Improvements

Thankfully, a better night's sleep with fewer interruptions less time awake, even a spell of deeper sleep. I dozed until nine when the medication notification on my phone went off. When I went down for breakfast, I saw blue sky between the clouds for the first time in many days. An intense migraine aura developed. It persisted for about ten minutes and disappeared as suddenly as it arrived. No painful aftermath! Normally the aura comes if I've been gritting my teeth and my jaw muscles tighten. This time my jaw was relaxed and so was the rest of me. Is this to do with the clot on my occipital lobe dispersing? Tingling in my left hand seems to be diminishing. Admittedly its intensity varies during the day. Heaven knows why.

I believe my distance vision is now sharper than it has been since the stroke. I won't know yet about the field of vision in my left eye until I go out for a walk. I think the brain fog is lifting a bit more. Mucous has cleared away the remnants of soluble packing from my repaired left nostril, so I have clear airflow in both again. That'll make a difference to sleep without my mouth falling open to breathe, leaving me with a horrible dry mouth. Small changes, but they make a difference, above all to well-being.

I phoned the surgery to re-schedule my GP blood pressure test, due later today, since I'm due to have one at UHW tomorrow morning. Kath called me on her way to work, sharing her frustrations with the Arts Council's on-line grants application process which is still hardly fit for purpose despite a disastrous system crash last year.

In the morning mail, confirmation of our car insurance cancellation and notification of a refund. The next letter I opened was from the DVLA, containing a car tax refund cheque - how old fashioned! Together with the scrap value cash, I'm about £400 better off for getting rid of the car, plus whatever I save on fuel.

Clare's study group arrived for their session confining me to the lounge for the duration. After lunch I  snoozed for a while, then went to the Post Office to deposit the DVLA refund cheque. On my way back I bought tomatoes and grapes in Tesco's. Ir's cloudy but the sun is shining through. I think we might get away with a few light showers today in Cardiff, despite dire warnings of heavy rain tonight and tomorrow. After tea I walked around Llandaff Fields for an hour carrying my brolly. Only in the last ten minutes did I need to use it.

After supper I watched a French Canadian mystery crime series set in rural Quebec, set in the vicinity of a Benedictine abbey. Not sure what to make of it yet.