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Last night I turned off my DBS and proved (again) the efficacy of cannabis as a medicine.  My voice was so weak when I arrived home (from visiting the NHNN in London) late last night, that my wife suggested that I turn it off to see if my voice was any better without it.   The … Continue reading “2019-06-21 – The efficacy of cannabis.”

I’m feeling jumpy today, kind of like I have restless legs syndrome, but throughout my entire body.  It’s most unpleasant and uncomfortable, and has me reaching for the cannabis very early in the day (I generally don’t take any cannabis before the evening).   The cannabis doesn’t actually make the jumpy feeling go away, but it … Continue reading “2018-12-21 – Reaching for the cannabis.”

My weekly vlog is focused on cannabis (again), and the attitudes of those people who have been misinformed about its medicinal properties, so I manage to write a script for it straight off the top of my head (no research required). The UK government announced yesterday that they will reschedule cannabis-based medicines within weeks.  That’s … Continue reading “2018-07-27 – Focused on cannabis.”

I had a disturbed night last night, because of the current heatwave (I think) rather than as a result of turning my neurostimulator off at bedtime.  I woke up several times during the night, but was able to get back to sleep relatively easily, so eating some cannabis medicated chocolate brownie before going to bed … Continue reading “2019-07-23 – A disturbed night.”

Today’s tasks (aside from the usual dog walking) are to order two new batteries for our boat, order some digital scales (for greater accuracy in filling capsules with thiamine, etc.) and make up capsules filled with thiamine for the week ahead.  I negotiate a discount with a battery seller on eBay, and place an order … Continue reading “2019-07-22 – Today’s tasks…”

The thiamine powder and empty capsules that I ordered last week have now been delivered, so I  fill a week’s worth of capsules (which is about all I feel capable of doing today).  I’m paying the price for my weekend of car cleaning – everything is an effort, and it feels like every muscle in … Continue reading “2019-07-15 – Medicated chocolate brownies.”

It’s physiotherapy day, so I drive to the cottage hospital in North Walsham and cycle for just over 45 minutes on the motorised exercise bike.  My other forms of exercise today are the usual dog walks (two of) and making up some more capsules of thiamine – I am nearing the end of my supply … Continue reading “2019-07-09 – Clutching at straws.”

I feel unrefreshed by sleep, even though I slept fairly well last night, and I am fighting sleep on a number of occasions.  Needless to say, I don’t do very much at all today.  I have been neglecting to write my daily blog, so I manage to catch up on that while I’m sitting on … Continue reading “2019-07-03 – Unrefreshed.”

I have a physiotherapy appointment at the cottage hospital in North Walsham this morning.  I manage just over 45 minutes on the motorised exercise bike, which I’m reasonably satisfied with.  While I’m in North Walsham I call in to Lidl and purchase the ingredients for some chocolate brownies that I intend making later in the … Continue reading “019-07-02 – At the cottage hospital.”

I wake with tremor in my left leg, which is a tad annoying.  I try to ignore it, but by lunchtime I’m fed up with it so I decide to increase the voltage on the left side.  I increase the voltage by several increments until I feel that the tremor is under control (so now … Continue reading “2019-06-25 – A tad annoying.”

My voice is deteriorating again so I decide to change my neurostimulator settings again, and select group “B” settings – adjusting the voltages to the minimum allowed (1.40 volts on the left, 2.15 volts on the right).  Significant tremor on both sides (but mostly in my left leg) instantly emerges.  I put up with it … Continue reading “2019-06-24 – Tremor!”

Today I drive to support some good friends of ours who are taking part in the John West Great East Swim at Alton Water near Ipswich.  My wife stays in Norfolk because our next grandchild is on its way and she wants to be on hand for her eldest son and his partner if they … Continue reading “2019-06-22 – John West Great East Swim.”

Any thoughts of washing my car or going to the allotment today go straight out of the window this morning.  I’m sitting on the sofa in the lounge drinking my tea, and everything is fine.   I stand up to take the dog for her morning walk, and suddenly I have crippling pain in my lower … Continue reading “2019-06-06 – Crippling pain.”

I have an appointment with my Norfolk neurologist at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital at 12pm today so, after drinking my two mugs of tea and nutriblast, walking the dog and helping our neighbour to install a new broadband router, I jump into my car and drive to Norwich.  The traffic is heavy and there … Continue reading “2019-06-04 – My Norfolk neurologist.”

I have the day to myself (my wife is at work again) and I really want to get out of the house and do something.  A lack of motivation is still holding me back, and I spend the entire morning (apart from about 15 minutes that I spent walking the dog) sitting on my backside … Continue reading “2019-05-18 – Sitting on my backside.”

My birthday present from my wife (a Samsung Galaxy tablet to replace my ancient iPad) arrives this morning, so today is largely spent downloading apps, configuring it to receive email from my accounts and generally setting it up so that it feels familiar.  Having said that, I’m still using my iPad to do certain stuff … Continue reading “2019-05-16 – A Samsung Galaxy tablet.”

I have received a Facebook message from a journalist working for a UK magazine called Vapouround CBD.  She’s researching the effects of CBD and THC on the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, and she came across my YouTube videos so wanted to interview me about my experiences.  I send her a message agreeing to an interview … Continue reading “2019-03-07 – An interview.”

Another day of minimal motivation, and I really struggle to get up off my backside to do anything (and there’s plenty that I could be doing).  The dog gets me out of the house this morning for a quick stumble around the field by the village hall, but it’s trying to rain and I’m glad … Continue reading “2019-02-07 – Minimal motivation.”

My legs are feeling the effects of all the walking that I did yesterday – my calf muscles are particularly stiff and painful.  I consider giving physiotherapy a miss this morning, but decide to go along and try – I can always stop if I’m in too much discomfort.  So, I give the dog a … Continue reading “2019-01-29 – Feeling the effects.”

I’ve had quite an eventful day.  I managed to drop my front door key out of my coat pocket while I was walking the dog around the field by the village hall this morning (probably when I was getting a poo bag out of my pocket), and spent two hours walking (very slowly) up and … Continue reading “2019-01-28 – Quite an eventful day.”

We have a delivery of two cubic metres of logs this morning, so much of the day is taken up with barrowing them in from the road into our rear garden, and then stacking them neatly against the rear wall.  I’m feeling even more stiff today than I was yesterday – basically, I’m aching all … Continue reading “2019-01-05 – A delivery.”

I wake up shaking like a leaf – my left leg is going nineteen to the dozen, and it seems very strange.  I was so frustrated with my voice last night (I was slurring like a drunkard) that I decided to switch my DBS off to see if my clarity of speech would improve (it … Continue reading “2018-12-17 – Shaking like a leaf.”

My wife and I are babysitting our eldest granddaughter this evening, so I need to be a bit ahead of the game with my weekly vlog so that I can have it all finished and published before I drive over to Hevingham.  I choose to talk about my meeting (last Friday) with Norman Lamb (my … Continue reading “2018-12-07 – Babysitting.”

I didn’t make as much progress with my weekly vlog yesterday as I would have liked, so I’m feeling under pressure today.  I need to have it completed before I go to Cromer this afternoon for a meeting with my Member of Parliament, Norman Lamb.   My voice is a little better than it was last … Continue reading “2018-11-30 – Norman Lamb.”

I have a few admin tasks to complete, but I’m a little under-motivated at the moment.  I started writing an email to Norman Lamb (my Member of Parliament) last week, in advance of my meeting with him this Friday, and I really need to finish it and get it sent to him today.  Before I … Continue reading “2018-11-26 – Admin tasks.”

I’m still under the weather, still not feeling up to doing anything at all.  The fact that it’s cold, wet and windy outside isn’t helping at all.  I dash out with the dog mid-morning when it stops raining for a few minutes, but get caught in a downpour of hail, which does nothing to improve … Continue reading “2018-11-20 – Cold, wet and windy.”

I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself today.  My nose is dripping like a tap (but then, anyone who has ever seen me will appreciate that noses do run in our family), my head feels as though it is stuffed with cotton wool and I ache all over.  I venture out of the house three … Continue reading “2018-11-19 – Sorry for myself.”

We are in Hevingham for the day, at the house of my wife’s youngest son and his wife, looking after our youngest granddaughter.  She is full of cold, so I resign myself to catching it – I don’t often catch colds, but then again I’m not often cooped up in such close proximity to a … Continue reading “2018-11-17 – Looking after our youngest granddaughter.”

I’m still pretty knackered today (or perhaps I just don’t feel very motivated – whatever!) so I have another day of doing very little.  I make a (very) short list of things that I need to achieve – go to the allotment and harvest some spinach (which I do when taking the dog out for … Continue reading “2018-11-08 – A (very) short list.”

I said I was taking a couple of weeks off from blogging, coinciding with a couple of weeks holiday.  How quickly two weeks has become three weeks, but now, I’m back! My wife and I had an amazing time – soaking up the rays, eating and drinking entirely too much, and snorkelling in warm, clear … Continue reading “2018-11-05 – I’m back!”

I spend the morning writing a script for a vlog that I’m preparing for publication whilst my wife and I are away on holiday.   I film myself (with a large number of retakes, mainly due to dissatisfaction with my voice), and then transfer the raw footage to my MacBook and get cracking with editing it. … Continue reading “2018-10-12 – Writing a script.”

I have an appointment with my neurologist this morning so, armed with evidence of the efficacy of medicinal cannabis (for me) I drive to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital to ask him two things: (1) to prescribe me exenatide, a type 2 diabetes drug that has been shown to arrest the progression of Parkinson’s Disease … Continue reading “2019-10-01 – An appointment with my neurologist.”

I’m having another day of loafing about.  I have decided to do some vlogs in advance of our holiday (so that I can schedule them to be published whilst we are away), so I start researching a subject today.  I had a difficult time getting to sleep last night because of restless legs syndrome, so … Continue reading “2018-09-26 – Loafing about.”

I’m not feeling very energetic or motivated, but I really don’t want to just sit on the sofa all day, so I decide to do a couple of easy jobs around the house.  After drinking my tea and nutriblast, walking the dog and listening to PopMaster, I clean the bathroom sink, then have a (successful) … Continue reading “2018-09-25 – A couple of easy jobs.”

I’m feeling a little anxious about the JustGiving campaign that I launched yesterday – what if it’s a total failure?  Our friends are not the kind of people who sit out with a begging bowl, but I do know that they are not exactly flush with money and that they are currently running up a … Continue reading “2018-09-22 – A little anxious.”

I have a few messages on social media that I need to respond to, so that takes up quite a lot of my morning.  Then I have a couple of letters to write to Norman Lamb (my MP) about my intention to apply for medicinal cannabis.  He messaged me last week to give me his … Continue reading “2018-09-19 – A few messages.”

I sent a Facebook message to my Member of Parliament (Norman Lamb) last week, reminding him who I am (we both appeared on the Victoria Derbyshire show about medicinal cannabis), informing him that I intend to ask my neurologist to apply to the Home Office’s “Expert Panel” for medicinal cannabis on prescription, and asking him … Continue reading “2018-09-14 – My Member of Parliament.”

My car is going in for some minor repairs today, so first task this morning is to drive to the outskirts of Norwich and deliver the car to Autowerke.   My wife lends me her car for the day, so I return to Southrepps where I finish my (lukewarm) cups of tea and take the dog … Continue reading “2018-09-12 – Minor repairs.”

I fit my Friday routine around an afternoon appointment with my doctor today, so I am keen to get as far as I possibly can with my weekly vlog before I have to leave the house to drive over to Aldborough Surgery.  I research my chosen subject (infrared light therapy for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s) and … Continue reading “2018-09-07 – An afternoon appointment.”

Another day of lazing around.   My muscles have recovered from last weekend and I no longer wince when I move, but I just don’t feel inclined to do anything.  I spend the day researching online fundraising websites, decide on JustGiving, and setup an account. I want to create a campaign to raise money for a … Continue reading “2018-09-06 – Researching online fundraising websites.”

I have arranged to go to see our friend (the one who is battling Crohn’s Disease and the aftermath of cancer) to help her organise her diet and supplements regime – it’s quite complicated when you have to avoid certain combinations of foods, but we eventually come up with with a daily diary that she … Continue reading “2018-09-01 – A daily diary.”

I need to get my daughter’s birthday card posted off to her, and her birthday presents ordered before lunchtime (so that they are delivered tomorrow), so this morning (after walking the dog) I spend an hour or so online and order a necklace and some perfume for her, sign her card and put it in … Continue reading “2018-08-30 – Birthday presents.”

I spend most of the day researching the process for applying to the government’s expert panel to acquire cannabis-based medication on prescription.  I already did a certain amount of research a couple of weeks ago, when I did my weekly vlog on the subject, but I wanted to go through the application form that my … Continue reading “2018-08-20 – Researching the process.”

We decide to spend a little time chilling out on our boat today – not actually going downriver (it’s fairly breezy, and that doesn’t make for stress-free boating – unless you have a sailing boat, which we haven’t) but sitting aboard, drinking tea/coffee and listening to music.  So, we get in the car and drive … Continue reading “2018-08-19 – Chilling out.”

Today we are spending some time with a friend of ours who has had bowel cancer and, following surgery and chemotherapy, is now left with Crohn’s Disease, peripheral neuropathy, depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her consultant recently told her that cancer markers in her blood were slightly elevated, and predicted that her cancer … Continue reading “2018-08-18 – Spending some time with a friend.”

Tea, nutriblast, dog walk and PopMaster, and then it’s time to head off to North Walsham cottage hospital for my weekly physiotherapy session on the motorised exercise cycle.  It’s a little cooler this week, so I manage to cycle for a full 60 minutes.  After I finish, I pop into Lidl for some snacking items … Continue reading “2018-08-14 – Weekly physiotherapy.”

I’m lacking motivation at the moment – I have a number of fairly trivial tasks that I want to complete, but just can’t make myself get up off my backside and do them.  The dog forces me out of the house to take her for a walk, and then I hang some washing out to … Continue reading “2018-08-13 – Lacking motivation.”

The British Summer has returned!  We awoke to the sound of rain on the windows, and it has rained steadily (non-stop) all day.  The temperature has plummeted as well, so it was no hardship to put on an overcoat and wellies when I left the house to take the dog for her walks.  I had … Continue reading “2018-08-09 – British Summer.”

I’m tired, stiff and aching all over today, but particularly in my left hip and leg.  I don’t recall having over-exerted myself over the weekend, so I guess it’s just Parkinson’s Disease letting me know that it’s still there. I phone my doctor’s surgery to make an appointment to discuss applying for medicinal cannabis on … Continue reading “2018-08-06 – Aching all over.”

My wife suggests that I vlog about the process that you need to go through in order to obtain access to cannabis related medicines on prescription, so my day is spent researching and scripting the ludicrous hoops through which sick people are expected to jump in order to access medicine that is both effective and … Continue reading “2018-08-03 – Ludicrous hoops.”

I’m meeting my younger brother this morning to sign some paperwork (and have those signatures witnessed) relating to our mother’s estate – the chap who owns the boatyard next to where our boat is moored at Wayford Bridge, is a Justice of the Peace, so he has said that he’ll witness our signatures.  After getting … Continue reading “2018-08-02 – Some paperwork.”

It’s wet in Southrepps this morning, and a little cooler than it has been of late, which is good news for the veggies on our allotment, which have been dying of thirst (because I have lacked the energy to carry water up there – there isn’t a water tap at the allotment, and our water … Continue reading “2018-07-29 – Wet in Southrepps.”

I’m making cannabis edibles (for a friend with multiple health issues) this morning – delicious chocolate brownies made with the cannabutter (cannabis infused butter) that I prepared a few days ago.  I try one out before I give them to my friend (to assess how strongly they are medicated – it’s a bit hit and … Continue reading “2018-07-28 – Delicious chocolate brownies.”

I’m off to North Walsham cottage hospital for another physio session on the motorised exercise bike this morning.  I am told to limit myself to 30 to 45 minutes, rather than my usual hour, because of the continuing hot weather, so I stop after 45 minutes. I am feeling quite tired today, so don’t get … Continue reading “2018-07-24 – Physio.”

More questions (from people that we know) about cannabis oil, and whether it will help with this condition or that condition.  I’m not qualified to offer them the advice that they are seeking, but I know someone who is, so I message them on Facebook and set up a meeting on Skype, and everyone’s happy … Continue reading “2018-07-23 – More questions.”

My wife has another day off work today, and spends the morning cleaning the house around me, while I attempt to research and script my weekly vlog.  Luckily not a great deal of research is required because I am vlogging about medicinal cannabis, and how we (the general public) have been brainwashed by our government … Continue reading “2018-07-20 – Cleaning the house around me.”

I spend much of the day researching and sending information to a contact on social media who needs advice on medicinal cannabis – this has been consuming a great deal of time just lately, and I’m beginning to think that it’s my calling! I also post links to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram about a Channel … Continue reading “2018-07-18 – My calling!”

Tuesday is physiotherapy day, so I’m off to North Walsham cottage hospital (after drinking my tea and walking the dog) for an hour of cycling on the motorised exercise bike.  I have my brain thoroughly picked by the team of physiotherapists regarding medical applications for cannabis – it’s unbelievable (to me) that they really know … Continue reading “2018-07-17 – Physiotherapy day.”

I have admin tasks to attend to today, which is just as well because I’m really not feeling up to doing much else.  I’m relieved of dog walking duties because my wife is taking her to the vet to have her annual booster injections, so takes the dog to work with her this morning. I … Continue reading “2018-07-16 – Admin tasks…”

We decide that we are going to the boat today to give it a bit of a clean.  My wife is hoping to take a few days off work next week (if the weather stays nice) and so it would be nice to spend some time on the river, just chilling – if the boat … Continue reading “2018-07-14 – Going to the boat.”

It’s Friday the 13th (and I’m not superstitious).  I spend all morning and some of the afternoon researching sleep disturbance in Parkinson’s Disease, which is the chosen subject for my weekly vlog.  I learn quite a lot about this symptom, its causes and available treatments.  I don’t suffer too badly with disturbed sleep (unlike my … Continue reading “2018-07-13 – Friday the 13th.”

I’m still feeling a little below par, and don’t really want to go to North Walsham cottage hospital for my physiotherapy appointment this morning.  I force myself, though, because I think it’s important to improve muscle tone in my legs.  I spend an hour on the motorised exercise bike, and feel pretty knackered afterwards.  I … Continue reading “2018-07-10 – Below par.”

I’m whacked, and I wake up with a sore throat this morning, so it looks like I’m coming down with a cold – terrific!  I’m not feeling like doing very much, in any case.  I post links to my latest vlog on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and then my wife and I drive to Longwater … Continue reading “2018-07-07 – Not feeling like doing very much.”

I’m up at 7.45am, drink 2 mugs of tea and a nutriblast, grab my essentials (car keys, DBS controller, camera, phone, speech and tickets) and I’m out of the house just a shade after 8.30am. I’m soon on the train from Gunton to Norwich, on my way to Westminster in London, where I have been … Continue reading “2018-07-06 – Patients in Parliament.”

I am scripting, filming and editing my weekly vlog today, because tomorrow I will be travelling to London to speak in Parliament on behalf of Parkinson’s patients, in favour of the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal purposes. I select a subject, research it online and write myself a script.  I have a difficult time filming … Continue reading “2018-07-05 – Scripting, filming and editing.”

I don’t feel quite as bad as I thought I was going to feel today – I’m still exhausted, though, and I don’t think that the current heatwave that we’re experiencing is helping (not that I’m complaining – give me “warm and dry” over “cold and wet” any day of the week).  My voice is … Continue reading “2018-07-02 – Still exhausted.”

I’m still feeling fatigued, so I’m taking it easy (again) today.  My wife is working all weekend (again) so I decide to deal with some administrative tasks that I can accomplish online from the comfort of the sofa.  I pay the river licence for our boat and settle the invoice for our Calor gas delivery before … Continue reading “2018-06-30 – Taking it easy (again).”

We are up at 6am for the second (and final) day of the Royal Norfolk Show.  We drop the dog off at my wife’s youngest son’s house in Hevingham, and we are at the Norfolk Showground by 7.30am. It’s another scorcher of a day, and the craft tent is buzzing with people.  We had a … Continue reading “2018-06-28 – The second (and final) day of the Royal Norfolk Show.”

My daughter is staying with us for a couple of days, so I feel obliged to cook some breakfast – I usually make do with my nutriblast, but this morning I prepare fried eggs on toast for us both.  I take the dog for her first walk of the day, and then sort out my … Continue reading “2018-06-25 – Obliged to cook some breakfast.”

I’m awake at 4.20am and can’t get back to sleep, so I lie awake thinking about what I want to say (given the chance) on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning, and wondering whether or not I’m expected to speak at Doctor Frank’s meeting in Parliament this afternoon.  I get up when my alarm goes … Continue reading “2018-06-20 – Awake at 4.20am.”

Another session on the motorised exercise bike at North Walsham cottage hospital this morning, and this time it’s a bit more of a workout – I’m feeling as though I’ve actually expended some energy this time. I have a busy day with the media.  It’s all kicking off with the campaign to legalise cannabis since … Continue reading “2018-06-19 – A bit more of a workout.”

I’m champing at the bit to know if my neighbours have spoken to their son-in-law (a doctor) to see if he can shed any light on my doctor’s change of heart over prescribing me exenatide.  So, after taking the dog for her morning walk, I prepare an invoice for them (for a blind that my … Continue reading “2018-06-14 – I’m champing at the bit.”

We’ve had a busy Saturday today.   I construct the fireguard and vacuum downstairs while my wife drives to Hevingham first thing this morning to collect our eldest granddaughter and bring her over to Southrepps for a couple of hours (to give her parents a break).   My wife takes our granddaughter down to the children’s playground … Continue reading “2018-06-09 – Busy Saturday.”

As predicted, I’m very tired after our late night last night, and we have a bit of a lie-in, not getting out of bed until almost 10am.   We decide to attend to our allotment today, so we drive to our local garden centre in North Walsham to buy some vegetable plants, and then spend a … Continue reading “2018-06-03 – Allotment!”

I’m really not in much of a better place (pain and mood-wise) than I was yesterday.  I still have a lot of sciatic pain in my hips and legs, and it’s getting me down.  My sore throat and bronchial cough are not responding to the medicinal dose of cherry schnapps that I administered just before … Continue reading “2018-05-08 – Not in much of a better place.”

I’m paying the price for yesterday – I’m aching all over and don’t have a great deal of energy.  While my wife carries on with the gardening, I sit and post links to my weekly vlog on social media and then check out what’s happening in the world on Twitter (President Trump’s Twitter Feed is … Continue reading “2018-04-22 – Paying the price.”

I have an appointment with the speech therapist at 10am this morning, so I’m out of bed, tea drunk, dog walked and in my car driving to Norwich by 8.50am.  No real progress was made with my eating problem (I keep biting the inside of my mouth when eating) but I am to continue with … Continue reading “2018-04-20 – The speech therapist.”

I’m feeling a little less tired today – I had a decent night’s sleep last night, and I didn’t make the mistake of going back to sleep again once I woke, just before my wife’s alarm went off at 7.30am. I read The Metro online while I drink my mugs of tea and my nutriblast, … Continue reading “2018-04-17 – A little less tired.”

Another day of minimal achievement.  I’m still struggling to motivate myself, so it’s a relief to get a knock on the door from my new neighbour who is looking for some help and advice on wiring in his new cooker hob in his kitchen and plumbing in his new sink.  I go next door, armed … Continue reading “2018-04-10 – Minimal achievement.”

I spend the morning posting links to my latest vlog on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and them my wife and I go to Lidl in North Walsham to do our weekly grocery shop. This afternoon we go to the allotment – my wife spends all afternoon digging, but after I have been working for about … Continue reading “2018-04-07 – Posting links.”

I am feeling very tired and completely lacking in energy of late – I just don’t seem to be able to motivate myself to accomplish anything.  I have some more paperwork to fill out so that my brothers and I can finish distributing our mother’s estate, but I keep putting it off.  I seem to … Continue reading “2018-04-03 – Firefighting mode.”

It’s typical bank holiday weather here in Norfolk – it was raining heavily when we woke up, and it has scarcely let up the whole day, which has put a stop to my wife’s plans to go for a run and then spend some time down at the allotment. We decide to drive over to … Continue reading “2018-04-02 – Bank Holiday weather.”

I should have completed work on my weekly vlog yesterday, but didn’t…  Today is spent editing – it’s much more complicated than my usual vlogs which are normally very straightforward, and it takes me almost the whole day to finish. My wife leaves me to it and disappears off to Hevingham to do a little … Continue reading “2018-03-30 – Today is spent editing.”

I have a few online tasks lined up for today, which is just as well, really – although the sun is shining brightly this morning, it’s still damned cold out there!  I promised the physiotherapist that I would email her some links to information about forced exercise, so I spend a little time digging around … Continue reading “2018-03-19 – A few online tasks.”

We had a disturbed night last night – our youngest granddaughter (who stayed with us overnight) had a bit of an upset tummy last night, and is also full of cold. I have to say that my wife’s sleep was more disturbed than mine, because she dealt with the fallout! My wife’s daughter-in-law came over … Continue reading “2018-03-18 – A disturbed night.”

Another day of writing scripts, this time it’s for my weekly vlog.  I have decided to talk about forced exercise for Parkinson’s, since that is a subject that is in the front of my mind at the moment.   I manage to find lots of information about it online, but most of it is in quite … Continue reading “2018-03-16 – Another day of writing scripts.”

I’m still feeling a little below par, and still not really doing very much.  I need to return the blood pressure monitor to my doctor’s surgery today – my readings over the last 7 days have all been consistently abnormally high, but not officially classified as high, so it’ll be interesting to hear what my … Continue reading “2018-03-13 – A little below par.”

I’m feeling a little “down in the dumps” today – don’t know why, but maybe it’s to do with the sadness I felt yesterday about not having a mum to spoil on Mothering Sunday. I really can’t be bothered to do anything apart from the usual chores, so I occupy myself by walking the dog, … Continue reading “2018-03-12 – Down in the dumps.”

Mothering Sunday, and it’s the first time in my 56 years that I don’t have my mum.  It feels strange not to be giving her a card, some flowers, chocolates…   After lunch we drive over to Worstead (via Lidl in North Walsham for some flowers, general groceries and a couple of beers) to wish my wife’s … Continue reading “2018-03-11 – Mothering Sunday.”

My wife is off to Hevingham this morning – she has to return our eldest granddaughter to her parents, and then she is going to go to work.  I’m going to be lounging around at home, as usual.  I remove the fireguard from around the woodburner and dismantle the stairgate at the bottom of the … Continue reading “2018-03-10 – Lounging around at home.”

It’s another grey and wet day in Southrepps, which is the perfect excuse for staying indoors and doing very little – not that I need an excuse…  I do have some admin tasks to get out of the way, so I make a start on filling out some forms connected with my mother’s estate (that … Continue reading “2018-03-07 – Filling out some forms.”

I receive a phone call from Aldborough Surgery telling me that they have a blood pressure monitor for me to collect -my blood pressure was slightly high when they took it recently, and they want me to take readings at home, twice a day for the next week.  So, after walking the dog I drive … Continue reading “2018-03-06 – Slightly high.”

I receive more paperwork to fill out for my mother’s estate in the post this morning – I have a read through it to see what I need to do, have a telephone conversation with my younger brother (in which I promise to deal with it by the end of tomorrow) and file it away … Continue reading “2018-03-05 – More paperwork.”

Another dusting of snow overnight, but it is just a dusting!  It’s certainly not going to stop my wife from going to work today, so we’re out of bed early (for a Saturday) and she has left for Hevingham by 9am.  I don’t feel like doing very much or going very far, even though the … Continue reading “2018-03-03 – Another dusting.”

My wife has decided to go to work today because she has got a lot of work on at the moment, so I plan to go over to Stalham to see my younger brother and fill out some forms concerning our mother’s estate. I have couple of mugs of tea, drink my nutriblast and walk … Continue reading “2018-02-24 – Our mother’s estate.”

It’s the Patients At Parliament protest outside the House of Commons today, in support of Paul Flynn‘s Elizabeth Brice bill for legal access to medicinal cannabis, so that is what this week’s vlog is all about.  I would really like to be there with all of the other protesters, but my wife can’t afford to … Continue reading “2018-02-23 – Patients At Parliament”

I need to find a supplier of logs fairly urgently – we are going to run out of firewood by the weekend, sooner if the weather gets any colder.  We won’t freeze, of course, because we have central heating, but somehow having a fire lit makes you feel warmer just by looking at it.  I … Continue reading “2018-02-20 – A supplier of logs.”

I have an appointment with the Parkinson’s nurse at 9am this morning, so we are up, tea/coffee drunk and out of the house by 8.40am.  We arrive at North Walsham Hospital bang on time, and have a reasonably productive meeting with the nurse.  My wife and I convince her that my referral to speech and … Continue reading “2018-02-19 – The Parkinson’s nurse.”

Nothing much going on here today – it’s freezing cold outside, so I’m trying to stay in the warm.  My wife takes the dog for her morning walk and I sit and drink my morning cuppas. I decide to continue with editing my neighbour’s safari holiday video – the sooner I have that finished, the … Continue reading “2018-02-11 – Freezing cold.”

I expected to be well ahead with the script for my weekly vlog today, having done some research and scripting yesterday, but I’m not ready to start filming until gone 1pm.  I change my neurostimulator settings over to group “A” because these settings don’t affect my voice quite so much, but I still have quite … Continue reading “2018-01-19 – Well ahead with the script…”