Avon Valley ... what a beautiful place, thanks Celia.

Celia - I'm always interested to read all your news.  You've come a long way , and with your determination you'll overcome this hiccup in your life.  Stay with it and keep us informed. xxx

Please keep us updated regarding your recovery from that awful stroke, it could happen to any one of us at any time, so it's important.

I have nothing but admiration for your positive approach to all your recent health problems Celia.

An astounding effort on your part IMO. Wishing you all my very, very best.

I love you too Cat

Leon and family at YLC please remove my above post, changed my mind.

Called in to the site for the first time today at 7pm Perth time and have read your loving good wishes ladies thank you very much.    As you know some days are a lot better than others!  

Husband is struggling too and has been in a lot of pain.

Friendships today had been going out to an Orchid and Gerbera Show which meant a very early start to gain the best plants that are up for sale.   I have a friend that is just 84 and has similar heart issues as I have but didn't have an implant put into her chest like I did after the stroke. 

She had her birthday on Friday and has the last 18 months had a double knee replacement!

How is that?    I told her a couple of weeks ago she is a tough old bird!  Which she laughed at.

I think my issue is people don't believe I have had a stroke due to my ability to type and write.

However, I won't bore you further thank you for your loving wishes.

Now my next hurdle is to have my second Jab a week tomorrow!

Hi Axel!

Thank you for your comments they are very appreciative.

I plod along in life like everyone does and most of my good days have been in the garden pottering around!  

It sure has been good growing weather, I am also very grateful to have help in the garden with things that I used to do but cannot any longer.   But seeing the seedlings pop up and bloom so much in this Spring weather gives me a lot of happiness.

Hope you have had a lovely weekend?

There is a trend now to design Therapeutic Gardens in hospitals and other such places.  The benefits of gardens is increasingly recognised.

Wow Celia ... they are absolutely beautiful ... thanks for sharing.

Glad you liked the orchids RnR, but they are old photos from the old house we used to live at.  I had much more energy in those days!  LOL

The funny thing is we put these Cymbidiums under the Lime tree and left them to their own devices!  We half expected them to die on us as we were away a few years in the UK when hubby was transferred, admittedly we had some tenants in the property.

But I think the orchids like the position under the Lime tree with auto watering in those days.

If you saw my orchids today they are nowhere near as good!

Hi Leonie!

Thank you for your kind words;  I do plod alone and try to do my best in life.

My next hurdle is the Jab next Monday morning which I am a bit scared of!

The nurse said I will probably experience two or three days of flu symptoms.

Some days are a lot better than others thats for sure.

Today an old friend picked me up and we went for a drive, we had a nice lunch and then we went over to Spotlight and we picked out some material for a curtain.   We had a nice selection but I needed something to block out the sun, which faces towards the east and it brings in a lot of heat in the summer so in a couple of days she is coming back to give me a hand to do some sewing which I have not done in donkeys years!

So all in all it was a fruitful day that we both enjoyed.

This came to me yesterday after remembering also a lady that joined PWP as my first member way back, must have been 40 years ago now.   It was sad and I am sure there have been many men and women in the same boat but do hesitate to speak about it.

Celia - a good friend of mine met her present husband at Parents Without Partners. That was more than 30 years ago and they are still going strong. She said it was the best thing that happened to her but the husband wasn't coming forward with his remarks. She does like to 'control the fort', if you know what I mean. 

One of the worries in my life the last three years or so has been my husbands health, although he helps me with my readings he is not well himself and has had two lots of cancer  now that is wrong I forget he also had a third, he had 18 months ago leukaemia [hairy cell] I think the doctor called it.

He also had a skin cancer like the photo above and also internal cancer.

So in all this, I was taking care of him and doing all the drying, then I get this Stroke which put life in this house in a muddle.  I don't drive anymore as I have mentioned.   I do hope to but it is a big question mark at this point in time.

We both have had two Jabs, Husband had his some moths ago, the AstraZ as I call it!  I have just had my Pfizer this week the second.

I really really don't understand why some people are trying to frighten other families away from having the chance of a lifetime at life?    Why enjoy frightening people why?

It is such a tiny weenie little thing to have a reaction to anything in life, you could even go on the train to work and have a smash, that is a bigger chance of death than having a Jab!  It is crazy and very dangerous to threaten people with  made up stories to scare them.   Everyone is an individual we all have different health issues.   Have you had a stroke for instance?    

Wow !!!

My two favourite actors coming to Australia ...now that is good news ..wonder if George would like to be our Prime Minister ? :)

LOL good one Suze!

Yes they are both great.

I have not seen many movies but he seems very nice.

thanks for another selfie Cat 

Great photos, they are so affectionate towards each other.

Celia

This may be of help

https://www.target.com/s/womens+dress+slacks?Nao=0

also if you spend over $80 it is free delivery

Thank you Suze!   

I was not aware that Target delivered!

We used to have one close to us now it has become a K mart.

I shall have a peep!

That's a seriously huge weight loss Celia, amazing when we are not feeling well, the appetite goes out the window.  Hope you feel better soon.

Hi Toot.

That is the main reason my husband and I have been talking about changing our doctors surgery!

The only comment he made was 'didn't you want to loose weigh'     I am battling to keep my weight at the same over the last few weeks.  I got down to 75.4kgs and then up a kgs.   

I was fairly tall but since hurting the spine it has made me about 4cm shorter!

The slacks I used to wear and jeans always used to be an issue they were too short, now they are a little long!  LOL

My issue since the stroke has been I can do too much!   I keep getting the same issue people with strokes cannot sleek or walk.  Never mind type and write and walk and talk! 

Which brings me to another point.

As I need to change my slacks/deans I yesterday tried on a few and the difference in their cut is amazing.   I picked up a 14 and a 16, the  16 was fitting well so I didn't bother with the 14.

I asked the lady at the counter why?  She said they may have put the wrong label on them.    I looked at the clothing I have been taking out of the wardrobe three days ago and the sizes have varied from 12 to 18!  How can that be?

My reply is like a person that breaks a bone, they have various types of fractures.   

Not typing so well this morning it is only 9.30am at the mement it makes a big difference before and after medication and food!  Not sure why.  I have not read back what I have written here so I hope there are not too many errors, husband is not up yet.

I don't  know about over EAST but I am finding the medicals here in WA a bit slow on the uptake!

They put everyone in the same basket that is why we have decided we want to change our medical practitioner.  

We were thinking about it about eighteen months ago, I mentioned it to one of the specialists we see on a regular basis, he agreed with us, go and change.   

Wish we had done it sooner.

My very best wishes for maintaining your weight Celia, mine varies too.

Hope you find a new GP to better suit your needs.

As for clothes size labels ... what a dog's breakfast that is ... no two the same between brands.

Well this morning I tried on a pair of 16 white slacks and it was too tight for me! 

So I went home empty handed.

The lady at the hospital in June said [dietitian] said at 77.4kgs she would not like to see me any lighter!

So what the GP said about my weight at 75.4kgs was not funny to me, it is starting to concern me. 

Celia I was 50-55kg for years so personally can't see a problem with 77.4kg for you. particularly as you have lost your weight "over the last few months" ... very gradual but not unexpected I would have thought due to your recent health problems and associated stress.