©Jenny Harrod 2019
Well, I am still swimming 'around the island' and until the school holidays started I was going 3 times a week. I never thought that I could enjoy exercise but miss not being able to go swimming when the pool is full of children, either islanders or holidaying 'grockles'.
To this end I have now sta…
Hello, remember me? Yes, me, the Head above the crowds!
I know, I know, this is no way to run a blog but I have been busy (I think). Since the last post, no I have not taken up the bugle, but I have done a few new things.
As well as continuing to volunteer in the shop I set up the Isle of Wight M…
Well, so much has happened since I left my job - then again maybe not. I have somehow found myself co-erced in to 'working' a shift at our local MS centre and charity shop as well as setting up a Facebook page for the Branch. The shop is extremely busy and I admit I am at times overwhelmed by peopl…
Well that's it I officially left on 6th July. I have done my 2 weeks notice (well not exactly as I have been off sick as still have no feeling in my feet!).
No leaving present, not even a card - just a short email saying they thank me for my "efforts" over the last two years and wish me luck in r…
Just when I thought I had escaped Dad's death without having a relapse this one hit like a bus. We have been in Isleham stopping at one of the riverside lodges - a lovely tranquil location. However, when we went to see my Mum for the first time in a year I was so shocked - she was so much frailer th…
It is with great regret and sadness that I now have to report the sad death of my Auntie Rita, she was my Dads older sister and the last survivor of that generation dying in Addenbrookes hospital exactly a week after he did. She had been ill for some time following a hip operation and needed ventil…
On the 17th March 2012 my Dad died.
As a child I was so proud of him, he was a policeman in the days when they were respected and had some authority. He was the first police 'white knight' in Cambridgeshire, leading a team of four patrolling the county fighting crime and controlling traffic. He …
Well here I am, still alive and out the other side of the relapse.
Have actually had a busy few weeks and it has taken me a while to recover.
Had just got over the worst of the relapse when we went on our Canary Island Cruise, well, I say Canary Island, in actual fact the nearest we got was Madeir…
Well, here I am again still in relapse and if anything with even worse symptoms. This is the first bad relapse I have had since my diagnosis in 2003 and is following the same sequence of symptoms (except my fingers and hands/arms are not currently any worse than normal)
I am still wearing the wrong…
Well, I suppose it had to happen.
Just as I was getting life back on track and recovering from my recent bout of depression. WHAM - my first major MS relapse struck with a vengeance.
It started on Monday evening when my feet were tingling and painful, much more so than usual. Hubby put it …
It was our anniversary on Friday. No, not our wedding anniversary but two years since we moved to the Isle of Wight. It certainly doesn't seem two years ago that we went through all the stress of putting our last house on the market at a time when house prices were begining to slide downward…
Well, here I am after my first week in my new job. I am now officially back in work. My new title is Clinical Governance Administrator, at a small GP Practice here on the Isle of Wight. What a ridiculous title that is. It's too long to put as occupation on any form I fill in and I dread to think how…
Well, here I am again and I suppose I should wish you all a Happy New Year. I know, I know, but I've not posted at all this year yet, sorry about that! I expect you're waiting for another story too but once you've read through you'll see why I haven't had time to write one lately, apologies for tha…
Hello again, long time no see. OK it's my fault I know but I have been making plans for 2010 to try to improve my self motivation, confidence and self worth. My resolutions are
Well what a week it has been. It started really well when hubby and I set forth on an expedition to climb the "peak" on the Island known as Tennyson Down. I put on my sturdiest boots and took both my hiking poles, not too sure that I would be able to manage even half of the distance. We chose a fine…
Hello again and welcome to September, where has this year gone? We have now been on the Island for 11 months and I really can't believe it.
OK, so what have I been up to over the last week, well, let me see...
I have been up and down with my mood regarding getting a job, I am rapidly thinking that…
Right, have just got home from a walk along the seafront from Shanklin to Sandown. Hooray! I actually found somewhere to park today in Hope Beach car park. Might be something to do with the brisk wind, dark clouds and overnight rain, but there weren't many people on the beach today! It seems the ven…
Well Hello! Remember me? Thought I should pop in and make some sort of effort to update this blog and bring you up to date with what me and my MS have been up to.
On the job front? Nothing at all. Still haven't heard back from the second Practice I wrote to, and I enclosed a SAE for a reply - how r…
Hooray its Friday, I love Fridays, not just because its the weekend (as regular readers know I'm not working at the moment so everyday is the same) but it means I have a respite of two nights without a beta interferon (Rebif) jab. I do these on Sun/Tues/Thurs so I love Fridays!! ;¬)
Gracious, …
Dear reader
Today started off as a fairly good day, then peaked and then rapidly went downhill. Mornings are not very exciting at the moment as my favourite morning TV show is not on now until September and due to this I find I am sleeping in until about 11 - 11.30 most days. I am not good first th…
Sal
August 18, 2014
Hallooooo! I love the background colours - so soothing for my dyslexic eyes! I love the poem too - she's very talented! I'm so glad you're doing this - I'm sure it'll help a lot of people. xxx
