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 -…
Most of the time, all is calm, then I’m in a bit of a storm. I was never a great fan of big dippers and so I always kept away from them. The trouble with this big dipper is that it comes to get me! I am very happy to say that my urgent appointment…
The trouble with having a massive brain is that you need a big head to hold it in. Now, I’m not for one minute saying that I have got a massive brain, but I have on a few occasions been called a bighead. No idea why! It is true, though, that I think a lot.…