My needy knee…

It is now just on six weeks since I had my knee replacement surgery on 29/11/23. I am told that I am doing well by my husband, my surgeon and my physiotherapist. However, for me – as ever impatient to get on – it feels like slow process and that it is taking forever. This experience has certainlyContinue reading “My needy knee…”

Like I’m gonna lose you….

Listening to this song while I was doing my exercises and thinking how true they are for any of us. It’s by Meaghan Trainor and featuring John Legend. ….Like a scene from a movie That every broken heart knows We were walking on moonlight And you pulled me close Split second and you disappeared AndContinue reading “Like I’m gonna lose you….”

Where has the time gone?

It seems that marking the passage of time when you are a parent or a grandparent is measured against the lives of the children in our lives. For example, my husband and I moved into our previous home when our oldest granddaughers – who are twins – were two years old. That is 12 yearsContinue reading “Where has the time gone?”

Rest, Recovery and Re-evaluation

I am currently recovering from a shoulder operation which I had in September. I knew it was going to be quite a lot of recovery, but not really prepared for the fact that seven weeks from the operation, I am still having to work hard on my rehabilitation. I have been having showering assistance forContinue reading “Rest, Recovery and Re-evaluation”

To Blog or not to Blog that is the question…

Why do I Blog? What inspired me to take the step to put my thoughts and feelings down for others to see? I know that feelings are complicated things. Sometimes talking about how we feel to an actual person can be difficult. We feel exposed, we risk judgement, we lay ourselves bare to others’ opinions.Continue reading “To Blog or not to Blog that is the question…”

Parkies is taking over my life, so it doesn’t take over my life!

Does that even make sense? Let me explain. I am slowly and surely feeling a little less swallowed up by the grief of my diagnosis. I am getting on with my life, working, socialising and doing many of the things I did before my diagnosis. How am I doing that? By being proactive and focussingContinue reading “Parkies is taking over my life, so it doesn’t take over my life!”