Must be sick....
Tried to send a text message the other day (while all the cold business was going on see below) to try and win some movie tickets for DIL. I don't use my phone much but do know how to text.
Well for some reason it would only underline and fill in the missing letters. Clicked the # button but couldn't get it to work properly. Started getting frustrated with it and wanted to teach it to fly. Anyway persevered for a while but because I was feeling lousy started getting upset. When a few tears fell I decided that was it I would ring DIL for help.
Then though "Wow they all think I am a genius it will ruin my image" - after all I'm the one with the mechanical engineering certificate!
Then thought about the phone call "Hello it's Mum (sob) I am (sob) trying to write (sob sob) a text message (sob) and I can't(sob wail wail sob) do it properly!! (wah wah sob sob).
Decided that was not the answer so I reverted to that seldom used solution - read the instructions - did the step by step and voila it worked.
What does this teach us all? Even though we think we really are know it all geniuses who can do anything at any time sometimes it pays to stash the instruction books somewhere handy just in case.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Cold and Flu Season
I have had a terrible head cold for the last week and a half and, of course, Philip has now caught it. He has had it for about 4 days and yesterday was very sick with it. So sick in fact he had to use his walker again and he was incontinent with his bowels again.
Kept telling me that there was something wrong with him but I assured him that it was only the cold. I'd been through that stage of being weak, horrid headache, etc so was able to reassure him that it was normal. Because he is already unsteady and has a tendency toward incontinence when he gets ill it gets worse. Of course he told me I knew nothing and that I wasn't as sick as him. I had been able to cook, clean and look after everyone with my cold so obviously I wasn't that bad!
Kept telling me that there was something wrong with him but I assured him that it was only the cold. I'd been through that stage of being weak, horrid headache, etc so was able to reassure him that it was normal. Because he is already unsteady and has a tendency toward incontinence when he gets ill it gets worse. Of course he told me I knew nothing and that I wasn't as sick as him. I had been able to cook, clean and look after everyone with my cold so obviously I wasn't that bad!
Who the 'hell' is going to look after him if I caved in with my cold? I had spent the week dosed up with Panadol feeling like sh*t and trying to cope with everything and everyone and he tells me I'm not sick!
My face is a mass of red blotches, my nose is so sore from blowing it and my poor head feels soooo sore and pounding but I'm not sick!
Anway, I actually feel a lot better today and probably by Monday should be over the cold, if all progresses as it should Philip should be over his by midweek.
This photo was taken was few years back but I like it.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Oncologist's Visit
Well Philip saw the Oncologist and there isn't much to report. She was happy with him and watched him walking. She agreed he seemed to be stable since the last check up.
He is now booked in for an MRI on 2 August so it will be very interesting to see the results. The oncologist seemed a little surprised that the tumour has 'woken' again. It has been 12 months since he finished the chemo and she said that she thought it may have started to grow again.
When we left I took him up to see our son's land and the building progress. (It has finally started and the foundations had been dug). He was very interested in it and then I took him to lunch. Our other son (who lives with us) is away all week for work so I thought Philip and I could have a meal out and then only need a little something for tea. Took him to the Hogsbreath because I know he likes it. Came home and I think he slept for a couple of hours - it was a big day for him.
Wish there was a quick way you could check the tumour activity - like a litmus paper on blood or something - at least you could do it at home whenever you felt things weren't going OK. Maybe in years from now they will.
I was amazed that the Oncologist put into words that she was pleasantly surprised that the tumour wasn't active again, they (the medical profession) usually don't commit to much. Still it's another 3 months till the MRI and a lot can happen between now and then.
Sometimes I wish the damn thing would grow and get it over and other days I wish it would stay quick for ever. Talk about roller coaster emotions!
Took him to Newcastle last Friday to see his parents. We stayed overnight at a lovely hotel in Charlestown and came home on Saturday. Swung passed the kid's land because they had poured the concrete and took some happy snaps.
This is Philip with younger son Bill. It was very hot (high 20s) and amazingly Philip took off two layers and his beanie - still has his long johns & termals plus two shirts on!
Here he is with his parents - Jean and Ron. Philip consented to taking off his beanie for this one.
He is now booked in for an MRI on 2 August so it will be very interesting to see the results. The oncologist seemed a little surprised that the tumour has 'woken' again. It has been 12 months since he finished the chemo and she said that she thought it may have started to grow again.
When we left I took him up to see our son's land and the building progress. (It has finally started and the foundations had been dug). He was very interested in it and then I took him to lunch. Our other son (who lives with us) is away all week for work so I thought Philip and I could have a meal out and then only need a little something for tea. Took him to the Hogsbreath because I know he likes it. Came home and I think he slept for a couple of hours - it was a big day for him.
Wish there was a quick way you could check the tumour activity - like a litmus paper on blood or something - at least you could do it at home whenever you felt things weren't going OK. Maybe in years from now they will.
I was amazed that the Oncologist put into words that she was pleasantly surprised that the tumour wasn't active again, they (the medical profession) usually don't commit to much. Still it's another 3 months till the MRI and a lot can happen between now and then.
Sometimes I wish the damn thing would grow and get it over and other days I wish it would stay quick for ever. Talk about roller coaster emotions!
Took him to Newcastle last Friday to see his parents. We stayed overnight at a lovely hotel in Charlestown and came home on Saturday. Swung passed the kid's land because they had poured the concrete and took some happy snaps.
This is Philip with younger son Bill. It was very hot (high 20s) and amazingly Philip took off two layers and his beanie - still has his long johns & termals plus two shirts on!
Here he is with his parents - Jean and Ron. Philip consented to taking off his beanie for this one.
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