration with hospitals and so-called specialists.

© Unknown A blank look…

New Theme: Asian Style…

I haven’t had much personal time, hence my absence from blogging but yesterday I felt like taking a break from building websites and have some ‘me-time’. I’ve wanted to change the theme of my blog for a while but never took time to do it. I love theme design and the challenge is to make it work cross platform which most seem to forget about resulting in bad coding and/or design. But then again that’s what makes me stand out *ahem*.

I haven’t written much because I also have to admit that I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps lately. It’s not bad bad but I have lost a bit of zest, mainly because I’m dealing with a few problems. One is a major allergy that has been acting up for two months now causing inflammation. It stops me from running along the canal (workout) and at times even from socialising. I don’t want to go into details but my health is far from good at the moment.

I’m postponing seeing a doctor as usual because I know she will send me to a specialist at the hospital and I’ll end up fighting the symptoms again and not the cause which is typically a scientific and medical approach which I try to avoid if possible. But I have to admit I’m close to being desperate and I want this condition to end asap and the only way to do that is taking the medication they’ll prescribe which is hardcore unfortunately.

It’s a vicious circle; the condition keeps me from sleeping because of the inflammation and because I have no sleep, healing takes forever or the condition aggravates. Okay… enough of that… but it is the main reason for not having the zest to write. So yesterday when I decided to do something for me, I was basically giving myself a gift by taking a break from clients (I have another Flash website lined up from Scotland next week).

So… what do you think? I collect fruit stickers -don’t ask!- and was inspired by the simple design of one so I changed it into my own and that triggered the rest of it… I thought it would be nice to have a green phase for a while. It represents nature, renewal, balance, love, self-control, healing, emotional safety and is soothing… No wonder I chose these colours *wink*. And for the design freaks: all is done in Illustrator…

(ps: don’t forget to clear your browser cache and refresh a few times, it might act pesky on pc *of course* mixing old and new design *hehe*)