9 injections to go & Glass repellent sandals....

The Warm, Sandy Beach of Innocence.....The countdown begins!


Look who got himself a brand new scanner this morning:) I only ordered the thing last night from an internet based company called dabs.com. I have been meaning to get myself a scanner for sometime now, as I have a fair few photos taken over the years of myself and My Sisters etc. I have quite a few I took too before I went digital, mostly crap but important nonetheless......I hate film cameras! There are quite a few polaroids that my Dad took when we were kids. I want to scan all of them so they don't fade anymore! I will be posting (starting today) a selection of pics from when I was a kid, in future posts.
I chose this photo today because, well, it was one of the first I got out the bag and I like it too:) Notice the Star Wars T-shirt on the little Mighty C (circa 78). I had loads of t-shirts like this including Liverpool Football club & Buck Rogers Pj's. But what I find most interesting about this photo is the premonitionary position (not what it sounds like;) of my elder Sister Samantha. She seems to be hiding in the back......She is the only one of my three Sisters to move away from London. My other two Sisters are within 5 minutes of me, including our Mum & Dad (divorced back when we were kids). I think you can tell which is my Twin Nicola (on my left), by the way we are standing next to each other. She has a pretty cool Witch t-shirt on. My youngest Sister Tania (74) with the giant red dummy is wearing her Mr Men t-shirt & Samantha (69) has got on an Apache Indian one on (looking like she is stamping her foot down in the water having a bit of a sulk)
Also, there are some not so obvious indications that there is a Haemophiliac standing there in the sand. Did you spot the strip of white tape holding on a lump of cotton wool onto a needle hole in my right elbow? This is from an injection of Factor VIII taken just a few hours before to prevent a "bleed" whilst I was out mucking around in the sand somewhere near Perranporth, Cornwall. I did the injection myself:) I still have some Haemophilia shooting gear from around the time this photo was taken. I am going to write (with photos) a retro post sometime soon. I have this sterilized water for FVIII injections, still unopened in it's original box.........these are like so precious to me as they contain clean, un-contaminated water from before I got a little lost! Things like that and My Star Wars figures & Millennium Falcon are priceless to me! I want to thank my Mum & Dad for not chucking them out.
Not only are there the tell tale signs of an injection.........Did you notice something odd about all of our feet? You guessed it......I am the only one wearing sandals. I was never allowed to go bare footed, especially on a beach, incase of glass and other things like barbed wire, wood splinters & sharp stones........The kind of things that you might find on an English beach;)

I must say, looking at these photos are just like looking into a deep, almost bottomless hole where all things good are waiting! But with great skill, can still be reached with an imaginary ladder to my childhood.......very emotional stuff!

So......expect to see more little photos of your's truly in the near future:)

I am off out tonight in the rain and wind for a little bike ride with my pal Lee. Just a local stint around Richmond Park. I was in Bushy Park on Wednesday in similar conditions and my foot slipped off the pedal which then proceeded to smack into my little boney shin! OUCH!!!! But it was a nice ride and refreshing too:) Also, I spent the last two days looking for that FVIII gear I told you about earlier. I had put it away about two years ago and just could not remember where I had stashed it. I new I had it though and all I had to do was look through about 20 boxes and numerous drawers & cupboards.....and a shed! And look I did.....for two days until I found them! I really don't know why these things are so important to me! Maybe something to do with.........I don't know......Time machine anyone?

I did my 39th Interferon injection last night too. It went in, as usual, without any pain or leakages. Nine more to go and then what? Six more months waiting to see if it has gone? I shall miss this daily, weekly routine I think. Sounds absurd I know........But I is I and That is That I suppose. Then I will still be left with HIV and rotten joints & Haemophilia to keep me occupied. I don't think they are going anywhere just yet;)

P.s. (22:29 tonight) I didn't go for a bike ride in the end. It poured and then some, so my friend Lee phoned and cancelled. He came round instead and we checked out my new scanner:) Big boy's and their toy's eh;)

Jason