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Yesterday was my first mother's day without my Mam. I went to the crem to take some flowers and cried all the way home. It was hard but I survived.
Tommorow is one year since she passed away. Again I will be going to the crem with more flowers. In 25 days I will be back there again. This time to take flowers for my Dad who also passed away one year ago.
The past few days have been up and down. Getting on with things and finding myself crying and not knowing what it was that started me off.
...I have to say that I'm discouraged at how slowly I'm recovering from the chest infection of a couple of weeks ago. My breathing is more or less OK now, and my cough has more or less gone, but I'm left with no energy at all and an urgent need to sleep and sleep. It was such a beautiful morning however, that I was determined to get out for a walk and enjoy the burgeoning spring and the warm sunshine. So we set off for a walk around the local lanes. My pace is so slow at present, not like the normal...
sorry its been so long but things hadn't improved with the water infectons. finally had T.u.r.p.s on March 4th the 5 day stay in hospital was eventful to say the least, i thought I was doing well but on the 3rd day the cathetor started leaking and I drowned the bed 3 times in about 6 hours, Embarrassing ?.so they finally decided to take it out, What a relief. Then my stomach took a massive dislike to one of the tablets they gave me (amlopodine I think) and I was violently sick kept thinking ...
Radiotherapy underway, day 2/33
Similar process to 1/33 but arrived slightly late, 55 minutes before the appointment instead of one hour. Called straight in, and rushed to do the bowel prep. Before the enema had started working, I was told to start drinking my cups of water. Drank three, then rushed off to the toilet. Explained what had happened to one of the radiographers and was asked to drink another three cups. As my hormone tablets were due, took those at the same time. One of the other guys...
Arrived at UCLH one hour before my appointment, as requested, with my wife, May. Checked in and waited for my name to be called, which didn’t take long. First question: “Have you done your bowel prep?. I hadn’t so into the nearest available toilet to insert the micro enema. Sat on the toilet and waited about 15 minutes. Success! Then taken by a radiographer trainee (Mataz?) who did the usual checks: Name? Date of birth? First line of your address? Passed this stage with flying colours. Explained...
Well to start off i should probably tell you all a little about myself. Im 28 i have a sister whos 35 and has a 7 year old son. My mum is 55 and has been married to my dad who 61 for 38 years. My dad has been my mums carer for pretty much that amount of time as she sufferes with a long history of mental illness.
My childhood wasnt the best but my dad was always there, he was my childhood hero and as sad as it is now adays to say, he still is my hero. i have suffered with depression and in my darkest...
I haven't written for a few days ... mainly because I have developed double vision and I don't really enjoy reading or writing as much. I apologise in advance, because this post is really, really long!
It came as a bit of a shock when I awoke on Tuesday morning with double vision. It can be a symptom of MS and, over a decade ago I did experience several visual disturbances, including double-vision. However, my take on this episode has been slightly different as when I googled (Yep, I know...
