For most people the 10th of the month won’t mean very much. But for us folks lucky enough to be involved with The Ann Edgar Charitable Trust (TAECT) up here in Edinburgh we have chosen to have our Net Natter get togethers on the 10th of the month. The meetings don’t only take place […]
Its the start of the weekend I’m in my own home and boy am I glad to be so. A few weeks ago I was in hospital with yet another infection. It started of I wasn’t feeling too good, said to my nurse I felt horrid, my tummy began to swell, my temp rose, […]
Wow its been a while since my fingers have tapped out a post. To say I haven’t jotted down anything would not be true. However, everything I have written recently has been very personal and Im not quite ready to share these thoughts. It’s the beginning of July the last post was published in March. […]
As usual the run up to my injection was met with even more trips to the bathroom. Bowels working in overdrive. The day my nurse suggested I get incontinence pads delivered, I was a tad reserved, now I couldn’t do without them. Before I started getting the jab every three weeks I had total uncontrollable […]
For most of us life is hard enough. We all run along in the treadmill of life in our own way. Me, I try and make the best of it even on the bleakest day. The last three weeks have been a struggle. My father is in hospital, he has had life saving open heart […]
One thing and another its been a busy week. Started with a visit to the GP on Monday, she is perturbed that despite I’m on my new super duper feeding regime through Lavita, my gastrostomy feed that Marion from the CENT team has carefully worked out for me and I am getting food pumped into […]
On November 10th 2015 I missed an excellent information day at The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. It was hosted by a small charity, many people will never have heard of – the Ann Edgar Charitable Trust. This event was for Net Cancer Day. The reason I wasn’t there; I was in hospital with sepsis. My […]
I had an appointment at the Western General Hospital with a consultant I have never seen before. The Team she is with is The PACT Team. This is Patient Experience and Anticipatory Care Plan Team. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss my health problems and for the consultant to take notes […]
Eleven months ago I switched from nasogastric tube feeding to gastrostomy tube. After a lengthy stay and several other stays in hospital with complications, sepsis and months of continual leakage. It is apparent that the surrounding area is never going to totally heal. The health professionals have tried their best. I am lucky to have […]
Well today its my birthday. I am half a century – the big 50. Many folk hide their age, dread being fifty and pretend their younger than they are. Me, I’m happy to be here. I feel privileged to say I have hit such a milestone. My fortieth decade was a mixed one. There was […]
