past is present

luckily everyone else was too busy or sick or whatever to see me last night, because i'd forgot i said that i'd meet up with the punkrock ex loverboy as he was in town getting his eyes tested. so we met up in the ship (yes fishwhiskers and foodlebug know it well - where we went for pirate night!) and hung out catching up properly about how just when you think life is sorted and settled it all goes shit again...

...and of course we talked about hepc too as he's finally getting round to dealing with it after 25 years. i guess i'm kinda like is mentor or sponsor or something as i'm the only person he knows that has has it and has been through treatment, so yea we talked long and hard about it and i told him the 2 main things he needs to find out first and now - well next week when he goes to the hospital. i've told him to find out his genotype and get a sonogram of his liver - both asap.

he's going to whipp's cross hospital - does anyone have any experience there?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

the list

so continuing with the decleor theme...

i tried to write a list on my sidebar but it didn't look right at all.
instead i'm just going to write ANOTHER post about the products that i love.

• aromessence ylang ylang night balm - soothes and helps to balance skin
  
• aromessence ylang ylang - a few drops of this oil balances the skin (daily)
  
• experience de l'age triple action eye and lip cream - my new eye cream for fluey eyes!
  
• cleansing gel - cleanses away foundation without drying out
  
• matifying lotion - like a toner
  
• harmonie soothing eye contour gel - my old pre tx eye gel
  
• eye make up remover gel - soothes as well as removes all mascara
  
• phytopeel - mmm yum thyme scented soft rub off exfoliant
  

infected with my love...

can i just say if you have hepC and want an allover body exfoliating massage DO NOT go to the spa at the randolph hotel in oxford!!!! i diligently filled out my treatment card, noting my condition and they refused to exfoliate my skin because of my virus...this is absolutely fucking ridiculous for 3 reasons at least!

1. if they are using an exfoliant so rough that it might make my skin bleed then that is wrong wrong wrong. i have had micro-dermabrasion on my face, neck, and chest and never ever bled ever - so how is a normal body exfoliant mean to make me bleed and infect someone else?
2. if point 1 above is correct and they are using exfoliant sooo rough that it breaks the skin - then because of contamination and cross-contamination purposes they should be treating everyone as tho they are viral!!! as a california state licensed cosmetologist and someone who has dabbled as a piercer and tattoo artist i know for health and safety that you have to treat everyone the same - and protect all.
3. after refusing to give me an exfoliating body massage they offered me a pedicure - with exfoliation and filing of my toenails! ugh....how inconsistent is that????

Anyway, as angry as I was about their stupidity/naivety - their behaviour also really upset me. It is the first time ever that I have felt dirty or infected since my diagnosis and I do have to admit that I choked back tears the entire time during my whole pedicure. Typhoid Mary I am not...ugh.

Oki, rant over I do want to also give props where they are due...
The next day went back and got another treatment - a facial with eye revivier - as I've found that since I've been on the tx that my eyes are ALWAYS tired and I'm looking older. It was one of the loveliest ever facials I ever had and my eyes were sooo revitalised! Thank you thank you thank you to the lovely slovakian girlie who perked me up after crying so much the day before.

I loved the facial so much I bought alot of the products - they are decleor something I used alot of already but let me tell you if you have fluey eyes - their creamy eye ant-wrinkly stuff is lovely and the make up remover also doubles as a refreshing eye gel! Yum...anything to help me feel/look good is worth it with the 45th birthday approaching next week.

And...something I really realised while away this weekend (well besides knowing it sucks) is that I can't wait to get married! I really really wanted to be Mrs all weekend not have different names. I put off planning the wedding til after my tx but more and more I just want to take a long lunch break and go do it one day.