The hearing aid is picking up sounds but I can`t really say whether or not I`ve heard them before. The speech I had problems with doesn`t seem to be any clearer. However it`s early days and the fact I think I`m hearing more sounds may be positive.
Changing topic, I was expecting a friend and her husband to stay for a few days for Dickens week.
They were booked to stay in the guest apartment of a Ramsgate branch of their own assisted living accommodation in Leicester. One of the residents in Ramsgate has become seriously ill so the apartment has to be made available to their relatives. It was a proviso of the booking.
My friend is deeply disappointed. Her husband , who is very negative, is pleased because he was worried there would be problems with the trains and they would miss their connection.
We are a bit concerned about my friend`s husband. He has changed recently, doesn`t really want to go out, doesn`t want my friend to go out alone, is easily confused, is forgetful and anxious, anticipates hazards etc. etc. We are not sure if he is just ageing, he is 80 , or showing signs of dementia. My friend has been though all the stages of Dhiren`s dementia with me so is well aware. She has discussed her husband with the GP but so far it seems to be keep a diary and wait and see.
I could have put them up here but my friend`s husband wouldn`t have coped so the trip was cancelled and hopefully my friend will come by herself one day.
In a way I`m relieved. It is too hot to go out and cooking for them and entertaining them at home would have been hard work. I`m so hot indoors, never mind out of doors, and wandering around the Festival would have been exhausting.
I`ve frozen the cheesecake I made and the meat I had for dinner tonight is in the slow cooker which is proving to be worth it`s weight in gold. My kitchen is hot enough without having the oven on.
Now I have to resist all the other goodies I`ve bought and instead eat up the mountain of fresh fruit and vegetables I`ve stocked up with. I usually buy my fruit in twos and threes and half a cabbage, a couple of carrots, the smallest broccoli head and collect.
Does anyone fancy coming for dinner?
