My Life being Disabled 07/12/10

Yesterday evening at 18:00 I went to bed because my catheter was by-passing. That was a mistake because I had headache and although I took paracetomals I did not get to sleep until 04:15. This morning it's dry and the snow is melting but it is still cold. One of the Skills reminded me that we're going to The Alambra in Bradford tomorrow. I've got to be ready at 11:00. see http://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/event/hairspray-alhambra

My Life being Disabled 06/12/10

Yesterday teatime I had Chilli-con-Carne which I made in the Therapy kitchen. This morning I woke up when a carer came to empty my night bag at 05:15. I asked him to turn my heating on. When I went into the dining room and looked out of the window I noticed it was still freezing. I had my breakfast, Weetabix, and went to the computer room. The nurse gave me my pills but she didn't take my blood/sugar level. She's supposed to take this every Monday before I have eaten. My Santander account is still unavailable since last Monday because the fraund department are investgating why my account had £10 taken from it. If I see anybody from skills I'm going to ask if I can make some more Vindaloo.

My Life being Disabled 05/12/10

Yesterday afternoon I asked the carers to take a Chlli-con-Carne out of the freezer in the Therapy Kitchen because I want it for my lunch today. I woke up at 05:10 this morning and asked the carers to put my heating on. I buzzed for them at 08:15 to get up but they couldn't find my key. The night staff must have taken it home. They got the master key and opened my door. At breakfast I asked if my Chilli-con-Carne had been taken out from the freezer, a carer looked and she took it out.

My Life being Disabled 04/12/10

Yesterday I bought the new Bradford Bulls away shirt. My brother and his wife, Karen, came in the afternoon from High Wycombe. They said the snow in High Wycombe was only 1 inch but their travelling was easy because there wasn't much traffic. They are going to Leeds because they have an apartment in the City centre. This morning the snow is melting though it looks quite cold.

My Life being Disabled 03/12/10

Yesterday afternoon my brother phoned, who lives near London, to ask what the weather was like. He's going to come up tomorrow to see me. I told him we had about 12" of snow and as far as I could tell our village was cut off. He said he'll phone today before he sets off. I began reading the second book of Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy "The Girl who played with Fire".
This morning it was very cold and when I watched the television it said overnight temperatures dropped to -20'C in some places. When I got up I had my haircut, I have cut every Friday and my carers cut it, we agreed this in my Care Plan. When I looked out of the dining room window it was sunny but the icicles were about 1 metre long.

My Life being Disabled 02/12/10

Yesterday afternoon I was supposed to have a Review Meeting with NHS but their representative didn't turn up. I finished my book 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson. This mornin when I got up it was snowing again and many of the nurses and carers had stayed over night. I finished changing my passwords on my computer.

My Life being Disabled 01/12/10

Yesterday I checked my bank account with Santander but it was not available. This morning I woke up at 02:30 because I was too warm. I asked my carer if my heating was on and he said it was so I asked to turn it off. I woke up again at 05:30 because I was too cold and I asked my carer to turn my heating on. I called my carer at 08:15 to get up but she told me because of all the snow there were only 3 carers at work so it might be a while. I got up at 08:35 and went for my breakfast at 09:30. When I looked out of the window there was, at least, 1 foot of snow. I went to the computer room to change my passwords. I checked my Santander account and it was still unavailable.