The busiest day for Inchie, in how many years? A few! I tried to smile way through the ever-increasing mayhem I went through. And was not very successful! This is being done ASAP on Thursday morning, before the arrival of the lift to the hospital. Still not sure if a Carer could be found to go with me yet – short notice given to us. Here we go…
Night pouch dark again. Not a lot, either?
Ablutions, getting short of the Terbinafine cream. Only two cuts shaving. Porcelain Throne messy again. Someone (Not me) had flushed the WC. More trips to fetch water Back-Pain Brenda complaining. Yet another intermittent ailment now. Short sharp stabbing pains under my left nipple in the ribs? Ah, well!
Got the paperwork ready to be sorted, saved or Shredded. Made a brew, and it went cold. Computer on and… Back on in ten-minutes then… five later… Fifteen minutes later, after resetting the box, it went back on. Gave up!
Cleaned the hallway and sorted the waste bags.
Virgin is back on! Computing again… for an hour or so… Turned it off, as a Carer arrived to help me sort put my paperwork. This took us ages and yonks. No chance to get blogging again.
Carer Kara came to assist me with medicationalisationing and planning for the upcoming trip to the hospital. ♥ And arrange a visit to the bank re statements and my problems with the account.
During this we tried to find out if there was a cash machine in the City Hospital I could use, to make sure I had enough money with me to pay for the hospital & next week’s Bank meeting lift. I looked it up on the computer again and found this below.
Great!
Then… Turned off the computer. I’ll try to get up early and get on with this blog sorted out… Humph! Cause Liberty-Global Virgin Media is going down tomorrow for several hours. (As it hadn’t been already!)
Can’t recall the other things that happened..
Did find this photo of the meal mind you. I enjoyed it, I think.
And found this in the paperwork we were sorting out. Lot’s left to do on this, yet.
I wonder how many of these crimes were committed by Parole Board Wankers freeing them early? Just a thought.
TTFN must dash to final prepping for the hospital. That is if they can find someone to go with me? Or (As they said at the hospital) no cataracts will be done without a Carer attending with me. And I’ll go back to the start of the waiting list. Please, No!
THINGS AIN’T SO GOOD, TODAY It’s gone 18:00hrs, and I am about to start this blog. Between and the day has been so farcical, even I can’t believe the things that have taken place; I need help. The confusion is actually frightening; the memory blanks are plain scary. And although the have both been a lot less often today, , is in her pain-giving eyeholes. I’m not sure if I’m relating to people normally either. There is vagueness and unavailability that has come over me today, from the mind, I mean. Yet, it’s only thinking back that I become aware sometimes. Others, I think everything is under control… then find I’ve left the tap running, Having only two saucepans left – three in two weeks burnt to a crisp… I was 100% certain I had a box set of saucepans in the junk room. But No! None in there? I may have given them away, thinking I’d got too many at the time. Wrong Again! I had to use the small and very large saucepan. Can of veg stew in one, fresh suede and carrots in the other. Managed to get the tray on top really hot before I found out how hot it had got. Ouch! Memory Blanks galore. To be fair they were of shorter durations up to now. I don’t think anyone can do owt to help slow Doreen’s progressively increasing intrusions. But I’ll try telling the memory nurse at next month’s visit to Highbury Hospital. Sister Jane sent me a photo of our childhood neighbour Chrissies toe. The poor gal ♥. On the day, I thought I’d send her an email and try to cheer her up and find out what had caused it? Fingers crossed! Jane rang me today and reminded me I had not gotten in touch, and it was her Birthday today as well! I felt so guilty. So sent one off to her. The early evening Carer called, and I don’t think I was communicating too well. Kept losing the plot and was giving me a hard time getting my messages across. Medications were given, and I think he checked the taps and the stove for me. Took the waste bag with him. So much seemed to be happening, but that was probably my brain battling and losing against .
Photo Prompting:
. Worryingly, little urine in the night pouch when I woke up. Also, notice how ginormous and filled the stomach was now?
An early morning mystery photo here?
Emptying the night pouch and realised just how little there was within it. Was not good, either!
To the kitchenette for the regulation photo of the house being upgraded, and the morning view. Darned misty!
Yet Again!
So, I vacuumed my massive hallway. I think I had a search for the saucepans. Cut up the veg ready for later.
visited.
set off carrying the water.
Still no Liberty-Global Internet on. So I had a wash, shave and got some fresh PPs on.
Oooh! The Water-Geysers on the left leg, looked a little like they might be erupting again. Might have been itching during the night… knowing me, I probably made them worse by scratching? A few. hours later… well, come think of it, it was eleven hours later… now; I can hardly see any of the papules??? The mysteries of this block of flats, with the apparitions, phantoms, succubi and the paramnesias, who torment residents… well, me, anyway! Hahaha!.
The Internet resumed. Hurrah! I got yesterday’s blog updated and was in the process of doing the notification email, and…
Grrr, Gnash…
Got me in the right pickle, then. I got the vegetables done and added them to the saucepan are ready for this? They say… “Compass Canned Cherpans Risolles is a type of canned meat product made from minced meat and spices formed into patties or meatballs, similar to the shape and texture of a hamburger patty. The meat is often mixed with bread crumbs, eggs, onions, and seasonings such as garlic and black pepper. The patties are then canned in a tomato-based sauce or gravy, making for a convenient and easy-to-prepare meal. These canned Cherpans Risolles can be served as a main dish or used as a base for other dishes, such as stews or casseroles. Which I am going to do with the extra diced carrots and swede. I made some gravy to add to it and hope it’ll be good. During the preparation, I dropped the basin… Got a . Spilt the gravy on the stove. Knocked the used saucepan into the soapy bleached water in the sink. Got down a bit sharpish to dry the water so it didn’t set of the water alarm… Hit my head on the draining board… Dropping the walking stick, on the ingrowing toenail, I nearly blew my top or cried!.
Photographed the end car park while the sun was out. An hour later, I took this of the sky.
Finally got the floor cleaned up and checked on the meal.
Made a start on this blog. Faffled about, and gave up.
Late Carer arrived. To put the night pouch on. I asked not to, as I had to make my late meal yet, and I have difficulty going around the kitchen cooking and cleaning up with the walking stick and carrying the night pouch with me. I assured her I’d be able to put it on, as was not giving me any bother. No medications were needed.
Got the nosh sorted.
Back in the morning… He says!
Certainly not an attractive-looking feast in the slightest! But this vegetable stew tasted excellent to me. Flavour-Rating: 8.8/10. Lemon Mousse dessert.
I got the night pouch attached with amazing ease. But in the morning – there were problems and confusion!. That’ll be in tomorrow’s blog. It all came out right in the end – Hehehe!
I was greeted by three ailments on awakening after the amazingly long three hours of sleep I enjoyed. (Touch of sarcasm kept in there!) , and . were so bad, I wondered how I even got the three hours in that I did manage! This probably inspired the ode above? The thought of having to fetch the water from the kitchen when I utilise the later were not pleasant. I took off the night pouch from , and gingerly rose from the £300, second-hand, decrepit, Haemorrhoid Harold-testing, sleep-deterring, nauseatingly beige-coloured, not-working, recliner. The plates-of-meat looked in decent nick.
I took an extra pain-killer to fight off , who was in full attack mode, before my carrying the water from the kitchen to the wet room four times each visit. and were joined in their attack formation by my . I’ve waited for a month now to get the WC mended. Giving me a date if attendance was nice of them. It was for the 11th of July – I’m going to have agony for
another four weeks. The thought of it is not a good start to any day!
Pretty glum out there. Did a close-up of rectangular eyes.
I did the Blood Pressure figures. And got an email about next weeks Iceland delivery. It’s coming today. The usual shortages mind you..
Carer Israel called this morning both early visits. Iceland delivered on his first one. The other drivers usually take the bags into the kitchen for me. Not today, must have been extra-busy. By the time I’d got the into the kitchen, as you can imagine; and the both upgraded their attacks… with support from … I think the warning about things getting painful from EQ, might have been meant for today. Cause already the pains are hard to cope with, and I’ve not been to the WC yet, and done any water-fetching activity? Wot? Me? Worry! I got the bags into the kitchenette. Back to the Carer for the medication-taking, and am ashamed to say, so bad were the combined pains, I took another of the disallowed painkillers. It was really bad at this point, although had calmed down a lot, and was still in full flourish. The suddenly eased off. Great!
I went back to the kitchen to sort the fodder out and took this snap of the house next to the park being done up. Coming on well, methinks?
At least Iceland had some of the little potato-bake potatoes in stock. And the treats of cartons of ice-cream flavoured Aviva drinks. Bread thins, tomatoes, potatoes & veggie oxo cubes. No shortages of fodder here! Even if some are unwanted substitutes. Topped up the Carer, Nurses, Drivers’ treats. Alcohol to the right, others to the left. Low calorie treats (mostly).
By the time I’d got everything away, only . was any real hassle. OF course, I’ve not been carrying bowls &. buckets of water to and fro, yet. Still, waiting two months for a plumber should not be. a bother, really. It’s just the agony I’m going through every single day, several times when using the W.C. I’ve got water to get, just being handicapped with so many ailments are getting to be a far too painful task every so often for me. I glean that it cannot be classed as an emergency; at least I have water. It’s just killing me fetching it! If other elderly folks have no water to use, or families with ankle snappers, or Cannabis growers need water for the plants… I don’t mind, really. But I do wish someone could please, help the pain.
The bloody have come back again. Can’t concentrate now on blogging. I’ll have a go at getting back onto WordPress Reader – fingers crossed 🤞. Hurrah! Got on it! Now to sort some nosh out!
Imitation belly pork slices sarnies made, with much of the gorgeous. plant butter lathered on them. The Iceland crunchy potato chunks had too many black eyes in them, so I had to check each one before putting them in the oven. The beetroots were, unfortunately, similar to ball-bearings in texture. Disappointing!
I still give this meal a Taste Rating of 7/10.
Nodded off, woke up by the final Carer calling. (Tomey?) Night-bag was attached. No painkillers: too soon after the previous ones. I’m sure I heard the vicious, angry laughing at this! Haha!
Another broken-nights kip. Pains & Thought Storms to blame!
FARE THEE WELL!Go forth in Peace… Let problems decrease… You splice your mainbrace… That fears & worries decease… Help & health can resurface, Life gives you fewer curses… And +get more visits from the nurses!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – PANIC STATIONS…
I don’t want to go into this too much… but…
The text from the bank indicated a worrying fact.
My balance has gone down by £3000 in a month!
I asked Carer Jodie if she could ask Carer Kara to
please have a go at getting me back in online
banking again. She tried a while ago, a couple of weeks
back, using the phone, and got the details needed and
tried to get me online with it. But, no joy. The details
given to her did not allow her/me into my account.
I really appreciate her trying in her own time too.
I’m worried, to say the least, now. Of course, I may
have got something wrong. I explained this to Jodie
and to Carer Sam later. I’m a bag of nerves!
Sam (1n:40hrs) said she would ask Kara to assist me.
Not heard anything yet (20:20hrs).
Hoping she can get hear tonight; she might be on the late
call. Every day there is something not going right! Well,
going wrong, summat to fret about.
The new medications and part of the original monthly
one have not arrived. No night catheter bags.
All a part of the NHS collapse and strikes?
My already shattered confidence and concentration are
not doing me any good. And without the needed
medications at the same time.
The thought of having to have a permanently fitted
catheter strangely left my mind today. Until a few
minutes ago, when I got some stabbing pains and
realised the bag was full & needed emptying. But
the colour of the wee-wee has been so much better
today. Although not the flow.
Which problems to worry about?
I’m sinking mentally as well.
First bag emptying. Not as dark as it looks. These day bags are in three compartments, with a shaded outer plastic. Off to the . Only two (messy) trips up to now Sorted the waste bins and bags. Carer Shaquille’s first call. The second call was from Jodie, who calmed me down a bit over the banking cock-up. But not solved anything. No Kara came, though. Second visit. Om the computer to get all mixed up and mistake making. (It was no bother!)
The weather was not nice…. Brrr!
Carer Sam arrived and said she would ask Kara if she could call on me.
This shot was a better one, got the colour as it was!
Getting dark earlier now.
A bit if a shock on the next bag emptying. Blimey, talk about bloody! And yet, the next emptying… Much better? Not complaining like!
Oh, where did the time go?
Pressed on with the blogging. Getting late now, 21:10hrs. Better get some nosh sorted out… Off to the kitchenette, I go… Hey-Ho!
Made the nosh, took a photo, and it didn’t appear on the SD card? Again!
Washed the pots, during which I felt liquid on my left lower leg? Can’t be the , that’s on the right leg. I felt a grope of the area and found some new fungal growths, about four of them, different sizes, and all leaking what appeared to be water?
I put a self-adhesive pad on them, check the Catheter Bag & colour of the urine… That was too red again. Tsk! And got my head down.
The pad was soaked in minutes and fell off. Fancy that!
Yet another crap night of sleeping. I had to keep wiping the liquid away all through the night with kitchen towels. One of the lesions is still running now (at 09:40hrs Saturday). The eyes and nose are doing a good imitation of the lesions. This reminded me of a Dr Who episode. Hehe!
Thus another horrible, tormenting night of getting up to empty the tiny day bag and wiping the weeping lesions.
I feel so lucky and blessed, you know… There are plenty worse off; wherever you go, But I’ve lost confidence and my mojo… Doreen makes my thoughts and mind an imbroglio, Whoopsies, accifauxpas, ailments to me are ipso-facto, Coping with pain? I’m an aficionado, Depression? Yes! But still a simpatico! This mind is full of confusion & mumbo-jumbo!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Heck of a shock here today! The NHS input site advised me to ring NHS 111 starlight away, So I did!
But they were too busy and told me to visit the NHS 111 site. So, I did.
An hour later, I filled in the questions asked & guessed at the choices made.
Sent it off and was told someone would contact me later. They are very busy, and this may take some time, be patient. So, I did!
I went to make a brew, and the telephone rang – I was surprised I heard it in the kitchen, but, there you are, I did.
Answered many questions and had to guess at a few. The nurse had an accent, and the kine was not good, so it took a time to review all the needed details. Ultimately, she decided that the SYSs 128, and 119, with respective DIAs 57 and 59, were okay? This despite the NHS monitoring site telling me it was Too Low and to ring 111?
Don’t feel too confident about this. But then again, it’s unsurprising; they are the lowest readings I’ve ever had?
Well, the lowest B~P readings ever, advised to ring 111 – told to go online, spent ages sorting required details. Told it was okay. And earlier, this above when I woketh up. Similar farces these two. If the blood in the wee is level 6 or 7, I’m supposed to ring 111 – Ha!
I was woken up (Didn’t get settled until around 04:00hrs) and was woken by the arrival of Carer Sam. I was half out of it, having just been stirred reluctantly back to life. Think we had a chinwag, and Sam took the washing nada waste bag on her way out. Thank you.
Porcelain Throne visited, cleaned up the kitchen, dropped the milk bottle, and stubbed my toes again. The brain was not too interested in being creative and went on strike a few times when I got nothing done whatsoever; just seemed to sit here thinking but not knowing why or what of?
The yes were still bad, and concentration as well.
Dizzy Dennis, The Kathleen Catheter tube, and Anne Gyna all gave me bother of some sort. I really was only half here for many hours. Scary! Sort of light-headed, I suppose… mind you, I still am now seven hours later.
Lost the camera but found it a few hours later, hidden in front of me to the right of the computer – How the hell did I miss that?
Liberty-Global Virgin Media went down.
I made a brew and fell asleep for a while…
A while? Four bloody hours!
Carer Jo-Anne arrived; I was still a bit vague about things.
After the gal left… Ah, it was Jo-Anne I think that tool the washing? I could be wrong; of course, it has been known.
No sunset tonight. Boo!
Found the camera.
Lost the eye drops.
Sadly no chance of any sunset tonight… Sob!
Took early evening shots.
A couple of hours late, these…
Very little snow left now
Then got the soup and put the potatoes and soya bits in with it, then the seasoning. But could not find the mint sauce? Are a lot of things disappearing today?
Looking okay to me.
Blogging for another hour or two. Got about ten minutes’ worth of work done, Huh!
Carer Ayowoke arrived. The first time I’d seen him. Nice lad. He gave me a roster for next week, no Carer Richard in it! I asked if he knew anything about Richard, but he did not know him.
Did some more effort on this blog, but I still can’t get my head around the NHS telling me to ring NHS 111, and then eventually, telling me to log onto the web with NHS 111. After having to log in all my details, telling me that the Blood Pressure figures were okay?
I got the nosh on and served up. Another part-canned meal. A can of Asda Chunky Lamb & Vegetable soup. Couldn’t find the mint sauce to add to it, I think maybe it may have gone out of date? (Spit!) Added vegetable stock and some Pertranic, Cooked & sliced potatoes, just one finger knick!. Soy bacon thingies added; the final bit… Wholemeal rolls for me to dunk and dip! And soon, I’d demolished it! Eating every morsel and bit! Flavour Rating: 705/10.
The late Carer was Carole-Anne. Still no . We had a mini natter & laugh. Refreshing!
I woke up as my ginormously flabby body hit the floor! Landing conveniently on my bottom, but rather, unfortunately, the burst open . It was the mess of sorting things out that got to me rather than the bleeding itself. Handily, it was almost easy to get me back up on my bloated feet and legs… The first job was to check . I placed some paper towels inside the Protection Pants first, then looked over the pouch, grippers and tubing. All seems to be still attached.
Off to the wet room, giving the door frame a mini shoulder-charge as I went in. That hurt more than anything else did. Hehehe! I didn’t fret about this being half asleep; I expected that , and would cause me some problems. Even joined in with an . Only a little one, but enough for me to knock the Germoloid, Daktacort and Savlon creams off of the floor cabinet. Then after the haemorrhoids were treated… the always ‘Painful-Job’ of Cleaning up and ointmentationing !
After a multitude of Argh! – Ouches, curse words and loathings, and a moment of ‘Why Me Mate’ emotions, it was done.
REFLECTIONS
I was amazingly calm and physiological about things… at least, I think I was? That’s probably not the word I should have used? It could have been a sign of my acceptance of the circumstances or my rotten luck? I may have been sick to the back teeth (mind you, there’s only one of them left in the mouth now) of hearing myself moan and whining on about my inabilities, ailments, frustrations, Accifauxpas, Whoopsiedangleplops, eyesight, hearing, Cathy Catheter pains, shortage of pouches, and the seemingly never-ending Bladder-Infection. Being bald, overweight, Duodenal Donald, Little Inches Phimosis and fungal lesion, Peripheral Neuropathy, having two strokes, being shot twice, scared shit of going in water. Now, there’s the , and the . The palpitating of the mechanical ticker. The almost persistent No help attainable for things like the computer and letters that are either too small or complicated for me to hear, see or understand? This will, I assume, be due to the attention gleaned of… .
DOREEN DEMENTIA; WAS SO HEGEMONIC... She had my mind all over the place; it was most horrific, Repeating my actions, & dropping things, I had another hat trick! Peripheral Neuropathy Pete is to blame, too; he’s malefic! On & off all day, Doreen & Pete were nudnik! No idea what I was doing at times… I feel sick… Most ailments are incurable or idiopathic, But I still do my odeing, though most of it is iambic. f it as rubbish and pathetic, This Inchie Today will be mostly photographic… Memory Blanks, lack of willpower & somnific… And as of now, I’m mentally borasic!
Bit of blood in the night bag again.
Got some spuds in the crock pot and forgot all about them.
.Shot of the dreary morning later on.
One of many brews of tea that I made. I split a few and forgot all about the others. Some left with the tea bag brewing and went cold. Some near the computer went cold.
Asda delivery. The kind driver to them into the kitchen for me. And put them anywhere he could find room. I appreciated his help. The Vegan shortbread biscuits were soon demolished! Hehe!.
Items I’d missed.
Waste bags sorted out. INR DVT Warfarin nurse arrived. Blood taken. Little natter enjoyed. By me, anyway… The next few hours were lost in the ether. A carer came… she signed the book, so I am right. Computerisationing, with accompanying problems with the mouse, my bad eyesight, mistakes galore, and I was not a happy laddie, methinks. Frustrated! Noise from the list engineers, but can’t be helped.
was working okay, but a bit of discomfort when the flow kept stopping occasionally But the colouration was fine later on.
Afternoon shot, then I lost another couple of hours. During which, Carer Carole-Anne (I think) arrived to return the laundry for me.
A couple of hours or so later, I took these shots the evening view. No sunsetting to shoot – Humph! As the darkness fell, I took more snaps. Pleased with the two above and below. Shot above here… Ans below of the Citrus Way car park.
Carer Richard arrived later. But I think one came earlier but the memory blanks obscured things again.
Found this photo of last night’s meal. I don’t think I put in on yesterdays?
All confused, I may have got Tuesdays and Wednesdays mixed up together?
Yet another depressing demanding, busy, can’t-get-anything-done day. Several of note: After approximately. six weeks of suffering, bleeding, blood in the urine, and general agony with , I got a letter from City-Care with help and advice on using and coping with the painfully stuck-in Little Inchy tube of . After several… no, many with bleeding from the filling pouch pulling at the tubing, I went a step further today, and the connector from Little Inchie to the pouch came off altogether! Having unknowingly and. unintentionally weeing all over myself, the letter with the tips arrived. They were in print to faded and small to read, mind you, anyway. But just one of the graphs, I could decipher. Drink no tea or coffee other than decaffeinated, Green or Herbal tea. I couldn’t read 80% of it; far too small a print… have I said that already?
Also, a Urine Score Card. Tonight it was level 7, I fear!
First photo of the day.
Blood in the night catheter.
Cleared up during the day, and the flow was much freer and more frequent. It did stink a bit, mind you. Dettol and air spray to the rescue.
Looked like there was a fire in the Basford area. I didn’t see any blue lights, though. Ten minutes later, and the clouds were preparing for the sunset?
Phase two… Phase three… Phase four… Then the mail arrived…
Confused, and wanting not to miss the sunset photos, I left them in a pile for perusing later back in the kitchen…
Wow! Awe-inspiring! Great colour variation! An almost marbled sky… Amazing, this looked like something solid and cream?
Tendrils…
Looks like a cave opening?
Tendrils back? Could be used in an alien film this one? Shot down at the car park Back up to the beautiful sky… To the left a bit… Gorgeous! Nightie-night!
Copy of last week’s BP results, etc., that cost me so much time in preparing to send to the Doctors as requested. You would not belive the mistakes I had to correct… probably still some in it. Humph!
Today, I received two letters. Neither of which exactly perked me up, cheered me up or made me sing or yodel with pure joy. But first, I’m afraid this is another rushed blog. Due to the hours spent sorting out the mail in hate form of four A4 pages of the very small print of details required by the hospital for the upcoming operation on the Prostate that needed to be filled in. But, I made a right mess of it. THe Carer who came pointed out that I could do it on the Internet. So, I did, and that took me over an hour and a half to get right! Had to ring Sister Jane to confirm her address and telephone number. But got it done and tried to send it, but it wouldn’t have it. So I double-checked that I’d filled everything in properly. Which, of course, I hadn’t! There was a disclaimer box that had to be clicked on. So, I clicked on it. Another messy day! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
I got out of the recliner, caught my balance, and went off to the porcelain Throne. Messy! Very Messy! Checked the batteries and made sure the Fuji was working.
Took a snap from the window.
Stripped t get ready to go to get the ablutions done. The toes had lost their brown colouring but were more twisted and swollen.
07:40hrs: I started the Ablutionings. My teeth were cleaned, my nose cleared, and I shaved while I was standing in a bowl of soapy water and Dettol. Eye drops in, medicated certain delicate areas. I actually felt worn out; the whole session took ages. I took a photo of the wrist alert bands
Right wrist... Left wrist… Which meant after looking at the clock, that I’d spent erm… 08:55 now, started at 07:40hrs – that was good for me! Smug-Mode Engaged!
The two errant toes were stinging a bit.
Blimey sunshine out!
Carer Adele arrived a little late, not that it mattered in the slightest to me. She’s collected the two letters from the door box on coming in. One was a bill from Easy-Link.
The other (above). was the dreaded questionnaire from the Woodthorpe Hospital. I have to fill it in and register before they can see me. It cost me over four hours to get it all done!
Carers came and went, but I worked like a good un trying to get this blog done… I had to keep stopping for the carers visits, phone calls, answer emails that came in, emptying the daub pouch of the catheter, and forever adjusting the tubing that was giving me some right bother; the bleeding had not stopped since the first accidental pull on the tube. Not bleeding badly, more like a little leak. But it keeps drying, and when I move, the dried blood cracks and starts flowing again; Humph!
Nothing to eat yet. Not that I want anything. I did nibble and dunk a few biscuits each time I made a brew… although five of the mugs of tea went cold cause I was concentrating on doing the graphics.
Tea time, and I went to make another brew, intent on making sure I drank this one. I didn’t. Cause I espied a slimmer of light on the horison – Aha… Sunset was coming, methinks!.
I took a closer shot.
Over the next half-hour, I took several photos of the wonderful sky until the short sunsetting had gone.
Finally…. Ta-Ta Sunshine!
Get something to eat now… I hope!
A much-doctored bowl of veg soup. I was halfway through it when the new Carer Zika arrived. He was late arriving, and muggings here forgot he’d not been. I am a plonker! He’s a nice lad. With chatting with him as he got the medications sorted, I also forgot all about the night pouch that needed fitting to the on the .
He took the waste bags and checked the taps for me as he departed.
Then I got the dish, and cutlery washed and settled down in the second-hand, £300, charity shop bought, crumb-retaining, microorganism-microbe producing, gungy, moth-eaten, beige-coloured, non-working, bacillus encouraging, incommodious, Haemorrhoid Harold testing, c1968 recliner.
Another much-interrupted sleep. For I had to keep checking and emptying the smaller day bag, if needed, overnight. Lost count of the times I had to get up and free the urine into the bucket. Tsk! I think seeing a new face and nattering a little helped me forget about the night pouch.
I also got a visit from Dizzy Dennis every time I bent down to undo the release valve. A little disconcerting they were.