MemberS welcome.

i have mentioned before on here that LAMS north norfolk,(life and MS) have a site on facebook, Facebook LAMS North Norfolk,well,welcome to the MS societys east anglia regions addition on facebook as well,Facebook M.S. Society - East Anglia Region PLEASE if you are on facebook,and you have MS,even if you aren't from our "region" have a look,and maybe consider joining.the MS society do a wonderful job,and i urge any sufferer of the damn evil disease to join.£5 a year is little enough.the facebook site has links to LAMS,and to the societies website,but here it is anyway,Multiple Sclerosis Society Website - Welcome to the MS Society - Supp & Servic .and finally,lets not forget 2 more sites that are invaluable,the MS trust is also a very good site for information,MS Trust Providing information for people with MS, their family, friends and should take you there.and just one more,an american site i find very good,with many new and informative articles,MS Views and News. better known as stus views. i know many MS sufferers write blogs,can i PLEASE ask any of you who do,or if you know of any blogger who suffers,to please come and join LAMS and the MS society. help fight MS,ON OUR OWN WE CANNOT WIN,TOGETHER WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.sometimes helping someone else helps you as well. thanks,take care all.

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED AND INJURED IN A COWARDLY TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE 7TH DAY OF THE 7TH MONTH 2005.AND STILL THE KILLINGS GO ON,STILL TROOPS ARE BEING REPATRIATED IN BODY BAGS.STILL HATRED IN MENS HEARTS AND MINDS. may one day very soon common sense and peace prevail. take care all

A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS

WISHING ALL MY AMERICAN READERS AND FRIENDS A VERY HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LET US ALL PRAY THAT ALL THE TROOPS FROM BOTH USA,AND THE UK,KEEP SAFE. and that peace will prevail.take care all.

GARDEN PICS,2010

the boarder under mums window,busy lizzies,verbena and geraniums

these double petunias were a bargain.

baskets this year are a mix of petunias,double petunias,and fuschias.

yep,they came back.lol.but this year they are still coming as this was taken yesterday.i really need to clean pond,but cant til they leave.bless.

these were picked yesterday, pink champagne peonies and the red roses, from a bush that was here when we moved 18 years ago,and it was old then.the smell of the roses are wonderful.

So,just a few pics to brighten the gloom,the weather is awful,i had to get out of bed at 3am and close my bloody bedroom window,it was perishing,north gale blowing,we had a sea mist yesterday and today there is a fine drizzle,and its cold. have a good time in your own gardens whatever this british summer throws at us. take care all.

A NEW BEGINNING,

Martin,janes husband has started his own blog.Life After Jane: It's been a week. is his first entry as a blogger in his own right.let us all welcome Martin to the wonderful world of Jland. can i just say thanks to everyone who has commented on my last 2 posts,those 2 entries were for jane,because she was my friend. they werent so much for her benefit,but for mine.I had to get rid of the grief i felt.not just for Jane.life has been a bit of a downer lately.
now,the last 2 sessions of my MS group were a success,all enjoyed them.and today i visited LAMS,the life and MS group held in north norfolk. many thanks to roger,laraine and everyone there for making me welcome. and Myra. special thanks to her,for being a great person.i enjoyed it.will i go again?possibly in a few weeks yes. some may say that it can be distressing seeing MS sufferers who are worse than myself,but it really isnt like that.everyone,whatever their problems had a good time.
as i have said,i have had health problems,i am still waiting for the results of the ultrasound scan on heart,and what they want to do.MS plays its nasty little games,my voice goes,swallowing very bad at times. but this blog is back to normal. my thanks to all my readers for sticking with me,let us hope summer wasn't really those 2 nice days last week,lol. take care all.

MEMORIES.

Martin has posted on janes blog,A journey of another kind....: And Finally Her funeral is to be held on the 11th of June.Martin writes of his grief and thanks us for our comments.Please will you visit and leave a last comment for this wonderful lady.I am sure Guido will put a message on Call for Support but this is for Jane. Someone asked me,well meaningly,why her death has upset me so.after all,she died of cancer,not MS like dear Emma,her death was expected,and had been for some time.so why?the answer is in the title of this entry.MEMORIES.jane has always been my heroine on here,i have often commented i was in awe of her,of her courage,her bravery.but there are so many others on here that are as ill,dying,have died.but jane has been a part of my blogging,since i first saw her journal all that time ago.the old Jland we all love and miss.my blog in those days was indeed of caring for mum,of me sharing that with you.then MS was confirmed,and lately it seems to have taken over.as it has my life.the heart attack,back trouble,ill health.all have taken their toll. but Jane was still here.she was fighting her vile disease,so would i.now she has gone. i miss her.but she will be remembered,by me,by many.
i have,as do we all, memories of a happier life,of when i was fit and well.when mum was able to get about without a frame or wheelchair,of having a job i loved,a girlfriend i loved.memories. life deals us blows,people we love change,mothers we thought were invincible grow old,and get frail and forgetful,and scared.and we ourselves get diseases we cant control. and we get scared too.but we still have our memories.and i suppose i mourn the passing of those memories,as i mourn the passing of Jane.another friend lost,no more words of encouagement to cheer me when i am down,in pain.i may need further heart surgery,i am getting angina bad.the MS seems to be getting worse. the pain management consultant has told me he cannot help with the crushed disc,it is too risky an operation to have.so memories sometimes are all we have left to keep us going. and in memory of Jane,i am going to do my best to keep on caring and sharing for some time yet to come.
I wish Martin peace,and joy in his memories of his beloved JANE.
As i wish to all who are in pain,alone,scared,that every one of us find peace and joy in our own MEMORIES. take care all,thanks for being my friends. MORT.

IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVEST LADY I HAVE EVER KNOWN

IN MEMORY OF JANE CATHERINE THOMPSON,18th JAN 1959-30th MAY 2010.

I am in tears as i write this,Jland has lost another of our friends,this time the brave Jane,who finally succumbed to kidney cancer today. A journey of another kind.... was her story. A story of courage,of hope,of fighting against the awful disease she had,and of her fight for funding for Sutent,the drug that gave her,and her beloved husband Martin and family,the extra time they had together.I first came across her journal 2 or more years ago,i saw her link on Pams blog,and clicked it.and sat here in awe.This lovely lady was dying. she had been given maybe 6 months to live,but her journal wasn't self pitying,it was one of hope,of good humour,of her love for her family.There was no "WHY ME LORD?",rather it was more,"well,why not me lord?",yes she has had her bad days,days of despair,but she has made me laugh as much as she has made me cry.She has written of her holidays and cruise,she had a film made about her,about her fight for funding for the drug that had given her that precious extra time to do all those things she wanted to do with Martin and the children.She was featured in YOURS magazine,and i think it is the first time i have ever read it before my mother had even looked at it,lol.And apart from all these things,the one thing that made me come to treasure Jane,to call her my friend was something special.SHE WORRIED ABOUT ME.she has commented on my posts,semt me mails,and always she cared about how I was,how I was feeling,how low I was.how mum was.SHE WAS DYING FROM CANCER.yet she cared about me.as she did about so many more.because she was our Jane.Lately her news has become grimmer and sadder as the cancer spread,and we who have followed her story knew the end was approaching,as did she,but even then she has made me smile with her sense of humour.

Sadly this morning she lost her fight,Jland has lost another friend, Blogspot another blogger,and i have lost someone who has helped me more than she ever knew.It was her journal i used to read when my MS was making me want to give this journal up,when i was feeling self pitying,when the world was against me,it was her journal i read.AND IT MADE ME REALISE I HAD NO RIGHT TO FEEL SELF PITY.Not if Jane could carry on,if she could fight,so could i.

To those of you reading this on Blogspot,or perhaps on Facebook,if you feel that your life is bad,that your illness,personal circumtances,money worries,whatever,make life not worth living,read Janes journal.I defy anyone to not be touched and uplifted by it.JANE IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO ONCE GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR YOUR BLOG.I NOW DEDICATE THIS,MY PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO YOU,THE BRAVEST,NICEST,LOVELIEST PERSON I HAVE EVER KNOWN, and i am still crying. take care all.