Philip (Phil) England

This blog proves someone with disabilities CAN travel and navigate stressful situations and places with assistance. A holiday for me takes a lot of planning. Due to disabilities both mentally with anxiety, physically with mobility issues due to Ankylosyn Spondylitis and the constant pain, I have to plan everything to the last detail. From getting to the airport, getting through the airport and on to the plane, then at the other end getting off the plane theough the air port to the hire car. As you know, I always print off things such as directions and other inportant info. So just over two months since I decided it's high time I visited Bill and Kelvin out in Austria, there is just over 24 hours to go. Setting off Wednesday at about 2am, it is currently 8:35pm as I type this on Monday evening. Tomorrow my plan of attack is to make sure I double check all the important paperwork and downloaded things, doing my injections early this week, this will balance out as next wee...

A new month.... How did that happen? October here we go then; holiday to Austria month - how will tge new month start? Who knows? Let's see shall we? 1st : Not feeling too good this morning, very achy and feeling sick with it, left arm feels like a dead weight - hope that eases!. Eye department from hospital phoned, said I had appointment for 22nd October - can't make that so had to tell them I couldn't. 2nd : Feeling very sick and a bit gassy, very achy too. Hips and lower back are in agony, and my left knee just went very weak on attempting to get out of bed... Not a good start to the day... and a slow one at that too. Update - as the day went on started feeling more and more down. Found out this afternoon Juliet's brother had passed away on 30th September. 3rd : Feeling very down and headachy. Must get out of bed and sorted, got my flu jab this morning at 9:20am at SA1 surgery. On trying to get out of bed, knee is weak, I really must keep one walking stic...

Let's do September then..... 1st:  New month, and no change. Feeling very down and very achy too. As it comes up to the anniversary of my father's passing on the 5th, I didn't really expect anything less, I just have to try to do what I can when I can. EDIT - Still in bed, went to get out of it and my knee went weak, so been doing some exercises. It took a while but FINALLY managed it! EDIT 2 - J&J Motors phoned, car booked in for service on Thursday 9am. 2nd : 2:10am - Woke up with a bad stomach, and the runs... also thumping headache and back in agony. Feeling very down. 7:40am - Achy from head to toe, stomach seems to have settled though thank goodness and no more runs. I can hear its raining again... making me want to pee. EDIT - Just about got out of bed only took 40mins, sat on my bath board and had a shower with the plug in the bath so my feet had a nice soak - feel totally knackered now though.... that's what Fibromyalgia does to you! 3rd : ...

Scientist who predicted AI says world will end in just weeks in doomsday prediction. A scientific paper published in 1960 warned the world would end in just a few weeks - and one of the authors also made a chilling AI doomsday prediction about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Researchers have forecast doomsday is coming with the end of the world taking place before the end of 2026. Worryingly, one of the scientists has already been spot-on regarding AI. As though life wasn't tough enough with soaring living costs and a merciless employment landscape, a decades-old prophecy about civilisation's impending collapse has resurfaced. Back in 1960, the scholarly publication Science featured work by three prominent researchers from the University of Illinois. They warned that a catastrophic occurrence was looming on Friday, November 13 in 2026. Does this worry you? It does me! Saying that fuel prices make it feel like doomsday when I put petrol in the car and do a sh...

1st : Went back to sleep after waking at 3:30am, shouldn't have done so, now I have a thumping headache and bad neck and back. Something I forgot..... Oh yes..... Hello August! It may be a new month, but still waiting on closure from my Father's passing, seems to be dragging, just want it all over with, I need to move on now. 2nd : So snug in bed, but must get up, wash load to put on at 10am (hour of free electric), got a slight headache and hip hurting, knee is weak too.... Hope they improve. Feeling a bit sick now I'm up. 10am Update - Think I will go back to bed - Just sneezed, had a digestive biscuit in my mouth, went everywhere, and I hurt my elbow.... Just by sneezing. 3rd : Not too bad today, feeling exhausted and run down, feels humid. Almost went crashing down the stairs. 4th : Feeling achy, sick and a bit tired today, more duvet time or get out of bed?.... Unsure, but it's cloudy this morning and I can't see the sun! - maybe have my tablets in ...

A new month is here, but no changes. STILL waiting on DWP and solicitor to get sorted out, STILL waiting on Wendy's house to be sorted and sold. Really fed up, just want to get on with it, been going on too long. 1st : Was having a nice sleep 😞 guess I should get out of bed. Left hip in agony, as well as lower back, neck in pain too, but things to do. On getting out of bed, discovered my left knee was weak again this morning. NOT a good start to the new month. Afternoon Update - Ok, seems this evening I'm "drop things Phil" yogurts, a roll I made for lunch, and just now my phone on the floor 😕 what gives? Evening Update - That's my day done..... dropped one of my tablets went to vend down to pick it up and my back decided to send a message..... a shooting pain, just what I needed. Bed for me, after I have gabapentin and some cbd oil. 2nd : Achy but it's manageable, I should get out of bed. As I did putting weight on my feet seemed to start my...