Libby and I are looking forward to our best Christmas ever this year. Obviously, the way that things have changed in our lives has had a fairly major impact on the way we think about things and plan for them. These changes have also changed how we think about the future, the present and the…
I have always been a great believer in making plans, especially when we are doing something special or going away somewhere. It is best to get it right and not miss anything out. Be in control! The trouble is that we are seldom, if ever in control. Something will always get in the way -…
Just three little words – How are you? How often do we say them? I think most of the time we don’t even say them, we just let them out, because it’s just a form of saying hello. Yes, we mean the hello bit of it, but then we quickly pass on, because we aren’t…
I wakened up this morning (which is a good thing in itself) and suddenly realised how easy it is to slip back into the old ways of thinking and living, and going against so much of what I have said in previous posts about my illness. Yesterday’s post was a bit in that category. Yes,…
Held Well, that has been a bit of a week! Last weekend, I probably did a bit much. It’s hard to tell, to be honest. In August I was as fit as a fiddle, now there are a few strings broken. I know I can’t do as much as I used to in August. In…
You may have read in my post Bad Sad Glad that I saw the Oncologist last Friday and that my prognosis was not good. Without chemotherapy, I would only have 2 to 3 months to live, with chemo, I was looking at 12-18 months. The Oncologist thought that I was not well enough for chemo.…
Yesterday I did a lot. It was a really good day. I was moving about from about 10 o’clock until about 4 o’clock, but I was able to get around well because I didn’t have to stand or walk and I was whizzing about in my wheelchair. I am getting quite good at steering with…
There is no photo at the top of this post because there isn’t one which could cover everything that I am going to say. The three weeks since my last post have been a bit busy with appointments and it has been a whirlwind of emotions and news. There have been bad times, sad times…
For most of the first 20 years of my life I lived next to the Clyde, a beautiful river with stunning scenery around it. Where I was, the river was very wide and was for most of the time calm. Occasionally the wind would get up and the river would get a bit choppy and…
I spent a lot of time thinking about the title of today’s episode – Tears for Fears, Yesterday, Perfect Day, Tomorrow Never Comes, All Our Yesterdays – and a couple of dozen others that I can’t remember for the life of me. Maybe I can’t remember the others because of all my yesterdays. I did…
I have a special friend who has a dog. Angus isn’t just any dog. Angus is a springer spaniel. Those of you who have ever been in contact with a springer spaniel will know that Angus is different. Angus is a nutter. Until my health took a turn, I used to take Angus out for…
Look at the image above. What do you see? Probably a black spot. It’s a small spot, but you don’t really notice all the white around it. That small spot is in fact actually only 0.2% of the whole image. But it’s a big small spot, isn’t it? It’s also a powerful small spot -…