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Being cared for has been a series of difficult, awkward and funny situations.

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Month: May 2019

31st May 2019 Experiences / Humour

A busy day

“It’s only a dribble.” Said one of my carers returning from the kitchen. “What is?” I was curious. “The tap.”

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30th May 2019 Experiences / Health / Thoughts

Consequences

Didn’t there used to be a game called consequences? Not sure I ever played it, I’m not really into board

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29th May 2019 Faith / Humour / Thoughts

I’m singing in the rain

“Oh no, I’ve given you another excuse to sing.” This said by one of my carers, after she inadvertently mentioned

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28th May 2019 Experiences / Humour

Climb every mountain

“It’s a very steep hill.” Mary is very fit and yet finds the climb to Cleve Spa hard going, especially

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28th May 2019 Biography / Experiences / Faith / Humour / Thoughts

Lovely day

As I sit in the conservatory at Cleve Spa Coffee shop, the tune playing in the main area is “Lovely

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27th May 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

Me and my big mouth

I think you could say I am direct, blunt, in your face, a ‘say it as it is’ type of

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26th May 2019 Experiences / Humour

Sink or swim

I am taking bets now, ready for Friday. Will I sink or swim? If you have read my blogs then

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25th May 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

Strangers on a train

“I just wish I could be spontaneous.” This was said by another wheelchair user on the train to Dawlish on

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22nd May 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

A fragrant offering

For Father’s Day, no don’t panic, it isn’t until 16th June. Mary is planning on buying me some aftershave. No,

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21st May 2019 Health / Humour / Thoughts

Science fiction or fact

“Pass me the proton gun”. That’s what I felt like saying after I heard that one of my tablets is

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21st May 2019 Experiences / Health / Thoughts

Cutting through the red tape

(This is based on my experience, written as a personal guide, not an instruction manual.) I’ve realised that for many

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17th May 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

A writers’ life

When I used to picture my future life as a writer. I was sitting on a sun-soaked veranda in the

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13th May 2019 Biography / Experiences / Thoughts

A moment at a time

Diary extracts: September 9th 1993 Migraine, chest pain, sickness. 4 lots co-codamol, 4 lots Ibuprofen, 3x Metoclopromide and 1x Zomig

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12th May 2019 Experiences / Health / Humour

Not so public convenience (Updated)

(This blog designed to advise and help, it is humorous, but also factual. It may cause you to blush) Wheelchairs

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11th May 2019 Poetry

Poem on suffering

Poem by Mike Nevin (Written in January 2018 when I again lost the use of my legs) It’s when we

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11th May 2019 Experiences

A new place to relax

(Cleeve Spa Hotels’ Coffee Shop) Wheelchairs have a nasty habit of leaving wheel marks wherever they go. In our house

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10th May 2019 Experiences / Humour

Into the Ark

The plan was a nice day looking at the animals, but as the taxi neared Nailsea we began to wonder

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5th May 2019 Experiences

Ambulance transport

(A note of warning for the squeamish, there are descriptions of an accident you may find difficult) Emergency and non-emergency

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4th May 2019 Biography

Biography of Mike and Mary

Mary and I have been married 37 years having met a year earlier and fallen instantly in love. Yes, the

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3rd May 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Relativity and Time

They say time is relative, was that Einstein? I’m not talking about his theories though, but that feeling of time

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