Armadillo's Journal (original) (raw)

Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded inArmadillo's LiveJournal:

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

12:55 am

Oh... c'est la vie!

Current Mood: blah

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

8:42 pm

A Recollection of Our Wedding Vows :) I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realise that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my attention
and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you,
to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how.

Completely and forever.

Friday, August 29th, 2008

12:37 pm

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

1:00 pm

Happy Birthday Susan Hope you have a great day and wonderful year ahead :) *hugs*

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

12:11 am

Curry - Wednesday Night at Lal Qila Mupp is in town and wanted to try the Banana curry at the Lal Qila.
So we are planning to do go out for a curry, anyone interested?

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

11:13 pm

Janitor v Harrison Ford For people who follow the TV Series Scrubs there is an imposing but funny character known only as the Janitor. In one of the episodes JD comes across a film clip where he is sure he spots the Janitor acting as a cop chasing Harrison Ford in The Fugitive on the Subway train and asks him about it. He counts saying as if were an actor would he be working as a Janitor in a hospital what sort of part would that be. For people who have seen the new Indy movie the person who plays the Janitor, is interrogating Indy a.k.a Harrison Ford, so we have come full circle and I believe someone in the industry is trying to thumb their nose to us ;P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW9H5ezyuIE

http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20080528.html

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

2:40 pm

Meeting up with friends There was a collection in Manchester for the memory of the passing of the Manchester Raggies yesterday. The money was given to the British Heart Foundation.

I decided to pop out and along to see people as I haven't seen a lot of them in a while. Early afternoon wasn't too bad I hustled them on the pool table as usual. I maybe ill but don't let that think I will give you an easy game.

After deciding they needed to eat we were walking from the Ra!n Bar to a Chinese Restaurant but on the way I had a fit and came around by the Paramount, confused and feeling for a few moments that I was in a foreign city until I wandered around recognized the Palace Theatre. I then had to find the people who I was walking with as I seemed to have lost them, this along with how the hell did I cross the road scared the hell out of me, the fear due to the short term memory loss surrounding fits. And I also managed to bite my tongue which is still sore.

I am currently on the max for these meds, so I have been told so see how they do for a month then we will talk to the specialist about what to do next.

I hope everyone else is ok and if you need them, then you can have as many hugs as necessary.

Take care.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

4:27 pm

New Icon thanks to Zwinky :o) Hi folks. I am still alive. I thought I would post as I was messing around with Zwinky and made an icon which looks a little like me from my uni days and nowadays. I hope everyone is doing well. Take care and play nicely *hugs*

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

1:47 pm

Happy Birthday to Mupp and Gorilla I hope my little sister's day is filled with cake and custard, cards and presents, happiness, fluffyness and bouncing :)

It is gorilla's 18th so be careful with the nanners. Make sure you stay away from the alcohol ;)

Lots of Love, Hugs and Fluffyness to you both :)

Monday, March 31st, 2008

4:26 pm

*hugs and thoughts* A lot of my friends and family seem to be going through a rough patch lately,
Whether it be lack of motivation or other more troubling and private or personal reason.
I know it can't be easy for them and I wish I could take their burden away from them.
I am used to carrying burdens so I wouldn't mind carrying a few more extra for the people I love,
admire and call friends.
My friends are really important to me, I worry about you when you are not happy.
Remember if you need to talk or to just escape, I am always here.
I wish I could be there with you to share cake when you are feeling down.

Friday, March 28th, 2008

5:04 pm

Keep on increasing the meds Letter finally appeared from the specialist today, my meds are going to be by increased 25mg over 2 weeks and then by another 25mg over the following 2 weeks, put me on 150mg twice a day.

So, onwards and upwards... maybe the light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train.

*fingers crossed*

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

12:44 pm

Had Fun in the Cold with Friends and Family I went down to London to help Muppster and Bfo mend and clean up the guide camp in readiness for the start of the camping season. Unluckily, the weather was not really with us:

http://pics.livejournal.com/bfo/pic/0000efaa/

That is me in the piccie and the far right is the tent I spent the weekend in. I had a great time and even though having had a fit at camp, I managed to have a snowball fight with da Muppster. The only annoyance for me was the trip back on National Express. They over booked the bus and made up wait an extra hour for another bus and we ended up back in Manchester an hour and quarter later than we should have arrived. I am wondering if I can get anything back on the trip, given that I took out insurance and they lost my seat.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

2:25 pm

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

2:05 pm

Put on hold After going to see my GP today and explaining the recent auroras/side effects and increase in fits. She decided to stop increasing the dosage of the current meds and talk to the specialist about whether to continue to increase the dosage or withdraw me from the meds. It takes so long to get on and off the meds. I have already spent so long out of work and away from people during the day, it slowly drives you mad after over a year and a half out of work. Not knowing what is going to happen next, as even the quickest of decisions take so long to see if there is any outcome. So life and meds are both on hold at the moment.

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

6:09 pm

Nice Trip to Scotland I don't get away much, so I tend to enjoy it when I do. Emily and I went upto Scotland to see her brother's play which he wrote being performed at the Dundee University Union. It was a great comedy drama, in fact you could say it was rivoting.

Emily's parents cooked and fed tasty food to us while we were there most evening, except for the evening after the play which we went to a Chinese restaurant with Emily's Brother and his girlfriend.

The only pity seems to be that Emily's car seems to have developed a fault in starting and that I seemed to be having 2 petit mal fits a day on the duration of the trip. Although some of which seemed to be those weird not quite fits which my senses go crazy.

Hey ho life goes on.

In other news, I found out how ASDA can have more offers than any other store but some are very strange. Buy 1 jar of Lime Pickle for 91p or buy 2 for 2 pounds.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

6:34 pm

Dick Wolf and the Looking Glass I find it amusing that when watching Law and order, LAO:SVU and LAO:CI that the correct detectives turn up to the crimes at the start of the episodes. It is almost as if they can see into the future and know which ones are needed ;P In other news, my meds have increased today so I am take 100mg of Zonegran twice a day along with the 1000mg of Epilim twice a day and still I am having fits, one less than an hour.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

6:40 pm

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

6:21 pm

Fits and Side Effects Over the last three days I have had 4 petit mal fits.
Two yesterday which left me feeling tired, headachy and worn out.
I also had a couple of strange turns which my wife described as looking as if
I was going into fits but I didn't but to me it was like having time dilation
with blurring of colours in my vision and the sound seem to be out of sync.
I am wondering if this is a side effect of the medication as I stepped up last
Tuesday or whether it is just an effect of me being tired.

Does anyone know anyone else with epilepsy whom has had similar symptoms?

Friday, February 8th, 2008

12:11 pm

Monday, January 21st, 2008

2:49 pm

Still having fits but still fighting I am still having roughly 5ish fits a week,
although yesterday I had 2 in the same day :S

Been feeling a bit lethargic lately but I am
not sure if that is the change in meds or just
a mood because nothing seems to be happening yet.

Dosage increases tomorrow, so we will see how
thing improve or change.

Take Care, play nicely and have fun.

*hugs*

Current Mood: chipper