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Autumnal Inspiration

October 13, 2013by garnharmoni 2 Comments

In my life as a travelling English teacher I am always on the go. The best part of my day is any time I get to leave the shuddering, cramped, […]

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Been too long. Back in the orchestra, sax instead of clarinet. 🎶🤗

A spot of self care... #coffeeandknitting #knitting and then #scoreprep and #orchestra rehearsal... #conductor #garnharmoni #kämpa #amusicianslife #twostepsforwardonestepback #severeasthma #edshypermobility #toughtimes #theshowmustgoon

Enjoying using #rainbowgarn by @hobbii.se in the new 8/6 weight and on 4mm hook. More often I am used to 8/4 on 2.5mm-3mm so getting used to the tension in a heavier weight. It means the work is growing in size quickly and this project only uses simple stitches so far with many colour changes to keep it easy, relaxing and interesting. Inspired by the wonderfully colourful and inventive patterns in the book #mindfulcrochet by Emma Leith. Highly recommend! #garnharmoni #colourfulcrochet #crochetastherapy #crochet #mindfulness @emmaleithatelier

Ready for a wash/blocking (when I have time.) Happy with the fun project by @maryannarella the yummy #greatbritishbakingshawl 💛💛 #keepcalmandcarryonknitting #knittingaddict #shawl #garnharmoni #stashbuster #itsawrap

After intense consultation with my kind lung specialist (grateful to him), I have to hope that this "new generation" inhaled medication (on top of my others) will help my #severeasthma #asthma enough in order to drop down from the #cortisonepills that are both helping me breathe and destroying me at the same time. The #bronchoscopy gave the all clear on all types bacterial infection but revealed a low count in cells that are, I quote:"response for cleaning up the garbage in your lungs." The massive and unrelenting production of mucus I am coughing up night and day is from #inflammation ... My already over- sensitive airways plus having #edshypermobility and #mecfs is making recovery from the procedure itself much longer than normal (as I feared) so I have extra #fatigue and soreness in the throat and upper airways, pain in my back, chest and loss of strength in my voice, cough, difficult to swallow. (So yesterday I could work as an orchestral conductor for a few hours in the evening only because I spent most of the day horizontal. Mind you it was a good rehearsal! 💪🎶) The other medication he is considering (long term, low dose antibiotic) has quite serious side effects so we are taking other options first. Referring me to a cardiologist (latest ECG was not entirely normal 🙄) as the stronger drugs can affect the heart. Plus can cause diarrhoea and actually damage your hearing. And hearing is my life, as a musician! You can understand, I am not keen to risk. But we are running out of options... Additionally, I am trying to adjust to CPAP machine, doing lung physiotherapy, regular nasal saline washes and soon EDS physiotherapy. Will return again soon to try another inhalation approach at the hospital but hoping this new puffer works. I must get down and off the cortisone pills! And then I am moving house soon... it's a lot. For now, rest ... #tryingtostaypositive #amusicianslife #toughday #exhausted #invisibleillnesses #itscomplicated #notenoughspoons #prednisolone #oralsteroids #spirivarespimat #gratitude

#greatbritishbakingshawl #knitting #garnharmoni #söndagsmys

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