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Annb said:
Good to hear that the plumber has, at least, stopped the leak. It might be complicated putting everything back to normal, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I have bought a camera and microphone for my desktop pc to try to use it for Zoom meetings. I am having a slight problem with the Zoom site though. I tried to download the app, which is limited but free, but they would only offer either a monthly or an annual package. I'm not sure that I use it enough to justify that. Apart from anything else, I need to make sure it will work before I buy anything.
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Thank you very much @Annb
Yes, finally there is light at the end of the tunnel...
 
dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone from a damp squib of a day here in the dark and dangerous north.
Back from a full on week with the grandchildren (and their parents) visiting their great granny for four generations of fun and games.
Lot’s to see and do:
Sculpture parks and quarries where walls have been carved
Gallo Roman amphitheater
Underground Gallo Roman aqueducts
Eating moules-frites in La Rochelle
Painting with granny
Swimming in the neighbours pool
Back last night no idea what my blood sugars have been
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Sounds good @dunelm
 
Fbg 6.3

In my sketchbook...
And I have absolutely no idea what I was thinking of when I was sketching these...

Tired today. A long day.
Plumber comes in the morning to sort the water stopcock, to put a new one in. The current one is well over 50 years old and is impossible for me to turn and leaks.....

I could've done without all this water in the kitchen...

Plumber said he would get my old washing machine out for me into the driveway.

I hope it is an easy, effortless, productive day tomorrow.

Good night.

Got my alarm set so I will be up before the plumber arrives at 7:30 am

Sweet dreams.....

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In my sketchbook... | gennepher

In my sketchbook... And I have absolutely no idea what I was thinking of when I was sketching these... Tired today. A long day. Plumber comes in...
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Lamont D said:
8.2 this a.m.!
Where do I start?
Mrs L has an Infection. The antibiotics are slowly working.
However, the last couple of days, it has been absolute nightmare.
Mrs L has been talking gibberish in a dialect that no one understands or comprehends. And it is insistent, my days have been used up as a personal servant or more likely a slave.
We had the mental health practitioner here twice in two days, as Mrs L was totally unreasonable, because the infection has an impact on her memory and the mood swings.
We are waiting to see if the infection has cleared and go from there.
I have begged for more help, but it will be slow in coming, if at all.
Have a doctor's phone call yesterday for myself and have a face to face appointment in a couple of weeks concentrating on my overall health and if I have had any appointments for the mental health.
The drugs are working, my anxiety has clearly abated and I'm not as angry and frustrated as I was.
I still feel really depressed. It is horrible. I'm in tears when I finally get time for myself.
Everyone says I doing great, but it just doesn't feel that way. It's really hard, beyond hard, I have to be there for her. But I don't have much of a life, not even the cricket! Footie days are not a respite.
Even when the carers are here, I'm having to prepare and still do most chores and Mrs L wants and caring. Yes, they help, but I'm still there to ensure it gets done.
Gotta go, tea to prepare (dinner you lot)
Best wishes.
Sorry it's so negative.
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No...it's good to get it out and speak...trust me

Mum, when with water infection could barely speak sentences, it was mostly some sort of tongue language none of us could understand...very frustrating for her and us

Hate to say it, but mums infections, while clearing up, did gives us clear indication of where we were headed

Mum barely made sense the last few years, more a sing sing of noise, with brief moments of clarity .


While my points won't help you now, I pray they do over time .

Those moments with Mrs L being clear & sound, I'd respectfully suggest should be grabbed with both hand.

Tell her all you think
How much you love her
How grateful you are for the children
The time you shared together

Tell her everything you would after, now

Truth is that window of her hearing you is closing.

Not what you want to hear I'm sure, and I pray I'm wrong

But, if you feel it, don't wait
Tell her today
Tell her tomorrow
Keep telling her
Don't stop until you know what I mean

Life can be short
Don't leave time for regrets of what we didn't do enough of .

I hold my head up, though I still do wish I'd done better & knew more, for mum

That's where we are at here, @Lamont D

No point sugar coating it, in your heart.. you know

Enjoy the time still available.

Look after yourself...not just for you , but so you can be there for Mrs L as much as possible.

Time your run, keep enough energy to make a difference

Major respect for how you're coping

OUr prayers and best wishes as a family to you and yours.

Love x
 
!*!*!*! :arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh:

I’ve just tried to key in a post (twice) and it keeps disappearing on me. It must be something I'm doing accidentally, but I don’t know what. I had keyed in quite a long message and – all of a sudden – there it wasn’t! Started again and got about a dozen words in, when it happened again.

I decided to use a word processor instead, and copy it in. At least with a word processor I can undo the last action(s).

Back to the message:

BG at 03.20 today was 8.8, then into the 9’s. This is a reversal of the last week when BG was in the 4’s and 5’s all time.

That was the beneficial effect of eating lots of walnuts. The non-beneficial effects of the walnuts was the detrimental effect they had on my inner workings.

I dealt with that by taking a fair amount of Lopiramide and stopping eating walnuts. Now BG is consistently higher than I want. I am hoping to deal with that by taking walnut oil. I will, when I can get hold of some – no-one here sells it, nor does the wholefood shop we buy from on the mainland. I will try Amazon.

Dentist this morning – just for the first step in making me a new dental plate, no problem. I had the current one repaired because it cracked but decided I’d better just go for a new one, in case the repair didn’t last. It didn’t and cracked again yesterday, so just as well I am going to get a new one which, I’m told, will take about 3 months because they don’t use the local man any more but send everything away to a dental technician on the mainland.
 
Lamont D said:
8.2 this a.m.!
Where do I start?
Mrs L has an Infection. The antibiotics are slowly working.
However, the last couple of days, it has been absolute nightmare.
Mrs L has been talking gibberish in a dialect that no one understands or comprehends. And it is insistent, my days have been used up as a personal servant or more likely a slave.
We had the mental health practitioner here twice in two days, as Mrs L was totally unreasonable, because the infection has an impact on her memory and the mood swings.
We are waiting to see if the infection has cleared and go from there.
I have begged for more help, but it will be slow in coming, if at all.
Have a doctor's phone call yesterday for myself and have a face to face appointment in a couple of weeks concentrating on my overall health and if I have had any appointments for the mental health.
The drugs are working, my anxiety has clearly abated and I'm not as angry and frustrated as I was.
I still feel really depressed. It is horrible. I'm in tears when I finally get time for myself.
Everyone says I doing great, but it just doesn't feel that way. It's really hard, beyond hard, I have to be there for her. But I don't have much of a life, not even the cricket! Footie days are not a respite.
Even when the carers are here, I'm having to prepare and still do most chores and Mrs L wants and caring. Yes, they help, but I'm still there to ensure it gets done.
Gotta go, tea to prepare (dinner you lot)
Best wishes.
Sorry it's so negative.
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You are not doing great @Lamont D despite such platitudes from other people, you are holding the line and need some respite. Can family give you some small time during your day for you to just go for a walk and chill for a while. Your physical and mental strength needs for you to take breaks. Even a few minutes snatched will help. It’s a mind game trying to be calm in a storm. I really wish you well and hope that you can bring the stress levels down.
 
jjraak said:
No...it's good to get it out and speak...trust me

Mum, when with water infection could barely speak sentences, it was mostly some sort of tongue language none of us could understand...very frustrating for her and us

Hate to say it, but mums infections, while clearing up, did gives us clear indication of where we were headed

Mum barely made sense the last few years, more a sing sing of noise, with brief moments of clarity .


While my points won't help you now, I pray they do over time .

Those moments with Mrs L being clear & sound, I'd respectfully suggest should be grabbed with both hand.

Tell her all you think
How much you love her
How grateful you are for the children
The time you shared together

Tell her everything you would after, now

Truth is that window of her hearing you is closing.

Not what you want to hear I'm sure, and I pray I'm wrong

But, if you feel it, don't wait
Tell her today
Tell her tomorrow
Keep telling her
Don't stop until you know what I mean

Life can be short
Don't leave time for regrets of what we didn't do enough of .

I hold my head up, though I still do wish I'd done better & knew more, for mum

That's where we are at here, @Lamont D

No point sugar coating it, in your heart.. you know

Enjoy the time still available.

Look after yourself...not just for you , but so you can be there for Mrs L as much as possible.

Time your run, keep enough energy to make a difference

Major respect for how you're coping

OUr prayers and best wishes as a family to you and yours.

Love x
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Once again mate, your words mean more to me then any other well meaning person.
I do tell her and steal a kiss and a hug, when I can. A cuddle and a loving word.
A stupid how are you?
Anything you want? Etc.
I have backed off with the unnecessary over indulgent caring and let others get involved in helping as much as possible.
We do have good carers coming in every day and I get to start the chores earlier.
I am getting some respite in the evening but I'm always on call.
Mrs L had another visitor this afternoon so as it was a fairly nice day I started the outside front fence. And surprisingly, Mrs L made me a cuppa!!!!!!!
Funny thing was, Mrs L put sugar in it, I tasted and it was bloody so sweet, so I pretended
to drink the brew until I could water the garden with it.....
Mrs L has started a second successive does of antibiotics for her infection. Mrs L has slightly improved but not making much sense at most times. I had to admit I was wrong....... Tho I was not as wrong as Mrs L was implying. ( I know my place)
I really want to appreciate the sentiments but I could be blubbering again soon.
But I really admire the support and friendship I feel from you lot.
I'm overwhelmed again....... Thanks so much.
Anyone have a tissue?
Best wishes.
 
dunelm said:
You are not doing great @Lamont D despite such platitudes from other people, you are holding the line and need some respite. Can family give you some small time during your day for you to just go for a walk and chill for a while. Your physical and mental strength needs for you to take breaks. Even a few minutes snatched will help. It’s a mind game trying to be calm in a storm. I really wish you well and hope that you can bring the stress levels down.
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I'm under orders from all and sundry to do so mate. It's hard to do so.
It is maybe, not as bad as I make out.... But it really does feel like it.
Sometimes the house is like Grand central station and the kids are on the end of my phone, but they have family and work. And do make an effort to help.
The help is there from the carers and the docs, the mental health team etc.
But I can't stress enough, my mental anxiety with the depression, it feels as if I am Mrs L 's full time carer 24/7. A case in point. This morning's carer left after getting Mrs L downstairs and asked if Mrs L wanted breakfast before the carer left. No, was the reply.
Then as the door shut. Mrs L asked me for her breakfast.......!
Then her cardigan and a pair of socks as her feet were cold......!
When I tried to explain why I was a bit grumpy?
The answer was, the poor girls do enough......!
And why can't you do it?
Sometimes you have to admit defeat to Mrs L 's logic.
I thank you for the concern and the encouragement and support mate.
It does help.
It is where my life is at this time.
And the simple truth is I just can't stop my support for Mrs L and I am hoping I get the counselling and support I really need sooner rather than later.
I hope you are well after your recent journeys here and thereabouts.
And look after your family.
 
Fbg 7.1

Another page from my sketchbook ...
In the same vein as yesterday..

I don't even remember doing these... or what prompted me to do these?

The plumber came at 7:30 am.
So I went in the front room to sort out my paperwork.... but then he came in and he said that the pipework he had got, even though it was imperial size, did not fit so he would have to go and get some parts, and piping and make his own. So that was an hour he was gone..... finally he finished about 10:30 am, and he got my washing machine out into the driveway. There's not much room for me to get my car past it., but he insisted that the scrap man would just take it away. I hope i he does because it's a very narrow space to back in through now. I'll find out how easy it is in the morning.....

I looked on Facebook and there seems to be a scrap merchant there so I'll leave a message and see what happens... I'll do that in the morning.... it seems he takes away washing machines....

I am glad that's all done now... I am using my dehumidifier and it's looking like the wood will dry out... it was oak flooring I had put in and any lesser flooring probably would've got rotten... I found a couple of holes where mice could've got in. I easily blocked off one of them, but the other one took me ages to block off.... it was bad workmanship by the original builder of this bungalow.

Time for sleep now.
Night night
Sweet dreams.....


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Lamont D said:
8.2 this a.m.!
Where do I start?
Mrs L has an Infection. The antibiotics are slowly working.
However, the last couple of days, it has been absolute nightmare.
Mrs L has been talking gibberish in a dialect that no one understands or comprehends. And it is insistent, my days have been used up as a personal servant or more likely a slave.
We had the mental health practitioner here twice in two days, as Mrs L was totally unreasonable, because the infection has an impact on her memory and the mood swings.
We are waiting to see if the infection has cleared and go from there.
I have begged for more help, but it will be slow in coming, if at all.
Have a doctor's phone call yesterday for myself and have a face to face appointment in a couple of weeks concentrating on my overall health and if I have had any appointments for the mental health.
The drugs are working, my anxiety has clearly abated and I'm not as angry and frustrated as I was.
I still feel really depressed. It is horrible. I'm in tears when I finally get time for myself.
Everyone says I doing great, but it just doesn't feel that way. It's really hard, beyond hard, I have to be there for her. But I don't have much of a life, not even the cricket! Footie days are not a respite.
Even when the carers are here, I'm having to prepare and still do most chores and Mrs L wants and caring. Yes, they help, but I'm still there to ensure it gets done.
Gotta go, tea to prepare (dinner you lot)
Best wishes.
Sorry it's so negative.
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Hugs for you @Lamont D

It is a constant illogical pressure. I had that with the mother who brought me up... she was constantly telling me to go away and how much she hated me. And had always hated me. My father who brought me up didn't help at all and was always absent...Nothing I did or said or helped was right. She would get quite violent with me with her dementia. I had forgotten how bad it was, and how much it hurt me mentally. It really cut to the quick.

My birth mother by comparison, when she got dementia 15 years later, was either completely out of it, but she was never nasty to me, not even when she did not recognise me, or she recognised me, and her face was beaming smiles when I was with her and helping... but I did not know she was my birth mother until after her death. She would call me Little Gennepher and reach out and touch my cheek. However she was nasty to her son, my cousin/brother...and would scream at him....

A complete and total contrast. How they both responded to me with dementia.. but sad that both my mothers got dementia... I hope and pray I will never get it... I would not want family to look after me...

You need more respite than you're getting... I know you're getting some help and more help than a lot of people get when they are caring for someone with dementia. But it can never be enough.

I'm afraid I cannot offer any help or advice...just some hugs....
 
10.3

Not upset as I tested 2 hours earlier than usual. A few strips of biltong brought it down to 8.0, at around the time I'd usually get up and see a 9.5, so it's a win.

Got a massive mixing bowl of homemade Greek salad to eat today as it wouldn't fit in the fridge. It won't be a hardship! Also going to roast the last of our holiday meat treats - minted lamb ribs and a stuffed pork fillet. Back to more mundane food next week, after my dad's birthday tea on Monday.

Just realised daughter goes back to uni in a week, where did the time go? At least we'll be able to open the freezer again, which is currently stacked with crates of her kitchen equipment.

Need to fix/ replace the slow cooker as stew & soup weather rapidly approaching. Washing machine has started making funny noises and some bits of shredded plastic came out with the last load of bedclothes. What with that, hubby needing a new computer monitor and the car coming up for an expensive lot of work to get through the MOT in November, it's looking like a very expensive year :nailbiting:
 
Good afternoon everyone.
5.6 this a.m.
Mrs Miggins had a fall yesterday in town. Compacted fracture to right wrist with three breaks. Local walk in was fabulous - X-ray, manipulation on some sexy drugs, temp pot, 2nd X-ray and all done within 2 hours. Follow up on Monday. I have been promoted to designated driver.
Even more tragic, I have a cold. A box of tissues an hour sort of cold with loads of extras thrown in for good measure.
We became great grandparents today - now there’s a thing.
 
dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone.
5.6 this a.m.
Mrs Miggins had a fall yesterday in town. Compacted fracture to right wrist with three breaks. Local walk in was fabulous - X-ray, manipulation on some sexy drugs, temp pot, 2nd X-ray and all done within 2 hours. Follow up on Monday. I have been promoted to designated driver.
Even more tragic, I have a cold. A box of tissues an hour sort of cold with loads of extras thrown in for good measure.
We became great grandparents today - now there’s a thing.
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Hug for Mrs M but congratulations and a winner for the new baby.
 
gennepher said:
Hugs for you @Lamont D

It is a constant illogical pressure. I had that with the mother who brought me up... she was constantly telling me to go away and how much she hated me. And had always hated me. My father who brought me up didn't help at all and was always absent...Nothing I did or said or helped was right. She would get quite violent with me with her dementia. I had forgotten how bad it was, and how much it hurt me mentally. It really cut to the quick.

My birth mother by comparison, when she got dementia 15 years later, was either completely out of it, but she was never nasty to me, not even when she did not recognise me, or she recognised me, and her face was beaming smiles when I was with her and helping... but I did not know she was my birth mother until after her death. She would call me Little Gennepher and reach out and touch my cheek. However she was nasty to her son, my cousin/brother...and would scream at him....

A complete and total contrast. How they both responded to me with dementia.. but sad that both my mothers got dementia... I hope and pray I will never get it... I would not want family to look after me...

You need more respite than you're getting... I know you're getting some help and more help than a lot of people get when they are caring for someone with dementia. But it can never be enough.

I'm afraid I cannot offer any help or advice...just some hugs....
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Hugs back @gennepher.
dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone.
5.6 this a.m.
Mrs Miggins had a fall yesterday in town. Compacted fracture to right wrist with three breaks. Local walk in was fabulous - X-ray, manipulation on some sexy drugs, temp pot, 2nd X-ray and all done within 2 hours. Follow up on Monday. I have been promoted to designated driver.
Even more tragic, I have a cold. A box of tissues an hour sort of cold with loads of extras thrown in for good measure.
We became great grandparents today - now there’s a thing.
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First of all, congratulations on your recent new arrival. It is one of my greatest wishes to be a great grandad at some point.
Second, how is Mrs Higgins now? Hoping the pain meds do the trick.
Third, hope the cold doesn't turn nasty. Some of grandma's (Beverly Hillbillies) cold elixir, wouldn't go amiss.
Be well my friend.
Best wishes.
 
A welcome back to 6.6 this morning checked again and 6.8.
How? No idea!

Front fence finished, and it looks so good. Though getting into the awkward bits around the flowers and bushes tested my arthritis and my patience. Mrs L is impressed except she explained the gates need a fresh coat. No rest for me I think!
#7 & #8 paid a visit this afternoon and the television footie was somewhat Interupted. Tho they did get beat. Nanny was somewhat persuaded to allow her haul of sweets to be shared.
I'm looking forward to my pit later.Best wishes.
 
Fbg 6.7

Fell asleep a few hours ago.....so used the laboscope app to make a kaleidoscope. I did not have time to find a painting in my sketchbook,I have used Laboscope on my new grey velvety blanket, which is lovely and comfortable....

The place is still a mess with all the reorganising and tidying up,,, would've been easy as I left everything as it was...

The wooden floor is drying out. The plumber was right that this has been leaking for a very long time.. so the flooring that is affected is underneath the kitchen counter... the rest of the flooring looks okay and feels okay but still needs drying out... the man who laid the flooring originally, 20 odd years ago, was given the instruction to do the flooring right up to the wall edge and finish it off in case I ever needed taking the washing machine out.... but he did not do that and I did not see that he had not done that because he had pushed the washing machine back in... by the time I came back in the kitchen.

And so because he did not finish off the flooring properly and left it unfinished, and there was still the concrete underneath exposed, it means that the water leak has gone through the ends of the flooring because they were not glued and those are the vulnerable bits...

I think some wood hardener along those bits, would probably work... and keep the flooring going at least as long as I'm alive!!!

It is now just before midnight, and I only just woke up in time to do this kaleidoscope for today...

Midnight is cross with me because I would not let him go out to play with his cat friend who is sitting outside now... just earlier there was a young male badger wandering round outside my glass door to the garden. He did look quite a handsome badger and he didn't look at me....

I have started scattering small pieces of cloth soaked in white vinegar, try and deter the badger or badgers from playing and destroying the items in my garden... I have been doing this for a few weeks now and so far it's stopped them trying to empty the bins because I put these white vinegar cloths, over pretty much everything out there. Someone gave me the idea. I did not find it on the Internet and I don't know if it is a thing that is recommended, but I was told by this person the strong smell of white vinegar keeps the badger/s off things. So far which has worked, but it does need all the cloths needing re-soaking nightly...

My eyes are closing. I better post this before I go to sleep....

Good night

Sweet dreams

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