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We spent the weekend with my Darlin's mum, just recently dx with pancreatic cancer. I guess she has weeks maybe days left. She's never smoked or used drugs or alcohol, had an active and busy life...

Yes, that's right folks. Run out of hair spray? Just reach for the deoderant.This morning I gave my hair a good spray with my underarm deoderant.So....my hair didn't get B.O. today.I think there is a...

Mum is finally settled in the home, albeit with numerous complaints about the staff who 'never do anything for her' and 'dont even know I'm sick'.The DON there went to school with my sister and, in a...

'There's always something' is one of my mother's common sayings. Indeed, there always IS something - with five children and their children....but yesterday was a nightmare.When I arrived at the...

Today I'm going to spend a few hours with my Mum.She is being moved from a low dependency hostel into a nursing home where the care will be more suited to her every failing health. She can no longer...

I'm doing well on the walking machine (treadmill) and I'm up to 30 min a day ( not all at once - just in 10 min burstsThe beauty of it is that I can watch tv while I'm walking so I hardly notice the...

Because I have been unable to tackle the hilly walk to the main road for awhile I decided to invest in a walking machine.I've decided to rent at first to see if I can sustain the effort so I...

This week my Darlin and I went to his Mum's funeral. She died four months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.The funeral was so disappointing. The priest got her name wrong several times...

What I am doing..... looking for pig jokes stop watching FOX NEWS having pork chops for tea Pig Joke:A chicken and a pig are standing on the side of the road. The chicken says to the pig'Don't...

Sunday - my Darlin discovered that he has had a poem published by a newspaper. He is only a dabbler - calls himself a 'wordsmith' rather than a poet - but this was really nice news. Monday - an...

Ergh.....last night I spent about six hours in the grip of the dreaded MS hug.I've had it a few times before so i've learned that waiting it out is the only option.I did tell my partner early in case...

 Lately I have been experiencing some major discomfort in my legs, especiallly at night. I found this poem which is trully a lesson in life for everyone. "The Train of Life" [ Author Unknown ]...

I live on the north coast of NSW - an area just declared a natural disaster area due to massive flooding.We are fine as we live up in the hills and apart from a slow trip into town due to some road...

Yesterday I turned 55. Wow, just amazing......well, I reckon so! I started the day with a pedicure and leg massage. Does feel great even though it does squat for my MSerable feet. In the afternoon...

Geographically we are about midway between the flood in the north of the country and the bushfires in the south. At present we have had torrential rain for five days. Nothing in the way of floods...