Philip (Phil) England

My Dad just phoned me with the outcome of a DVLA call back. Earlier I was told by Specsavers Llanelli to get the time extended for Dad to get a DVLA eye test done due to the date on the letter and the length of time given. I phoned them and had a call back and was told they need to talk to my Dad (at the time was in Lidl, I was in the carpark). When I got him home I got him in the call back queue. They phoned him back this afternoon and was told by them to just book the sight test, no need to extend.  He then phoned Specsavers Llanelli and got his booking. Does anyone at the DVLA or Specsavers actually tell the same story? Wasted almost a whole day on waiting for call backs. Not good service at all. Really fed up. I am feeling very drained and in tears with it, which is NOT a good feeling. I'm shattered, I can't keep on like this, trying to live my life and helping Dad with his. It will continue at least until June, due to this issue. I could fall asleep right now, ...

  Rhumatology department at Neath Port Talbot Hospital refered me to the Fibromyalgia Clinic. I had a phone call from the clinic yesterday, and thought I would do a blog to show how my life an Fibro co-exist. I can tell you I have reminders on my phone and bits of paper pinned to the wall. Forgetting what I got up to do is the norm for me, as is forgetting words. Here we go then with the first night time report and the start of the day. Thursday 1st August: A night of interupted sleep, was too hot in the flat to sleep, the downside of a lack of sleep is a body that won't function as it should, so lets see how the day pans out. Pain this morning is at about a 5 out of 10, I took all my dose of Gabapentin yesterday. The day continued, and when I went to bed the pain had risen to about 6 out of 10. Friday 2nd August: In the early hours of this morning woke up to fibro tingling, but because I took all my doseage of Gabapentin, it didn't turn in to much. When I got out of bed my p...

  I'm not feeling like Christmas right now. My Dad's woman friend, Tel, passed away, she was found by Police yesterday, after Dad hadn't heard from her in a few days. I'm feeling less than perfect. He's not told my sister yet, but she couldn't care less! She's said as much in an email basically washing her hands of it all and has more or less told me to take sides. Now I'm going to have to confront Dad about his house, there's no way I can set foot in there as the smell makes me want to throw up, didn't want to do that til new year. Oh what a Christmas this will be, damn it. I feel like I'm trapped between two dead end roads with no right of way. My downstairs neighbour said if my sister isn't talking to him she won't know I've been there. I can see where she is coming from though. I can't set foot in the house as it is anymore, it turned my stomach the other day, even a face mask don't help. I've decided to send my Da...