Inchie Today: Monday 4th August 2025

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A fair young maiden granted a date with Inchie,
‘Yes’, she said. Inchy thought in ambiguity,
A leg-pull? A tease? Inchie felt uneasy,
She spoke posh, not Nottinghamese,
Her legs, bum & breasts, I like these…
Surely this date would be paradise?
If I get more than a cuddle, that’d be nice,
She didn’t turn up, but sent her niece,
Big, solid gal, my type, her name was Bernice,
Long brown hair, strong and solidly heavy,
Within minutes, I knew she was my cup of tea,
No fears of riding pillion, at the back of me,
She grabbed for support, all over my body,
Her grip and wandering hands, happily…
Covered more than my midriff and knee!
She giggled and groped me incessantly,
We stopped at a roadside mobile noshery,
I went to get her a beeburger and a mug of tea,
We chatted, and she said she was a nursing auxiliary,
Gave me a kiss, said she’s off for a pee…
Patting Little Inchy, she shot off to the lavatory,
She didn’t return, never saw her again, sadly,
I searched but couldn’t find her, a worry,
Little Inchy was no longer acting accretionally,
When I went to pay for our burgers and tea,
Thinking back to her groping on the back of the Suzuki,
I realised she’d nicked my wallet & money!
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05:10hrs: I woke and tried to get back to sleep. But it was no good, so I decided to get the ablutions done early before a Carer arrives. 
Getting down to release the nocturnal catheter pouch was as painful as it has ever been. Three reasons for that: 1. The catheter tube is cruelly pulling on Little Inchy. 2. Bending brought on Dizzy Denis & Balance-Loss-Belinda. 3. The swollen Cartilage Chloe and Arthur Itis joined forces; they were so painful and bloated on the left knee. I got the bag freed, but am concerned about the loose release valve on the day pouch. I dribbled yesterday, when I assume I caught the longer lever, which has a 50% wobble. Checked the kitchen for safety, and went off to the Porcelain Throne evacuation. Trotsky Terence was in charge again. This time, dark brown, gooey and messy. The cleaning-up time was longer than the evacuation time, yet again.

I washed my dandies, emptied the urine pouch, and went into the kitchen to bag things. Taking this scene of the morning view. Not as pretty as yesterday’s. No pink in it at all.

Back to the wet room. Carried out the Ablutions and Medicating. The only real problems were Cartilage Chloe threatening to give way, and poor Little Inchy’s Fungal Lesion bleeding… or rather, applying the ointment to stop the bleeding. 
I’ve had much worse sessions overall, though.

Back in the kitchen, I put the waste bin bag into the big bag. Taking another shot of the same view from the kitchenette window.

In the balcony room, I changed the calendar clock and inserted the hearing aids into my earholes. And I realised I’dn’t altered the month; it was still July showing. I’d have thought someone would have noticed it. I got in a pickle last month with using the dates from this clock. Hehehe! I asked Ejaz to keep an eye on it. 

I popped out on the balcony, nearly taking a tumble as Cartilage Chloe went on me. To take a snap or two.

The first one taken straight ahead, zoomed on the dwellings, drug dealers and growers, muggers, pickpockets and unemployed, immigrants, scroungers, drug gangs, freed burglars, murderers & child molesters on parole. But I’d sooner live here than anywhere near the biggest crook, liar, and unprincipled, corrupt, immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest, evil-intentioned, dishonourable, splenetic, nefarious, fiendish, detestable, deceitful, insincere, criminal, unethical, miscreant, and merciless, debased, ruthless, heartless, sepulchral, gut-churning, sick-making, murderer-freeing ex-barrister, Labour party principles destroying, apostate, reprobate, Herr ‘backhander-taking, disabled voters bankrupting, pensioner and farmer killing,’ Starmer.
I just thought I’d like to mention my views.

The 2nd snap of Citrus Walk’s end car parking area. And the parking on the chevrons by the little red car. Haha!

I started blogging and was doing reasonably well for an hour or so.
Carer Ejaz arrived. He issued the medications. Then got the diabetic socks fitted for me. During which I felt a sharp pain in the area of the right leg. This was followed by several small electric shocks shooting up the leg. I asked him to pull the sock down to have a look. He said some liquid is leaking through the skin. Ejaz applied barrier cream to it. We noticed after, and a small piece of skin was on the carpet, just an inch or so. 

I asked him to put some Phorpain Gel in the cartilages. This seemed to ease them a smidge, but they still kept threatening to fail on me.
The left cartilage was still swollen. And the unmistakable pain from Arthur Itis joined in.
Little monkeys!

A few more hours on the blog, but now I’m making the daftest of errors, costing me ages to spot and put right. Well, I think I got most of them.

A District Nurse came in, made me jump as well, as there was no door chime pressed. I think the gal was in a hurry. It was the same lady as last time.
She checked my rear end and reported it was much less red and on the mend. 🤎 She took a look at the leaking Lymphorrhea leg and deemed it a scratch from Ejaz putting the socks on, which should be no bother, but she took a photo of it. Bless her.

I took a snap from the kitchen of the windows. I forecast that it will be raining soon. Arthur Itis coming on is a sign of that. Back to the front room, and took another snap from the computer desk… well, the 1963-built, falling to pieces, tatty, scuffed, Hopewell’s E-Plan Sideboard, with the doors falling off, to be more precise. Haha!

Ten minutes later, the howling winds and rain started. They are still here two hours later. I went onto the balcony later to take some photos.
The wheelchair was soaked, as were the four and three-wheeled walkers! The gaps between the windows were how the rain got in. Again, it was coming from the East. The rain, I mean. The wind seemed to be churning in from all directions. Howling again. The rain is now worse than ever, and the wind seems to have died down a smidge. At least it’s not so noisy.
Huh, minutes later, the wind was back. Blowing the trees and branches around as if they were made of paper.
It’s the wildlife I feel sorry for. 

Ejaz just returned for a quick check-in call. He took a photo on his mobile, they have a great camera, of birds battling to keep their young from being blown out of the nest. I imagine many would have been at the height of the storm. Poor things.

The wind seems easier now, but the rain is filling the balcony up, and I can’t lift the broadwalks.

I went to the kitchen to sort out what meal to have. And the rain had stopped. So I went into the other room, grabbed Kodak Tim 2, and returned to take a snap of the sunshine. But no. The rain had started again. So I took shots of the rain from inside. One from the left window, and the second one from the right window.
I got some potatoes into the oven, and the rain had stopped again, along with the wind. Methinks maybe we might get a rainbow shortly. I put the photos onto the computer, and nipped back to check the potatoes.

Carer Ejaz did the medical call. Waking me up to go to the intercom to admit him. I asked him to take off the diabetic socks during this call instead of the last. Which he did. I keep falling asleep and getting woke up to let Ejaz in. Hehehe!

Meal of the day

I went to get the pots washed and took this snap of the sunset.

I fell blissfully asleep again.

Woken again to go to the intercom to admit Ejaz for his final call of the day. No need to remove the socks, of course, just has some Peptac. Ejaz checked the safety of the kitchen & wet room, and was off within 4 minutes. It was lovely for me not to delay him for once. Still tired out, I got down in the c1968, tatty, scruffy, unkempt, uncomfortable, virus, microorganism, bug, bacterium, bacillus, germ, parasite producing, eyesore-horrendously grungy, disease-fermenting second-hand, beige-coloured, £300, charity shop bought, crumb-retaining, moth-eaten, non-working, itch-encouraging, incommodious, Haemorrhoid Harold testing, catheter tube yanking, recliner.
But this time, Sweet Morpheus did not arrive. It was fitful dozing off and jumping awake for hours. I gave up and got up at 03:30hrs.

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Inchie Today: Sunday 3rd August 2025

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Carer Ejaz told me I was snoring somnolently,
When he came to see me, he said I was a somniloquist,
What? I asked after waking, and he told me…
That proves that you are a somniloquistee!
“Ug”… hang on, I need a mug of tea…
And he made me one, a strong Glenhettie,
Ejaz impressed me with his sagacity,
Wanting to hear details of my
phantasmagory,
Before I could start, he said to me…
Let me guess, your dream went pleasingly?
You were smiling and laughing audibly…
Talking, swearing, you looked a little sweaty…
Sometimes scowling sinisterly,
You then smiled, so very happily,
You smiled in your sleep, contentedly…
Ejaz: I didn’t want to wake you up, really,
You’d gone from flailing to satisfaction, calmly,
Me: “Yes, I’d just shot Starmer, but not in reality!”
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04:30hrs: The flow-back pains from the dodgy catheter day contraption were stinging away when I woke up. The nocturnal pouch was barely damp; there was so little urine in it! The first thing was to dismount the hospital bed and investigate. As I stood up to bend down to take a look, the flow shot out into the night bag. But not a lot of it. I decided to get the tackled. With a visit to kick off, then investigate what the dodgy state that the was in. 
Well, a mega-change from this morning’s evacuation, I must say.
Still entirely under the control of. But not liquified and all over in seconds, as the last three visits have been. Small cubes hit the water without much splashing. Green and Oxo-shaped.

The shaving with the different razors went well. Only two teeny-weeny nicks on the back of the neck this morning. The teeth didn’t bleed at all, I don’t think. Most of the blood came from the gums that had lost their teeth. 
I left off doing poor Little Inchy’s Fungal lesion treatment. Until I’d sorted
the catheter out.
Then, I did the other regulars; Ears oiled, eye drops in, Phorpain gelled MedPhorpainArthur Itis’s knees, then used the stronger one on .
I applied barrier cream to the areas I could reach.
Underbelly, men-breasts, back-flaps, eczema, acne, and Catheter sore spots.

Seemed to be trying to make a comeback again this morning. I hope she doesn’t.
You can see the swelling on the left knee. This is partly due to Arthur Itis, and Cartilage Carol, with Cartilage Chleo in support, who have mangled the knee areas of both legs. The darned Little monkeys!
Walking is a smidge dodgy.

I finished in the wet room and took a snap through the open window of the stunning light blue and pink sky. Nice!

I hobbled into the front room, collected the bins from the wet room & kitchen, and then got everything sorted.
And made one large bag to go to the waste chute.

Carer Ejaz arrived in a good mood. He did a good jon helping me this morning. I felt a smidge guilty in keeping him longer than he should have, and was nervous of missing the bus when he shot off. He’s to make the last call; I hope he catches the bus in time.
The lad helped me get a new catheter bag and a wide strap on. After we’d done it, things seemed reluctant for the flow to start, but it happens sometimes, and it can start a little late. Ejaz told me t ring for an ambulance if the flow does not start again. He put the diabetic socks on for me. Issued the medications; no time left for a body check. That is no bother, I got most of them that I could reach earlier on the wet room visit. 

Thanks, Ejaz.

I revisited the Porcelain Throne. It was a short visit. Nothing happened.
But plenty of long-drawn-out emissions of wind!

I pressed on determinedly with the blog updating!
It helped that I had a wonderful two-hour visit from . Amazing how well I was doing. Until dawned.
Nothing seemed to have changed. Horis floated off, and in came Darius. Ruining my day entirely. A bugger to shake him off, too! 
I’d been doing so well, but now I realise it was a four-hour session of darkness that I suffered through!

Anne Gyna visited as I started to imbibe the meal.

Carer Mizra called, and the last one was Carer Akeyo. I forgot to ask him to take my diabetic socks off. Struggling and bending painfully to get them off myself brought Loss-Balance-Bobbie and Dizzy Dennis to the fore. So effective they were that I could not get into the hospital bed, just too disorienting and painful.
So got into the second-hand shop bought nine years ago £300, c1966, discomfiting, alarmingly beige-coloured, crumb-containing, TV remote hiding, not working recliner.

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Evening All!

Inchie Today: Saturday 2nd August 2025

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Inchy: Oye! Inchie, I don’t talk to yer for a month and then find you in this state… yer a bag of nerves mate…
Inchie: Yes, that’s accurate…
Inchy: Well, yer got nowt else to say then?
Inchie: No! Are yer bovvered, then?
Inchy: Concerned, never seen yer in such a state,
Yer brains beginning to bifurcate,
Inchie: What does that mean, like confabulate?
Inchy: No! Splitting, or breaking up,
Inchie: That’ll be my Premorbid Cognitive Impairment,
Inchy: Ah, I was wondering where Doreen Dementia had gone. Did you two have a disagreement?
Inchie: We never really got on, but this bitch is a bit too strong…
Inchy: String?
Inchie: Nae, are you going deaf two, STRONG!
Inchy: No need to shout, I do live in your brain…
Inchie: Sorry, does PreMorbid give you any hassle or pain?
Inchy: Not a lot, I find her relatively humane. She did tell me she thinks you are beyond help, arcane.
Inchie: Huh, and it’s she who is toying with my brain!
Inchy: Well, yeah, but she won’t take the blame,
Inchie: Ah, so a bit like Starmer?
Inchy: Him, do you mean the backhander taking plonker?
Inchie: Yes, he’s malicious, spiteful, and malevolent,  
Inchy: How did he get elected as the nation’s adjutant?
Inchie: His getting in was like a bereavement…
Inchy: What skill has he got? Does he use a deliriant?
Inchie: Skills? Deceit, duplicity, dishonesty, and lying, pensioners, disabled, and farmer-vilifying,
Inchy: Well, that’s a long list…
Inchie: I’ve not finished yet; wauling, stealing, witwantoning, malignant, cruel, overtaxing… 
Inchy: I’d have thought tha…
Inchie: I’ve not finished yet! He’s untrue to true Labour Party principles, unfaithful, disloyal, double-crossing, two-faced, undependable, unreliable, back-stabbing, and double-dealing…
Pecksniffian, ace at phony-baloney, and wants hanging!
Well, he doesn’t want it, but relatives do, of farmers, disabled folk, young families & pensioners are sick of his jiggery-pokerying, 

Inchy: ‘Silence’,
Inchie: Inchy? INCHY?
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In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War.
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied & annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
Will Humankind… or rather the oligarchal leaderships of warring nations ever learn? I’m about to try something I’ve shamefully not done for a while.
Pray For Peace. I don’t think it will help.
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I’m not sure what time I got my head down last night. But it was somewhere around 01:00hrs, or later.
During the five hours in the land of nod, I must have woken up, or been woken up, to be more accurate, a dozen times. The guilty ailments, about 50% each, were and or .
Both have been kind to me lately. But yesterday, they visited several times, and they’ve already been at me during the night and up until now. (13:00hrs). Nearly gave way on me earlier. Otherwise, physically, I’m doing well this morning. Back to the diary, I went out of sync again.

Urine was a good 4 on the scale.

I went to the wet room to use the ablutions and medication. I forgot to clean my teeth.
Note to Self: I must get back to doing them.

Olive oiled the ears, and put the eye drops in – some of them got in the eyes, most dribbled down into mt mouth, as per usual. Barrier creams and the floppy belly and man breasts. About to clean the lower regions, but needed the use of the Porcelain Throne.
An exact copy of yesterday’s first evacuation. Well, maybe not quite as bad. Certainly got it cleaned up quicker this time.
The shaving went pretty well, with a few tiny razor nicks. Nothing to fret about, though. I was doing better than I was yesterday. That’s a bonus in having
dwelling in your head, with which I cannot recall all the Whoopsiedangleplops I had. Haha!

Then I got on the computer to update Thursday’s blog, but there wasn’t much to do since I had stayed up late into the morning to catch up on some things.
A few errors occurred, and at one point, CorelDRAW’s screen froze, forcing me to close the computer and reboot it after a few minutes. I was worried that things weren’t right when I reloaded. I was right to be concerned. I’d lost some of the work I’d done.
I’m not sure what I did wrong, but I had to close it down again. When I returned to the art package, everything seemed okay and was working again. Yippee! I decided to celebrate with a mug of tea. It had been two hours getting things going, and as I stood up, the chateter pouch fell all the way to my foot and ankle. What a tug the tube gave poor Little Inchy! I fumbled in my haste to get the bag emptied, and it showed on the measuring jug I use, and very nearly 2 pints. No signs of Depression emanated, and I thought things had gone well so far. With my fate and luck, I found this nerve-racking. Hehe!

I made a brew of Glengettie tea, and the teabags burst while pouring in the water. So, I made another… the same thing happened. So, I tried a Co-op 99 tea bag, and blow me, that one split open. I lost interest and took a cold bottle of spring water from the fridge to the computer desk. Humph!
I say computer desk, but it’s actually a 1962-built, falling-to-pieces Hopewell’s E-Plan sideboard, with the doors falling off. I use it as my computer desk.

Ejaz arrived. We did a body check and medications, and then had a little natter before he had to rush off. A nice lad,

The intercom chirped up again. It was the chap with the Iceland order to deliver. He was soon up at the flat.

He put the things into the kitchenette for me in no time. Thanked him.
Then I started sorting out the mags of food, cleaning things, and nibbles.

Cheesy-topped whole bread rolls, one pack of four, and a pack of four tiger rolls were delivered.
Just one bag of the Harry-Ramsdens frozen chips that had to go in the freezer, and I had to do some jiggling with the goods in there to make room for the tiger rolls.
I placed the multi-Silly-Price 7-per-pack mini croissants in a carrier bag and put them in the bedroom. After opening one, I added some to the other nurses’ & Carers’ nibble selection on the carers’ table.
The cleaning supplies are located under the sink and in the bathroom. Well, wet room.

Afternoon Carer was Mizra. Another nice lad. In and out in a few minutes. Checked taps, and I took a guzzle of Peptac.

Earlier, I got the calendar clock updated. I missed the photo off, I’m afraid. Better late than never. The tube firm the catheter was pulling again, but the pouch was nowhere near complete.

I also forgot these, taken from the balcony.

The intercom chimed again.
I got to the panel and pressed the top button. But no one was there. No one was there… that could fit when my memory tries to store things in the brain.

Early meal, No – Sister Jane rang. Burnt sausages, so I made another meal. Mass Depression came from nowhere, and Anne Gyna joined in.
She stayed the night.
Despite how I was feeling, I still enjoyed this delightfully tasty meal.

I was working on CorelDRAW and felt a dampness on the Catheter leg. I investigate.

I. The top connector-hose had come off altogether!
Another damned mess to try and sort, and a load more cleaning and disinfecting needed!

I’ve never fitted the top connector or strapping. The nurses usually sort that one out. But, as usual, there are no Community Nurses to contact for help at the weekends. I had to hope for the best, hoping I could manage the job. Hehehehe!
2: A search around in the bedroom where the nurse moved the catheter supplies. I had to find a top strap, which cost me 10 minutes. Not the easiest of tasks, I’ll tell you why. I’m sharing all the problems involved, hoping that a Nurse, Carer, Social Team member, or anyone who can help me avoid these issues or arrange extra support might read this blog. All the while during the search, I had Depression Darius, Cartilage Carole giving agony. The walking stick to fumble with in case Cartilage Chloe gave way. Also, the urine was still leaking, and I had a mass of kitchen towels trying to stem the flow from the inserted Little Inchy connector. I had to fetch a roll of kitchen towels when the first lot got soaked, and put the used ones in a carrier, as I searched around. And also lost an hour in the search.
3: I got back to the recliner room. But sorting out how to get the bendy-clip and find where it should go was all a guesstimate.
4. I had Dizzy Dennis join the other ailments due to all the bending I had to do.
5. Unsure if it would work or not, time would tell. I then had to go back to the store room to clean up the mess I’d made in my painful search. Collect and bag the smelly-wet towels, disinfect and bin them.
6: It was not flowing. I left it for a while, hoping things would start. Which did, but so slowly, and I was now getting flow-back pain in the bladder.
7: Carer Mizra arrived; it should have been a short visit. But the lad kindly went through the whole procedure again and reset the top strap. (W used the same pouch, though.) Naturally, he did not know where the holding grip should be placed, just as I didn’t. But he got the flow going. And had to rush off. Bless him. He still took diabetic socks off for me.
8: I collected the diabetic socks from the floor and put them in the laundry bag. I binned the spare straps from the recliner, along with the empty medical bags.
Then hoped and prayed that the connector would not come off again. Thanks, Mizra.

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Inchie Today: Friday 1st August 2025

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Sister Jane’s Welbeck School Photograph.
Any guesses which one she is?
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I always wanted one of those Japanese trees, a banzai, 
I applied to go on TV, the darts game thingy, Bullseye,

But got mugged the day before, a broken nose and a black eye,
I was reasonably brave about it, I didn’t cry…
Of which the lump cuddly nurse can clarify,
We got on well, we were pally and quite chatty,
I said, Could we go for a meal at the Wimpey nearby,
She declined, saying they do not serve cowpie.
We were a similar age, it was around 1973,
So I said, seeking a grope, & feeling bigheartedly, 
We can go anywhere you like, just tell me…
She smiled and replied, I think you are a real honey,
But you’ve been robbed of your cash and money!
She walked me out, her rear end moving curvaceously,
I wave goodbye, sensing my loins activity…
Her telephone number pocketed, I felt my alacrity…
Eagerness, desire, I was a young wannabe, 
I agree our bodies bear a dissimilarity,
Me wirery, thin, stunted height and sinewy,

The nurse, cuddly, sticky, just my cup of tea!
The phone number got me through to the NSPCC!
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This one is Jane.

Due to a late Whoopsiedangleplop this evening, and by only just starting the above Ode, mayhem ensued. I was then miles behind. So, I need to get some of this done before I fall asleep. I can’t believe that no Depression Darius had hit me yet. He did visit earlier and then again later in the night. I’m adding this bit in the morning, and now I’m more confused than ever. Chronologically, this will be a terrible blog. I’m sorry, but I must press on. And cut things out or short from here on, until hopefully, the morning, if I ever get some sleep in.
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Morning urine, Ezaz classed as a number 6. Why the heck I put it on the graph as a 4, remains a mystery to me. I need to update the NHS graph, and I’m confident I’ll remember to. Tsk!

I rose at 04:50 hours, feeling a smidge perky that I hadn’t overslept. I changed the catheter and made my way to the wet room to get a wash and shave, clean my teeth, and then likely use the Porcelain Throne. Which, as it turns out, I needed suddenly on my way into the room. What a session, I think it must have taken me a minute to get seated and complete the evacuation, at the top! As my bum hit the plastic seat, there was what sounded like a splat, which took maybe 5 seconds to clear my bowels… but leaving a distinct feeling that a follow-up evacuation was already brewing! There was a mass of wind during the first evacuation. The minute spent on the Throne was dwarfed by the time it took me to clean up afterwards. I got the toothpaste out and searched around for the toothbrush – I know I used it last night, but where did I put it? Eventually, I spotted it behind the cistern on the floor. I retrieved the small plastic picker-upperer from the floor of the wet room and then got on with cleaning my teeth. The gums and teeth bled less than last time, which was nice. The plan was to oil the ears next, so I could hear if anyone came in or the intercom rang, and then start shaving – but, no! Luckily, I was standing right next to the WC when the follow-up evacuation started of its own accord. Talk about lucky, I was. This session was perhaps all over quicker than the first one! That was because it was almost liquid. Making as much mess, though, for me to clean up. Now, dawned. I find it embarrassing to say, but I went into an unstoppable, fed-up, mammoth-sized sulk. How do these things happen to me every day?
Then, cleaning up, I realised I’d run out of kitchen towels. So sent to get some from the kitchenette. 
What a change in my manner. When I saw the view from the window, I instantly changed back to I felt first, and got Kodak Tim 2, and took a snap. It didn’t turn out too well, but I wasn’t aware of that at the time. I cheered up a little. I returned to the wet room and got on with the cleaning again, almost contentedly.

Then on to the medicationings.
Underbelly, rea-end, Little Inchy, areas, aftershace on shaving cuts, it’d been that long they all dried solid. Nasal spray was applied to the legs and ankles, using the picker-upperer and kitchen towels. Toothache tincture was used, and I MedPhorpainPhorpain gelled the cartilages of Chloe and Carol, and then Arthur Itis’s knees. Used the mouthwash belatedly and searched all over for a wristlet panic alarm. I eventually found it on my wrist. I know, I know, but it’s a fact of life, and true! As I type this at approximately 20:20 hours, I’m still looking for the wristwatch. Is it somewhere in the wet room?
Surely! Or, maybe not. I’ll try to forget about it and look again later.

Then I remembered to change the calendar clock. And booted the computer.
Oh, dearie me. What am I doing? Just what I haven’t the time for… waffling on! But, being as I feel better, and I am sure that he is on his way to visit, if he does, I’ll stay up all night again to get this blog up to date, and into Sod ’em all mode again. I love doing it. The blog, I mean. Haha! 

But, not yet. When I opened CorelDRAW, it told me that the last saved drawings were not available!

Started the computer and was doing reasonably well, until CorelDraw told me that my last edited file was unavailable. This brought what was not wanted. For an unknown reason, desperation and frustration, possibly?
I gave up on the computer and took a snap from the balcony. I felt bitter and twisted with everything going wrong. I sulked and swore a little. 

A letter arrived. We are to have safety checks done on the flats. The workers will be abseiling up and down the outside for four days, checking the integrity of the building. They asked us not to open any windows fully. It’s good that the NCC looks after our safety.

Plenty of hard-to-read notes left on the memory notepad, but I’ve had enough now. Really feeling down. I’ve taken off the night bag, as anticipated. Dizzy Dennis paid a visit to object to my bending down. And as if things ain’t bad enough, Anne Gyna joined in, I’ll make a meal… no, I won’t. I’ll just have some crisps and biscuits, can’t be bothered.

On the other hand, now the pouch is off, I’ve got the mini roast potatoes that have a use-by date of the 2nd… I’ll get them in the oven. Hope I get to read the cooking instructions. Ejaz often reads them for me, but tonight, with the hassle and depression, I forgot to ask him. I’ll be back in a bit.

Nope, can’t read the label, which is in tiny print and stuck to the bottom of the foil dish. I’ll have to keep checking it as time goes on. Of course, I expect to remember to do that. But… at least if I set fire to the kitchen, someone can read this to find out why. I may have a prolonged seizure, fall asleep or just forget until I smell or see the smoke.
Every damned day is a struggle.

Took a late snap of the wonderful clouds.

Giving in now. Try to catch up in the morning. Well, it is morning now!
TTFN.

I’m back, Saturday 06:10hrs. Catchup.

Last shot of the day. Taken from the kitchenette window at around 02:20hrs.

TTFN

Inchy Today: Thursday 31st July 2025

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Please read, and apprehend; there’s no need to listen,
It may read that I wrote it in Lalaland, and lubrication,
Or amidst a seizure, or am I practising levitation,
I don’t expect pity, freebies, or any laudation,
I’m trying to avoid malapropisms and literalisation,
Failure will undoubtedly turn me back to libation,
A comfort from my last life, when I was a Latvian,
To say I remember, I’ve not learnt my lesson,
I’m impractical, get lost mentally, a luftmenschen,
They put me on a mood stabiliser, called Lithium,
Shortly after, I craved to be a lighthouseman,
I often come out with gibberish and lallation,
My infected brain works in laevorotation,
Backwards in other ways, I seek liberation,
From Starmers dictatorship & legislation,
Sometimes I burst out in lacrimation!

I am often confused & bemused, strife-ridden,  
I struggle with recognition and recollection,
I hoped for rejuvenation, but got rejection,
My cerebrum 
gives a varying reaction,
To my question or recommendation,
Physically, mentally, I get no recreation,
My new phone gives terrible reception,
I asked my neurologist for a reexamination,
To get help, mayhap a reevaluation,
I’ve lost my concentration and reputation,
I think I’m falling into acceptance or resignation,
Huh, cursing Starmer again, hatreds return,
Caused by my writing that word, Nation,
Claiming all our problems, he will righten
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He, a barrister, a liar, I’m so easy to frighten!
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A day of Accifauxpas, Whoppsiedangleplops, errors, typographical cock-ups, failing cartilages causing a tumble, computer problems, computer cock-ups, medical cancellations, various Catheter Contraption pains, depressions, frustrations, confusion, Gladys Glaucoma vision problems, Anne Gyna stabbings,  Tiffany Toothache, and Earache Erasmus.  
So, a normal sort of day, then.

06:30hrs: Removed the catheter night pouch from the day contraption.
The cartilages were playing up the instant that I rose from the bed and started to hobble around.
I’d been dreaming, I knew that, but it was so annoying that I couldn’t remember any real details of it. Grumph!

I went onto the balcony and noticed the usual carefree parking and the mudslide in the end car park. It wasn’t raining at the time. By the time I got into the kitchen to take shots through the windows, the rain was back. It seemed heavy, but it stopped again as I was taking the second shot. This is when I had one of . I’ve not had any of these for a while, so long that I thought they had had their run. Sandra’s Seizures last longer, sometimes much longer. But this time, I felt it coming on as I shut down the Kodak Tim 2 camera. I stood gazing out the window, trying to focus on the view in hopes of avoiding distractions; an experiment of sorts —and I remained standing, checking my watch as I did so.  
I came around to find myself sitting down on the c1966, £300 Oxfam charity shop-bought, wincingly grotty, beige-coloured, crumb-covered from my nocturnal nibblings, itch-making, uncomfortable, positively unhealthy, and dangerous, no longer operational, virus-breeding, easy-to-fall-out-of, catheter-tube-trapping recliner.
The usual dizziness and confusion that usually follow such things were much milder. I was holding the grip of  with both hands. It barely took me a couple of minutes before I felt ready for activity, and I was worried about what I’d done in the kitchen; had I put the stove on, left the fridge door open, left a tap/faucet running? I hobbled to the kitchen. No signs of anything dodgy having been done. Then I looked at my high-quality watch, bought from Bilwell Market for £8 (Hehe!), to find that only three minutes had passed since I started losing it. This sometimes confuses and amazes me. How, if as they tell me, I must have been in a seizure, and stood up at the time, and getting to the recliner, without the slightest knowledge of doing so?   
I can walk into things, and drop things, or fail to let things go, when I am in my usual wakeful scenario, yet as far as I recall, I’ve never taken a tumble within the grip of any of the types of seizures that I’m supposed to be liable to have.
Mr Google tells me more than the Doctor does. I forget her name now, erm… it doesn’t matter.
“A seizure” is a burst of uncontrolled electrical activity between brain cells (also called neurons or nerve cells) that causes temporary abnormalities in muscle tone or movements (stiffness, twitching or limpness), behaviours, sensations or states of awareness. This links up with my Peripheral Neuropathy, episodic ataxia, and FND symptoms (definitely). Nicodemus’s neurotransmitters are slowly dying off. I don’t think that the diabetic polyneuropathy is linked to the seizures. Diabetic polyneuropathy symptoms;

  1. Numbness and tingling: Often starting in the toes and fingers, and potentially progressing up the limbs. I’ve told the Doctor. 
  2. Pain: This can be described as burning, stabbing, or shooting pain. And electric shocks for me
  3. Loss of sensation: Difficulty feeling temperature changes or pain in affected areas. Right again!
  4. Muscle weakness: Especially in the feet and hands. Don’t I know it!
  5. Loss of balance and coordination: Due to nerve damage in the feet and legs. Oh, Yes!
  6. Changes in digestion: Constipation or diarrhoea. Alternations. Spot On!
  7. Bladder or bowel problems: Difficulty controlling urination or bowel movements. Too true! 
  8. Erectile dysfunction: Difficulties in achieving/maintaining an erection.      Mission impossible nowadays!
  9. Hypoglycemia unawareness: Not feeling the usual warning signs of low blood sugar. Correct!
  10. Orthostatic hypotension: A drop in blood pressure when standing up, causing dizziness or fainting. Spot On!
  11. Sensitivity to touch: Some individuals experience severe discomfort from even light touch, like the weight of a bedsheet. Or someone massaging or tapping them on the head. True!
  12. Foot problems: Ulcers, infections, changes in foot shape, and joint pains can develop.    Yes, I often get these!
  13. Peripheral neuropathy: Affecting the limbs, this can cause numbness, tingling, burning, sharp pains, or extreme sensitivity to touch, especially in the feet. It can also lead to muscle weakness, balance issues, foot problems like ulcers, and loss of reflexes. Balance issues, numbness, tingling, sharp pains, and sensitivity to touch? That’s me!

They’ve missed symptoms off of this list!
No mention is made of being unable to pick something up or let go of it. The shoulder jerks, loss of finger sensation & coordination, being woken up by , or the times when you just can’t use a tin-opener or knife safely if at all, fit a key into a lock, or even get a plug into the computer or the kitchen sinkJust thought I’d mention these.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Herr Starmer were to read this? Fair enough, he wouldn’t give a toss… unless I was rich enough to slip him a backhander or two.
I officially HEX the liar from today!
Should he come a cropper or snuff it, as a result of my hexing him, I may regain my Faith.
I just thought I’d mention it, in passing.

I wrote this on Friday, so please be patient.

I lost the plot again there!

Here comes the food, from Asda,
Just 3 items missing, so not a disaster,
I do like their 1½litre Brecon Spring Water,
Sticky & Smokey BBQ baby potatoes,
I ordered these accidentally,
They may taste nice, who knows?
I meant to order these beer-battered chips,
They also sell beer-battered crisps,
Makes a change from the mini potatoes.
I can’t recall wanting these on the left…
The Halal sausages match the best!
Half & half, vegan and beef & veg pasties,
I had a vegan one tonight, a delight.
Cheesey cobs, from Asda’s bakery,
Leicester cheese inside, very tasty,
Only a day’s use-by date, usually it’s three!
On Special Offer – LU cookie,
I bought a pack for Frank & Jenny,
Hope I remember to tell them Thursday!
Cleaned and reloaded my nibble jars.

I had two no-butter buttered cobs, cheesie,
Red onions, & tomatoes, red, yellow and greeny,
Ate it, dipping it in the BBQ sauce frequently.
The dish, tray & floor ended up all crumby.

Three visits today, each one a Trotsky Terry,
A lot went wrong, ending with self-acrimony,
No seemed to be answering me…
No news on the computer help from Deana or Julie.
The contents insurance letter has seen a significant increase in cost, up over £50! 

I blame our head crook, pensioner-robbing & killing, Disabled allowance cutting, NHS running-down, Family farmers bankrupting, fibbing, backhander-taking, ex-bent barrister, Labour Party Leader, who is about as much Labour as Margaret Thatcher was, Herr Kier Starmer!
I lost the plot again, didn’t I?

I was doing well on Thursday, with updating this blog, albeit late in the day.
I forgot about checking the catheter bag. Usually, I get a warning from the flowback pains when it is too full. But not today. It filled up to the maximum without me sensing it, and down the leg it slipped, with all the weight pulling on Little Inchy! Argh!
I tried to snap it before emptying it. The photo I took did not show the balloon bulge well enough.
Hey-Ho! It’s my own fault. Sometimes, not very often, a Carer will check it, but not today.

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Good Luck to you all!

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