Category Archives: COPD
A Quite Lovely Tuesday
This Tuesday included 30mph on the M23, Tesco, prescriptions, road closures, spaghetti bolognese cooking, and steam cleaning of floors. (It also contained a bit of sulking, shouting and crying and – possibly surprisingly – I wasn’t responsible for any of … Continue reading
We need badges!
I’ve had an idea. We need badges! And now I will take a couple of steps back and explain myself: Some of the time I spend with Mum is funny and some is daft and some is enjoyable and some…well, … Continue reading
The Secret Plan part two…
…did not go to plan. There was a mix up with the agency and we have had to postpone things until next week. When we will meet a different lady. And in a true test of Mums awareness, I am … Continue reading
The start of The Secret Plan Tuesday
It’s been a few weeks, what with galavanting off to America, and it was a bit like Mum had a holiday too (from me!). She was nice 🙂 . She didn’t sulk once and she did huge amounts more than … Continue reading
The tricky Tuesday
It was a tricky Tuesday this week. I don’t know what it was that annoyed Mum initially – maybe when I suggested we put on her bra that she had forgotten. Or when I told her that one sock should … Continue reading
The ‘I might go rusty’ Tuesday
The amazing news this Tuesday is that when I arrived, Dad was being seen by a respiratory nurse. I didn’t know there was such a thing for people with COPD, but when Dad got really rather poorly in around July, … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Daddy W
Yesterday was Dads 78th birthday 😁 As Dad has all the ‘things’ a 78 year old who only leaves the house occasionally to get new library books could possibly need, so my sisters and I decided to cook and eat … Continue reading
Log flumes and Rollercoasters
Last Tuesday I took Mum to have lunch with a friend. Then I went for lunch with a friend. And it was lovely. But apart from that, last Tuesday was a tricky day. When I got to Mum and Dads … Continue reading
Broaching a tricky subject…and not being amazingly successful 🤦🏼♀️
After our hospital excitement the week before last I took both Mum and Dad to their GP; Mum because the hospital told me to in order to get her an MRI scan and Dad because his breathing was worse than … Continue reading
The Dog based Tuesday
This week at Tesco after buying a large number of puddings (to try to entice Dad to eat a little more): And balancing these with – shock, horror!- fresh vegetables (because the steps to the cellar which houses the freezer … Continue reading
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