tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355109622024-03-07T21:20:40.741+01:00Access denied-living with multiple sclerosisAbout trying to live with ms and discovering that suddenly most places are inaccessible and that life as a handicapped person is very different.Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.comBlogger1881125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-46256880385639123722015-08-14T21:11:00.000+02:002015-08-14T21:20:34.786+02:00Still Trying To Enjoy Life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpXkXYxqErTUPUHC7DUsZL76t4NDjdls6Hsd2jn4-W0qle5dUa9Dcde_TYDayz5bmiCW5rNrHtkgBMw10F9ghRZsi5Fxb04pjWj_MoEOeRYSaSjzWO0eZKYlA15Z2McRBD2aa/s1600/sun+art+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpXkXYxqErTUPUHC7DUsZL76t4NDjdls6Hsd2jn4-W0qle5dUa9Dcde_TYDayz5bmiCW5rNrHtkgBMw10F9ghRZsi5Fxb04pjWj_MoEOeRYSaSjzWO0eZKYlA15Z2McRBD2aa/s320/sun+art+2.jpg" /></a></div>
Both of us need a boost as life gets harder due to my curvature of the made worse by lack of muscles caused by being in bed since feb 2012.
Now I need moving every two hours through the night, most nights we get 3 hours sleep then i sleep on only to be ripped out of sleep by a spasm.
In constant pain, discomfort but still enjoying all I can.Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-52901906609672768102015-05-23T23:53:00.002+02:002015-05-23T23:53:32.829+02:00Back Again.
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It had been my intention last week Tuesday to write every day, typically things turned out different to how I planned.
On Friday night we watched later with Jools Holland, it was a good show some of the artists appearing were:
Paul Weller, Father John Misty, Curtis Harding and Lianne La Havas I only knew Weller out of these four.
I thoroughly enjoyed Father John Misty, Curtis Harding and the lovely talented Lianne.
Sadly since then Google blockaded my blog and posting became impossible which upset me.
So glad that I could log in to my blog just now and not see Google's message informing me my blog was blocked.
Today has been a pleasant day, we have seen Southend beat Wycombe Wanderers at penalties at Wembely,Southend go up to League One.
Richie is happy tonight Southend have never been to Wembely before happy days for Richie.
Hopefully Gooogle's faulty algorithms have been corrected and access won't be denied and I will be able to post tomorrow.
Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-4973957469248080322015-05-15T21:49:00.000+02:002015-05-19T20:53:48.146+02:00Alot of crap.
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When I was logging in to my blog just now and it did'nt work yand instead of seeing my posts I was locked out.
Once again, like the day before there was Google's message telling me my blog was blockaded as they thought there was suspicious activity on it.
If it wasn't so very annoying it would be funny, there was nothing going on with my blog, it was only me posting again.
Luckily the problem was relatively quickly sorted, what a relief, hopefully this will not be happening daily, it should not have happened now.
By the time I could write it became almost impossible for me to sit well for more than a few minutes without needing to call for Richie to adjust my posistion.
This happens regularly now, some days I sit better than others, one of the reasons for this are bowel movements.
If I need one then it can become really difficult to sit in a stable position to use the Lipstick well.
On those days as soon as I start to have many errors, at that point these days its best to stop, save and return
Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com2Latin America16.028923563731915 -86.5546703338623-12.844534936268087 -127.8632643338623 44.90238206373192 -45.246076333862305tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-19156792954405048342015-05-14T21:33:00.000+02:002015-05-23T22:58:39.621+02:00Great To Post Again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good to be writing something everyday, in that way hopely it will be possible to gently re-establish doing it daily, I have plenty to write about so my plan will surely work,<br />
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Can't believe now that I stopped writing daily in December 2012, pointless to reproach myself now, especially as it is something that I do all the time, iI hate doing it,hard to stop. <br />
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When Richie got me the Lipstick in September 2014, my intentio had been to start posting daily, forgetting that the new mouse would need practise, then things did not go as planned.<br />
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Everyday my intention was to write, sadly it didn't work which was quite demoralising, the other day I decided that I wanted to stop endlessly prevaricating and write.<br />
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Life is too short to waste reproaching mysef endlessly, making myself unhappy abit of an odd way to be, especially when posting is what I enjoyHerradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-84798987377379504982015-05-14T00:04:00.002+02:002015-08-14T21:11:55.660+02:00Wednesday,13May, 2015 Access Denied to my own blog tonight.<br />
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It has taken me hours to get into my blog tonight because Google had blocked my account, they thought someone had hacked my blog.<br />
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Not so, it was me posting again.<br />
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It's too late now for more and I am tired but happy I have my blog backHerradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-63788261809446267092015-05-12T23:02:00.001+02:002015-05-14T20:15:25.042+02:00Trying to Seize The Moment.<br />
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It's more difficult than I thought to seize the moment and post again, but it is more difficult than I thought it would be.<br />
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Realise now that I have to reinstate posting as a thing that I do everyday, today makes me think this ttime I will make it happen.<br />
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Have missed posting and contacts with friends.<br />
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I am hoping that writing this will break my block and I can start writing again.<br />
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Christmas has been very enjoyable with my darling Richie, </div>
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Even though I am a quadroplegic now, this ms has really fucked my body but
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So glad I get medicinal cannabis here and don't have to use opiates,which do more harm than good. Canabis effectively curbs the pain,allows me to relax and enjoy life without any damaging my body..<br />
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Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-13516335216571692722014-11-11T22:38:00.000+01:002014-11-11T22:38:03.923+01:00Fairytales.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Still can't believe that KesterenRTD directly lied when they
told me<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in April 2012, that the Seetech
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For example, write my blog, visit other blogs, read
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What a shock to hear on 8th August, that the software could
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Brilliant being online again,
especially after nearly two years, which is thanks to Shannon Electronics
excellent plug and play invention, the LipStick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">This invention of theirs has
had a dramatic effect on my life, instead of passively watching the telly all
the time now there is another option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Now I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can get online again, write my blog posts, send emails, read
newspapers, listen to music which I am thoroughly enjoying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Being able to write again is
special, as there many days when I doubted whether I would ever be able to use
a pc again, it seemed for ages that this would be impossible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">My hands started losing some
functionality when we moved to this apartment in 2007,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we had to, as I needed a lift to let me
go outside independently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Without the help of the
mobility bus staff who carried me up, down the stairs in our previous
apartment, a scary experience, one I endured for a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">There was no choice, either put
up with being carried or stay home all day and everyday, our apartment began to
feel like I was imprisoned in it, apart from medical
appointments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Sadly when we had moved here
despite the lift, I could not go out on <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my own as I could not use the keys to open doors, the move was a
year too late for going out
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">It was horrible losing the use of
my hands, first my right hand , my right index finger became floppy and
unusable to type or do anything, a sad moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">One consolation was for awhile it
was still possible to use the mouse with my right hand and type with my left
index finger , voice recognition was good, it helped me post and send emails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">This worked well until my left
index finger also got too floppy to type with, luckily my little finger on my
left hand allowed me to open and close things, Dragon voice recognition did the
rest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">The Seetech pc did'nt work for
me, I thought all I needed was more instructions how to use it, finally
the supplier KesterenRtd Het Dorp agreed to visit again on 8th August this
year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Their engineer stunned, Richie
and I by telling us that it was not possible to go online with the
Seetech as the software could not process passwords.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"> What a bombshell after more
than two years of being told I could go online and write blog posts, send
emails, visit other blogs and buy presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"> Turned out it was all lies,
when we said take the Seetech pc away it is useless, they told us about the
LipStick, so Richie bought it immediately, otherwise I would be still waiting. </span><br />
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When I got the message that a friend had problem accessing my blog, everytime she tried she was taken to this link: <br />
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http://neocounter.neoworx-blog-tools.net/<br />
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Richie tried to visit my blog he could get in until hursday when it became impossible, after some more research Richie discoved that http://neocounter.neoworx-blogtools.net/ were bankrupt and they had been hacked.<br />
<br />
I signed into my blog and went to layout and deleted the neocounter then Richie asked friends on facebook to check if they could visit my blog without prolems.<br />
<br />
It was good to know they could access my blog again, brilliant news.<br />
<br />
Only thing I deled neocounter before seeing what the neocounter did, the important thing for me is that my blog has not been hijacked.Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-5261374291148598582014-11-02T15:58:00.001+01:002014-11-02T16:00:38.471+01:00Innovative Speech Technology. Some weeks ago I received this email, it is very interesting so today have decided to share it a blog post.<br />
<br />
Hi Herrad, <br />
<br />
<br />
I came across your blog, Acess Denied- living with Multiple Sclerosis , and I think your work is fantastic! I believe I have a story that you may be interested in sharing with your readers. First, I wanted to write a bit about myself: <br />
<br />
<br />
My name is Nicole Caron, and I'm the Social Media Manager at VoiceItt. VoiceItt is developing innovative speech technology that will enable people that suffer from motor, speech, and language disorders to easily communicate using their own voice, by translating the unintelligible pronunciation into understandable speech. The software based solution can run on any mobile or wearable device, allowing the person to communicate freely with anyone anywhere.<br />
<br />
The video on our Indiegogo campaign explains it all.igg.me/at/talkitt <br />
<br />
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/talkitt-this-is-my-voice<br />
<br />
We have been promoting our product through various radio stations and podcasts, and I thought this would be a great story for you as it's both technologically revolutionary and very emotional. Your support in sharing our story will lead us one step closer to changing the<br />
<br />
<br />
Let me know if you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them. I’ve attached some photos and a press release. <br />
<br />
Looking forward to hearing from you soon. :) <br />
<br />
<br />
Kind Regards, <br />
NicoleHerradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-79302304978270282482014-10-28T20:09:00.003+01:002014-11-08T14:03:47.058+01:00Possible Problem.<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
A friend mailed me the other day to let me know that when she tries to visit my blog Access denied,<br />
<br />
she keeps getting taken to another website.<br />
<br />
<br />
http://neocounter.neoworx-blog-tools.net/ <br />
<br />
<br />
I wondered if anyone else has had this happen to them?<br />
<br />
If so then there is a big prolem which will not be easy to get it resolved because Blogger is unreachable.<br />
<br />
<br />
Hopefully noone else has problems accessing my blog.Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-23966506654399666572014-10-14T21:20:00.002+02:002014-10-14T21:20:45.356+02:00Happy Days.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br />
The LipStick mouse has really added so much to my life since my darling
Richie bought it for me<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in September.<br />
<br />
Finally I can access the internet, send emails, write my blog, at last after
nearly two years access is no longer denied.<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since getting the LipStick, I have
been practising lots, learning how to use it, that reminded me of learning how
to use<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a mouse for the first time.<br />
<br />
Learning how to use this one is just as hilarious, I have opened things I
did not mean to open and closed others that were just opened.<br />
<br />
Deleted emails and am generally having a laugh at my mishaps, have noticed
that I am getting confident using the LipStick, this means I can gradually
increase the speed.<br />
<br />
This has given me a huge boost, it has done the same for Richie, it has
cheered us both up, happy days!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-23301903356035921392014-09-17T19:03:00.001+02:002014-10-16T21:03:02.750+02:00Brilliant to be able to post again. <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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its enjoyable finally being <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>back online thanks to the Lipstick mouse, what
a wonderful invention from shannon electronics. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
brilliant to be able to communicate
again, nearly lost hope began to think i would never be able to use a computer
ever again,</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
now my life has been given a huge
boost thanks to richie getting me the lipstick and a new laptop.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
have to learn how to use
both,windows8 looks very different to vista.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 9.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">hope to be able to post regularly soon.</span>Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-91899357731057368452014-09-13T18:35:00.000+02:002014-10-16T20:59:02.538+02:00Brilliant being online again. Feels wonderful to be able to do this thanks to the LipStick invented by Shannon Electronics.<br />
http://www.shannonelectronics.nl/<br />
<br />
this invention is life changing, i sent a mail with positive feedback to the inventtor thanking him.<br />
<br />
Brilliant to be able to do this again, but it is tiring learning something new,i am tired now but happy.<br />
<br />
Thanks to all my dear blog friends for your ccomments, they made me very happy.<br />
<br />
Hope to answer them next time,lots of love to you all.<br />
<br />
Really apppreciate your visiting my blog especially after nearly two years of silence.<br />
<br />
When i lost all function in my hands it was no longer possible to use my laptop which was extremely upsetting, i had hoped that my little finger on my left hand would keep going for awhile longer. <br />
More from me next time, i need thc and a drink. Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-57630243701640355392014-09-09T21:08:00.003+02:002014-10-16T21:03:37.394+02:00Really moved.It was so good seeing my blogs again yesterday, first time since March 2013, its so good to be back.<br />
<br />
I was really moved to find comments from dear blog friends which I had not expected to find.<br />
<br />
Thanks for your lovely comments, I hope to be posting reguarly soon as I get the hang of this LipStick mouse invented by people from the Technical University in Delft.<br />
<br />
It is not very difficullt but it is quite tiring moving the mouse with my lips I am quitee tired after doig this short post so will stop now for today. Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-57322871473035878722014-09-08T23:46:00.003+02:002014-10-16T20:57:47.019+02:00Just to say hello.Just to say hello and Herrad is learning how to use her lip mouse and hopes to be blogging again soon<br />
RichieHerradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-11978123042576847012013-01-18T19:46:00.001+01:002013-02-16T16:21:07.250+01:00Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-76603189029223953542013-01-17T20:58:00.000+01:002013-01-17T21:32:19.082+01:00Feeling positive despite limitations.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><a data-mce-href="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/roberto-matta-pace-gallery-11-18-11-3.jpg" href="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/roberto-matta-pace-gallery-11-18-11-3.jpg"><img alt="roberto-matta-pace-gallery-11-18-11-3" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5660" data-mce-src="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/roberto-matta-pace-gallery-11-18-11-3.jpg" height="379" src="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/roberto-matta-pace-gallery-11-18-11-3.jpg" width="560" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Roberto
Matta</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Two
appointments I was dreading one yesterday and one today went very well which
was a tremendous relief for Richie and I.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The
appointment yesterday was with my case manager as well as my advisor, they both
work for the councils mobility Department.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">They are
both very good women, who have to work within tight parameters nevertheless
they do as much as they can for me who is admirable.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2 other
people were also present and they were Percy from Welzorg and Ruud from a
company called Summit, they make the custom-built wheelchair backrest.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We were both
not looking forward to this meeting however as soon as Jacqueline my case
manager arrived the appointment started positively.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">She
suggested we make a list of all the things we did not like about the wheelchair,
and there were many points all of which were noted.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">By the time
everybody was here the list was completed, at first the four of them turned their
attention on the wheelchair examining it thoroughly.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Finally
Percy said that there was nothing that his company Welzorg can do to improve
the wheelchair finally there were no more prevarications.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Right away Jacqueline
decided that the only cause of action now was that I needed a new wheelchair.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This means
a new supplier so I do not have to deal with Welzorg anymore about my
wheelchair which was fantastic news this cheered me up tremendously.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the 30<sup>th</sup>
of January I have an appointment at 1400 with Annelies my advisor and somebody
from the new wheelchair supplier Beenhakker to discuss the new chair.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the
meantime Ruud from Summit will temporarily adjust the backrest on the
wheelchair, as soon as it known which wheelchair I will get he will make a
custom built backrest for the new wheelchair.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Richie and
I are very pleased with how things went yesterday this really is progress and
this time we will make sure the new wheelchair is a good one.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At 1200
today I have an appointment with the doctor from the rehabilitation clinic as
well as Milou the wound nurse.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This was the
appointment I was dreading the most as I knew that Janneke the Dr was going to
cut some hard skin off around the edges of the wound.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In order to
stop myself lying awake <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all</b> night
thinking about it I took a sleeping tablet which worked very well.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The
procedure seemed to take forever luckily I don't feel a thing nevertheless I
was relieved when it was all over as it's not my favourite activity.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Janneke was
very positive about the wound saying it was looking good and nearly healed up
which was good news.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hopefully
trimming off the hard edges will help the wound to finally heal; it would be
great if that were to happen at the same time as I get my new wheelchair.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">Despite
my increasing limitations I'm feeling very positive about the future and I'm
looking forward to being able to get about again.</span></span>Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-7154435083099267032013-01-15T17:33:00.001+01:002013-01-15T17:33:09.619+01:00Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-85653878549927690952013-01-14T16:33:00.002+01:002013-01-14T17:42:36.981+01:00Precious moments.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a data-mce-href="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/images.jpg" href="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/images.jpg"><img alt="images" data-mce-src="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/images.jpg" height="201" src="http://herradf.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/images.jpg" width="251" /></a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Roberto
Matta </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta</a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After I had
written Friday’s post I found a piece of artwork by Roberto Matta and tried to publish
on my blog sadly everything froze which was frustrating.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Deciding
there was no need to panic I closed up my laptop thinking that I would be able
to put the blog post on my blog on Saturday afternoon.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As usual
everything went differently on Saturday so I did not spend any time using my
laptop that day nor on the Sunday, nevertheless I managed to relax and enjoy
the weekend.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Slowly I am
beginning to understand that there's not much I can do when things either go
wrong or don't go according to plan, its better that I remain relaxed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">However it
is not always easy for me to keep calm and be patient, that is not really me as
I am very impatient person, despite that I have learnt how to deal with it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The weekend
despite not going according to how I wanted was extremely enjoyable, Richie and
I laughed a lot and dogs were very happy too.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">today I'm
just enjoying the fact that I've been able to access my laptop, check my
e-mails and write my blog, hopefully also my Dutch blog.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Richie took
the dogs for a long run to the Amsterdam Woods, where I'm sure they are having
a fine time, as I am being able to write this.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">The
other thing that I have learnt very clearly is that it is important to enjoy
everything possible to make the most of every precious moment.</span>Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-2720579895576584212013-01-14T16:29:00.001+01:002013-01-14T16:33:07.746+01:00Friday, 11 January, 2013. The tipping point.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://herrad1.blog.com/files/2013/01/matta3.jpg" href="http://herrad1.blog.com/files/2013/01/matta3.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2454" data-mce-src="http://herrad1.blog.com/files/2013/01/matta3-300x205.jpg" height="205" src="http://herrad1.blog.com/files/2013/01/matta3-300x205.jpg" title="matta3" width="300" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Roberto Matta</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta</a></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Writing
yesterday was very enjoyable it made me feel a lot better; it is so good to
have an outlet for my thoughts as well as my feelings.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was very
touched that I received so many supportive comments from blog friends, it was
really lovely to see them all, and I was very moved by them.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thank you
for visiting and leaving your comments I really appreciate it so very much,
probably more than I can express in words.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">While I'm
writing this I got the television on without the sound, it is the Antiques Roadshow
on BBC two, a programme I like watching a lot these days.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It’s been a
relaxed day to day, my pain as being managed well using THC, which I inhale
using a vaporiser which is better for the lungs then smoking.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At the
moment Richie has taken the dogs for a charge around the Rembrandt Park as well
as plenty of playing with sticks and each other.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When they
get home Richie is going to make us a delicious dinner of toad in the hole with
roast potatoes, roast parsnips, cabbage and gravy. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Which I'm
looking forward to, it's just the weather for it too as it has got a lot colder
today, temperatures plunging from 10° to 5° and 3° tonight.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have a
lot of things swirling around in my mind that I want to write about, and am
planning to do just that in the next days.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One of them
is the death of the young promising medical student as a result of the brutal
rape on the bus; there is quite rightly a lot of anger in India and elsewhere
in the world.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It seems
that this is the tipping point for the position of women in India and worldwide,
hopefully 2013 will be the year when women stop being second class citizens.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">Today
I am taking it easy and just enjoying getting back into writing my blog
regularly, I'm going to stop now and publish my post and enjoy the evening with
my Darling Richie is tipping point</span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Roberto Matta</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta</a> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Getting
back into writing my blog every day is proving more difficult than I thought,
especially when everything seemed to be going against me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last
Thursday when I wrote my first post since I stopped blogging on the 11<sup>th</sup>
of December I was very happy until I tried to post it on my blog.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I had
chosen a picture by Roberto Matta, however when I went place it on my blog
everything froze and nothing would cooperate with me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After a
while I tried to publish my blog post without the artwork but that did not work,
in the end I was so frustrated that I decided it was better to stop and try
again another time.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">However
everything went differently to how I planned and I did not manage to get back to
using my laptop until Monday this week.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Then I was
surprised to see that my blog post despite all the problems had been published
on my blog just without artwork and a title and labels.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After I
added the missing artwork, title and labels I realised I would have to stop as
my index finger was not cooperating with me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So I
reluctantly shut down the laptop and decided to relax which is not always as
easy as it should be, but I did my best.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Luckily
this week I've been able to do my arm and leg exercises Motomed without the
discomfort I have been experiencing in previous weeks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Because the
curvature of my spine is progressing it means that the backrest on my
wheelchair does not fit me well anymore and does not support me as it should.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The result
in recent weeks has been the I am sitting leaning to the left which is not a
pleasant way in which to do 45 minutes of exercises.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was
getting quite downhearted thinking in due course I would not be able to do these
exercises which are vital for my well-being.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Luckily
Richie has been able to sit me in a wheelchair in such a way that I am able to
do the exercises on the Motomed without any discomfort.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hopefully
my joy will be made complete when I can successfully publish this blog post
with artwork, title and labels tonight, then I will be happy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35510962.post-64998829750483275362013-01-07T19:24:00.000+01:002013-01-07T19:24:11.158+01:00Taking a break.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Roberto
Matta.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta</a> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I
decided to take a break from blogging on 11th of December I did not intend to
stop for as long as I have, as it's now three weeks ago that I wrote a blog
post.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On 11th of December
there was a lot going on here, we had the unexpected visit from a good friend
John, who we had not seen since 1993 apart from a brief visit in 1999.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was
quite incredible; it was very emotional but lovely to see him again after all
these years, a very special visit from a special person who is a close friend
of Richie’s.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I
decided to take a holiday from blogging I only meant to stop during John's
visit which was from 8th of December until 16th of December.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the day
after John left I decided to extend my time off from blogging to enjoy the days
before the winter solstice and then Christmas before writing again.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Apart from
time off from blogging I wanted to see what life would be like without my
laptop and my connection to the outside world via the Internet.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I
discovered that I can live without my laptop and the Internet; however my
conclusion is that I can live without but I'd rather not have to do so.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I still
have so much that I would like to write about, during my time off there were days
when I could feel that I was overflowing with ideas for my blog posts.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last night
I decided I would start blogging again from today; it's not easy as my left
index finger which I rely on is not functioning well, and is becoming inactive.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I should
have made more of an effort learning how to use the Seetech computer in August
instead I chose to write using Dragon voice recognition.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So now I
have a problem because I can not use the laptop like I used to and it is very
frustrating to feel that my index finger won't work that is so frustrating.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There is nothing
worse than sitting in front of my laptop unable to click on any items or to
scroll down or to surf the net or do anything much.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Seetech
computer worries me, however I will not let fear rule me and I intend to learn
how to use the Seetech computer so I can keep writing and communicating.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">I have
not only missed the writing I have also missed the communications with blog
friends who have become important for me, I'm glad to be writing again today.</span></span>Herradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728207969811635579noreply@blogger.com9