The pain is much like yesterday. I haven’t been doing anything different. I’ve not been able to go out or go to the gym (it’s been two weeks with my husband’s Covid and then mine). I go five days a week usually, first thing in the morning – 6 a.m. I’m there for between 45-60 minutes, depending on what I’m doing.

It can be awkward because I have to make sure I have my Aquaphore handy in my pocket so I can apply it to my lips regularly. But I manage.

My diet has been the same the days the pain was intense and yesterday, although I did treat myself to some good wine last night, something I can’t enjoy when my pain is through the roof. (Some people may wonder if the wine triggers anything and over the years, I’ve not seen any connection between when I can drink wine and when the pain worsens again. If the pain is less and I don’t drink wine, it still comes back.)