Monday of week 8 I decided that the time had come to tackle the toilet redecoration. I had bleached it from top to bottom the week before so it was never going to be a more pleasant job than it would be now.
Things started well, I stripped the paint off the air vent as it was covered with a thick layer of yellowed gloss. It wasn't worth painting over it as the yellow was caused by nicotine (when I get this house it was thick with a sticky yellow brown layer, no matter how many times you paint over it, it still seeps through) I then started putting a polyfilla skim over the walls to even them out. The Plaster is very uneven and somewhat crumbly, if I just paper it it would look awful and if I am going to do the job I should do it properly.
Things were looking pretty good for a first day's work. I'd got one wall smoothed out and had started on a second. The air vent was stripped back and painted with a coat of primer, there was dust everywhere but it was progress. Most of the work involved me looking up for long periods of time but I didn't notice any problems beyond a stiff neck.
At the end of the day I bent down to pick up something from the floor and I suddenly felt like my head was exploding. I became very dizzy and had to lie down, could stand up for the rest of the night. The problem is, this hasn't gone away. I've been stuck with migraines and dizziness ever since. I haven't been able to do anything that involves bending down or looking up and the headaches have stopped me doing any admin either. In other words these last two weeks have been a frustrating write off. I really hope that this will sort itself out soon. I have been referred to a physio but it'll be a while before I get an appointment. I wish that I could afford a chiropractor.
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