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Today I awoke early and felt refreshed and well. All the stress and strain of yesterday had gone and today was a new dawn. I had a friend coming to visit first thing and an appointment at the GP surgery for a blood test to check my thyroid a little later. Whilst at the surgery I asked the nurse if she could do my flu jab to save me coming back on Saturday and she did.

Mandy came very early afternoon and we just chilled in the sun room listening to a sonic healing CD and chatting, ...

Today mum got thrown out of Debenhams by security. They followed her round the shop and told her that the coats were very expensive as if she was going to shoplift one. She knew exactly which one she was going to buy and had the money on her, but was not allowed to buy it ......... What on earth could have happened??? She was very bemused by the whole episode and I have to say so am I and I shall be visiting said department store to investigate on Saturday and maybe a little education on Dementia ...

Right now I feel very stressed. It has just come on. I realise I can only do so much in a day - unlike before. So I am going to do this blog early and sit with my feet up and just relax.

I had to get up very early this morning to head off to Nottingham in order to miss the traffic. I headed for the house that is selling and sorted out the documents I need for the conveyancing solicitor.

I then went to the hospital. A complete waste of time but fortunately I knew ...

Today has been another day in which it is hard to believe that I have any kind of illness. I do have swollen legs but loads of people have them. I seem to look well and I feel well. I didn't even have any hand cramp today. I experienced no sign of the illness apart from the leg swelling and even then it has been much worse in the past.

I had a very relaxed day. My brother and sister-in-law sent me a sonic healing CD. It came quite out of the blue because they'd not mentioned ...

My husband is an alcoholic with Alzheimer's. You will understand that it was not easy to determine the point at which Alzheimer's kicked in and overtook the inevitable memory loss and irrationality that comes with long-term alcohol abuse. But there was a point, about five years ago, when it became evident to all who knew him that something else was afoot. Living our retirement dream in France as we do, it was not difficult to get a diagnosis and treatment. He has been taking Aricept for three ...