To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

Post 434: And the Living Is Easy.

2026-06-27T06:26:39Z

Post 434: And the Living Is Easy. It’s a nothing day today after I weigh myself. Well, it is the day before my nephew’s wedding in a hotel by the sea, but that’s all. Ha ha. The scales lied again. 10st 13lbs. (Eek!) Now that&rs...(read more)

Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good.

2026-06-26T06:55:35Z

Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good. Although I started the day with very low blood pressure, I ended the day happy but hot in this wonderful weather, we can’t have for much longer can we? Where would you be with...(read more)

Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending.

2026-06-25T05:37:30Z

Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending. There’s nothing like a busy day and this one could have been, but for some fantastic timing by pure accident. The Health and Social Care Connect team had promised a look-in and the...(read more)

Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling.

2026-06-24T07:40:25Z

Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling. 05:00am and the air is muggy and the bedroom breathless, in a non-medical way. Crash, bang, wallop! Oh my, what a storm rolling overhead, so I jump out of bed and close all the wrong...(read more)

Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile.

2026-06-23T06:19:23Z

Post 430: Day 3 of Magic Pills Makes Me Smile. Although there is a heap of things in the background of my life that are not managed, or to put it another way, there’s so much on the back burner that I’ve missed the tipping point and need...(read more)

Post 429: Sons for Sunday — What a Lovely Day

2026-06-22T07:54:53Z

Post 429: Sons for Sunday — What a Lovely Day It seems the crutch I’ve relied on so much, the MacMillan Prostate Cancer Forum, which helped me understand better all the responsibilities I had to myself and others, and was a place where I...(read more)

Post 428: Steroid Start Simply Stunning.

2026-06-21T08:19:47Z

Post 428: Steroid Start Simply Stunning. Within two hours of taking three little pills first thing this morning I had a response I could only dream about. The walking stick was forgotten in place of a normal amount of energy and strength that went ...(read more)

Post 427: A Visit from a Taxi Friend Made a Perfect Start to the Day?

2026-06-20T09:00:58Z

Post 427: A Visit from a Taxi Friend Made a Perfect Start to the Day? Hello my friends, I’m a bit late but this is mainly today about lovely friends. I hope you know a few friends like my Darling and me. I had a WhatsApp message: &ldquo...(read more)

Post 426: Am I in pain when I sleep?

2026-06-19T07:20:32Z

Post 426: Am I in pain when I sleep? I wake up tired, in pain I go to bed tired, in see Am I in pain when I sleep. It’s a fair question surely? But I haven’t time to think about it because I’m counting the minutes till my next fi...(read more)

Post 425: Give a penny, give a pound.

2026-06-18T04:39:52Z

Post 425: Give a penny, give a pound. These last few weeks have told on me it’s even hard to have a pee Jeremy Clarkson’s joined the club I know what’s the chat down at his pub You women get to join this fun Waiting hours on painf...(read more)

Post 424: Still struggling to sit, and AFib is back already.

2026-06-17T03:50:17Z

Post 424: Still struggling to sit, and AFib is back already. Happy Birthday Big Sis. Have a lovely day. I’d give this a miss if I were you. Go and read your book not this. You have been warned. ———— What day is this...(read more)

Post 423: Tears for everything today admin & pains mostly.

2026-06-16T06:04:44Z

Post 423: Tears for everything today admin & pains mostly. I can’t help thinking that the pain of administration ought to be equal to the pain my body and maybe it is but today I’ve cried and cried and cried My back has been a real ...(read more)

Post 422: Dinner Out at the Place (But It Used to Be a Palace).

2026-06-15T08:15:37Z

Post 422: Dinner Out at the Place (But It Used to Be a Palace). Although we had a lovely time, the day was marred by my sudden and fierce pain attack of the spine and lower torso. That thankfully went away after fifteen minutes and tomorrow will hop...(read more)

Post 421: Walkies! (It’s only 18 minutes).

2026-06-14T07:33:05Z

Post 421: Walkies! (It’s only 18 minutes). I’m fretting over the writing club on Monday. It’s two sleeps and I’m getting plenty of thoughts about how my plan to walk is falling apart, crash bang wallop. It’s not the be...(read more)

Post 420: Sis & Bro Pop By and Where Are the Darn Bags?

2026-06-13T06:13:26Z

Post 420: Sis & Bro Pop By and Where Are the Darn Bags? There are some things that somehow don’t get onto the page and I have no reason why. Like the printing of the 400-odd blogs or the sale of my truly lovely Volvo Olive. My Mum’s...(read more)