It's no use, I have to share this with someone... I've got a horrible mix of deep deep sadness and raging anger going on in me... the phone call we had earlier was about my husband's uncle who we have watched slowly deteriorate over the last 10 years due to Parkinson's Disease. He was an incredibly intelligent, active man before the disease got hold of him. He hasn't been able to communicate at all for well over 2 years, he also lost the ability to swallow two years ago and has been tube fed. Today we heard that he was taken into hospital from his care home because his digestive system is failing. They will not be feeding him anymore and he now has a 'do not resusitate' order on him. In a way, it'll be a mercyful release for him and his wife but it's such a cruel cruel f***ing disease. They say that the sufferer retains the ability to think, while all the time losing control over the body...trapped inside is the same man. It just leaves you feeling so totally helpless watching him...
Assuming you don't plan driving, time to open a bottle and curl up in front of TV or dig out the photo album for all those pictures of the person he really was not the one he became
The Joy of Jogging 1. For every mile you jog, you add one minute to your life. This enables you, at the age of 85, to spend an additional five months in a nursing home at £5,000/month. 2. The only reason I took up jogging was to hear heavy breathing again. 3. I joined a health club last year, spending £400 in the process. I haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to show up. 4. I have to exercise early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing. 5. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. 6. I have flabby thighs but fortunately my stomach covers them. 7. If you are going to take up cross-country skiing, it helps to start with a small country. 8. I don't jog; it makes me spill my milk shake. 9. Actually, I don't exercise at all. If we were meant to touch our toes, we would have them farther up on our body.
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lucky I'm going out tonight
they make a wicked MArtini too
not esp cheap but v v lovely
Brula in St Margarets is VG too - lovely lively atmos French bistro
you need something to look forward to
can yuo do self-indulgent vid and takeaway tonight? Cider House Rules is a good girlie pic
Amelie is my fave though
Hugs and prayers for you & Mr and the rest of the family
The Sausage Man bit, thanks for your help.
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My dad suffered from Parkinsons, so agree with AJH that it is a nasty disease.
Life isn't fair at times.
more hugs
take care
1. For every mile you jog, you add one minute to your life. This enables you, at the age of 85, to spend an additional five months in a nursing home at £5,000/month.
2. The only reason I took up jogging was to hear heavy breathing again.
3. I joined a health club last year, spending £400 in the process. I haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to show up.
4. I have to exercise early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
5. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
6. I have flabby thighs but fortunately my stomach covers them.
7. If you are going to take up cross-country skiing, it helps to start with a small country.
8. I don't jog; it makes me spill my milk shake.
9. Actually, I don't exercise at all. If we were meant to touch our toes, we would have them farther up on our body.
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
MEMORY
Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
APPEARANCE
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
I hope he doesn't have any more suffering now.
It's a dreadful disease.
I need to eat, I have 20 miles to do tomorrow, tho the way I'm feeling, god knows how!