Hi Gill
Hope Stephens op goes without a hitch and he recovers quickly good luck to him, and you of course as no doubt you will be a jibbering wreck whilst its happening.
I have had a dreadful dose of flu/cold no doubt due to getting no sleep for so long and my niece brought me some amazing pills that cut it off very quickly. EchinaCold.…[Read more]

I love the discovery I made in the loft yesterday. I found in my sons boarding school trunk, my husbands uniform neatly folded with his hat and white parade gloves. Underneath it was a white thick folder with a large number of official looking documents, all of them commendations that I had never seen before.
In the same folder was a wallet I…[Read more]

Im So sorry Sarah,
I imagine you must be numb with all that is being thrown at you at the moment.
Im sure you are shock but unable to feel it due to the shock of losing Gordon.
Think its time to slow down and take a deep breath. Relax and just sob. life is so bludy unfair.
Dont we know it.
Private message me if you want to talk I can listen…[Read more]

I had another rant with a credit card company today…. speaking to an unintelagble man in India…. well you can imagine my reaction to him not understanding my Geordie accent. when I asked to speak to someone in England he said they had no office in England…mmmm the blank statement came from UK so he got the other two barrels and needless to…[Read more]

I am very happy for you Helen, 😉 Have a good life. Pleased to have met you for a short while, you have been in my thoughts lately wondering how you were doing, keep up the good work too and make sure they FRH get the feedback we discussed about the day unit and sick people please.
Love
Min

Welcome back from your holiday Dai, and now you can have many many more.
Wonderful Wonderful news, I am so very pleased to hear you can get back to living a 'normal' life again.
Now get that book written and make sure Minnie features loud and often !!!! no excuses for not getting on with it.
Before that give your good lady wife a big hug and…[Read more]

Whatever it takes Bridget, take it.
You know as well as I do that pain is not good for you or for the people who love you and care about you they dont want to see you in pain. If Dex does the business then dex it is… Just go and find a tent to wear!! hee hee cos you know your worth it. Bite your tongue when the alter ego appears from side and…[Read more]

They can supply it but its vile cheap ice pops. There is an Asda fairly near to the hospital in Gosforth if you have a sat nav go there 1st. Buy Ice lollies more interesting than plain old ice.
There is a shop downstairs in the lobby but not much choice but the prices are crazy. Do a google map of asda in wallsend or Gosforth. Each of them is…[Read more]

I love cussing…. I love life, I love lying in bed on a weekday and weekend. I love the life I had before MM got to us. I love our children, our grandchildren and my home.
Peter made all that possible even the cussing though he never cussed at me.
I love the people who have become firm friends on here who I would never have known if the…[Read more]

Decided on some retail therapy instead and visited building society to close his account down, what a palaver.
Next its the premium bonds to cash in. how ironic is that he won £25 quid and the cheque had not been paid in.
The car (his disability one) just got me home before the petrol light came on so they can come and get it now.
Had to go…[Read more]

Dont worry they dont keep anyone in much longer than they have to, my husband was out on both occasions of his transplant the same afternoon of the transfusion. !st time he cut the grass on the same day!!!!
If you live localy they will expect you to return for bloods on alternate days. Ask Catherene Cox… Better being at home than catching…[Read more]

Our Grandchildren called Peter 'Grandad Magic' always because he did silly things like morcombe and wise trick with the paper bag and pound coin.
My Grandson was given the paper bag by Peter and told to go home and practice it last time he was here. It is neatly folded and on his notce board along with other grandad magic treasures.
Daisy rang…[Read more]

Emma was married in New York, A very short while after 9/11
We visited the site whilst there. the scale of the place is beyond imagination.
The pain was palpable for all New Yorkers
Min

You can do it Gill, if you can cope with a Builder with mm you can do the classes. More imprtantly give you each a break from one another and the mm. It takes over you life insidiously even though you dont 'have' it.
To get away and not mention it will be brill
good luck
Min

Hi Sarah,
I think occasionaly that if I had not given up work I would have a distraction and something to look forward to, but I would have missed those 5 months of being together all the time.
I dont know what to do or how to approach the coming months. but I intend to see a good deal more of my /our grandchildren than I was able to because of…[Read more]

Roz my husband was half the man he had been when he died, but I surround myself with photo's of the well man he had been before MM got to him 2 and a half years ago.
Perhaps a visit to a spiritualist church would help you to understand he is no longer suffering, and watching over you.
Im not talking about charlatans who charge you money for…[Read more]

I love fuschias, I love my dogs, I love travel and holidays, and I particularly love technology.
I was left alone the other day and went and bought a set of new house phones as the LCD Display on mine stopped working and I could not see any of the people I wanted to contact. Whilst there I did something really stupid and signed a contract on a…[Read more]

Dear Sarah,
My husband adored me and never shouted swore or got angry at me.
But as his illness progressed he changed. I think he was angry at life and the hand he had been dealt.
He occasionlay said why me? what have I done to deserve this and and the other illnesses he had overcome
Some times I am pleased he is no longer suffering others…[Read more]

My husband wanted to work as a goal and to prove he had a normal life.
He had been off work for 18months and missed the social contact and banter so work but perhaps part time or less hours is the answer
Min

Dont take offence non was meant, Besides it is something that they will all encounter some a little more blase than others… There is no time to lose when like this.
Peter had had 3 other experiences with it.
Getting by on a rather nice whie tablet which is having as good effect as a glass of whisky which seems to be hidden as cant find it