Early to rise.....

Erm.... and I was wide awake earlier so I gave in and got up at 7 AM s'morning....

Hot

And it is still too hot at half past 6 in the evening, it has been way too hot all day

Still borderline too hot at 22.00

GYMming

And I had another session with that Sam (who said she won't be here on Friday!!) in my older gym class and it went OK. I said "No ta" to cycling as my cough is still here slightly

Docs

And Denyse has just phoned me and said she had phoned the doctors and made an appointment (16.40 today) with the pleasant chap that I saw the last few times I went so today he is gonna be sick of the site of me but she is gonna email a list of what we need to hassle him about

Gosh, that went well. So he said re choking to try Carbocisteine to thin up my mucus and make it easier to get up. In answer to all the other queries he said "I will write to him and her and them, and them" etc etc

Eek, I had my first tablet a couple of hours ago and already my coughing feels really different, a lot less proper cough, just a bit like an irritated throat

(All links work now, properly)

My Cough

So I hardly coughed at all today, then this evening I was coughing loads for a couple of hours. Then for another couple of hours I was hardly coughing at all again.

Shrug

Birds Singing

So I was sitting outside tonight as it was so warm and about 9.30 my attention was grabbed by a couple of birdies singing lovely songs as they flew around. Now I don't know if the time of year is even close etc but it did occur to me that these birdys were singing "I want a shag, I want a shag" if I was even a bit close I am a bit jealous. Where can us middle aged cripples shout that?

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Bath Hot Day

And I had a bath this afternoon, I turned the hot tap on a little bit and the cold tap loads more and it was quite comforting in the end.

Gosh but it's hot sunlight today

Still conscious

And I nipped to Morrison's s'morning, did a small amount of shopping and got in the car to come home. Nervous, nervous, nervous but I made it home, conscious the whole way

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Peeing

Then s'morning I had a pee into the toilet.

It still amazes me how much longer it takes me to have a pee these days.

My bladder is so much better

Better?

Well, I am feeling normal again today and everything seems normal once again

What a day

Swear, swear swear

Whoops. Or sh#t

Gord. I was coming back from shopping in town when I passed out for about 15 seconds

Since then we have been sat in hospital. No lunch, no nap and we have just got out at 18.00 hours

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Blinkin' flip. I am back home now, have had some tea and settled down. Flippin' knackered tho

All out

And tonight me and Alex went and got Freya, a few minutes after she came Paul came to replace Alex and all 5 of us went out and had a really nice meal and pudding in Con Passionata

Fatherless

So we had to go to't gym without my father as he was stuck here supervising 2 plumbers who had come to fix the hot water. As it wasn't warming up very well and a MOS looked in the manual and said "Oh, but this is too low", we phoned the landlord and he phoned the fixers. But I had to go to gym when they were here so my father stayed and watched over them etc

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And when I came back, after lunch I was able to have a hot bath, awwwww

Today

So we nipped into gym today, me, Alex, and my mum. It was as hard work as ever but I am beginning to notice improvements, as usual it was blooming hard work but my mum commented on how I am improving.

We had to leave my father behind as there was a workman in the house

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Wrinklies

Gosh, just got rid of my parents, until tomorrow morning

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Good lord, that was a bit chaotic. They were both really positive about seeing me as folk have been telling them how remarkable it is that I can even hold a conversation etc. So they are coming to new gym tomorrow  etc etc

And they were both rather positive about my Naan Pizzas that we had for tea 

Horse-brutality

So I have just been over to t'hospital and had some injections in my arm and leg (BoTox apparently) but now I am supposed to be napping as we will see my parents after we get back

And it will take a week before the injections work on me apparently....

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I am becoming obsessed

Lordy, every minute of the last few days unless I was eating or otherwise busy was spent playing Solitaire.

Busy wiv Gareth

So there is nowt on my timetable for this morning but immediately after lunch me and Gareth and heading over to Neath Port Talbot hospital where I have an appointment.

After we come back my parents are here and I am cooking them food for tonight.

They are going to a hotel tonight then coming and staying here from tomorrow 'til Sunday

Tonight NOT Tomorrow

So I decided better go shopping tonight rather than tomorrow as a)I wanted stuff for my parents tea and b)I had run out of whiskey so I filled both

My Thyroid

And Denyse has just phoned to get the results of yesterdays Thyroid test and apparently it is clear - my Thyroid is functioning normally

And yes, we went into the Doctors and asked for a printed copy of the report to show to Sarah tomorrow

Team Meeting

Then Timmy didn't leave when AwesomeAlex arrived s'morning then within half an hour Denyse and the rest of the team have arrived and are currently "meeting" in my kitchen.

Dunno what they are talking about, it must be "me" in some direction

Busy Visit

So we (me and Timmy) went to the doctors and asked him about loada stuff.

First and foremost was the Thyroid Function Test which after talking about it he gave me a card to have blood texts done and then we will find out more. So Denyse will phone him for the results tomorrow

Apropos of nothing I had another brown inhaler off him

He also gave me some tablets to try and cut down on my cough, which did get a lot better when I switched to a new blue inhaler yesterday

Lastly he gave me a list of questions to fill in (tomorrow with Denyse too) about Sleep Apnea, which I may also be suffering from

Then last of all we nipped to the hospital where someone took my blood for the Thyroid test

New Socks - and I tried on my new pair of socks today to no avail

CouponDropDown

And big crisis.

An ad had placed itself/been placed on the front page of my Blog. I looked, tried to eliminate it, reset my PC and went for a bath.

It was still there.

A number of other procedures were followed, each with a restart until at last one worked. There is still a small band at the top of http://hippoin.blogspot.co.uk/ which says 'Ads by...' but there are no ads

Striving

So me and Gareth (a newbie, a bit settled in by now) are off in a bit to Monday's gym class

And it went well, even if I was coughing loads. But I have an appt with the Doctor tomorrow so I will mention my cough get some ventolin too

Bloody Sunday

Well, we nipped to superdoopermarket earlier, got all that was on my list.

After we came back I had a haircut as my haircut-worthy MOS is off for a bit after today

Dinner

And I made the usual Saturday night treat of scrambled eggs, beans and toast. I managed to make it all in the microwave tonight, unlike last week when for some reason I decided to try it in a sauicepan again and made it nearly uncleanable.

And tonight I said to Ed, "I might need some help buttering toast" but I managed the whole cooking part of it, the only help I required was lifting it

Little Old Lady

Then s'morning Sarah Bailey the speech and language therapist came to see me, 13 minutes before she told me last time she was due. We talked about how well I communicate in various situations and from that she worked out what we will talk about in a fortnight when I see her next.

It was quite good, she suggested coming back in a fortnight, I will be busy with my parents next week

Across The Universe

Then we nipped into Aardvark for the usual shop which went OK

Friday's Gymming

And we (a team) went to gym today and I nearly had to cry - no Sam today 

We did our usual extra work at Friday's class and I was exhausted by the end. One of the other students was in the lift back down with me and she commented on how much better I seem rather than 6 months ago

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Panic ye not

So we are heading off to my PromotedClass in a bit, me, SmallPaul and AwesomeAlex as a dream team. Hopefully it will be good

Better this month

So Iechyd Da folk night seemed better this month, more attendance by musos etc, I actually enjoyed it from start to finish this month

And this peeing every 15 minutes thing is so in the past. We left here at 6 to go and fetch Freya and I didn't go to the loo from then 'til about 10.45

Oh what chaos

So I was heading for the bath s'afternoon when suddenly I thought "Where's the washing basket and half my washing?". Oh dear, outside on the washing line (and sitting next to it) and it started raining about 7 minutes ago, it was cloudless when we put it out last night 

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Dry Day

So the swimming session that I was trying to make excuses for big style turned out not to happen. It was Alex had to come today to see how it's done but he forgot his trunx

Out Tonight

And we went out tonight, eventually into The Drover and I had one pint and 2 double JD and Honey

Quiet Day

So as I am having a quiet day today we went to the supermarket s'morning and bought a pinta milk and not much else.

Then s'afternoon we are having such fun that I am paranoid about saying it's too quiet in case Denyse tells me off for saying 'I'm Bored' as she supplied a list of "fun" that I can do

I want one

These Pirate Socks that I could only find one, with a hole in it, s'morning

Oh dear, I have bought one (OK, two) from Amazon now....

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had Kievs with cous-cous which, I think, was an awful fattening garlic butter type meal, but the "What you have eaten" on my iPad didn't think it was too bad

Recalling

So today my MOS said "Okay dokay" to me, I thought in return "Out comes pooh", told him so and we both laughed and shrugged.

Later, when I was having my late nap, it occurred to me, it's Winnie-The-Pooh isn't it, from one of the stories, possibly "The Search For Owl"

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Late Sleep

And because we had had such a hectic day today it was nearly tea time before I went for my "early nooneraft" nap

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Nutrition

And we went into town to see the nutritionalist, me and Denyse and NaughtyNick. Gosh, we learned bugger all, I need to exercise more, nowt about eating (we took my iPad with diet recorder) nor drinking too much, basically she didn't know and was a bit negative feeling about my gland in my kneck

Politics

And today while recycling a MOS from there was working alongside us and chatting, she noticed my humanist badge and commented on how the Mayor of Carmarthen is an atheist this year and had caused some strife by having his meetings away from the church, just in a room

Recycling

So we are off to Trysordy in a bit to take more photo's for their website. Which is quite good and interesting. Last week the camera ran out of battery half way thru so I had to get stuck into proper recycling work but they know it has to be charged today

And today the interior "taking pictures" space had been taken up by SAND from Carmarthen who were busy having a meeting so we sat outside, in the sun, and sorted out broken socks from thread etc

Dull

So I have nothing on for the rest of the day but...... dunno actually

Gymming

And we went gymming again today, as ever I worked really hard but on the cycle at the bottom of the foot pattern my right foot insisted on moving straight but my toes went loads downwards, it would come back into proper position half a second/a few degrees later but it felt wrong, so I only did 5 mins instead of my usual 10

Naughtyness

Then today I have got my MOS from England, the cover chap, but it seems OK so far...

Garething

So Gareth has come in today and SPaul sais "No need for us to co-work, I shall bu**er off home for a few hours"

Nerve wracking but it seems OK

Gareth is here 'til 10 tonight, SPaul will be back before he leaves

Right, well, the day has just about gone and I am rather impressed. He seems quite pleasant and very eager to help me have a life too, so fingers crossed...

Morning Poohing

As SmallPaul commented that I hadn't written from the loo for ages, GOOD MORNING. Hope he's happy now...

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Drachefn

Then later we nipped out again to the proper Tesco's and spent a few quid on stuff for that Toby chap when he moves house in a coupla weeks. His new house is empty of furniture etc and Toby is still copying his fathers habits of getting drunk then being skint for the rest of his giro period

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Nipped Out

So me and Small nipped out to Wilkinson's, the old Tesco's, and bought some stuff to put on the petty cash account, gloves, printer paper etc

Obscure HTML Event

So today I was playing with obscure HTML stuff to put a logo next to the title of my webpage, and I even discovered it stands out more against a coloured background

And now I have finished this s'morning I'd better go for a pooh(1) and brush my teeth

(1) OK Paul, perhaps I haven't been mentioning poohing enuf recently....

Somebody...

Oh wow, so Google tells me that someone had thought of this dinner that I thought I might have invented first

Oops

So then I early slept before we nipped to Aardvark, actually no, I played Solitaire when I should have been asleep, napped for 15 minutes then had to get up as the shop was nearly closing

But I did it all, remembered to take onions out of the freezer at lunchtime and cooked a delicious Naan Pizza for dinner

Late Lunch

So we had a late lunch today as I needed to be in my new gym class from 1 'til 2 s'afternoon and I think it is bed to eat then exercise excessively.

So again I walked round and round, punctuated by stopping and bending then walk some more for about 3/4 of an hour then sat down in stretchy position for 10 minutes then walked at the end

OTness

So Sarah the OT came here today and discussed my weight etc etc. She is much too busy to come next week but we have made another appt for 2 weeks time, after I have seen the dietician

Hooray, what fun

And we are off to the swimming pool in a bit..

So we went today and it was a bit strange having 3 of us in the changing room but it was OK

Remembered

And I remembered to shut both curtains at the same time last night

Newbie

So tonight I have a newbie caring for me, Gareth. I will know more how it's gone tomorrow, so...

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Ferryside

So then we nipped across to Ferryside to the swimming pool that we might be using in the summer.

But no, there were too many steps etc and the floor was slippy etc etc

Shaun The Sheep

And last night next doors 18 month old son came out by himself, saw Shaun The Sheep and came straight across. Patted him on the head, bent down and was trying to pick him up and steal him when his father saw him and came running over

Battery

So we nipped into Boots to buy an obscure sized battery for my bionessthingy and they said "Sorry, usually sell 'em but we have none ATM"
"Oh..."
"But you could try here on't market"

And that led to Neil grinning later

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had veggie burgers and Batchelors cheese'n'brocolli bake which was absolutely lovely. I don't remember where the cheese'n'brocolli came from but if I see it again I will but 10

Voluntary Work

So me and NaughtyNick headed over to Trysordy the recycling place where again I took loadsa photos of stuff they are working on but then half way thru the camera ran out of battery. So instead I got stuck into loads of cones with a bit of thread left on, which I think came from a clothes factory so we had to split thread from the cones as both are sellable, seperately

Fathers Day Pressie

And I got an excellent book from Freya, amongst other stuff

And I managed to read it, even tho it was a proper book with pages, I still managed

I think that is a compliment to the book and to me, getting better

Gym, Jim, Jeroo

And so we nipped to gym old fashioned class s'morning and it went OK etc.

On the cycle machine it was saying "Heart rate too fast" for about the first 3 minutes, and my excuse is that I only spoke to the beautiful assistant before I started, so I calmed down a few minutes later

First Time in 10 Years

So tonight I came into my bedroom and went to close the curtains. Instead of doing both curtains with my left hand, like I have been doing for more than 10 years today I stretched out both arms at once, gripped both curtains and closed them both. Easy. Now I need to remember my new technique tomorrow. And the day after. Etc etc

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Botanical Gardens

So we went out yesterday and had an excellent time with Freya at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.

And it was really strange for me, I have no conscious memory of The Gardens but it feels familiar, as if I have been going there for years

What A Day

Phook, what a day. Until about dinner time from breakfast I was still stuck on my PC sorting out loadsa photos from yesterday, mainly from NBGW, but there were some others too

Pubishness

And Then me and AwsomeAlex and SmallPaul nipped into Carmarthen and went into 3 pubs and it was actually quite nice.

By my standards it was much too busy but in terms of Saturday night in town it is very quiet nowadays

Botanical Gdns

Just wow, the National Botanical Gardens were really special on so many levels for me and Freya, but I need to nap now, will write much more on my PC later.

But big ta to Freya for now, it was really good and special

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Botanical Gardens

And we are off in a bit to take Freya to The National Botanic Gardens of Wales, apparently we used to visit there years ago but I can't remember at all, I have no memory

Hot again

So the hot tap was hot again but I will need to ensure that "he" writes how he fixed it so my new staff will know how to cope if we have a similar emergency

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Jim

And I went to another "promoted" gym class morning s'morning and did loads of walking etc. And I can see the differences in my walking, both in ways I move my right leg forward and how I lean on my 'stick 

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OT

So Sara(h) the Occupational Therapist came round to see me s'morning and talked about calories and food so much that my brain exploded. But she left me some handouts and recommended some PC programs to try to get it all in track

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Hot once more

And having been to gym and shopping in Aardvark when we came back here for lunch there was hot water coming out of the tap again. [shrug]

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Hot Water

So there was no hot water coming from the taps s'morning. Ed had to do some clicking and banging in't cupboard under the stairs and it is working again now, still coolish but heating up

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Ooh, have I figured out how to do this from my phone?

Fredumpkins

And Freya came in for dinner etc tonight, so I had to cook 4 meals, me and Ed and Gareth and Freya's but it was nice. And nice to see her, and loose at cards too

And Freya is taking me out for Fathers Day a day early, on Saturday, which makes me feel a bit emotional

And Freya begged me once more to shave my lower lip tonight and for some reason I did just that

Sarahing

Then s'morning Sarah the physio came to see me and did loads of stretching my arms etc. We also did loadsa walking with no Bioness and she was quite impressed with how I manage that

'Wimming

So Timmy insisted that I go swimming again today <sigh> As ever it was great fun and excellent therapy being in the swimming pool (if a little cold today) and as ever washing and drying after I was out was well stressful.

And again I laddered in and back out of the pool

Shopping

And on the way back home today we nipped into "More reasons to shop at..." and bought 6 packs of cous cous that serves 3 and some (org. and semi. skimmed) milk

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Treasure House

So today at Trysordy "she" gave me a camera and said "Take pics" so I have actually been promoted, so instead of my usual recycling work I had to get stuck in to photographing the whole institute. 

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We're Off

In a bit to that Trysordy place to do some voluntary work

Big Delivery

Ooh, so the postman came today with my new Tablet, we have just got it up running and good lord, just wow

Dentist

So I went to see the dentist s'afternoon and it was Ok but she x-rayed my teeth and said "Oops new hole there" so  we had to make another appointment

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More About Gym

So as I can't find a way of topping up old entries I will have to write another. (Unless any readers can tell me how to?)  So today's gym was knackering but I managed it

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Old Gym Class

Then I am off to my old gym class in a bit with my 2 members of staff who are here today.

Then afterwards I have a delivery then going to the Dentist

Summer

After the sh*t*y spring we had it is now so warm, I am still just wearing a t-shirt, for the fourth or fifth day running. It is nearly dark, at 5 to 10 and it is still warm enough for just a t-shirt

New Ringtone

And after much trials and tribulations eventually I fixed it and my phone has a new sound ringtone

Stu-pot

I was sitting around tonight when suddenly there was a motorcycle noise from just outside, it was Stuart who had dropped over for a cuppa on his evening ride out. Which was nice

Hectic

So first of all today we headed into Currys at Towy Ford Retail Park, Carmarthen, SA31 2BN but decided not to buy the iPad from there. So we came back and got stuck into Amazon and bought it much more cheaply from there. Apparently it is being delivered tomorrow, here's hoping not at the time I am at gym.

We also called into the Range, next door, and bought some pick'n'mix sweeties. As I am no longer on a diet...... well wait and see but I was feeling hopeful today

And we also, at The Range, bought some covers for plants, so hopefully I will actually get to eat some blueberries off my blueberry plants

More Reasons To Shop At.....

And we nipped to Morrison's a day early as we wanted to buy some blueberries and let Alex see our routine so we did it all. Gosh but it's a lot busier on a Saturday than a Sunday (noisy link)

Newbie

And Alex was shadow shifting again. It went well, except he can't fix my hot water crisis

Hello Newbie

And The Great Gareth actually turned out to be not too bad when he went home after his first day. He wasn't in my face but if I asked him he would answer etc

Wow

Then afterwards I had to make pizza for 3 not 2 so I bought some extra bases in Aardvark when I was doing my weeks shopping late s'afternoon

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Class

Then after much business with GreatGareth we nipped to gym to do another of my promotion classes which Paul had never seen either.

Now afterwards I am ****ed but I have worked very hard

'Nother Newbie

And then today despite what "someone" told me yesterday another new MOS came in today. So GarethTheGreat1 came into shadow shirt along SmallPaul today

Wiv Freya

And then later today we went and picked up that Freya and for almost the whole night she was caught in conversation with TechnoTimmy and AwesomeAlex(1), my new MOS

(1) I am told to call him this not AwfulAlex

Newbie

And we have in shadow shifting today one of my new MOS, AwfulAlex and today has gone alright so far

Weary

So we went swimming today and as much as I want to complain I did actually rather enjoy all the exercises

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Dreams, dreams

So last night I dreamt I was in bed, had a w*nk, sat up in bad to reach for a tissue and realised thar the member of staff who was sleeping on my floor was awake and looking at me. WTF?

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