PurpleHeather

has both her father and father-in-law in different hospitals right now



I'm doing 42 things
 

PurpleHeather's Life List

  1. 1. Adopt a pair of rescue Ragdoll cats
    6 entries . 70 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. Always have something to look forward to
    2 entries . 65 cheers
    104 people
  3. 3. Look after myself otherwise I won't be able to help others
    4 entries . 142 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. Help my mother live in dignity with Parkinson's Disease
    2 entries . 154 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. Help my father recover from his stroke
    78 entries . 430 cheers
    4 people
  6. 6. Keep my house presentable for unexpected guests
    1 entry . 60 cheers
    38 people
  7. 7. grow my own vegetables
    4 entries . 66 cheers
    1,268 people
  8. 8. Sew 43 Things
    3 entries . 48 cheers
    2 people
  9. 9. Not buy any new clothes or accessories in 2009 unless they're replacing something beyond repair
    3 entries . 38 cheers
    7 people
  10. 10. unpack all my boxes
    3 entries . 58 cheers
    17 people
  11. 11. paint my showerroom
    1 entry . 26 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. Make 43 offers on Freecycle
    10 entries . 47 cheers
    4 people
  13. 13. By end 2009 have only 2 credit card with outstanding balances and close 2 accounts
    2 entries . 28 cheers
    1 person
  14. 14. Never stop learning
    1 entry . 143 cheers
    3,912 people
  15. 15. Learn to spot one new constellation a month
    3 entries . 31 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. see a meteor shower
    2 entries . 98 cheers
    144 people
  17. 17. stop biting my fingers
    4 entries . 47 cheers
    147 people
  18. 18. Read one book a month
    2 entries . 39 cheers
    679 people
  19. 19. eat more locally grown food
    7 entries . 219 cheers
    284 people
  20. 20. Not visit griddlers.net or research my family tree on study days or in the 2 weeks before my exams
    2 entries . 34 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. Lose 35 pounds
    51 entries . 149 cheers
    429 people
  22. 22. get to 25% body fat
    3 entries . 73 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. Research my family tree
    1 entry . 60 cheers
    798 people
  24. 24. Be able to name all 16 of my great great grandparents
    9 entries . 50 cheers
    10 people
  25. 25. Be able to name all 32 of my great great great (3x great) grandparents
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. Be able to name all 64 of my great great great great (4x great) grandparents
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. Read the books I own before buying more
    3 entries . 110 cheers
    54 people
  28. 28. Read the "Baroque Cycle" in its entirety
    2 entries . 28 cheers
    92 people
  29. 29. read godel, escher, bach: an eternal golden braid
    2 entries . 42 cheers
    21 people
  30. 30. Pass ST5 (Finance & Investment) exam - Institute of Actuaries
    14 entries . 43 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. Pass SA5 (Finance) exam - Institute of Actuaries
    1 entry . 16 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. Pass ST2 (life insurance) exam - Institute of Actuaries
    33 entries . 54 cheers
    5 people
  33. 33. be the old lady at concerts
    1 entry . 166 cheers
    4 people
  34. 34. figure out how many concerts i've been to
    4 entries . 33 cheers
    2 people
  35. 35. Spend more time with my nephews
    6 entries . 48 cheers
    13 people
  36. 36. reduce my environmental footprint
    1 entry . 93 cheers
    506 people
  37. 37. add purple boots to my collection
    124 cheers
    2 people
  38. 38. play the violin again
    1 entry . 117 cheers
    144 people
  39. 39. be fluent in german
    3 entries . 55 cheers
    212 people
  40. 40. learn Swedish
    2 entries . 50 cheers
    615 people
  41. 41. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    3 entries . 58 cheers
    18,102 people
  42. 42. build up a network of Celiacs to facilitate gluten-free traveling
    3 team members . 2 entries . 50 cheers
    3 people
Recent entries
Be very thankful that my father in law's cancer didn't spread and he doesn't need chemotherapy
Surgery was early last week but there have been complications 4 hours ago

This week he went home after surgery and on Thursday we heard that the hospital were able to confirm that his bowel cancer hadn’t spread and that they were able to cut enough out that he doesn’t need chemotherapy or radiotherapy or any further treatment in the short term. YAY

Unfortunately there have been a couple of setbacks. During the surgery he suffered a small stroke that has affected his speech but is having speech therapy and we’re all hopeful that he won’t sound drunk/stoned for much longer. Then yesterday he was taken back into hospital from a complication following the surgery. Still to work out exactly what is causing his pain and infection but at least he’s in the right place.



Help my father recover from his stroke (read all 78 entries…)
Dad's in hospital again 6 hours ago

At least this time it’s planned.

He had heart surgery yesterday to replace a faulty replacement heart valve and my mum and brother saw him in intensive care last night. He was in surgery nearly 8 hours and mum would have been in a much worse state if the waiting room didn’t have a TV and Wimbledon tennis to distract her somewhat!

Just hope that he recovers as well as he did last time (November 07) when the heart valve was put in. Can’t believe that it failed as it came from a faulty batch. It’s bad enough to go through this once but twice is unnecessary. I also feel for all those who have also needed their faulty heart valve replacing.

This is not fair – but when has life ever been fair?



use the internet for good
There are many ways to use the internet for good 7 hours ago

Plenty of good sites out there like Freecycle but there’s another way to improve the internet.

For some reason my email address ended up on some horrid paedophile spammers list. I actually got teaser photos embedded into these emails that were supposed to get me to go to child porn websites. It was really awful to get these but I was determined not to ignore them for the sake of the children who had been abused and especially those that hadn’t yet.

I reported them all to the Internet Watch Foundationwhere anyone can report child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide and it’s also possible to report criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.

I set up a new hotmail account so it couldn’t be linked easily to me. I got limited info on progress including that certain police forces were talking to a different country’s police etc. For obvious reasons they couldn’t give too much info.

After a few months I stopped getting the child porn emails which in my mind means that the people responsible had been found and were no longer free to email these horrid pictures around.

At least I hope it did.



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