I do everything I possibly can… and still screw it up

With money being so short at the moment the expression “having to watch the pennies” takes on a new meaning.

Trying to keep track of the finances when you’ve suffered a mild TBI and have so little coming in is particularly difficult.

The association of porridge

Seaweed lettuce and egg porridge

Yes, strange title for a blog post.
It’s almost a year since I last posted on here, but such is life.
I was only thinking this morning that it’s about time I started putting my thoughts and experiences down in writing again and then, lo and behold, the perfect opportunity (reason) presents itself.
Things have been somewhat difficult lately so a quick summary of the past 12 months may be appropriate to help set the scene.

Three years, ten months, three days…

That’s how long it’s taken since the accident to finally see those words in writing… 3 long years, 10 long months, 3 long days.

Not just in writing either… in bold letters !

In a medical report commissioned by my solicitor and produced by
“Dr ##########, MBChB, MPhil, MD, FRCPsych
Consultant/Part Time Senior Lecturer in Neuropsychiatry & Psychological Medicine”

…on balance of probability it is more likely that a mild traumatic brain injury occurred.

Hallelujah !!! Those four words at last.

Sweetie – the marathon running hamster

Sweetie, the Marathon Running Hamster, has helped to raise over £5,000 for Fife Headway. Find out how by visiting her blog !

Sometimes it all gets too much

Well it’s been a while since I posted on here, but I just need to get this recorded and off my chest.

Last weekend I lent some friends of mine (S & A) £20 as they were running short just coming up to his pay day. It was a struggle for me to do it because things are very tight for me too just now, but as A promised faithfully that I would get it back by the middle of the week (Tuesday was S’s pay day), I agreed.

Should a pre-existing condition be considered a reducing factor when assessing the amount of compensation due in a personal injury claim ?

There has been something of a problem lurking around in the background regarding the legal case against the woman who ran me over.

How relevant is any pre-existing condition that the injured party may have ?

We are talking about brain injuries here, concussions, and the way that the psyche of the injured party may influence their recovery.

Some good news, lots of bad news

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, and I was going to try to put something up this weekend anyway, but having opened the mail when I got home … well, now I need to talk.

My solicitor had phoned me the other day to say that he wanted to arrange a video conference with myself and my appointed Advocate in the court case against the woman who ran me over.  He suggested a date and time for next Tuesday afternoon, to which I agreed because (as far as I could remember) the only appointment I had next week was with the osteopath on Wednesday.  I subsequently realised that next Tuesday morning is my long-awaited dental appointment at the hospital (I consider 11 months to be a long wait) when I will be having at least two teeth removed.

During our telephone conversation he had also mentioned that he had received the OK to arrange a report on my condition from an expert.

Physician heal thyself

You just can’t tell, can you ?

I’ve been suffering with my back quite badly off and on for the past four years with a fairly regular need to visit the osteopath.

When I first moved up here to Scotland three years ago I went to see the local osteopath in xxxxxxxxx to get some loosening-up done and had a few sessions on a regular basis.

Listen Gloria… I can’t cope with Facebook !

For reasons which will become clear further down I HATE FACEBOOK !

I only ever go on there if somebody sends me a friend request, writes something on my wall, or (for some strange reason) sends me a message there rather than e-mailing me direct.

This week one of my sisters started giving me a hard time on my Facebook wall about why I was even on there if I didn’t like it.  It was just getting to the point where I was going to write something very rude in large, unfriendly letters when she went quiet….

Until today, when I got an e-mail from Yahoo!

Movement, at last !

I haven’t posted for a while because I have been so wrecked every evening after doing a full day at work and at the weekends I’m just too tired to think, but at last there is some good news…