I am Cat, I live on the Isle of Wight, and my life has, over the past 18 months or so, become infinitely more complicated.
Is it pineapple sponge today? is a blog about adapting to having a chronic illness and becoming a carer.
It’s also about food, wildlife, and anything else that crosses my busy mind!
Latest posts
- Training day
Creamy chicken and sweetcorn pasta Finally, at the third attempt, I got to the ‘dementia training’ offered by the Island’s carers’ support charity. First, of course, I had to deal with a poor, starving tabby cat who hadn’t been fed… Read more: Training day - Complaints processing
Roast chicken, Yorkies, veg Not much to report today except an endlessly rotating roster of complaints from mum: her head hurts, her back hurts, it’s raining, it’s too bright, there’s nothing on tv, the programme that is on tv has… Read more: Complaints processing - With a tabby by my side
Jambalaya-ish Not much to report today, really. Mum has still been complaining of headaches, but she went out and did some gardening, and while watching the rugby, sang along to the national anthem. This afternoon she did some tidying up… Read more: With a tabby by my side - Schrodinger’s Condiment
Chorizo sausage whirls, chips, salad This will be short, because it’s been a long day. This morning I sent an email to the GP asking him to expedite mum’s hospital appointment, quoting NICE guidance that initial assessment by a rheumatologist… Read more: Schrodinger’s Condiment - I, too, hope they sort this soon
Garlic chicken, Mediterranean veg, jacket potatoes In your latest dispatches from the front lines of carer burnout: As soon as I moved this morning, before I was even properly awake, mum was talking at me through my bedroom door. However,… Read more: I, too, hope they sort this soon
Is it pineapple sponge today? 