swilkinson

Just about to go into autumn here. I will be glad to see the end of summer, I haven't enjoyed summer this year, far too hot and humid and with the heavy waist to toe elastic stockings it's been soooo hard to combat the heat. I am glad the cooler weather is on its way but will miss daylight saving. I've enjoyed sitting on the verandah watching the light fade away in the evening in the last few weeks and the sudden silence when traffic dies down and the local commuters are all home at last. Peaceful. The social activities have accelerated in the past couple of months, it is in February that meetings and meet ups get more urgent. I've caught up with older friends for lunch including one of my sister-in-laws and a couple of school friends. Unfortunately with ones I haven't seen for a while I have noticed the ageing since I saw them last and they probably noticed the same in me. I've almost lost the five kilos the physio asked me to lose so I am thinner in the face, not a good look as you age. Went to a High Tea at one of our bigger resort hotels last Saturday with the Stroke group WAGS. It was a lovely time of fellowship and a good time was had by most but I managed to eat something that didn't fit in with my allergy list and suffered for it. It is my fault, if I think it's possibly not something I could eat and get away with I should NOT eat it. My bad. Even at my age I yearn to be able to eat all those luscious, gooey, sugary desserts but one little tiny, delicious, caramelly sliver of slice can just be the tipping point. It was supposed to be dairy free but I doubt it. It was nice to get together with my Stroke Survivor friends and their caregivers. A couple of the widowed men bring a paid carer along to help them with toileting etc and they have become part of the group. I still go as often as I can to the monthly meetings as these people are a big part of my friendship group as are the people on here. I move forward but where possible I hang on to the friends I made during my time caring for Ray. They are precious to me. I am planning a couple of short trips before winter closes in on me. One will be just an overnight in Sydney. Probably in the hotel I was in on the way to Canberra as that is quite pleasant and close to Central Station. I don't want to have to drag that suitcase too far. I can stay away a night or two, no pets and in winter the garden doesn't need watering as often. It is time I visited the city and browsed around the shops or looked at an Art Gallery or two. Can't become too much of a country bumpkin can I? If you are reading this and haven't updated your blog for a while it would be good if you could do do. Otherwise I am a Blog Moderator with no blogs to moderate.

Hey George a blog from you would be great. Did Lesley get to New Zealand with her Mum's ashes?

Sea change

Here on and off myself, depends on how busy the day gets. Hopefully more of our friends will find the site, remember their password and log back in again.

My daughter Shirley, her husband Craig and their daughter Naomi are now living in Kalgoorlie, Shirley and Craig are the officers in charge of the Salvation Army there for three years. Hope to get over there to see them soon.

Master Mariner

Apparently there is a study going in one of the Universities of people who haven't had Covid to see if they have built in immunity factors. Don't know which Uni. There needs more studies done to get a reliable vaccine. For me it's so far so good.

Chess master

Swept away

The blogs are back and it's time for the regulars to do a catch up blog and for those who have never blogged before to start a blog. When new comers join us here at Strokenet they will need to see who we are, how we are and what we are doing with our lives.

Brandi if you see this come back on and we'll see how we can help you feel supported. Strokenet was off the air for a while but now we are back. Sue ( widow of a stroke survivor)

Email all your friends who were previously on the site and welcome any newcomers you notice on the site. We need to built numbers to get that support flowing again.

We've been waiting so long for this. Great to see you here again. Sue.

Hi Deigh, I found out the Blogs were fixed through ASHA. I hope the people I know on here post again soon. I have missed everyone so much. Hope you are well and happy. Sue.

Great to be back. Long may it last! Sue.

As Blog Moderator looks like I've finally got my job back! Sue.

ASHA, great to know that we have a way of communicating again. I have really missed the blogs. Good to hear your Mum is improving. It's been a tough few years.

Weekend away.

Don't know when the forums will be fixed but the blogs are back on now. I've written an update on mine. Sue.

When I wrote this the blogs were not working. I am surprised the title posted although the content did not. I stand by this saying though. It is keeping on keeping on that gets us to our destination. That has always applied to my life. A lot has happened since I last blogged, some good and some bad. I did have a great Christmas, I saw all six of my grandchildren in December, the sad news was that I only saw Naomi at her other grandmother's funeral. That was on the 15th December. My daughter and family moved to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in November. That is a four hour plane ride from here. They came back for the funeral. I had Christopher, their son, up from Melbourne to go to his graduation in Newcastle University with a degree in Biomedical Science. He stayed with me for two weeks. He has already completed one year of his Master's in Biomedical Technology in Melbourne. My three Adelaide grandchildren were also on the coast so they and their mother were also with me for Christmas Day, so lovely to have four grandchildren around the table. Trevor and Alice came down from Broken Hill in the beginning of January for two weeks. Alice is ten now and is nearly as tall as me. We had lots of fun doing jigsaw puzzles together and some special times out and about. We also had meet ups with the Adelaide grandkids and it was great to see them playing their computer games together. I love seeing that. I am so blessed. That enough for a catch up. Hugs to all. Sue.

Heather. I am running an old version of Strokenet and do not have an envelope so no access to my messages so that may apply to Deigh too. Finding Alan D on the members list and using his email might work as long as the email address is correct.

I am not sure that communication system still exists. I've looked at your profile and all I could do was send you a message on your listed email address. Some of the features we used in the past no longer seem accessible, maybe because that platform no longer functions. That is a common problem with older sites run by volunteers. Steve Mallory was a computer expert which most of us on here aren't. We are lucky this is still running thanks to Missy.

Paul I know it is probably a typo but I love the word "dreadmill". I tried it once and that is a really appropriate name for that piece of equipment.

Paul, exercise of any kind is a great idea. Gardening helps me sleep as does inside exercise which I can do using the Wii. I read before settling down to sleep but admit to starting that process much later when it is a book with plenty of intrigue. Oops, midnight again.

Wow Kelli, I can relate to the eating salads with all my allergies, and some of your other problems. I remember going to work with sinus headaches because there was school holidays and we were short staffed. But I didn't have the post stroke side effects as you do. Hope you feel better soon and can feel comfortable with life again.