Merry Christmas everyone to you and your family. I hope that where ever you are and whatever your circumstances are, that you all have a good day when it’s here. Due to the terrible year that 2020 turned out for all of us, so much has been made of what we can do, who weContinue reading “MERRY CHRISTMAS”
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The Healing Power of Music….
The inaugural Prog in the Park was in aid of the cancer charities – Maggie’s Centre’s and Sarcoma UK.
WORLDWIDE 🌎 SARCOMA AWARENESS MONTH JULY 2020 & SARCOMA AWARENESS WEEK UK 29 JUNE -5 JULY 2020
#SARCOMAWONTWAIT – 29 JUNE – 5 JULY 2020 Across the world, July 2020 is Sarcoma Awareness month. Here in the UK, Sarcoma Week is from today Monday 29th June – Sunday 5th July 2020. The charity Sarcoma UK has a list of events which include: Demand early diagnosis, saves lives: Today the charity is launchingContinue reading “WORLDWIDE 🌎 SARCOMA AWARENESS MONTH JULY 2020 & SARCOMA AWARENESS WEEK UK 29 JUNE -5 JULY 2020”
“IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM A HARRY POTTER MOVIE!”
“I’M SO SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WAS CALLED AGAIN During the time I was recently in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE), I had built up a good relationship with all the staff on Ward 102. There was some staff that I got on a lot better with than others, but these thingsContinue reading ““IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM A HARRY POTTER MOVIE!””
COFFEE TIME ON 102
It’s coffee time on Ward 102 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh and Jenny cheered me up by giving me this mug for my hot beverage. It really is the small acts like this by staff that have kept me going for the last 7 weeks in here. All the staff have been and are greatContinue reading “COFFEE TIME ON 102”
THE NEW REGIME
IT’S JUST NOT THE SAME There has been a few times this week that certainly have had its moments here on Ward 102 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (RIE). It really has been a hard week, especially as I thought that I would have been back home with Kirsty and Nathan. Every time that IContinue reading “THE NEW REGIME”
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO
A DAUNDER AROUND THE WARD The other day while exercising by walking up and down the ward with my mask on, I was having a read of the staff and public notice boards. There is some really interesting information for NHS Lothian staff and patients alike. The Ward that I am on, Ward 102 atContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND TWO”
THE RESTORATION OF MY FAITH IN HUMANITY!
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS With everything that is going on across the UK with Coronavirus and the level of selfishness that we are witnessing daily, my faith in humanity was restored on Tuesday 12 May 2020. It was roughly at 16.45 and the nurses had set me up to my ‘pic line’ so that IContinue reading “THE RESTORATION OF MY FAITH IN HUMANITY!”
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY – 12 MAY
Nurses care for our loved ones at some of the most difficult times in their lives. Right now, the care and attention that I am receiving from the nurses on Ward 102 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (RIE) really is fantastic. Then when we turn on our TV’s and watch the news and see whatContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY – 12 MAY”
PROG IN THE PARK 2.0 UPDATE – TUESDAY 5 MAY 2020
PROG IN THE PARK 2.0 UPDATE Please accept my apology for the lack of any updates on either the Prog in the Park 2.0 (PITP 2.0) Facebook Group, Facebook Page or on proginthepark.com PFollowing on from my admission to the Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy (VHK) Fife in March with pneumonia, I find myself in the RoyalContinue reading “PROG IN THE PARK 2.0 UPDATE – TUESDAY 5 MAY 2020”