20 May 2011
Started the day with a wheelchair shower administered very ably by Sally, from Ross Nursing. All worked very well and we only had to use the standing hoist once to move me from the wheelchair to sit on the bed to be dressed. The shower was.very welcome as we have been rather sparse on the […]
19 May 2011
Late morning, Karen, the aromatherapist came and not only to rub my tummy but also gave me a neck massage, all of which was very pleasant and I hope is doing me some good. Once we get our Continuing Care I’m hoping that the nurses will be prepared at least to massage my stomach with […]
             18 May 2011 I have assiduously avoided mentioning anything vaguely political or issues dealing with colour, race, class or creed, for the obvious reason that I do not wish to give offence to any of my readers who come from all corners of […]
17 May 2011
The electricity was turned off at nine o’clock this morning until 5.10 late afternoon. The electricity board were working their way down the road trimming any branches from the trees that might be overhanging the electric wires that, in a gale, might fall on the wires and cause the electricity to be shut off .. […]
15 May 2011
With a chilly wind blowing and an overcast sky, I deferred yet again venturing out in my electric wheelchair. As a result I spent some part of the day ,at last getting to the end of Anna Karenina and am no less impressed than I was when I last made mention of this book Anna […]
14 May 2011
Late last afternoon an enormous bouquet of flowers arrived from Alice from Richard, as yet another thank you for arranging for him and my mother to be driven down from Shropshire to come here for lunch. I think Richard must have been something of a dark horse as a young man, every girl’s dream, flowers, […]
13 May 2011
Another red letter day, my darling daughter Chloe’s birthday. I know she won’t mind me saying that she is 44. I remember the day she was born as if it were yesterday. She was a homebirth baby, born in our four-poster bed. Like her brother Miles she did not hang about, which is not surprising […]
12 May 2011
I telephoned one of my pals today who is coming to Lord’s later in the year just to check to see if he had received his ticket which I had posted to him just in case, for one reason or another, I was unable to make it myself. He had but told me that he […]
11 May 2011
After Sam had assisted with the washing and the early-morning dressing, Mel, the physiotherapist, arrived to carry out final assessment prior to tomorrow’s meeting of the Continuing Care Committee. As a result of her assessment, which included watching me struggling along on my frame, I believe she will make a positive recommendation to the committee. […]
10 May 2011
The morning run went smoothly enough just with Becky and ‘my lovely’ helping where necessary. I hope it shortly gets to the point where they do not have to rely on Alice at all as the idea is to give her a break. Unfortunately, the Continuing Care still has yet to be approved and, indeed, […]