SHITNo, I got there, sat down and had an orange juice and soda but then later I had some glasses of red wine. It was fine, I didn't misbehave or fall over or anything, I just had some red wine, not loads. But a good time was had
Thursday, 22 February 2018
So Iechyd Da tonight
For the Folk Club but I expect that I am not drinking any beer until I am a bit more stable etc
Fark
And my hand hurt some when I woke up s'morning but pulling my trousers back up after my pooh was a challenge
Double fark. Just been shopping in Morrison's, Timmy had to push the trolley, hold my shopping list, take goods off shelf, all he didn't do was pay, he had to do all the farking rest, then carry the goods back to the car and indoors from thereTriple fark. And my tongue has been hurting for a bit so I said to Timmy s'morning "Am I getting ulcers or what?" and showed it to him and he said "No, did you bite it when you fell"
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Oh What Fun
Then after lunch I went out the back door to get the small bin things, I was stepping back in and I fell backwards off the step and had to be rescued by GGtGG. So I am currently sitting in hospital waiting to be seem and my right hand is a bit fscked
No apparently I have broken it. Hoo-fscking-fay
What fun. I can't tie my shoelaces, can barely pull my up trousers and zip up, can't look at my mobile phone unless I am by a desk, can't carry anything.....
But Good News
And GGtGG has just come in and said he called at gym on the way here and found out that there is no Aqua Fit class happening today, as it's half term
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Busy Day
So at lunchtime we are going into town to meet up with That Ruth who used to be my friend and neighbor when we lived in Mynydd Cerrig many moons ago.
Then after bath/nap/food etc we are going into the bowling center just near the gym to have an evening of not bowling but socializing with West Wales Everything Group as a kind of "make friends" nightWell wasn't that good. So we headed into town and parked hundreds of yards away from the café but that is no longer an issue, we just walked along and got there. There we met Ruth and, oh, what can I say? We had an excellent chat and a delicious bean burger and salad lunch which was so nice I felt the need to walk back up to the counter and praise them
Then l8r we popped out to a "Making Friends" bowling match and stayed there for 2 or 3 hours and it was pleasant, a good group of folk, although I didn't play bowling
Stickless Walkies
So s'morning I walked from the computer into the kitchen with my walking stick held up off the ground. Yes, I could do it, no holding onto wall when I passed etc but it took fscking ages. About 3-4 times longer than a walk with stick trip
Monday, 19 February 2018
Double Figures
It was relatively toasty and warm today, in double figures for the first time in ages
Nearly Walk Off Without My 'Stick
I am so close to just walking off without my walking stick but "Be Careful" keeps eating my head and telling me not to. But I can walk a long way without it already
Samless
So as there was no swimming I went to the 2pm gym class and it wasn't taken by The Beautiful Sam. There was some chap in charge. But today on the standy up trampette I was actually able to stand on my right foot and lift my left foot 6 or 8 inches up, this was big progress from last time
And while cooking dinner in the kitchen tonight I was able to repeat the trick
Grumpyness
And I am struggling with just being in a bad mood because of my circumstances. I am fscking sick of recuperating, I just want to be properly well. I want my life (and my wife) back.
"No, some carer will drive you to the gym then rub cream on your legs and chest after u have your bath"Oh, and I am fscking sick of the additives to enable me to use the bath and the loo
Disapointed
So after thoughts s'morning I said "We need to go to the Drs again to collect another script". I am disappointed 'cos I thought we would walk in, the usual receptionist would be there, who saw me in last week, I would say "Now, why am I here again? Did I forget summat off my list or did I just feel the need to come in and see you again?". But the usual receptionist wasn't there today
Fark
And GGtGG on his way to work thought "Ah, half term, I'd better check" and called into gym and yes the class has changed the time to an unsuitable one and if we had showed up I wouldn't be wearing my FES so I wouldn't be able to do an exercise session.
Arse, arse, arse. So instead we are popping into Sam's 2pm classCan't he just "Mind his own business"
Sunday, 18 February 2018
Shall We Go Out.....
.....MagicMark said to me s'morning. "No, day of rest" I replied
Dunno, we might do summat later but for now, noBIG SIGH So I had lunch half an hour ago and feel a bit livelier so go out soon? NO, I need my fscking nap
And we couldn't go out after nap as I was cooking baked spuds for tea which involves
about an hour and a half in the oven. It was edible with some of Neils veggie stuff which
I cooked t'other night
about an hour and a half in the oven. It was edible with some of Neils veggie stuff which
I cooked t'other night
Saturday, 17 February 2018
Grumpy
And I have been a bit of a miserable sh*t again today, I am just sick of not being able to...... "run for the bus" or drive and sick of having cream rubbed into my chest and fecking feet every day
I know, I am not supposed to be grumpy as I was so much iller in the past but that doesn't help. I am still a bit...... loads.....
Got It
And my new t-shirt arrived today, I had decided it wasn't too dear in the end
But it was a bit pricey......
Computer Crisis
And I am having a crisis today. My external hard drive which contains most relevant stuff has died. I couldn't have a close look s'morning as we were out walking and since then I have been cooking. After nap I will have another look
No, can't do f. all. I have had to dig out backups etc
Friday, 16 February 2018
Friday
So after an early lunch we headed to the Drs to get my script. Except I had forgotten to order one of the main items so we will have to go back on Monday or Tuesday and pay for fscking parking again. We had half an hour before gym class so we pooped into the gallery at the end of King St and had a look. This involves a scary staircase but that was no prob. I just climbed.
Then we popped to gym which was much the same as usual, except today we were doing an exercise with both feet taking turns to be backwards and for the second half of the exercise I managed to do it with my right foot staying flat on the floor, my ankle wasn't insisting it lifted
More Grumpyness
After being grumpy yesterday today I am being p*ssed off with having to wipe my arse (after a poo) with my left hand
It is just wrong/It doesn't work properly/It is too hard
Hooray, It's Friday
So after my early lunch then we have to pop to the Drs to pick up my 'script (As Timmy will be "having a meeting" with GGtGG when he comes in) then there is my weekly class @ gym with Sam
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Sigh
Well I said it was too dear t'other day but in the end I bought it anyway.
So they emailed me today to say "It's on the way"
Grumpyness
I am struggling a bit with just feeling sick of being as fscked as I am now. Yes, I was more fscked in the past but I still struggle with being this fscked now. I had an enormous life changing accident which wasn't my fault and did change my life. I used to be a lazy(ish) do nothing chap. That has changed. Because it is a struggle to get out of my bed in the fscking morning. It is a struggle to walk to the loo, to the kitchen etc.
And I need to have someone else rub my cream in every day etc. Et-fscking-cetera
AND I "have to have" someone supervise me cooking and eating....
Gymwards
Well we popped to gym, got a bit confused about what I had said to Timmy but we got there in the end so I sat down and did my 3 and a bit KM rowing exercise. At one point I had to turn my hands upside down as it didn't hurt my right hand like normal rowing does, so apparently it is making other muscles work but I did it.
Finished the distance
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Unexpected
And when we were on the way out today we saw the ex-landlady as she was down at the house next door. She commented the last time she saw me I was in a wheelchair and was also much fatter (Slim Jim she called me)
Frozen Food
And because we had run out of "Neil's food" we had to have frozen mini pizza's(1) and oven chips for dinner tonight. It was pleasant but I think it is about 3 weeks since we had anything to eat apart from na'an bread pizza (once a week) or "Neil's food" that I had made an enormous pot of and frozen loads the rest of the week
(1) With extra garlic and cheese
(1) With extra garlic and cheese
Hoo-fscking-ray
And it is an early lunch today followed by Aqua Aerobics at the fscking pool
HoorayWell wasn't it...... Well that went OK. For the first time ever I didn't have to hold on to the side for any of the exercises, I did them all on my own two (and one periodically) feet
Getting Light Again
And s'morning my alarm clock went off and I sat up and put my shoes on etc and, for the first time in some months, didn't need to switch the light on to see, it was bright enuf
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Different Format
And if I look at the test which tool you are using to look at this webpage on my iPad which I mainly use for watching telly it comes up as a mobile phone device
Feed Me
So I am heating up for dinner the last of "this weeks food" which actually means I will have to take summat out of the freezer tomorrow as I don't get the organic veg 'til Thursday.
It has lasted all week before, dunno if we have had bigger portions or I have lost some or what this week
Monday, 12 February 2018
Take 'Em Down
And I have just had to go outside and take down(1) my two "hanging, blowing in the wind" ornaments as it is getting so windy
(1) OK, or ask MM to help, he is tall enuf to reach
Headway Update
And we went to Headway and had a good time. We were sat with a women who remembers me from before and a newbie chap who had a car crash 5 years ago and is trying to get over it. We only had time, amongst conversations etc, for one game but I won it!!!!
Headway Today
So we are off to a meeting of Headway Swansea instead of going swimming today which I don't know how to react to. Yes, not going swimming is excellent but going to a meeting...... "Why am I here?" springs to mind.
THEN there is a Carmarthen Headway meeting tonight to sort out next years activities, dunno what I can offer....No, after discussion with MM we decided to not go to tonight's. They email me notifications about "do's"
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Drinking Chocolate
And as I was getting ready for bed I made myself a drink of Hot Chocolate which was a rare but pleasant treat
Let Some Air In
And s'afternoon after my nap I turned the bedroom radiator off and opened the window. I will reverse the procedure after dinner time but it needs doing, doesn't it?
Hail Storm
And not 2 minutes ago there were hail stones falling from the sky
And because of this I didn't suggest a walk on Sunday Morning and it stayed bright and sunny. Until just before my bath I was doing my exercises and couldn't see out the window but I could hear the rattle of more hail stonesThen later it snowed for about 2 minutes when I was in the utility room emptying the washing machine
Saturday, 10 February 2018
My Arse Hurts (Some)
So I was fine all morning, no pain in the injection site then I was sitting on the bed taking my socks and sockings off to have my bath s'afternoon, I lifted my foot up, changed position slightly and suddenly the side of my arse hurt loads
Ouch
Rugger Buggers
And the Wales v England rugby match was on at dinner time, I watched it and we fscking lost
Well Morning
So I spent all morning first of all cooking the weeks food then getting together last night's pictures (and recording) from the Ukulele Band at Iechyd Da
Friday, 9 February 2018
In The End
And we headed up to t'pub tonight and were the second and third folk in there. Perhaps a bit eager
And later it filled up. Excellent, a good nights entertainment
Continued
So after my early lunch and an hour to digest I went to That Beautiful Sam's Class and again did better than last week. I can't say "It's because of this", I am just getting better every week.
So now I have had my bath and am in bed, looking forward to pizza and chips for dinner then out to see tbe Ukelele Band
I Know UR Bored With These But......
Sorry. I know you are sick of these but walking without my walking stick, this is well important
Started
So first thing s'morning as Timmy finished me and RoyGBiv headed for the Drs, she asked me which cheek I wanted the jab in, I said "You choose" and she injected me. Lord but that was a thick solution, she had to squeeze and squeeze then squeeze some more to get it in but eventually it was finished, she made another appointment for 3 months then we left
As we were passing gym on the way home I said "Oh, I think my arse hurts too much to go to the gym class s'afternoon" but I don't think he believed meThat's the first item from my diary for today
Well that's the second done, had an early lunch so I will be as fit as a.... in (The Gorgeous) Sam's class
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Mañana
So tomorrow morning RoyGBiv has to take me to the Drs where they are gonna inject my arse with testosterone. Then we need to come back and have an early lunch before going to Sam's gym class then if I am feeling well enuf later we will head up to The Local Pub where there is gonna be a Ukulele Band or somesuch (potentially loud link, the last one)
Thursday Morning
So we have the usual Thursday morning walk about to the shops etc but it is fecking raining today. So first of all it is park on King St and walk all the way down that walkway to Caffi Iechyd Da then a trip to More Reasons To Shop At.... then to gym.
Then stop for lunchWell we did it. First of all to Iechyd Da where it was raining so heavily that Timmy said "Stay here" and ran down to the shop and back with the food. Everything was there apart from salad packs which I added to the Morrison's list which was quite short as we had to get f all from there but we did it.
Then came home and put it away and went to gym where it was rather busy but we avoided the queues and got on the rowing machine. Today I was supposed to stop after 2.25km which I did
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Snow
There was nowt when I went to bed last night but when I woke up s'morning there are a couple of cm of snow everywhere
And by the time we went to the swimming pool it had completely disappeared. Like 100%
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Melt Down
And the snow which was trying to lie earlier seems to have melted off the streets etc
PhewBut I think as it was icy etc when we woke up s'morning and will get icy after dark we won't attempt to go to the Men's Shed tonight
Cycling
So HOORAY we have come to the gym to get stuck into cycling. So I have done 1km so far, only another 2 and a bit to go
Done 2 now, only 1 and a bit to goNo Neil. Don't get too excited and get off at 3.25km like you tried. As GGtGG pointed out it is 3.25km on the rowing machine, it's 10km on the bike
5 done nowWell finished. Knackered but I did it. And I had to be told to stop. I was going for another quarter of a km like I do on the rowing machine but "No Neil" he had to tell me
Monday, 5 February 2018
OCD
Not that I suffer from OCD but I was eventually able to finish a game today. Most of the other dates for games have 2 or 3 dots to celebrate finishing but the bottom left one here (and a few other earlier dates) have got no stars at all because it took me loads of attempts to actually finish it
Bother
So MM came in s'morning and saw my towels etc in the hall and said "Oh, are we swimming today?". I said "Yes, haven't you got your trunx with you?" hoping in the extreme but he said "Nah, they live in the back of my car, that used to be my job"
BotherWell didn't it happen. ¾ of an hour of jumping etc. And I did feel that I was better at standing on just my right foot and kicking with the left. And I hardly had to hold on to the side at all, my general balance is well better
Sunday, 4 February 2018
Walkies
So me&Timmy headed out for a walk s'morning. Timmy said "Head to town walk up......" but I replied "No, lets walk up to the community center and see what's on. It's up the hill, past the pub but there is no problem, I can walk that far (and back) without any problem. Some bits are scarier than others as the pavement is well uneven, been dug up in parts but I could walk the whole way.
Having done that I can now say "There are no advertised *do's*"
Saturday, 3 February 2018
More Reasons To Shop At....
And we had to nip to Morrison's s'morning and pick up a bottle of org olive oil as I finished the last when cooking s'morning.
But I didn't take a basket with me as I had to resist the chocolate treats, I just carried the oil in my hand
Friday, 2 February 2018
Pubwards
So we went up to the pub tonight and drank some of their beer from a micro-brewery in the West Country, near Bristol and they are advertising a mega band next Friday but as I have to go to the Drs and have a jab in't morning I dunno if I am up for it
& Chips
So we had the na'an bread pizza and chips for dinner. We went back to smaller 2 na'an breads inna pack this week but it was good and big enough
Isn't She Wonderful
Well I have to go to see that Sam (noisy link) today.......
Gord, dunno what to say, I am getting better every week. Today I was doing the stand up and exercise with no stick and no chair to hold on to, using both arms and standing on both feet. Sam spoke to me at the end and suggested at some point taking a video of how much better I am at various exercises to send to someone else who was involved in my early care
Rearranging
And Timmy had to phone the dentist and say "This appt in April, we will be in Belfast" so they just said "Come a week later, same time"
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Bookings Were Made
And me and Timmy have just booked and paid for flights to Belfast about my Birthday so we can see my Dad and we are gonna book a house to rent across the road so all is said and done
Aargh etc
Thursday Morning At 5 O'Clock
No, the reference I was trying for is Wednesday (noisy link) but we have the usual Thursday morning business. To Iechyd Da, MoreReasonsToShopAt.... then to gym then pant etc
Well first of all I was tapping my fingers while Timmy and GGtGG were spending much too much time doing the handover but eventually Timmy was free to put on my FES and drive me to town. We got stuck behind a delivery van on King St (he had to stop 3 times to make different deliveries) but that did mean there was a parking space clear. So Timmy carried my food back to the car and we headed off Morrison-wards. Again that went well and all was done (including organic tinned tomatoes, there were none in my org order).Then we came home and I put it away then we headed gym-wards and I got stuck into a rowing machine and did 3¼ km as usual. Then came home and had a late lunch and a late nap
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Tonight
So tonight we are off to the Game For A Laugh meeting of lonely folk from around Carmarthen. Dunno, see how it goes....
OK, worth while. We played a game, chatted loads, just generally behaved like people. Yes, I will be there again. But one of the women noticed me. She said "So you are a charmer are you?" or words to that effect
A Swimming We Will Go.....
Unfortunately, we are on the Aqua Aerobics list in an hour or so......
And wasn't it fun. Afterwards when I went up to 'her' to complain about some issue of my illness that had been brought to my attention by her exercises she did comment that I am getting both better at the class and braver in my 'trying it out'
Mohawk
And I had to have a haircut today, as we had cut my mohawk so short last time it was beginning to be indistinguishable, and I won't need bath immediately as I will be in the swimming pool in a couple of hours
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Hooray
And so I have another 8.5 miles to cycle before I can go home today....
BIG SIGHLess than 7 miles now. HOORAY
Only 2.5 to go nowWell I dun it. I don't know what my time was today but again I did it all in one go, no stops for breath.
But the computer thingy on the bike wasn't working today. I entered the URL but nowt came up. (I had to take a pic with my Samsung Mobile Phone as my camera was out of reach in my bag on the floor, my phone had the timer in so I could reach that)
Monday, 29 January 2018
Hooray
So today there is no "Headway" meeting to get in the way and MightyMark's cold is better enuf so we will go to WaterWorks and have a drown s'afternoon
Oh wasn't it fun. For a start we were 3 minutes late at the start, I am blaming MM for that, but just everything else I am better at than last week. And we didn't do any of the exercise which caused me to nearly drown t'other week, which I was planning on not doing anyway just do some stretches or summat but I didn't need to
Sunday, 28 January 2018
Hoovering
So I have just heard RoyG hoovering the whole house with the new hoover (Which actually is a Hoover) and judging by his comments afterwards the new hoover is a much better product than the nearly dead old one which we will give to GarethTheGit on Wednesday to drop at the tip on his way home
Saturday, 27 January 2018
Yum Yum
So after napping I switched the saucepan of food back on (as I had remembered to switch it off when we went out today) and stuck a couple of spuds into bake so we had food much later and I must say it was delicious. So I have divided it up into a small saucepan for tomorrow and 3 packets to go in the freezer when it has cooled more but I am rather impressed, I hadn't tasted the food while it was cooking so I was rather pleased when it turned out to be delicious. (According to Roy, not me!!!)
After Lunch
So immediately after lunch me and RoyG popped out and looked in 3 stores for a new vacuum cleaner for the house. In the end we found one and Roy bought it.
THEN we popped to the Lyric Theater on King St and bought two tickets (Well I get mine free, my accompanier pays) to see the Dubliners in April which is nice
Peeling
Fark. So I have just peeled loadsa veg to make this weeks food and I did it all with my right hand. A few months ago I couldn't use my right hand, a few weeks ago I could use my right hand but it was slower, more difficult to do it.
Lordy, a big difference, I wouldn't even say it was more difficult using my right hand today. Today I just peeled the veg.
Just fark
Friday, 26 January 2018
First Things First
So first things we popped to the Chiropractor on Lammas St and she cut loads off my toenails, as usual. We have another appointment in 7 weeks
Thursday, 25 January 2018
More Iechyd Da-ing
So we went back to Iechyd Da in the evening and arrived too early as we do every month. We had (Veggie) Scotch Broth kind of unusual dinner as it was Burns night and by then some musos started to arrive. I was rather impressed, I thought there was a good range of talented folk and it was busy enough that they should make a profit but they weren't tonight, they were fundraising for those now homeless folk, selling food for them and having a collection
Stressfull in't morning
So in't morning I have to take off my sockings and just put on "no FES" boots and head off into town early and go for a toenail chop
And in't morning Timmy has said he will phone my Dr and make an appt for my testosterone jab
Busy Morning
So we have a busy morning, to Iechyd Da to pick up my veg, to MoreReasonsToShopAt... to get the rest of my shopping then off to gym to do gord nose what (Ask Timmy!!)
And we will be back at Iechyd Da tonight for a folk night, a fundraiser as they are trying to help out some good cause whose alternative house burned down over ChristmasThen after lunch I did the washing up as we are heading back to Iechyd Da for a fundraiser folk night
Well that went OK. The veg order was complete this week, so we didn't have to get any extra MoreReasonsTo.... goods but that went fine too. After coming here to put it away (and pay for the organic order) we headed over to gym and got stuck into the rowing machine. Again I feel that I am getting better every week but an old chap that has seen my in't gym for 3 or 4 years did comment to that effect today, which was nice
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Haven't Started Yet
And I haven't started reading the article I put online with the title Hmmmmm, dunno want to read it but will have to wait until I am in a more suitable mood
Savers
Then after my nap we headed out to Savers to fetch some 1lt size mouthwash as they are the only place I can find the big bottles in Carmarthen. While we were there I picked up more "healthy option" toothpaste
No, while being bored near my PC later I found that Boots sell it too. But the same sized container costs 61p more
Aquatically
Well wasn't it fun he said sarcastically. She was doing some different exercises but I was still well too nervous to do "sitting on and moving sideways" exercises because it was doing one of these which caused me to try and drown last week
One of the women who rescued me was there too, I pointed out the enormous bruise that is still on my upper arm 10 days after the disaster but she said "I was grabbing your left arm, honest, it wasn't me"
Team Meeting
So there is a "Team Meeting" happening here s'morning, followed by Aqua Aerobics.
Just good lord....
Sigh. Well they did the meeting quick enough that I could go and have my early lunch and go to Aqua Fscking Aerobics. Bitter tears
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Drier
And after pouring down with rain all morning it has brightened up now so I think we will head over to 'Mens-shed' tonight
OK it has not "brightened up" now as it's dark but I think we will head over
Oh and didn't it go well. There were a lot fewer of us which actually helped me when we were in the back having a brew. I did more sanding, I think I have done all that I can with the sander, it's just down to sandpaper now, which "they" supply. I think another week or 2 sanding then we get on to the coating. THEN the decorating and cutting the top to fit
To Buy A Fat Pig
Then we had to nip to Morrison's to buy some more milk as they didn't have any with a long enough best before date when I bought it last Thursday
When we had done that, and RoyGBiv bought more tea and coffee for the staffroom, we headed down to gym (surprise, surprise) and I did an enormously long 10km cycle, which I think I beat my 'fastest cycle' time
Double Figures
Oooooh, it must be the first hint of spring, it was double figures temperature s'morning
Monday, 22 January 2018
Swimmless
And today I am heading to the Headway meeting, instead of going swimming
The shame....* Sarcasm
And it actually wasn't as unpleasant as usual. Today when playing the fun games* I was sat with one of the women I had been sat eating with at the weekend and we just talked, we have some connection
Sunday, 21 January 2018
Out In The Rain
So we popped out s'morning so GGtGG could get a bank statement from the petty cash account. It was raining heavily the whole time so I just sat in the car while he popped out to the bank to get it
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