9 November 2010
My regular readers may well be wondering what has happened to all those allegedly wonderful inventions I mentioned some months ago. You may recall that the first of five was being developed by HDTI, Coventry University. It was a health care product which they refined and for which they produced a presentational DVD. Up to […]
8 November 2010
Having resolved the problem of the respirator packing up in the event of a power cut I turned my mind to all of the other electrical equipment on which we rely. I have already informed the electricity company of  my condition as this was advised by the district nurse. Last time there was a power […]
7 November 2010
Well we survived another night of fireworks and can breathe easy for another year. Dear Chloe. stayed the night and gave me a hand with some administrative paperwork in the office this morning. Then, together with ‘ my lovely’ we looked at daughter-in-law Kimberly’s beautiful photographs of their recent trip to America before finding listening […]
6 November 2010
Both my beloved it children came to lunch today. Son Smiler had to go back at teatime but daughter Chloe is spending the night and going back to London after  lunch  tomorrow. I think the dear old things are slightly concerned about me having read all this  business about breathing and so on. We survived […]
5 November 2010
The one night of the year that we regret living in a thatched house. We’ve been here for 46 years and always pray for Rain on 5 November. which is a bit spoilsport for the firework parties but a stray hrocket could set our roof on fire and the house would be gutted in no […]
4 November 2010
Last night was the first night at home with the ‘Nippy’ and very successful it was. I was very comfortable with the machine and although I woke several times it was for only brief periods. However, today I began to wonder what would happen if there was a power cut during the night, which happens […]
3 November 2010
I arrived home today, around six o’clock this evening, having spent three days in Papworth Hospital. The night after the good Dr left I spent sitting up and got practically no sleep at all. The hospital kindly responded to our call the following day and admittedly me as an emergency case. I spent the first […]
31 October 2010
Last night warned is very disappointing. It was a nightmare I had at least three or four panic calls to ‘ my lovely’. I simply could not breathe and needed to sit up. The good Dr is still here, who, I am glad to say, slept the best part of 11 hours whilst all this […]
30 October 2010
The journey home went as smooth as silk. I drive from Hua Hin to the airport, transfers to various wheelchairs, whizzing through the diplomatic channels for security and passport control, making our connection from Dubai to London after a brief visit to duty-free and then a very comfortable limousine ride home – courtesy of Emirates […]
29 October 2010
Last evening we attended welcome cocktail party, held weekly to introduce new guests each other and normally held on the beach. Due to the uncertainty of the weather, management decided to transfer it it upstairs, to the area adjacent to the reception. This, of course, posed a slight problem with the wheelchair that was readily […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato