The Diary of Real Britain
I'm a 57 Year old Disabled man. I have worked for 37.5 continuous years. This Podcast Chronicles the struggles I have while making the journey of life. From putting food on the table to looking after the car and cat. From doing the shopping and going to work. From going to the gym and socialising. And carrying out my political activism. I then keep the Diary of Real Britain to tell people of this journey. To tell them of the Britain I live in.
The Diary of Real Britain
Episode 108 Monday 26th January
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Monday. I woke up and made an another appointment for my wife. This time we saw a GP. We go home and do not have time to play chess. In the afternoon I go to the afternoon session in the gym. Then home to assist my wife. Tuesday. Off to work again But the tourist industry is getting busy but they are mostly chinese. I finish the day on time and go home. Wednesday. I getup and go to work as usual but before I go my wife has an argument. She is in agony and pleads for me to stay at home but I explain to her its to late. With gut wrenching I head for work. All day there is no cleaning to be done. I then at the end of the day head for home to the news that my wife has not had much to eat. I buy her some sausage rolls and she picks at them. Then she settles down for bed. Thursday. At 3am my wife wakes me up and says that she hasn't much sleep and we ring NHS 111. 6hrs later we are heading for A and E. We stay there all day and we discover its a DVT. Something I was scared about but now realise that my wife's life is coming to an end. At Midnight my wife is taken to a ward. Friday. I wake up the next day and tell my boss that I am not coming in to work. In the afternoon I visit my wife she tells me that there might be stent put in and I am happy. I then leave. Saturday. I clean in the morning and then in the afternoon I go and see my wife. I ask to have a report about her situation and I have a shock as the registrar is waiting for me. She says there is to be no operation and then she leaves. Then another doctor appears for pain control. I then go home. Sunday. No visiting today. So I wash politics East and then off to Bar HIll for the weekly shop. And then home and then in the evening I have a Sunday Roast Ready Meal.