BrambleDigger's blog

Greeting, one and all. All hail the return of the BrambleDigger. All gifts and cash offerings should be left in a LARGE pile on the table at the side of my chair. I still cannot bend down too far. Socks are bloody impossible, so my feet are all on show. By that, I mean that all of both of my feet are on show - not that all of my feet are on show.........I think? So - I'm out. Discharged on Wednesday, only 5 days and…

Hi Folks, It’s me again! Well no, that’s not quite right, is it? It’s always been me – never been anyone else. So, I suppose, it cannot be me again, can it? At the third stroke, the time from BT will be………….. So – here I am, sitting in front of this wretched machine – we’ve all got one and love or hate them to a greater or lesser extent – but still we use them and still we moan about them. Especially the updates –…

I knew today was going to be bad – and I was right. Not really bad bad – and not all day – the worse was the last part of this afternoon. Well, really only the bit at half past six, when the Donor Carer at the Blood Donor session told me that I would never – ever – be able to give blood again. I suppose I can understand the reasons why – they don’t really have a grip on whether cancer spreads through blood transfer …

Recipe Take thirteen people – 11 men and two girls – who have all worked with each other for years; add a trainer who has a specific subject to teach in a set timeframe; mix well with a large sprinkling of mickey-taking and laughter, together with an element of embarrassment and nerves. Cook gently in a sun-baked training room for six hours. Turn out when finished. The subject was Emergency First Aid and, for most of…

I'm so very sorry, my friends. I'm having a really black evening for some reason. I've been writing for an hour or so and just binned it all because I wasn't happy with it. Can't blame chemo-brain - can't even blame booze - I'm just a bit down. No - I'm a lot down! However - like Tigger - I'll bounce back. Soon, I hope. Thank you all for the fantastic comments on the recent blogs - I love writing and I love entertaining…