It doesnt kill ya,
just makes life an hourly battle
nor does it thrill ya,
just freezes your body till useless
Fight it, will ya
Whilst shaking & in constant pain
Stages 1-4 pass in speed
reach stage 5 & your enduring life, just survive.
I’m not the first person to suffer from Parkinson’s, so I’m not seeking pity.
Quite the opposite I receive a good deal of support in every way, but this lingering disease is weighing heavily on me at the moment & I blame my mercurial posts on the neurological symptoms.
Just came to say Good Morning
Young Robert I know how difficult it is for you at times. You really lift my spirits at times. No Gummy not in a bottle. X
Sorry but I love Christmas and all that sparkle and giving. I like to see the little ones visit Santa also - so there!
I also love the Carol service by candle light.
As for NYE yay I can kiss everyone. Xxxx
Get with it you old Bah Gumbug, we all know your desperately trying to curb your enthusiasm.
Don’t ya just love kissin’ and a huggin’ all those folks ya hate, neighbours who wouldn’t bid you the time of day all year round, holly and ivy drinkers coming over all sick and messy in the pubs, everyone running around like blue arsed flies, legalised beggers on the streets and on the TV, ah yes folks, ’tis the season to be jolly whether you like it or not, and I love it all.
Sweetie, have you ever seen a live performance of this type of dancing? I have come across it in some of the old black and white films and wondered what it was called, I believe it’s called French Apache Dance, I ask because you are so well travelled.
I was thinking of taking it up as a hobby in the new year, the wife and me used to be very good at flinging each other around the kitchen, all in good fun you understand, we’re still fairly fit and she says it would make us ever fitter.:-D;-)
You always had my admiration RJ, I have never once heard you complain about about your ailment, a true sufferer in silence if ever there was one, and always the gentleman.
NASA has said there is a hole in the space station caused it seems by some sloppy workman on the ground whilst it was in the making, he put an ‘ole where an ‘ole don’t belong and the sly bugger stuck a bit of evo stick in it and discretely snuck off Judas style “Was it I Lord?”, no matter I’m sure he’ll be discovered before he can find an elder tree to hang himself from, who knows, he might even end up with a hole in his own head, poetic justice?:shock:
“A space industry source told Russia’s Tass state news agency that the spacecraft could have been damaged during testing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mistake might have then been covered up. “Someone messed up and then got scared and sealed up the hole,” a source speculated, but then the sealant “dried up and fell off” when the Soyuz reached the ISS” BBC news.
Anyway it’s not life threatening as far as they know, a tricky repair job on the outside of the station because there are no rails to hang onto but it shouldn’t be a problem to those brave folks up there, I’m sure they are all taking it in their stride and singing “There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza…” Nothing like a sense of humour when your in a hole.
All these fancy words they have out now for various diseases and complaints, whereas years ago you had them all bundled together under just a couple of names. ‘Nerves” covered a multitude of ailments from fits to Schophrenia, and “Brain Fever” covered the rest of them, it was all so simple back then, the medical thinking then was that if it’s not in the nervous system then it must be in the brain, alright we’re all glad for the advances made, but getting around the new names is not easy.
Now I hear folks saying they have stuff like LDR, IUR, HKI, etc., they just give you the initials and your supposed to decode them in your head instantly and know whats wrong with them, most confusing to an old lad like me, all they are to me is a bunch of initials, they might as well be saying they got the OBE and you wouldn’t know whether to congratulate them or sympathise with them
“How are you today Mrs Ryan?”
“Ah don’t be talkin’ Jem, I’m still under the same doctor and I can’t get any satisfaction, my PHR is getting worse” And there I am left agog, haven’t a clue what’s wrong with the old dear.
The doctor checked me out last week and everything was grand, except he said I’ll have to watch me collateral, at least that’s what I thought he said, it was a bit high 5 or 6 something like that, he said he would be happy with 4. so I gave him 4 euro’s and asked him for a loan of a thousand. Well if ya can’t beat ‘em.
Her PHR is her ‘Personal Health Record’,Jem. Likely showing the doctor isn’t taking Mrs R’s claims to be ‘at death’s door’ with the solemnity she’d like or thinks she should be afforded.
As for your ‘collateral’…well,now I’ll piss you off [teehee] by telling you a count of 4.5 LDL [see how easy it is to annoy the Jem,so it is!] is bad,as THAT type of cholester-I mean collateral, blocks the arteries…whereas a count of 4-or higher HDL [smirk-I did it to yer man again!] actually assists the heart due to it containing triglycerides. See? Aren’t you glad you asked,Jem?
Hello Possums.
I’m back from London.
I have a boring pic thread in the photo section.
Jem be careful dancing in the kitchen!
Oh and I heard that Pugsy is suffering from PHD to a certain degree.
5 am each morning is a great time - cool just above ‘chilly’ at 22C and I have a few jobs to attend. Today I was on garden watering duties a quarter acre plot that takes 45 mins to hand water - but you can do it slower and gently. I can turn on some reticulation to cover other parts.
Once that is done then animal feeding next 4 dogs and a cat [the parrot flew away!] this takes 30 mins approx as they all have different eating styles and times - the small dogs won’t eat until the big ones have [the pecking order] then I can get to fit in a perculated coffee and just enjoy the gentle breezes and watch the sprays of the retic.
sun comes up at 5.30am approx and you can feel it’s heat quickly taking effect - time for some computer activity in aircon conditions - bit of a rest and then more jobs but hotter and sweater ones. Today I cleaned our white fold up outdoor barbie table which everyone including the cat gets messy - so out comes the bleach. you need to get ya outdoor jobs done before 9am or ya stuffed!
Thanks Pug.
We seem to live in a world of abbreviations, I remember one Monday morning I wasn’t feeling too good, self inflicted head injury brought on by too much Guinness, no fancy name for it, commonly known as a hangover, the wife said that I didn’t look the picture of work and that I’d be better off staying away from it or I might be the cause of an accident, so much for confidence, anyway I went up to the Doc and asked him for a ‘sick note’, he took one look at me and said “What’s it now Jem, CFL again?”
“What’s that Doc?”
“Cronic F…ing Laziness”
You take it easy Gummy, leisure is the key word here, “No need to hurry, no need to worry, you’re a King and the lady’s a Queen” as the old Dublin song goes.;-)
Ah,yes,Sweetie…that photo reminds me of the time I told my mate Tony I quite fancied becoming a barista - and Tony saying “NO chance-you don’t know anything about the law!” [genuinely]
