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05:00 hrs: Sadly, after four hours of reasonably unbroken sleep, I awoke. After getting up accident-free, I went to the wet room. Oh, smug me! But it was rather messy, nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday. Difficult getting things to go down the WC. Having to flush the tank, times
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Emptied the nocturnal catheter. It had bits, sort of fluffy within. Took a snap of it here. I couldn’t help but think it looked like Irish Stew to me? How the hell did I
get that lot through the Catheter tube and into the bag? Must be parts of the prostate that the Finasteride tablets have been supposedly breaking up, with a view to my being able to manually wee-wee. The specialist at the Nuffield Hospital told me he’ll recommend to your (me) Doctor that she try you (me) on Finasteride tablets for 3 months, explaining that it will break up your prostate each month. they will remove the whole thing and see if you can pass water. Otherwise it will mean a permanent catheter being fitted. That was a year & 3 months ago, and I’m still taking them. They’ve only twice done the ‘monthly removal’ to see if I can wee again. Now, lumps of fluffy matter are coming out. No wonder I’ve been in such pain with it.Â
I did a quick wash and the teeth, aghast at how my face looked. My lips were bleeding, my nose was bleeding, and Little Inchy and Harold Haemorrhoid were too! There was blood that had
fallen on my chest as well. Had I fallen while in seizure mode? I cleaned up what I could and sorted the waste bags. Then, a smidge puzzled, I got on the computer. As I was booting it up, blood came out through my lips. The teeth were bleeding as well!
I pressed on and didn’t feel as if things were real. I actually thought I must have dreamt about the blood.Â
Anyway I carried on with a certain conviction… that’s not the right word. I’ve no idea what this photo on the left was about at all. Then I found this one next
in line on the Kodak Tim SD card. I did recall this one; I took it hours ago when I was starting the computer and decided to try and bet a reflection snap. I can see the blood coming from the nose again, I think.
Carer Kimberly arrived; it’s always nice to see her. She was
nonplussed about the blood, which I’d wiped off, but then she told me what the problem was.
THE RED-EYE WAS BACK!
She took this photo of it for me.Â
Still, it’s not as bad as last time. But the vision is not good; it got worse as the day went on. So, I may have to miss some blogs if it goes on like this. I stopped and took a few pictures. I’m
afraid I’m not feeling so good now as I did earlier on.
Lovely little puffer clouds.Â
Teatime Carer came. What happened to the day?
It’s got to be mind blanks or seizures, surely.Â
I thought yesterday was bad, but I’ve lost today already. Hehe! The nose keeps bleeding, as does Little Inchy’s Fungal Lesion. Maybe I did take a tumble earlier? Well, I’m all over the place mentally.
I’ll get something to eat, then wait for the night carer and get my head down in the bed.
I know something has happened, but what?
Carer Richars came. He was not looking very well at all, and he said the same about me. Hehehe! I gave him some cold drinks from the fridge. I climbed into the bed after Richard had attached the nocturnal catheter bag, and he’d taken off the diabetic socks and departed.
And I had a long sleep, for me anyway, of over six hours, blissfully uninterrupted rest. There were no electric shocks from either ankle. That or I did have some, but they did not wake me up. But felt awful when I woke up. Why? Having just had my longest sleep this year?

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I rose from the bed at 05:10 hrs. First, I detached the nocturnal catheter pouch.
Just a little painful.
This is a fantastic view from the kitchen window. Unfortunately, the blotches were caught in all the external photographs today, Humph!Â
It was torture! I soon changed my mind, and at the same time, self-loathing erupted when I realised what I’d done… Again! I ordered the wrong size pants, Small instead of large! I’d pissed myself off, something wicked! The genitals were crushed as the catheter tube pulled tight! I grabbed the scissors post-haste and cut the PPs off.Â
once more. The pain continued anyway, off and on, without evident causation? These white pants are so thick that I think they catch Little Inchie more than the slimmer ones, but they are just as effective as the Depend ones. I ensured the lad was treated to nibbles and drinkies by showing my appreciation for his time. It was his last night shift call, and I felt a smidge sad at keeping him from getting home.
I made up a waste bag and got on with the blogging, albeit stumblingly and error-ridden. These white pants continued hurting things below. I took an extra Codeine, hoping it might ease things. Huh! Of course, it did nothing to help pain-wise.
Carer Kimberley arrived. She knew I was in pain and showed concern; bless her. I told her of the earlier woes with Little Inchie. I decided to hand her the box of 30 Depend pants: no, 29 now I’ve tried on and scissored off one pair. Hahaha! My wondering wrongly cost me a good bit of cash!
But thought that if I sent the box to Meridian to issue or use someone else… with less of a midriff on them, and they have also been catheterised, then they could possibly use them in the event that they run out!
I then ordered some large protection pants from the Amazon site. I made double-sure I’d ordered the correct size this time! Well, I did that last time (Well, I thought that I had) and still got it wrong, didn’t I? These were also dearer, but they looked more comfortable and seemingly had a waistband on them. We’ll see when they arrive. Amazon said they would deliver on Tuesday, which is good cause I’m going to Nottingham City Hospital tomorrow. To have the knees and ankles checked for Arthritis and Cartilage problems. Now there’s a word..
There were so many blotches on this snap of a puffer cloud that I was disappointed. I’ve tried cleaning the lens with a cleaner stick and impregnated tissues. Yet still they appear? Such are the mysteries of Woodthorpe Court, with the ghosts, wraiths, spectres, cacodaemons, apparitions, and other grotesqueries that haunt the hallways and lobbies, searching for Inchie to curse with lousy luck, create ambiguities, abstrucities,
perplexities, misfortunes and botherations, to scare. Worry and confuse me! Cataract Katie, Neuropathy Pete, Doreen Dementia and Incogniscent Iris are the main culprits. There are others, of course.
There are beautiful clouds in the sky. But I suppose that’s where one would expect them to be. Hehehe!
amongst the clouds.
Later, the sun burst through, and I took this shot of the virtually mud-less end car park. A jolly good mixture of vehicle colours was on show for our perusal. The light blue one, as per usual, parked on the yellow chevron ‘do-not-park-here’ lines. But hey, why should I bother?
Getting a smidge darker out there now. Another gorgeous selection of clouds to find figures in!
Then, blow me, if half an hour later, out came the sun again, forcing her way through the ever-darkening clouds. Mayhap, a ‘Goodnight all!’ message? Hehehe!
Better get some fodder sorted out, then… off to the kitchenette, and I conjured up a simple meal for a simple, tired old man.
Carer Richard arrived.