Service is interrupted due to the heatwave

I feel a bit like the train people who announce that the heat has warped the railway lines and you can't get to where you want to go.

In my case, my blogging has completely tailed off because I'm finding it difficult to focus on writing. 

I'm afraid I'm really suffering with the heatwaves and seem to be entirely focused at present on 

• how to stay cool indoors - I'm living in semi darkness most of the time.
• how to be able to get some exercise outside when it's so very hot.
• how to eat without using any heat!
• changing what I'm wearing about three times a day!
• buying more hats with wide brims
• sleeping with my feet up on a wedge to reduce the swelling in my ankles!

Me at Knole last Monday. 
We spent most of the time trying to find shade....

Part of the explanation is that I have no thyroid - which is what regulates your body temperature - due to it being surgically removed back in 2005 after hot soup made my throat close up so much I couldn't breathe properly! I had a goitre which was growing fast.

• I now take medication to regulate instead - but that can get out of whack. 
• So making sure that my body is responding appropriately to the excess heat feels a bit like a full time job at the moment. 

I went for my blood test for my annual thyroid check-up this morning and hopefully we'll know soon whether an adjustment needs to be made.

I'm hoping to get back to normal blogging - just as soon as this heat retreats!