This weird period continues...over the last day I had some very odd requests...some by phone , some by text. Some of them are asking me to buy some strange things. Do I really need sun tan cream? Or hair removal stuff? Or various insect killers? The presumption seems to be that I can’t get to the shops so I must need help in buying essential supplies. In fact I can still get out to the shops if I need to but really the only person who knows what I do need right now is me clearly. Old friends I haven’t been in touch with for years seem to be worrying about my solitary state....there is no need to. I am used to being on my own....in fact it’s preferable to some people’s company. A brief conversation with an old friend yesterday confirmed my impression at the weekend that Cornwall really is full. People who are usually abroad at this time of the year are choosing Cornwall as a safer place to visit. And we really are very full indeed, it’s not an illusion...and it’s not even August....our season has started already...brought on by glorious sunshine. I’m glad for those people who will survive financially as a result but I refuse to feel guilty because I have a large empty house and garden. I know I am fortunate in this but it’s only happened because my loved ones have died.....and I would much rather they hadn’t. I miss them. But life is still good, I know I’m fortunate but having guests, paying or not is not going to make my life better...I am perfectly happy on my own...honestly!
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The blandishments of retailers to people living alone, might arise due to trolls reading your blog and deciding that you obviously need their services.
I too am alone today, my spouse had a stroke yesterday evening and is in a specialist stroke unit, miles away. I wasn't allowed to go with her and can't visit, so perhaps I can now have empathy for the thousand of families who have had similar experience in recent months.
I can contact the stroke unit after 9 am to inquire and hopefully be permitted to bring her a bag of things she might need, particularly her own night gowns and dressing gowns etc, as she hates those hospital gowns.
I have things I need to do for myself, particularly blood tests for my diabetes check, but I don't have the heart for it at the moment. I need to spend time in prayer and reflection and distraction techniques to stop me getting more anxious than i have been so far.
I am so sorry to hear that..
So I’ll pray too... I hope all goes well today for you both.
Including you and your wife in my prayers Ernie. Try not to worry too much. Easy to say I know, but you need a clear head. God willing the stroke will be a mild one.
Blessings.
Thank you for your support and prayers. Still to early to say how this will pan out, but the Occupational Therapist at the unit who rang me yesterday seemed confident, that apart from any complications that she will make a reasonably good recovery. She stays in the acute unit for three days, than will be moved to the main unit for therapy and physio and speech therapy to start. I managed to deliver the things she needed, but wasn't allowed to see her. I know she is in the best place, but difficult to communicate second hand.She is still confused about what has happened and her memory is effected.
Prayers for you both continue.. stay positive. Xxx
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