General Chat

So, it's a "meet at Mac's" to do all the jobs, is it?!
Hope Mrs Mac is on the mend and that you are also feeling better.
As Rose says, feed and look after yourselves (and the pet tiger, if it's anything like my cats, you won't be able to ignore it anyway!) and forget the rest of the work as it will all still be there when we're long gone.

lol Woody

Also wishing her a speedy recovery, from the other side of the world. They don't always come in two's.
Colin

Edit- just read page 2. You certainly see the funny side, Mac.

hope your wife macs a speedy recovery mac xx

If we keep this nudged, Mac can read the messages when he gets online, I am sending him the thread title so he can find it but if we keep it on page 1 it won't take him long to notice it.

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Teresa

Dear Mr Old Geezer

Hello

Sending your wife warm and caring thoughts for
speedy recovery.

You posts are missed on here, Mac.

Take very gentle care
Very sincere wishes
xx

Got this from Mac yesterday....

Hi Liz thanks for your message,
Will you tell everybody I am always "LURKING" on the side

I usually have a quick look at the first 2 or 3 pages of both chat and general to see what is happening everytime I check my e-mails

So There, I've got my "beady eye" on you all

I have now finished book number 5, "The Memoirs of an Old Geezer" and have started on a volume 2 where I am going into more detail than the first one, "Elaboration"

Book 1...........Dragonfly Restoration Project
Book 2...........My Family History from 1828
Book 3...........The 50th Wedding Anniversary Cruise, the Med to Rio
Book 4...........The Travels of the Penny Wise, A much loved Narrowboat
Book 5...........Memoirs of an Old Geezer

Book 6........... " " " " " Volume 2 "Elaboration"

I have handwritten 50 pages so far and 28 pages of different photographs to the ones in volume 1

Once written it will take me another 3 months to type then with one finger

Thankyou everybody........ALL my love........Mac

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How I wish I was nearer, I would type up Mac's books for him and enjoy reading all about his life at the same time.

Lizx

Thinking of Mac and Mrs Mac. My best wishes for a speedy recovary.
Teresax

Only just seen this Mac - hope she's recovering well

Message from The Old Geezer

Mrs Mac is OK at present, no more attacks, no pains in the head, but her eyesight is still giving her problems, she is doing her own Physio to try and get the undamaged part of her brain to take over the damaged part

She is playing her Zither to get her eyes scanning the wires, the more she scans, the sooner she may drive again

The shame is that firstly I didnt take her to A&E on the friday night, secondly the "Idiot" Junior Doctor didnt recognise it as a Stroke even though I told them I thought it was, and thirdly she was given an appointment at the eye clinic on the following Wednesday (3 days later) who straightaway told her it was a stroke and took her straight up to the Acute Stroke Unit

She would have had a better chance of seeing properly again with immediate treatment

Mac xxx

It's a good job I'm a bit hard of hearing


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Mac, it's so bad that your wife's stroke wasn't recognised immediately, I hope you will make a complaint, so that junior doc gets told what to look for next time. I am glad your wife is made of strong stuff like you and is trying to play her zither to help herself get back to normal. Good luck to her, I bet you are a real stubborn pair aren't you lol? Or do I mean determined ?

Take care of yourself and Mrs Mac, don't want the stress causing you to be unwell again.

Lizxxx

Mac, You must not blame yourself for not taking Mrs Mac to A@E on Friday, if her condition had been diagnosed on Saturday treatment could have started earlier.
It does show the importance of the role of eye specialists and the high street optitions who are experts in picking up many illnesses from a simple eye test, often people of my age and younger dont have regular check ups unless they have the need for glasses and it is important.
My best wishes to your wife and any future probs go straight to A@E or GP and dont leave till you get the answers you want:)

Teresa

Thoughts and prayers for Mac and Mrs Mac

XX

Good she is home, hope Mac doesn't wear himself out looking after her.
Hugs to both.
Colin

LATEST UPDATE:


I got her out of the house today wearing sunglasses, the sun hurts her eyes, I took her to Scarborough for a SHORT walk round some shops.

We did our shopping at Poundland, had a Cornish Pastie from Thomas the Bakers, bought a few things at Matalan

She spent all my money and we came home !!!

She really enjoyed it, I think she has stopped worrying about having another stroke now and appears to be getting a bit better

She has another 3 weeks to find out if she can drive again, if not, it will be looked at every month from then on

All my love to everyone and back to the book

Mac xxxxx

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I do hope Mrs Mac improves as time goes on, and she will be able to drive eventually, even if not straight away.


Best take her to somewhere with no shops next time Mac, you will be skint lol

love to you both

Lizxxx

Glad you had nice day Mc and Mrs Mac
Teresax

Hi Liz,

Wife appears to be somewhat better, she still has problems with her left side vision, but she says that her long distance vision has improved
I took her for a four mile walk yesterday and she managed it, but she has to wear very dark sunglasses because the sun hurts her eyes, even on a dull day, to her it is sunny

She did better than me on the walk, although it was on the flat, i was kn***ered when I got home
I'm not too well at the moment, The Pseudomonas (Superbug) has returned so I'm back on strong Antibiotics again, I also have Earache, Toothache, an Eye infection, Bladder infection and a lorra pain in my right lung
I've been on the Antibiotics for 3 days now and some of these are improving

Makes a change

Mac


Seems Mrs M is worried she will have another stroke but I am sure the docs have her on meds that will prevent this happening. Hope she feels lots better soon and that Mac does too, I expect the worry of each other's health problems doesn't help either of them

Lizxx

thanks for update

can we keep this nudged please

Thinking of you and your wife Mac. xxx