Hello world, again. Seems like I’m still here, just nobody knew about it. Yep, that’s what happens when you have a blog and don’t write on it regularly. But enough of that.

So, what’s been happening you ask? Let me update you for the fifty-seventh time then, as per the title of this post. 🙂

Mountains of stuff in fact. We’ll get back to the mountains in a bit though. So I’ve been reading my last update to see where to catch you up from. It’s been a while so you better grab a drink or a snack, we gonna be here for a while.

So the job situation: Last time I mentioned I had a rather physical job. Indeed it was, and I really enjoyed it. I probably saved quite a bit of money by not having to go to the gym. I was walking between seven to ten kilometers every night and lifting heavy stuff as well. Had a good team to work with and I quite enjoyed the experience.

Then someone I knew from a past job, randomly got in contact with me and asked me if I would like to come and work for him. Intrigued by what was on offer I had to find out more. Long story short I accepted. Similar nighttime hours slightly less walking, more responsibility, and way more fun. I loved working there but then… Dun Dun Duuuun! Mountains…….!

Well mountains. 🙂 Story of my life. I should have been a mountaineer. 🙂

At this point, we are at approximately the end of 2019. I am having more and more difficulty going to work or staying at work when I do go. Now don’t worry too much, it’s not cancer again. I try not to climb the same mountain more than once in a lifetime. 🙂

I did however have very little energy and whenever I forced myself to continue as normal, I would pay for it doubly the next day and even be unable to get out of bed or have a simple shower. So back to the doctor we go. I had also been to see the hematologists. Now, every time I see the hematologist, they test my blood to make sure the cancer is not returning. They assured me that there was no sign of cancer and referred me to the GP.

Hope you got that snack or drink handy, I’m having one myself. 🙂

Now the challenge has been given to the GP to tell me what my problem is. Long story short, this story is long enough as it is, he sent me for blood tests. One blood test after the next and he couldn’t tell me what was wrong with me. He even tested to see if it was in my head, like I would be imagining all this, or if I was mentally ill. Turns out I do still have all my screws, some may be getting a bit rusty. But that’s to be expected after forty or so years. 🙂

In the end he diagnosed me with chronic fatigue syndrome. That’s pretty much what they do when they can’t figure it out. So I obviously had to leave my work, my work friends, and just stay at home and rest.

And that’s been the case up to now. Stay at home and rest. Some weeks are better than others, I might have some energy to go out and maybe see the airport or some other light activity. But I have to be super careful to not do to much, otherwise I pay for it the next day, sometimes even more days.

So I guess that’s my new mountain to climb. However climbing a mountain sounds like so much work. Guess that’s why I’ve been resting in the valley for the past eleven months. It’s funny, I have all these things that I want to achieve, now I have all the time in the world, just not the energy. 🙂 Nor the money. Perhaps I’m back in a valley to learn something here, I must have missed it the last time around. Well when I find out I will let you know.

In the mean time I will stay positive and keep making the best of what I have. That’s all I have brains for now. See you again soon, or in a year, who knows. 🙂

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and I hope it is of some benefit to you, it was to me.

Positively, T Neil van Rooyen.