Well, well, well……quite the
couple of weeks just passed by. Very
eventful and quite a catharsis for me.
So what has happened? Leoni
managed to have a few seizures which Dave 2 then in his heightened empathy mirrored
and repeated himself, only he broke his other wrist in the process……..we’ve had
two Group FND psych sessions, I not only walked to physio during the week, took
a stroll this morning ALL ON MY OWNSOME,
but also this afternoon "marched all the
way to the top of the hill and marched back down again"…..(into Camberwell); I
estimate about 1 mile all told. An
amazing achievement for one whom, just 8 weeks ago, was almost wheelchair bound. Gaz and Linda were incredibly kind and took
myself and Leoni (Linda’s daughter) to the Fox on the Hill for lunch……...and
what a lunch!!! Gammon steak, 2 fried
eggs, mushroom, tomato and chips, all washed down with a glass of full-fat
Pepsi! J It is humbling to realize there are people
such as these two who were in a car accident last Saturday (along with Leoni!)
that wrote the car off, yet 6 days later drive all the way into London to visit
and push TWO wheelchairs around Camberwell (yes, unfortunately although I made
Camberwell walking, I then had to resort to the chair for a couple of seizures,
a swoosh around Morrisons the supermarket and a push back to the hospital).
But I jump ahead. Last weekend Leoni went home for a long
weekend of planned revelry and debauchery (to say nothing of alcohol), however
on the Saturday afternoon was unfortunately involved in a 4 car bumper-cruncher (fender-bender for our American cousins)
which left all three of them very shaken and bruised, torn ligaments and
whiplash and car-less! So her Sunday 20th
Birthday was somewhat washed outL. However, we here at the Lishman are not daunted
and put on a “Lishman Birthday Bash” for her on Tuesday evening. Dave 2 had baked a chocolate cake, 
Dave 1 had made an amazing Marvel 3D collage and the whole place had signed a card, some totally indecipherably, but done all the same. So with a smile on her face she scoffed chocolate cake until the pain and stiffness was but a memory………….or was that the oromorph???J.
I had an unfortunate run-in with
our DWP - Depratment of Works and Pensions (yes, I actually do mean
dePRATment!!!) which put me into a foul mood and nearly 2 days of ongoing
seizures but, as usual, I managed to bob to the surface again whilst thinking “well,
if they want 3 years repaid it’ll just have to take the next 20 years”!! J. It also brought me to the realization yet again
that life is worth living for what I can DO and EXPERIENCE, not what money/possessions
I have (or don’t have).
And so to Gardening Club on
Wednesday with a few photos, but mostly the lovely fresh air, out in the garden
with a few hardy souls and a wonderful feeling of nature renewing, plants
growing whilst I too renew and regrow……….. I know, a bit schmaltzy, but a very
strong truth in the analogy.
Thursday was my first ever outing
to Camberwell, albeit in the capable hands of my lovely OT. It certainly was a “baptism of fire”. I had nearly reached the shops walking when
one of our lovely local ambulances from Kings A&E drove toward us
leisurely, but just as it reached us, switched on their siren!!!! You can guess my reaction……………..immediate
seizure! Luckily as I toppled sideways I
hit the fence beside me and managed to freeze onto it. But succeeded in then carrying on and bought
a couple of shirts to join the wonderful present from Laura Cordell! We even managed a pot of camomile tea in the
Love Street Café………….J. The return chairbound journey ended similarly
as another ambulance decided it’d be fun to watch me jump backwards in the
chair…..ah well, I’m sure they didn’t really mean too………??????
Ah yes, just been reminded, Thursday
20th was a memorable one (or would be if my memory worked)! Three of us had Chinese YUMMY take-away (and
full-fat coke)! Spur of the moment
decision and WELL worthwhile. My tummy
really appreciated the subtle taste and harmony….plus the chunks of pork and
beef, prawn crackers, chicken balls, spring rolls.………………….! J
I suppose I should add here there
was only three of us because everyone else in the “group” had buggered off home
for the weekend! Kinda why we decided to
have one then to cheer ourselves up!
Now ever since Tuesday we have been
playing a game of “hunt the parcel”. The
beautiful Margarita Baird Ulhaq tickled my interest by asking “had my little
parcel arrived yet?” No Margarita,
nothing from north of the border, but Jeannie Maskery had sent me a great
little package………..and a wonderful long read when I find myself with nothing to
do during the rainy days and my concentration will allow. So the hunt began, nurses et al. organised to
search but to no avail until yesterday as I was passing the office I heard my
name called and saw this huge box on a desk.
I was asked “is this the one?” and sure enough…………..bloomin’ great
Amazon box in tartan (well, not really, but might as well have been). So out came the scissors (from the locked box
in the nurses’ room) and I open the box (after wrestling the scissors off the
nurse who REALLY did not want me to have them!
(Honestly ma’am, I DO know how to use them safely!J), expecting to find a
tiny package with loads of “chips”………..only to find ANOTHER box inside. Even more curious, I opened this one and
found???? Dozens of packs of Aberdeen
Angus Steak flavoured CRISPS!!!! HUH? Then my mind immediately flipped back to a
conversation we’d had a couple of weeks ago about my badly wanting a nice,
juicy steak so Margarita, unable to send me an actual Angus cow (Royal Mail
refuse to ship livestock apparently – who’da guessed?), sent me the next best
thing! A HUGE thank you to both
Margarita and Jeannie for their amazing thoughtfulness and generosity!! XXXXX
And so the day ends with Leoni and
I sat in the dining room, she waiting patiently for me to finish this lengthy
journal entry so we can finish watching an hilarious YouTube video of a
comedian (AlohaFluffy) and me with sunburn and a painful shoulder……………..oh yes,
sorry, forgot to tell you I went sunbathing this afternoon out on a garden
bench with cuppa in hand and 2 kneeling pads for a headrest…………ah bliss. J
See you all soon lovely FNDers.............. HUGZ XX
P.S. I’ve just been reminded, I
also had peas for lunch………….. J
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