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[blissgirl]

Anyone here ?

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[RunrigForever]

@Cleoriff & @Mi-Amigo ....... regarding your posts and pics above : nice story @Cleoriff about when Gary said 'don't push you, you're a nurse'

I did know the actor passed away young ... sad ... loved the tv series Auf Wierdersehn Pet - an ensemble cast - my face character was Oz.

I've never smoked a cigarette nor do I drink much alcohol ....... I must be Boring lolz ....... I take fairish prescribed medication, need it too.

[RunrigForever]

Some Good News to Share : 

Turned out a long green tissue box which lives on my bedside cabinet ... & ... found all sorts of bits & bobs including my mom's gold 90th birthday gift which I'd lost. New battery and happy to see it on my wrist.

Nice young lady in the Snack Bar said I'd got nice skin & my friend there said I was 59 ! ....... I'm early 70's. I thought we were similar ages, not that it matters.

I have no letters after my name nor before it ....... except G.E.M. (Good Enough Mum) ....... Twice my lad has said to me = 'You brought me up mum' ....... When he rings me usually on a Wednesday afternoon about 2-3 hours from home in NE England he always opens with 'Hello Mum How are You?'...... Just delighted to hear his voice ....... Shall see him & my daughter-in-law about Christmastime all being well.

[blissgirl]

Happy for you @RunrigForever 

[RunrigForever]

Thank you @blissgirl for your kind comment.

Shall be having a trip further north in May next year to Scotland with my son's mother-in-law. We get along nicely. Saving up already.

Have a nice evening x

[RunrigForever]

well, awake at 5:30am today - about 4am yesterday ....... went down to my bar for a double pina colada to settle myself = I like sweet things ....... bar have their own list of cocktails with 3 shots in ....... nice bar lady could do me '$ex on the Beach' which I liked and was with a nice guy who I hadn't seen for about 3 weeks or so - he left & I finished my fruity / sweet cocktail ....... & all was right with the world ....... home for 7-8 Tesco delivery of 1 basket of groceries.

[Cleoriff]

Great news re finding your Mums watch @RunrigForever. Lovely that you are now able to wear it. 

My Mum lost a watch when she was in a residential home 5 years after my dad died. 

So I bought her a cheap one with big numbers and hands as she complained she couldn't see the face of her old one.

It was very cheap but she was still delighted with it. It was funny how much better she was with this cheap watch. The staff said she was always up, washed and dressed, ready to help them give the breakfasts out. Before this, she 'lost track of time' and was more confused. She became a bit of a 'clock watcher'. 

Knew when it was meal time and bedtime. Mum was also able to tell the staff about visiting time. 

My sister and I hung a big sheet of card on her door with a weekly visiting rota.ie who was coming and on what day. (It also helped the staff so I'm told) 😂

Amazing how simple things like this, improved her daily well being. 

Lovely Memories xxx

[RunrigForever]

Thank you @jonsie ....... You will know how much I think of you ..... (& a few others here) ....... luv the Hug ....... Living on myown for so long you don't get many Hugs ....... Mom Olwen passed away fast 4 years agi ... = ... stroke or heart attack we don't know = she just went instantly grey - she's spent the afternoon chatting with her favourite nurse ....... she flourished in the residential home = became sociable ....... dementia - never really got over dad roy passing away with Parkinson's & cancer of his bones. Miss them more not less ....... Family are Everything ....... dad was 86, mom was 90 ...... she had a great 90th birthday despite Covid .......I have my memories & photos.

Thanks @Cleoriff my lad and me are getting along well ....... despite his mother-in-law knowing more about him and his life than I do ....... she tells me, not telling tales understand ....... girls talk with their moms.

@jonsie & @Cleoriff take good care to look after yourselves ....... XXX ...

[RunrigForever]

Mum had a double room to herself. Photos and things from home. There was an A3 size card on the outside of each residents door. My sister photocopied a lot of old photos including family dancing ones. It helped mum looking at old photo albums and photos of my lad when he was little and my sisters daughter. She could be cantankerous though with us and the staff - that's the another side of dementia ?

My father-in-law Pat said to me : if you've got your health you've got everything ....... miner on permanent nights.

[RunrigForever]

Anyone else having problems with carers themselves and management - CS are surprisingly good ....... just looked them up on their webside - they have a score of 2 out of 10 ....... social worker put me with them, Bradford based ....... my then support worker said why as plenty of care companies in the town I have lived in for nigh on 30 years.

My daighter-in-law sent them an email over the weekend and I've just sent them one as I have no phone and an appointment 11:30am ....... carers say one thing & CS don't seem to pass onto or carers or carers make up their own agenda ........ 2/10 score on their websits

Meethinx time to move to another care company.

Will email Emma & Alex.

I could do without all this kerfuffle = as not particularly well ....... Parkinson's disease but locum doctors rife at group medical practice and they wouldn't give me a diagnosis = Dad had Parkinsons, housebound and such a debilitating disease.

[Cleoriff]

The government published the league tables of hospitals in England yesterday

From good To poor. 

Of the 135 published, it was a shock to see the two closest to me, so far down the table. 

George Eliot NHS Trust = 121

UHCW (Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry) = 133

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8eqxlypv7o