Well, I’ve been at home for three weeks and I haven’t fallen yet. Mind you, I nearly did yesterday – standing near the table, lost my balance and staggered backwards. Luckily my arm chair was behind me and I managed to land with my btm just on the chair. But the chair has small wheels, much to the disapproval of my carers. I feel the need to move around, but I can see the danger. Looks like I’ll have to consider a change.

I have to say that my living arrangements are working out wonderfully. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but I have two live-in carers who are doing a great job. Plus my small ad on the Nextdoor website was noticed by Velora Care and wow! I’ve put myself in their care and it’s working out fantastically. I’m getting a carer for two hours four days a week, plus nursing for my foot ulcer every day, including Sundays. I couldn’t be happier and I highly recommend them.

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However, I’m struggling. I’m so weak I can hardly support myself. If I didn’t have my carers, I’d be stuffed. My GP says I should be in full time nursing care, meaning, in a nursing home. I may have to consider that. But to do that would mean selling this house, to pay the entry fee. I don’t wanna lose the best house I’ve ever lived in.

So I don’t know what else to do, except carry on with the current arrangements. It’s working well.

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Gee, I miss driving. I didn’t renew my driver’s licence last November, and sold the Peugeot earlier this year. I still have the Honda, but it’s semi permanently at friends’ place. So I can’t drive any more and I miss it like hell. I can be a passenger, but it’s not the same. Can’t be helped.

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I continue to accumulate model railway items even though the prospect of actually building a layout is getting dimmer and dimmer. I’ve got all the bits I need except for the base boards. And the space to put it together, of course. Of course, I’m forgetting my garage, which doesn’t contain cars any more! Oh well.