http://www.anita.org.uk Anita's recovery from brain injury Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:59:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anita wanted me to provide everyone with an update on her situation and she says that she will reply to all the emails as soon as she can. It is now November 2006 and it’s past the 3 year anniversary of Anita’s surgery. Progress is slow but she IS making progress. ... http://www.anita.org.uk/general/update/ There isn’t anything to write about anymore on this website, the time has come to voice my own thoughts elsewhere. Hopefully one day Anita will use it to express herself. People keep asking me for updates but they will have to ask her or the hospital. I can only end ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/the-last-post-maybe/ I sit here on the canal bank. My toes skim the water. The sun is lowering more every minute directly into my face, infusing me with warmth, penetrating my soul. A canal boat passes and watching me busily texting the navigator makes a comment about technology and nature. I tell ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/toe-in-the-water/ Today Anita had some plastic surgery on her face. It has involved several incisions in places that will be hidden, by her ear, inside and outside her mouth. The operation has helped her have a more balanced face and her speech has improved markedly. http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/plastic-surgery/ There was a meeting today with various professionals from Milton Keynes and the staff at the hospital. We joined the meeting after an initial discussion to consider the next steps for Anita were being considered. She expressed her desire, quite strongly in the meeting, that she thinks when she comes ... http://www.anita.org.uk/general/what-happens-next/ This week Anita refused an operation on her back. She was due to have a biopsy taken from her back to determine if she has an infection. She says she doesn’t want the operation because she is afraid of becoming paralysed. After what she has been through I can understand ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/back-surgery/ Anita was under the anesthetic yet again as she added to her massive tally of operations. She had surgery to center her eye in its socket. Fortunately she was in better spirits than she had been recently. The old ups and downs are still happening. She always faces operations with ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/squint-surgery/ I have written a poem for my sister. Mum was sick yet again But sis was always there, She helped with my breakfast And combed my knotted hair. Not strong enough to open doors Through the sitting-room window we climbed, Being with sis was always exciting Most definitely fun inclined. My sister took great care of me When I was ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/a-sisters-poem/ After years of keeping sickness free I have been completly sidelined with my second cold virus in the space of a few weeks. I hesitate to mention the word flu because I believe that term should only be used when it can kill you. I try not to let the ... http://www.anita.org.uk/enjoying/a-million-little-pieces/ Why is it when I find myself looking at a digital clock I often see number ones (11:11). The date Anita sustained the brain injury and quite possibly the eleventh hour is when things went downhill. Such a striking thing to look at on a digital clock, straight parallel lines, ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/eleven-eleven/ 39 pages, box after box, reiterating your disablement over and over again. What a pleasure it must be for disabled people to fill in a claim for Disability Living Allowance. It also something you have to do every year, like filling in a tax return! Yes I know you can ... http://www.anita.org.uk/paperwork/disability-living-allowance-form/ Grief digs a hole in us, it creates a well that’s as deep as the ocean but usually has a bottom. It can be filled with an ocean of tears or a swirling vortex. For me it’s a dark calm pool that enhances life, and to feel things deeply is ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/how-grief-affects-the-living/ Physically Anita is making very good progress from her poor state post Christmas. It’s probably the most rapid improvements that I have seen her make in rehab and is testament to the good help she is getting. She now only requires one carer and is able to assist more and ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/better-transfers/ A couple of weeks ago I couldn’t sleep, so rather than look at the ceiling I listen to music and write, I do that alot. I write many things that only exist as expression. I wrote something about our time together on holiday in Greece. I think of us always walking ... http://www.anita.org.uk/thoughts/late-night/ There was a meeting today to discuss Anita’s progress and treatment. The back pain is still a problem; it’s hard to tell for certain what it is and it can hinder what she can do in physio. I attended a physio session, she did very well but the twisting required ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/anita-hospital-meeting/ We have had a problem with the contact form on this website. We are sorry to anyone who may have sent an email message recently, for some reason the form stopped working. It’s likely your message will not have been received. We are still testing to see if the form ... http://www.anita.org.uk/website/contact-form-email-problems/ At the weekend I visited the exhibition Gothic Nightmares at the Tate. A suberb collection of fantastic and supernatural themes which dominated British culture from around 1770 to 1830. It is the whole genre that impresses, more so than the individual works, although I loved William Blakes etching (Plate 33 ... http://www.anita.org.uk/enjoying/gothic-nightmares/ Yesterday was Anita’s Birthday, when I arrived they were still getting her ready and for the first hour she was contorted in pain. She needs to get up and into the armchair because that seems to settle the pain in her leg. She has a plastic ball with spikes on ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/happy-birthday/ For some reason I have found it more upsetting seeing her recently. Maybe because it’s Valentine day and it brings back all the memories. She is drugged to drowsy, sweating profusely from her kidney infection, drooling and still has pain. I am very impressed and emotional that she has made ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/psychiatric-unit-day-21/ Friday night and Sunday, Anita was in the best mood I have seen her for months. She still has alot of back pain but at least the situation is improving. She also has to get over a kidney infection that isn’t helping the situation. They have increased her anti-depressant medication, ... http://www.anita.org.uk/hospital/psychiatric-unit-day-20/