General Chat

Sharron, my GF Thomas Atkinson lost his youngest son Ralph when BLUEBELL

was torpedoed, He had just lost his wife my GM to bowel cancer

At about this time my Mother became pregnant, with me.

A very sad time for GF

Fred was a stoker on the Flower Class Corvettes (Tulip).

Despite the events of the last six I like to think I haven't been a bad patient

although I have time noticed I'm capable of being an impatient one.

Although I have no desire for it I was wondering what is the difference

between Valium and Prozac ?

Have a nice day <3

My Uncle on my Mother's side Ralph Atkinson was a stoker first class on Flower class Corvette Bluebell adapted as a mine sweeper escorting Russian Convoys.
On this day in 1945 Bluebell was torpedoed and sank with great loss of life, including Uncle Ralph. Just a few weeks earlier my Grand-Father had lost his second wife Janet to bowel Cancer. She is in the All Saints Cemetery Newcastle.
At about the same time I was conceived being born October 29 1945

David what a good idea torevive this thread particularly at this time of year.

Mary, lovely to see you and to catch up with your news. I have often wondered, when I have seen you on FB) how your family members are. Sorry to hear that you are having problems with your daughter, It must be so frustrating for you particularly when your health has not been so good and you could do with her taking her meds and being some support for you, as you are for her.
Please do continue to check in here to vent any frustrations that you have. Depression does seem to be worse at this time of year.
Mary you mentioned Carol, are you in contact with her? She doesn't come on here these days so I have no idea how she is. Please give her my regards if you are in contact. <3 <3

It took months to learn to walk without crutches during which time I quit a smoking
habit I'd had since I was 14 years of age
Was 18 years later before I was fool enough to jump over my garden wall and cripple myself (very bad landing)
Was only a couple of months later I contracted some post operative disease in the bone. Was on a drip for weeks. No more surgery.

Yet I am happy to report I did not go back to the booze or cigarettes :-D

Still motoring at 75 is a good thing Mary. Three near misses are as much the other driver's fault as yours. They drive faster than road conditions permit or their ability to stop. November 1994 I was riding a bicycle across a roundabout, a car had stopped acknowledging my right of way. As I was passing the stationary car another car overtook it It collided with me sending me up then down !! I landed on the road in the path of traffic !! My pelvis was fractured in four places !! My back and legs were injured.The pelvic fracture were the pubic rami, left and right, front and back.Thank God someone stopped the traffic or I wouldn't be texting this 24 years later.
There's a movie, Someone up there likes me. Take care. ;-) <3

Oh David glad to see you posting. I am still driving just turned 75 but honestly am aware that my reflexes may not be as sharp as once they were after 3 near-misses in the past couple of weeks. Now today it is snowing quite steadily and I am disinclined to venture out. Can't afford winter tyres so I wait till the roads are salted and then hope for the best in case of 'black ice' not being visible and sending cars skidding off the road into ditches and each other! Greetings to everyone else on the thread - more than 10 years now since we found each other and developed real friendships. Carol seems to be doing well now - her life appears to have calmed down and she sounds happy. I keep very busy & my daughter finally has a full-time job after almost 8 years of unemployment & the deatth of her wonderful partner 2 years ago. Her children are now 17 to 21 and 2 in Uni doing well. The 2 with autism are still in school not learning much but fairly happy. My darling wee grandson is wee no more - over 6' tall and very strong- usually happy now and learning to self regulate his once-frequent violent outbursts. His Mum still has several broken windows in her house but now she is working should be able to replace them gradually. My other daughter who is intellectually challenged is very high anxiety and resisting taking her meds - the same one I am on but she thinks it is making her fat!! She is increasingly obsessive in her "topic of the day" and finally we have a referral for her to be seen by a psychologist and then consult with a psychiatrist so hopefully we can help her calm down. Her panic attacks are increasingly disruptive where I cannot get her out the door or into the car and her hygeine is suffering neglect. The last 3 days I have been asking her to help me put up the Christmas tree which is not easy with me being one-handed now but still it sits in pieces in its container. Shades of myself years ago when I couldnt get out the door all summer or drive on the highway. Sorry to ramble - I have missed my almost daily check-in here. Group hug and a happy Christmas season to all.

Good morning. Did I mention I've one of those electric seats in the bath that lowers me down into the bath and raises me up out of it ? well I just have.

Something that pussed me off was that during my lengthy recovery my car went.
That was a wrench, I've always been a motorist. No problem I thought, I'll get a Motability car adapted for my problem. Phoned Motability, told them my problem.
Right says the young woman on the other end of the phone. 29/10/1945 I replied.
You're too old she replied immediately. Too old ? yes too old. Apparently anyone over the age of 65 is not eligible. That's nonsense in my opinion. When an individual gets to 65 or 70 or 80 the greater will be their need of Motability transport. I am 73 thank God and capable of communicating down a telephone, on the highway and on a public forum. Happy days <3

Good to see you Mary. I have not seen news of Carol for several years. I am sorry to hear she has problems.

Well David it seems we are all older than we were when our fearless leader Carol started this thread. Thinking of Carol especially now as her life has hit a big bump in the road. Last September I had septicaemia and when released from the hospital 2 weeks later I could only walk a few feet and had to use a wheeled walker until I got my strength back - so I empathize completely with your need for mobility aids. I have regained enough strength to be walking now without aids but feel badly for those who need them. Thankfully they have progressed beyond the simple A frames. Here we have an outfit called "For the Needy not the Greedy" and I was there yesterday looking for a finger splint and saw the huge supply of donated wheelchairs and wheeled walkers. Tho purchase price they charge is absolutely minimal and I know sometimes they give them in desperate circumstances. It's a brilliant service to the whole area for both disabled children and adults. Good luck to you in improving your situation. I hope there is assistance available for you there. Certainly an assessment by an Occupational Therapist would be a good place to start.

Tbh you can buy/borrow almost anything to help mobility. Wheel chairs that are adapted for rigid leg/s that can be wheeled by the patient, particularly in the house have been around for ages. OH and I both have mobility arm chairs which again have the facility for rigid leg/s and are a godsend for getting up and down, for me especially after my broken/renewed hip!! You do have to shop around a bit (on line!) to find the right things, but it's all there if you can find it

David, do you have the right sort of chair in your living room to allow you to sit comfortably with you leg rigid (as I think it is)? If not there should be one that you could get.

So from what you're saying, you don't have to spread any time in your bedroom unless you choose to. That must be a good thing?

I have to walk past the living room to get to the kettle.

Well there you go David, that sounds pretty positive. A walking frame rather than crutches might be easier, but at least you can presumably get as far as your sitting room to sit in getting you out of your bedroom.

I can and do use my bathroom. I can walk to the kettle and make a cup of tea.
With two crutches I can walk the length of the street.

David, while not wishing to be disrespectful, surely after all this time, you have mobility aids that would allow you access to your bungalow and garden. I worked for years with elderly disabled people and it was amazing even back then and even after life changing strokes accidents etc, how, with sufficient help and given time most of them managed a degree of meaningful mobility. Perhaps some help from an Occupational Therapist might be helpful to get you the equipment and physical help you need?

I know, Ann, it's very sad that we have lost so many old friends.

I still have Deanna, Caz, Elaine (flying doctor) and Joyce's numbers in my phone, can't bring myself to delete them.

I was talking to Mac's wife yesterday afternoon and she was saying that when
Mac attended the Liverpool meet she and her friend went shopping. We laughed about Mac's baseball caps.

Afterwards I thought about the people I met there and at other meets, and when I went on to visit Caz and another time, Elaine. It was these meets that encouraged me to visit several places in Yorkshire etc and eventually visit Tideswell seveeal times.

Value for money from this site, for sure.

Lizx

Very nostalgic reading the early days of this thread. Dutch (Joyce), Deanna, Yorkshirecaz, Justice of the peace (Joyce), I had to stop there so many gone, very sad.