Jo-Anne's Ramblings

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Week 20 of 2026

MOTHER’S DAY

I was up at 4.15am, my Cpap mask was annoying me, so I got up, it is a cold morning.

I did manage to go for my walk after I sat in my recliner and closed my eyes for a while.

Sue picked up and we went to the cemetery; we saw Dave & Leigh and Liarna as well as Sandy and Denni &Skylar.

While I was out Kathy came over and left me three framed photos for Mother’s Day.

Tasha came down and wished me a good Mother’s Day, Jessica & Sam rang to wish me the same.

Steps: 8,526 = 4.3k’s or 2.6miles

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Had a good night slept for 9hrs, woke to the sound of rain, it is 13c or 55.4f and the rain is supposed to stop by 7am, I hope it does as I have a Dr appointment at 8.50am.

The rain did stop and we went and had our flu shots, then we went shopping for a few things.

This afternoon I started to feel not great and as the afternoon dragged on my PD symptoms worsened, so I checked with Google and yeah, the flu shot can do that, but I should be ok tomorrow or Wednesday.

I’m going to bed early

Steps: 7,225 = 3.6k’s or 2. 1 mile.

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I woke up feeling fine, it is another chilly start to the day with the temp being 15c or 59f, I slept for around 8hrs, yeah, I was up at 4am again.

No walk this morning as my feet felt so heavy when I tried to walk, I was worried I would fall over. By midday I was feeling good.

Had a nap between 1 and 2pm and woke feeling good.

Last night in a dream I received a stern talking to from my dad, he told me I should have got medical attention as soon as I fell over on the cruise, and that I must take more care and look after myself. He also said how proud he was of Sue for looking after me.

Steps: 5,113 = 2.5k’s or 1.5miles

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I had a good night, managed 7hrs of sleep and was up at 4,20am, the temp was 13c or 55.4f. It is also raining, I hope it stops by 7am so I can go for my walk.

It is raining this morning I hope it stops before I need to go out for the MRI.

It rained on the way to have the MRI but stopped by the time we got there. I had very little waiting and the scan took only 10minutes, I closed my eyes and dosed off while it was done.

We then went to the plaza so I could pick up my scrips and get bread.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….I was awake at 3am and up at 4am as I was restless and unable to settle, so got up and had a shower. It is wet outside but not raining.

The temp is 15c or 59f and I had a decent 9hrs of sleep.

While out shopping my Dr’s surgery rang and said I need an appointment to get the MRI results, so I am now going to the Dr’s tomorrow morning.

I had a short nap and started to feel better after that, as I wasn’t feeling good.

Tasha brought down my Mother’s Day gift a foot spa and I love it; I am so excited about it.

Steps: 5,510 = 2.8k’s or 1.7miles

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I didn’t get up till 4.50am how cool is that, I had another good 9hrs of sleep, the temp is 13c or 55.4f and it is wet outside, not raining at the moment.

Went and saw the Dr he read the report from Hunter Imaging which said there was no ligamentous injury, however, it also said that there are bone marrow changes and bruising at T2 and T3 and some subtle changes to T1 and recommended another MRI of the thoracic spine. I have requested an appointment for that to be done.

Bought Tim another loaf of bread, asked the women 3 times if it was sandwich, she said it was, Tim took one look at it and said it’s toast not sandwich, I explained that I checked with the woman who served me, and he said what an idiot. Thankfully he wasn’t angry with me.

It has rained on and off all day, I tried to have a nap at 12.30 but only managed to lay down for 20 minutes as I felt restless.

Steps: 8,526 = 4.3k’s or 2.6miles

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I didn’t get up till the alarm went off at 5am, so a good night getting 10hrs of sleep. It is 12c or 53.6f this morning I had the heater on in the bathroom and bedroom when I had my morning wash and got dressed for the day.

Around 10am Sue text me that she had attempted to clean her air fryer, which was originally mums, but it was so gross that she decided to toss it out and buy a new one. So, we went to Kmart to do that, she bought a mini air fryer which is all she needs as it is only her.

However, as she was leaving her place, she was carrying the old one to toss it in the bin and managed to twist her ankle and throw herself left so she wouldn’t’ fall down the stairs, she hurt her arm, ankle and head.

Steps: 9,179 = 4.6k’s or 2.8miles

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Links

My post with links to other posts and a few photos as well

https://jamfn.blogspot.com/2026/05/getting-to-know-me_8.html

https://jamfn.blogspot.com/2026/05/friday-fill-in-on-sunday.html

https://jamfn.blogspot.com/2026/05/simple-womans-daybook.html

https://jamfn.blogspot.com/2026/05/hodgepodge-on-wet-day.html

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Cruise 2026

While on our cruise we came across a few people who were doing around the world cruise and had already been on the ship for 30 days and still had a long time to go.

30 days would be far too long for me and the others agreed with me it is too long, 7 days is long enough for me, and the others agree with that as well.

If we take another cruise in the future, it will be to New Zealand which where I would next like to go for a holiday.

This last cruise was good but not as good as our other cruises the food isn’t as nice and many of the staff are also not as nice as we have had in the past. Except our steward George he was friendly and helpful.

What made this last cruise special was having Jessica and Sue with us, I would have felt lonely without Sue, as both Tim and Jessica are fit enough to do things me and Sue felt unable to do.

By the last day all of us felt done in and just wanted to go home. We all spent a lot of the day in our cabins.

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Not doing as well as I would like

Today I am thinking that I need to get my act together and get back into posting regularly again but still did nothing in way of a post.

Truth is I am not in a good place mentally; I can’t shake the what ifs connected to the fall on the cruise and being told that I have a C4 teardrop break. I haven’t been given any real information about how long it will take to heal, what I can and cannot do.

What information I have I have found online; this isn’t good enough. However, after I have the MRI tomorrow, I will most likely have to go back and see my GP and I will have to ask him for some answers, although he isn’t a spine specialist and may not have answers.

Anyway at this time I am taking it one day at a time.

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Week 19 of 2026

I slept straight through the night not waking till the alarm went off at 5am and I am feeling good this morning. I was having my wash when I heard the kettle going and wondered why Tim was up so early, he said he couldn’t sleep.

It is 16c or 61f this morning, it is going to be a warm day with a top of 28c or 82.4f.

I had a good 7&half hours of sleep

I managed to vacuum, sweep and do a load of washing as well as hang it on the clothes hoist to dry and take the hoists outside. I also went for my walk the normal walk I do, this morning without fear of falling.

I have a lot of lower back pain this afternoon.

Steps: 7,481 = 3.7k’s or 2.2miles

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Had another good night slept getting 9hrs of sleep before waking up 10 minutes before the alarm. It is 5.30am and 16c or 61f we are heading for a top of 28 again. I have woken with lower back pain again. I applied Deep Heat and it helped also applied a heat patch

I went for my morning walk.

I asked Sandy if she was in the area could she come and take my shower curtain down so I can wash it, she did. It is now soaking in wash booster.

Steps: 4,999 = 2.6 or 1.6miles

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I was up at 4am but I was in bed by 7pm last night and had a good 9hrs of sleep, at 4.30am it was 15c or 59f only supposed to reach 21c today.

I noticed it had been raining during the night and when it became near the time I like to go for a walk it was still wet, so I decided to wait. When I did go, I walked down and posted letters I had written.

The air fryer/oven I bought Jess as a housewarming gift arrived today.

Steps: 5,960 = 3k’s or 1.8miles

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What a pissy night, from 1am I was up and down to the loo like a damn yo yo, at 3am I got up for half an hour as I felt restless, when I went back to bed I slept for an hour before getting up to start my day.

Had the doc appointment, got referral for MRI emailed it to Hunter Imagine and they will contact me.

I had to have a nap at 11.15am I slept till 11.50am. I woke up to a messy kitchen. Tim said he would clean it up, but I did it.

Around 2pm I started to feel unwell, headache, tired, upset tummy. Oh well tomorrow’s another day and hopefully I will feel better then.

Steps: 5,212=2.6k’s or 1.6miles

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I was in bed by 7pm last night went straight to sleep but woke at 8.30pm went to the loo and decided to stay up for a big that turned into an hour, after returning to bed I slept through to 5am. The temp at 5.30am was 11c or 52f.

I did a load of washing and hung them on the clothes hoists and took them outside.

I had a nap at 11am for an hour then I had lunch, around 1.30pm I brought the clothes hoists in as it is windy.

I have felt cold on and off all day.

I have sent Tash a text saying I need to go to bed and could she help, even though it is only 5.30pm I am struggling to stay awake and feel sick.

Steps: 5523=2.8k’s or 0.5miles

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Good morning and hello Friday, I woke at 4.10 to pee and went back to bed till 4.30 when I got up. At that time, it was 9c or 48f. I had a good 9hrs of sleep and I feel ok now.

I went for a walk and posted the letters and then I swept up all the leaves out the front and vacuumed out.

It is really cold here for me I had to turn the heater on as the cold room gave me a headache.

This afternoon after my nap I didn’t feel as cold but around 5.30pm I got a headache.

Flu shot at 8.50

MRI at 13.20 be there at 12.50

Good morning and hello Saturday I was up at 4.30am and had a shower it was 10c or 50f. I found the kitchen in a mess cleaned it up and had breakie.

It feels crisp outside; I’m waiting for my body to settle enough to go for a walk.

Tim and I went to Medowie to check out a camper van. I couldn’t get into it as it was too high.

This afternoon Tim is attempting to put the table Jessica bought together, he said it is going to take hours.

He is also in a damn awful mood going on about no one helps him, although when he said something about needing help with the table, she said she would come down tomorrow and help, this went over his head because being in a mood feels better, I guess. I am so over his damn mood.

Steps: 4,356=2.2k’s or 1.3miles