Nearly a Year

Nearly a year since my last post. A lot has happened and a lot hasn't happened.

We suspected that I was having a bad reaction to Simvastatin, which I was taking for high cholesterol levels. Each shoulder was causing considerable 'discomfort.' Long story cut short...X-rays, MRI scan, disclosed considerable damage inside each shoulder joint. "You have a badly torn ligament and a very badly torn ligament," said my surgeon. Both shoulders are in a bad way. Story gets shorter...now on a high dosage of morphine twice a day. Taking physiotherapy exercises specific to the shoulder joints. I have to work at the exercises or I'll end up needing a couple of operations. My local hospital has a poor record for MRSA infections in patients who need invasive surgery.

Change topic...back into photography. If I can't get to somewhere, I can use the zoom lens on one of my digital cameras to get me close. I want to use my electric mobility scooter to allow me access to street scenes, whereby I can bring a different perspective to photographic images. Everybody knows what it's like to see pictures of views taken at our respective heights. The 'trick' I'm after is to get a completely different slant of street scenes; from a child's view, or a beggar's view, or a wheelchair user's view. Taking colour images that can be altered to B&W later on in the computer.

This link might work for you...it's my Fuji site and my gallery as of the present moment. I've tried to upload to Picasa, but they want your life history and a degree in how to fettle computers before I can even get my stuff into a gallery in Picasa.
http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/gallery/19591

B.A.D. and Panic Attacks

Having used Breathing exercises for several months as part of the meditation regime (Not really the correct word to use there) I have managed to decrease the number of panic attacks. I have been able to go up for Communion during Mass without having taken diaz. For 12 months I had to take diaz., in order to feel OK when it came time in the service to stand up, join the queue and shuffle along slowly in order to receive communion. Progress has been made.

The next step forward is to conduct the readings at the hospital chapel without having taken diaz. It will all depend upon how I feel in myself upon one of the chapel services.

Avoiding caffeine and sugars does make a difference. I cannot sleep at night if I have taken either or both, prior to going to bed. They do cause problems in the mind!