The Diary of Real Britain

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  At the encouragement of a relative who works in healthcare I ask my doctor if I can have a fit note due to my grief. 15 Minutes later a fit note is issued and the doctor rings to ask how mentally I am doing. Gym has been cancelled until further notice to let me be near my wife. In the evening I go to be with her.  Tuesday. I take my fit note into lion yard for my employer...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Is a straight forward day. Morning I do bills. Then lunch and then to the gym. Then home and then after that I go and see my wife. I then head home after my visit.  Tuesday.  Another boring day. Its raining and cold. Everything is clean and so finish the day on time and then go and see my wife.  Wednesday.  Its still wet and windy and everything remains clean. Tonight I go...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. After my unexpected visit to see my wife I find it hard to anything this morning. So I just contemplate on what is happening to both of us. All of a sudden its lunch and its off to the gym for the afternoon session. Then it back home for a short while and then its off to Addenbrookes to see my wife.  Tuesday. Its half term this week but i doubt its going to be busy as its...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Another morning filled with tears as I find myself at home alone. I still do nothing as I am still stunned from what palliative care has said. Lunchtime comes and I make something to eat and then go to the gym. I hope that the afternoon gym session will make me feel better. But then my PT asks about my wife and I burst into tears. I then after the session go home.  Tuesday...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. With my wife back in Hospital everything goes back to normal. I update my Podcast in the morning then have lunch and then in the afternoon go to the gym and the after the hour go home and have some rest. And then go up to the hospital to see my wife and then home. Tuesday. This morning before work I email the Parish Clerk and give apologies for my absence. Then at work eve...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  I woke up and made an another appointment for my wife. This time we saw a GP. We go home and do not have time to play chess. In the afternoon I go to the afternoon session in the gym. Then home to assist my wife.  Tuesday.  Off to work again But the tourist industry is getting busy but they are mostly chinese. I finish the day on time and go home.  Wednesday.  I getup and...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. This morning I make an appointment for my to see the GP but instead we see the practice Nurse. Its a Diabetic foot infection with great relief. WE get home and we play some chess then its lunch. I then go for the afternoon session at the gym. Then home cook my wifes dinner and then have mine. Tuesday. I attend a meeting with my my boss and the City Council. The work at Mar...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  Morning is the usual spending time on the laptop and then playing chess with the wife. And then in the afternoon I go off for the usual gym session. In the evening I have concerns as I help my wife into bed. Her foot is very swollen and red. Is this a problem from years ago ?  Tuesday.  Back to work! Everything is clean and I start having a Cappuccino. Then I go home and...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  It's Back to the normal as Christmas is over. In the morning I start writing the next six episodes of my Podcast. Then it's lunch. My wife asks me at what time will I be back from the gym ? And I reply just after 5 and she is happy. I get home and as she is more reliant on me I cook her dinner. And then I cook mine and then to bed. Tuesday.  It's back to wo...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  My wife wanted to visit my mum so last week I made arrangements to make this visit happen. After my Carers leave we head off to Bar Hill where she lives. We have a good day but the day comes to an end and we head off to home. We had dinner and then to bed.  Tuesday.  Today was a quiet day except I go and try another gym. I return and then spend the rest of the day with th...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Today is the traditional Monday. even though it's getting near Christmas. The morning Starts with watching Youtube and then lunch. Then in the afternoon it's the last gym session before Christmas. Then after the hour it's back home. Then in the evening it's more Youtube and then to bed.  Tuesday.  It's a very quiet day as my wife has been in hospit...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  Tomorrow begins Christmas annual for three weeks. But today is another usual day. The morning begins on the laptop and then in the afternoon its off to the gym. After the hr its home then I go and see my wife for 90 minutes and then back home have dinner and then to bed.  Tuesday.  I update my Diary and then head out for lunch. I have arranged to meet Ryan for lunch ( @Ca...

Send us Fan Mail SMonday. Its an ordinary Monday morning. I start writing my next entries to the diary. Then in the afternoon its off to the afternoon session at the gym and then home for a bit of a rest and then in the evening its parish council.  Tuesday. Its back to work and again its raining. Then in the evening its off to see my wife at brookfields and I know she is nearing discharge as she i...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. I am much happier. My wife is only twenty minutes away drive away. I do the usual thing and I start on my next six episodes of my podcast. Then in the afternoon I go to the gym. Then I go home and then head for brookfields and I sit in the car park. Its 90 minutes with my wife and then I kiss her and then go home.  Tuesday. I head for work and the weather is atrocious. Rai...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. I get a phone call from oncology to ask if I could make my way to my wifes bedside today. I make my way there by 11,30. We wait until 1pm when oncology appear. Then its a further ten minutes when they actually have a meeting with us. Its good new as my wife does not have to have chemo. And she may live cancer free for the next three years and possibly another 5. I go away...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Again another plain monday morning although I can't contain my joy at the possibility of mt wife being discharged from hospital. I do the usual things including my afternoon gym visit. Then I get home for a short rest and then I head for the hospital to visit my wife. Tuesday. I go to work as usual. During the morning I get a phonecall from my wife that she is being d...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. A normal monday as I spend the morning on my laptop and then in the afternoon go to the gym. Then after a short rest at home its off to the hospital to see the wife. Tuesday. I have some good news at last! My mum is going to be discharged from hospital BUT! she will have carers with her. But she is happy that she is going home. Wednesday. Its a quiet day which is unusual b...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. We have a whatsapp Conversation about the hospital food and how awful it is. We come up with a plan to meetup with my wife and mum and let my wife have some proper food. Then its lunchtime and in the afternoon its the gym. Tonight its full Parish Council. Tuesday. Its dull wet and windy and very little about. Its the usual works routine and then after work I head to addenb...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  Another Monday without my wife I am also feeling frustrated with the lack of Communication between myself and the ward she is on. They will tell her things but when she tells me its never clear when she tells me. In the morning I deal with my Podcast and then have lunch. Then in the afternoon its off to the gym and then after the hr its a rest and then to the hospital to...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. I am very anxious about my wife being disharged from hospital with her carers in place and getting upset about the hospital trying to discharge her without informing me. I don't do anything at all in the morning and the afternoon gym session I let off steam. I go charging upto the hospital only to find.. Tuesday. As there is no one around the buildings are clean and t...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. The morning is a strange one as I have to wait for a engineer from our Energy Company to change and upgrade the smart meter. It is 11,30am when there is a knock at the door. A pleasant surprise its a women engineer! She takes 1 hr and 45 mins and then she leaves and I get on with my day. Tuesday. Its back to work and I clean the building and then head for market square to...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Its back to normal. On the laptop in the morning and in the afternoon in the gym. and then I go and see my wife but I get a shock. The bed is empty and an old lady is sitting in the chair. This certainly isn't my wife. I ask a nurse were she is and the nurse replys the Royal Papworth Hospital.  Tuesday. Back to work! and everything is quiet. No more tourists! My boss...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. I must have misheard the conversation as I have a whatsapp channel. My mum's hip op is scheduled for this coming Friday. My wife is still in recovery and I am allowed to visit her and so I do. She has some shocking news for me. She has had a heart attack! Tuesday. Back to work! The tourist season is now dead. So the buildings remain clean throughout the day. I catchup...

Send us Fan Mail Monday. Last Fridays gym session was the last until my wife has her operation which takes place on Friday. I hold her hand all day except at lunchtime when we went out to lunch.  Tuesday.  The morning is the same as yesterday. But at lunchtime I get a phonecall from my mum saying that her hip operation is on Friday as well. The rest of the day is spent holding my wife's hand...

Send us Fan Mail Monday.  Last friday evenings gym session was the last until after my wife's operation. All day I hold my wife's hand to remind her that I am there for her. At lunchtime we go out for lunch. We go to a garden centre and have lunch in their newly refurbished posh restaruant and then home.  Tuesday.  The morning is just the same as yesterday. But I receive a phone call fro...