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Sunday, 2 September 2012
Monday, 23 July 2012
Late nights and a twisted mind
Wow, Sunday night was not meant to go this way.
Gemma was made Godmother to her cousins little girl on Sunday. A fantastic honour and she is a really cute baby. So afterwards we went to the party and I decided not to drink much as my kidneys were doing a good amount of grumbling lately. Plus my mind want in the best of places anyhow.
A few hours, 2 instances of me being thrown up on by the newly christened baby girl and quite a few pints of Carling later, it was decided that we would venture into the Workington night to carry on drinking. Gemma half walked with, half carried her cousin, while I helped her friend while her husband walked ahead! After making to the next pub with only a little bit of skin missing from her knees, I handed the friend back to a chair then hit the bar for a bottle of Budweiser.
A couple of our neighbours were having a quiet drink near the bar and then while I was getting my drink, and older gent struck up conversation with me.
"Do you know much about computers?"
"A little " I replied.
He then continued to tell me about a plant that was hard to grow but he had found a way and wanted someone to help.
Thinking he was with neighbours, I politely carried on talking until Gemma came back and helped me to end the conversation. I got his number and told him I would call and awe if I could help him. Then I said "I'll let you get back to your friends" and gestured to the table behind. He told me he didn't know them and was over the other side of the pub!
Oh well.
Then onto the next bar. Again I carried the drunken falling woman to the next place as Gemma did the same for her cousin.
We got to the next place where Gemma got a great photo of her cousin on the floor (she also thought she was getting bought vodka and coke, only it was straight coke lol)
They managed to stay upright for a bit of a dance where as I stood with some friends chatting and testing drinks that should be banned!
It got to a point where it was time for Gemma and me to head home to a nice comfy bed.
We walked the 5 minutes home and as we got half way down our street, I realised my keys were in my suit jacket pocket. My jacket had been sent with Gemma's parents so it didn't get damaged.
Ooh Bugger
Thank God Gemma's mother it's such a nice woman!
So after a few minutes of me doing my best to shelter Gemma from the rain in our doorway, Elsie turned up with our keys.
I felt so stupid but greeted her with "thank you Elsie. I love you"to which she replied"piss off" lol. It want meant maliciously, but just had enough meaning to let me know I'm not ranking high on the intelligence scale at that moment in time.
So into the house we rolled, both laughing and discussing how much of a prized numpty I am.
I even got a really good disapproving look from our little fluffy terrorist Fudge bunny and even off Buddy the hamster! They forgave me after I fed them though lol.
The following morning was spent by me sleeping off the remnants of the nights exploits on the couch while Gemma went to check her cousin was ok and help her retrieve the kids from her mothers. I must point out Gemma didn't drink much at all so was more than safe to drive at this point.
The day rounded up nicely with a lovely dinner at Gemma's parents followed by my bro in law Craig coming in with a large amount of Krispy cream doughnuts!
Nice
I'm just hoping now that my kidneys, bipolar or depression doesn't get affected from the over intake of alcohol that I had.
Sorry to end on a low note, but the title of this blog did mention a twisted mind!
My body still aches though.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
New & shiny!
Just a short blog this time. Trying out the blogger app for my new phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and it really is like having a computer in your hand!
I can do just about anything I need to do on the laptop and it has a touch keyboard that is in the usual qwerty setup.
But it has a function called Swype that makes typing a lot quicker!
Anyhoo, like I said, just a quick visit. Will be back with a full blog soon. Hopefully will have some news soon that could change a lot for me!
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Insomnia vs Pain
So here I am at 04.45 on a Sunday morning, have not slept since getting up at 0730 on Saturday and this SUCKS!
Thing is, I dont know if it is insomnia or pain keeping me awake! I have both right now and hating it.
Anyhoo, I was at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle (NE England for those who dont know) for my 3 monthly appointment with my nephrologist. Also, I had an ultrasound scan to be sent to my urologist. They could only find 3 stones in among the scarred mess that is my kidneys! In January, the CT scan found 8! So I think it will be up to the surgeon to see who is right.
I have been placed back on a med called Captopril again to see how it works. He also said to cut out as much red meat as possible. Not easy when you enjoy your bacon as much as me.
But hey,life goes on. And before anyone asks, no I am not a vegetarian now. I just have to minimise the amount I consume....
Argh. So pissed off with not being able to sleep. I want to be able to get a good 8 hours at night. Especially when Gemme is not at work the next day!
Going to sign off and try for some shut eye.
Oh. Forgot to say. Please ignore any typos as I am using Gemma's new Galaxy S2 to write this.
Wish me luck. I'm going under the duvet and dont plan on coming back out until spring. Or when I'm hungry. Whichever comes first!
Goodnight all.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
A bit of this and a bit of that
So, here we are, summer feels like it is finally hitting the shores of good old Blighty.
It is lovely weather here now. Enough sun that I have a patch of sunburn on my shoulder from about an hour in the garden helping my brother in law with the fence from hell!
The fence wouldnt take the stain that was bought for it. Thats all. Quite a lot of nothing really!
My mood is a bit all over the place lately. I dont know if it's the Bi-polar II or if it's the increase in my pregabalin. I've gone up by an extra 50mg bd and this might just be enough to make my mood go a bit squiggly!
Have you noticed I'm ending a lot of paragraphs with an exclamation mark? Even this one!
Just a little randomness thrown in there.
Took my bunny Fudge to the big garden on Sunday. The garden belongs to my parents-in-law and is fantastic for Fudgey to run around and play in. But it seems the weather was a bit too warm on Sunday too. She spent most the time behind one of two bushes in the shade. When I picked her up, her belly was really cold. So I think I'll have to try that next time it gets warm. Go behind a bush, dig the top two inches of soil up, flatten a spot and go to sleep there.
Oh, new web site I'm having a good laugh at just now. It's called Text From Dog, and is the fictional (like this would be real) texts that a man gets from his jowelly dog, who has an alter ego, Batdog!!
There is a lot to go through, so put aside a good hour if you want to read all the entries on here
http://textfromdog.tumblr.com/
Kinda makes me wanna do a text blog - Texts From A Bunny. Hmmmmm
An advert just came on TV that makes me cringe everytime I see it. It is for a dating website called uniform dating. FFS.
You can imagine the amount of nutjobs that will go on there looking for a cop to befriend then arrange a meet and attack them. Or someone who has an unhealthy obsession with blue flashing lights and sirens (I have a story about someone who did actually suffer from this, see below). It could be dangerous. Plus I'll bet there are so many bogus entries on there too. God knows how the site has the money to run TV adverts all the time and it's been advertising for years.
Anyway, back to the story I promised above.
Please note that I am not pointing the finger at anyone for anything here. I am only writing what I observed.
A guy that went into the pub I used to frequent with my brothers had a thing for anything with blue flashing lights, sirens and even worse, fires.
The place where this pub is, is just a small group of houses that used to lay on the main west coast road between England into Scotland before a dual carriageway was built just a few metres west. This left a little piece of road that Todhills sat on. There must have been about 20 houses if that, and the little pub, The Highland Laddie.
There was quite a high rate of random fires around Todhills, and it was suspectd to be someone who lived there. Namely this guy that went into the pub. Only there was no proof so nothing could be done.
One night, someone came in to the pub to say there was two fire engines and some police cars on the other side of the main road. As people walked outside to see, the guy in question was already crossing the road to ''intervene'' once again.
It is most likely that he never felt a thing when the first car hit him. I'm not sure how many did hit him that night, but it is safe to say he never suffered.
What makes it more tragic, is the fact his mother was paralised after being hit by a car on the same piece of road.
I only pray that him, along with his now deceased parents, Rest In Peace.
Well, that was a bit of a downer story wasnt it.
Back to something a little more cheerfull I think.
I have finally got more than two photos of our little hamster, Buddy. He moves so quick that it is very hard to get something more than a blur! So hopefully this link will let you see the album of photos with him in. Only I have no idea how a picture of Fudge lazing around got in there too! Will have to delete it sometime https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.337573422978929.73448.100001788214371&type=3
The account it is on belongs to Fudge actually! The account started as a way for Gemma to get more stuff for Farmvilleland or whatever it is she plays. Within a week, there had been about 200 friend requests for fudge from other people who have pet accounts. So now she has about 750 friends and it is a fantastic way to get advice, health tips, food do's and donts, what diseases are spreading where etc.
Plus when I ''talk'' to the others on there, it is one hell of a great escape from reality.
I have made some great friends via Fudge's profile now. A lot of them have been added to my own profile so we can chat as 'humans' lol.
It may seem odd to a lot of you, but this has been great therapy for me. A great way to escape the reality of my illness. I have also found out so much stuff about keeping rabbits from them all too.
I'm not afraid to say that I am a part time facebook bunny! Although a lot of people that read this will already know this.
Here's some photo's from a lake about 35 miles from where I live - Ullswater https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150845294474092.413949.717739091&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.10150845294474092.413949.717739091&type=3
And here's some from Wastwater near me also - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150833529469092.412835.717739091&type=3
This is where my dads ashes are scattered. Ii took these on the day of the 8th anniversary of his passing away.
Time to wrap this up. My stomach is rumbling and I only came on here as a break from filling out a form!
Stay well everyone. I hope you all are pain free, ailment free and feel good.
B'bye
It is lovely weather here now. Enough sun that I have a patch of sunburn on my shoulder from about an hour in the garden helping my brother in law with the fence from hell!
The fence wouldnt take the stain that was bought for it. Thats all. Quite a lot of nothing really!
My mood is a bit all over the place lately. I dont know if it's the Bi-polar II or if it's the increase in my pregabalin. I've gone up by an extra 50mg bd and this might just be enough to make my mood go a bit squiggly!
Have you noticed I'm ending a lot of paragraphs with an exclamation mark? Even this one!
Just a little randomness thrown in there.
Took my bunny Fudge to the big garden on Sunday. The garden belongs to my parents-in-law and is fantastic for Fudgey to run around and play in. But it seems the weather was a bit too warm on Sunday too. She spent most the time behind one of two bushes in the shade. When I picked her up, her belly was really cold. So I think I'll have to try that next time it gets warm. Go behind a bush, dig the top two inches of soil up, flatten a spot and go to sleep there.
Oh, new web site I'm having a good laugh at just now. It's called Text From Dog, and is the fictional (like this would be real) texts that a man gets from his jowelly dog, who has an alter ego, Batdog!!
There is a lot to go through, so put aside a good hour if you want to read all the entries on here
http://textfromdog.tumblr.com/
Kinda makes me wanna do a text blog - Texts From A Bunny. Hmmmmm
An advert just came on TV that makes me cringe everytime I see it. It is for a dating website called uniform dating. FFS.
You can imagine the amount of nutjobs that will go on there looking for a cop to befriend then arrange a meet and attack them. Or someone who has an unhealthy obsession with blue flashing lights and sirens (I have a story about someone who did actually suffer from this, see below). It could be dangerous. Plus I'll bet there are so many bogus entries on there too. God knows how the site has the money to run TV adverts all the time and it's been advertising for years.
Anyway, back to the story I promised above.
Please note that I am not pointing the finger at anyone for anything here. I am only writing what I observed.
A guy that went into the pub I used to frequent with my brothers had a thing for anything with blue flashing lights, sirens and even worse, fires.
The place where this pub is, is just a small group of houses that used to lay on the main west coast road between England into Scotland before a dual carriageway was built just a few metres west. This left a little piece of road that Todhills sat on. There must have been about 20 houses if that, and the little pub, The Highland Laddie.
There was quite a high rate of random fires around Todhills, and it was suspectd to be someone who lived there. Namely this guy that went into the pub. Only there was no proof so nothing could be done.
One night, someone came in to the pub to say there was two fire engines and some police cars on the other side of the main road. As people walked outside to see, the guy in question was already crossing the road to ''intervene'' once again.
It is most likely that he never felt a thing when the first car hit him. I'm not sure how many did hit him that night, but it is safe to say he never suffered.
What makes it more tragic, is the fact his mother was paralised after being hit by a car on the same piece of road.
I only pray that him, along with his now deceased parents, Rest In Peace.
Well, that was a bit of a downer story wasnt it.
Back to something a little more cheerfull I think.
I have finally got more than two photos of our little hamster, Buddy. He moves so quick that it is very hard to get something more than a blur! So hopefully this link will let you see the album of photos with him in. Only I have no idea how a picture of Fudge lazing around got in there too! Will have to delete it sometime https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.337573422978929.73448.100001788214371&type=3
The account it is on belongs to Fudge actually! The account started as a way for Gemma to get more stuff for Farmvilleland or whatever it is she plays. Within a week, there had been about 200 friend requests for fudge from other people who have pet accounts. So now she has about 750 friends and it is a fantastic way to get advice, health tips, food do's and donts, what diseases are spreading where etc.
Plus when I ''talk'' to the others on there, it is one hell of a great escape from reality.
I have made some great friends via Fudge's profile now. A lot of them have been added to my own profile so we can chat as 'humans' lol.
It may seem odd to a lot of you, but this has been great therapy for me. A great way to escape the reality of my illness. I have also found out so much stuff about keeping rabbits from them all too.
I'm not afraid to say that I am a part time facebook bunny! Although a lot of people that read this will already know this.
Here's some photo's from a lake about 35 miles from where I live - Ullswater https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150845294474092.413949.717739091&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.10150845294474092.413949.717739091&type=3
And here's some from Wastwater near me also - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150833529469092.412835.717739091&type=3
This is where my dads ashes are scattered. Ii took these on the day of the 8th anniversary of his passing away.
Time to wrap this up. My stomach is rumbling and I only came on here as a break from filling out a form!
Stay well everyone. I hope you all are pain free, ailment free and feel good.
B'bye
Saturday, 12 May 2012
ADVERTS!
Forgot to tell you all. I have been accepted to Google Adsense. That means I can make money for people clicking on the adverts via my post.
Not that I'm asking you all to do so.
But.................
Not that I'm asking you all to do so.
But.................
Damn it Norman
Woke up this morning feeling, well, quite good as far as it goes for me. Reduced pain, feeling OK, and generally alright. Then, about half an hour after Gemma went off to work, I get hit with what felt like a full on nuclear war going on inside my kidney!
''This sucks'' I thought to myself. So I tried watching some TV to take my mind off the pain. Nope, that didn't work. So I tried doing some housework. That lasted nearly two minutes before I felt so crappy IO thought I was going to pass out!
So off I trudge in search of that little black bag that I keep my ''emergency drugs'' in - oramorph, and some other not as potent but just as important meds that I use for the intense pain.
Now I have not needed the strong meds for about 3 weeks now, which is good going for me, so when I took them, I had to be careful as they normally hit me harder than usual. And wow, did they work well. It still hurts, but I just don't seem to care as much! However, if the pain gets much worse, I will have to think about making a journey 10 miles south to my local A&E (UK name for an ER) at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven.
Odd thing. I cant stand bright lights when I'm in pain, and it is such a beautiful day outside too.
Kuffing Fidneys.
(my typo's have been removed thanks to spell check. I struggled to figure out what some words meant as I ran it!)
''This sucks'' I thought to myself. So I tried watching some TV to take my mind off the pain. Nope, that didn't work. So I tried doing some housework. That lasted nearly two minutes before I felt so crappy IO thought I was going to pass out!
So off I trudge in search of that little black bag that I keep my ''emergency drugs'' in - oramorph, and some other not as potent but just as important meds that I use for the intense pain.
Now I have not needed the strong meds for about 3 weeks now, which is good going for me, so when I took them, I had to be careful as they normally hit me harder than usual. And wow, did they work well. It still hurts, but I just don't seem to care as much! However, if the pain gets much worse, I will have to think about making a journey 10 miles south to my local A&E (UK name for an ER) at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven.
Odd thing. I cant stand bright lights when I'm in pain, and it is such a beautiful day outside too.
Kuffing Fidneys.
(my typo's have been removed thanks to spell check. I struggled to figure out what some words meant as I ran it!)
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