I can’t say I’m at my brightest. After my Paston / Dragon Hall meeting with Natasha Harlow on Thursday morning, the slightly queasy feeling I had during the morning accelerated considerably. I had a lie-down in the afternoon, got up for a haircut at around 6.30pm, had a bath and was then violently sick. This happens to me so rarely that I can’t remember the last time. Obviously I felt better immediately and thought that would be about it. But no. The sickness was followed by diarrhoea, and I felt rotten again, retiring to bed.

In the distant past, when I’ve had anything like this, it’s been over within a few hours, or a day at the most, but this has lingered on. I haven’t been sick again, but the other thing has been reluctant to leave me, and only now does it show signs of improving. However, I still feel very rough and at times wouldn’t be surprised if I were sick again. Had to cancel rehearsal yesterday for gig tonight, and have now of course cancelled gig. No church this morning, either.

No idea what the culprit is. Food poisoning? If so, what? Mushrooms and sauce heated up? Lousy milky tea from cafe? Or is it connected with my cleaning of kitchen sink pipes the previous day? Or is it some winter vomiting virus? Or is it, as they say, the symptom of a deeper illness? I should get my blood test results tomorrow, but the blood may have been taken a day or two too soon.