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...

October 2023   This is the month of my holiday to Austria & Slovenia! Wednesday 3rd October: Damn it, fibromyalgia strikes in the night again. My whole body is in agony, feeling extremely tingly and achy. Not even sure I can remember a warning sign of its impending visit yesterday 🥺 Not a way to be woken up in the night that's for sure. Think I may have forgotten my gabapentin though, so that could be why it's dropped by 😔 Thursday 5th October: Well, a sluggish day so far today, got Nero later (he always cheers me up big time, bless him) Doctor will be phoning later to discuss my diabetic readings of the last few days. Also today am waiting on Amazon delivery, and I think one other parcel too. My mind is going... I thought I had Amazon order coming today... guess who forgot to check out his order? never mind, will come tomorrow now. Had Nero today, he’s a fantastic dog, he looks after me, he’s like my shadow! Friday 6th October: Just gone 5am What the.... my lower back,...