tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post7091888585479667164..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: transformationSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-43923868150242815612015-05-12T06:02:52.672+00:002015-05-12T06:02:52.672+00:00All power to your elbow, Carla (and your swerve......All power to your elbow, Carla (and your swerve...) :)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-43494718202253746472015-05-11T19:57:04.023+00:002015-05-11T19:57:04.023+00:00I'm a fan of the stem cell processes, hopefull...I'm a fan of the stem cell processes, hopefully it will help a lot of ppl with mnd`s fingers crossed! Thank you for the kind comment spence, I try my best to make life easier for the residents but maintaining their independence as well. Very difficult to find the balance. They can get very frustrated and aggressive sometimes but they don't mean it, you just gotta learn to duck or move quickly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864079474796026070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-22695757159915612612015-05-11T15:59:57.007+00:002015-05-11T15:59:57.007+00:00Any of those progressive motor neurone diseases ar...Any of those progressive motor neurone diseases are straight out of hell. I hope one day with stem cell advances they'll put an end to it. Until then - carers like you are a huge support & go some way to making the whole thing bearable. xSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-65679093629171374372015-05-11T00:38:20.254+00:002015-05-11T00:38:20.254+00:00It is an awful disease, it's a cruel one to. W...It is an awful disease, it's a cruel one to. We have a chap in the nursing home with it and he keeps having falls as his feet don't do as their told n trip him up. I often ask him why he's chucking himself on the floor but he just grins at me. He looks battered and abused with his injuries bless him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864079474796026070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-14573223308670057472011-05-15T19:54:03.784+00:002011-05-15T19:54:03.784+00:00Hi Anon
Very sorry to hear about your grandfather...Hi Anon<br /><br />Very sorry to hear about your grandfather. I have to say I don't know how things worked out for Richard in this piece. He was very unwell, for sure, and the prognosis can't have been all that good. I think his daughter found him just in the nick of time. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-20568714822912994452011-05-15T19:17:18.308+00:002011-05-15T19:17:18.308+00:00I hope he was ok in the end. My grandfather had Pa...I hope he was ok in the end. My grandfather had Parkinsons and died in similar circumstances, so this story felt especially emotional to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-74275225250047146392011-05-14T18:33:28.523+00:002011-05-14T18:33:28.523+00:00Thanks v much, Wren. You & me both! (Although ...Thanks v much, Wren. You & me both! (Although I cut my hair short a few years ago). Hope you're well. :0) xSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-11807705715029285002011-05-14T16:56:36.657+00:002011-05-14T16:56:36.657+00:00"Ropes of thick greying hair hang down over t..."Ropes of thick greying hair hang down over the shoulders of her flowery waistcoat. She has arubbed and faded look, like a boho teenager who took forty years to make it back from Woodstock."<br /><br />Fabulous, Spence. This made me chuckle--you could be describing me. What an eye and an imagination you have! The story is perfect.Wrenhttp://www.rheumablog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-77084625087894175742011-05-14T07:05:37.070+00:002011-05-14T07:05:37.070+00:00A dreadful situation for the whole family, no ques...A dreadful situation for the whole family, no question. Those degenerative CNS diseases are up there with the worst.<br /><br />Good that you make it out to George like that, though, JoB. It makes a big difference to how you feel, being well-groomed (he said, sitting here in dog-walking jeans, with a bad case of bed-hair)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-6693528107888044622011-05-14T06:28:56.389+00:002011-05-14T06:28:56.389+00:00Poor Melanie.She's stared death in the face th...Poor Melanie.She's stared death in the face there.Thank goodness that death blinked first.<br /><br />Parkinsons is a shitty illness.I do a house call on a chap who has it.George is a cheery soul.Always asking about my girls,how's the wife plenty of chit chat.Yet the effort of trying to keep his head reasonably still for 10 minutes or so knackers him out.<br /><br />Marvellous piece of writing as always Spence.jacksofbuxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420847156401984373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-312530271642333682011-05-13T20:32:29.048+00:002011-05-13T20:32:29.048+00:00Thanks Allie. It's funny how this piece has en...Thanks Allie. It's funny how this piece has ended up with a much scarier vibe than I originally intended, though. It's that damn terracota figure (and the effects of working long hours, I suppose). Actually the daughter visited a lot, and obviously cared for her father a great deal.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-40809112389296679372011-05-13T19:16:17.874+00:002011-05-13T19:16:17.874+00:00oh how scary. what a pair those two sound like- s...oh how scary. what a pair those two sound like- so opposite from each other.allienoreply@blogger.com