I miss being me…

You might think that is a bit of a strange thing to say and it probably is. The me that I miss, is the me that is independent and does her own thing. The me that spur of the moment, will jump in her car and go look at Op Shops or go look aroundContinue reading “I miss being me…”

I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!

Some of you may have noticed that I have started to add Podcasts to my blog. These have been made from start to finish, wholly and solely by me, with no technical assistance whatsoever from anyone other than Youtube vids! So, I decided to take out the music intro and outro on my Podcasts andContinue reading “I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!”

The way we live now and the words that we use…

I find myself talking sometimes and halfway through a conversation, I think, ‘OMG, I feel and sound like an old person’ I say the sort of things my parents used to say to me, way back in the mists of time. I have caught myself looking at a young girl in a short skirt andContinue reading “The way we live now and the words that we use…”

Tis the season for family and forgiveness

I don’t know if other people do this very much, but today I have gone through my Facebook friends and my contacts on my phone and reviewed whether they are still friends that I am in contact with. If I don’t feel like we are in contact anymore, I have culled them. The interesting thingContinue reading “Tis the season for family and forgiveness”

Pushing my poor tired brain…

I have been pushing my poor tired brain recently in a number of ways. I continue to write this blog when I can. Having a two-hour morphine induced ‘Nanna Nap’ in the middle of the day, cuts into my day quite a lot. I also want to spend time with my husband when he isn’tContinue reading “Pushing my poor tired brain…”

You don’t know what people are dealing with…

I was talking to a friend recently about their relationship, which as it turns out, is not what we might have thought it was. She has been living with a very controlling spouse and she has done her best to keep this under wraps, so that most who know her would not have guessed. IContinue reading “You don’t know what people are dealing with…”

The familiar, the ordinary

Generally speaking, the familiar or the ordinary in our lives gives us a feeling of comfort or safety. A known quantity or experience to be relied upon. However, there are times when the familiar or the ordinary or what has become so, is not a good or safe thing. My second marriage became an unsafeContinue reading “The familiar, the ordinary”

The good and the not so good of medications

For nearly four months now I have been struggling with at times excruciating pain in my left leg predominantly and at times in my left. I have been on a cocktail of drugs for the whole period and nothing really put a dent in the pain. Apparently, the source of the pain is in myContinue reading “The good and the not so good of medications”

To tell or not to tell that is the question!

One of the first discussions my husband and I had following my diagnosis, was how soon to tell people, especially at work.  Being a very private person, his take was “you don’t have to rush into telling people”.  I thought about this for a nano-second – yes, I can be very decisive when I wantContinue reading “To tell or not to tell that is the question!”

Words are important

I know there will be changes to my body in the future. I think I am prepared for that. The thing that I am not looking forward to, is that one day my voice will change and my words both spoken and written may leave me. I have had some symptoms which apparently can beContinue reading “Words are important”