Monday 11th October 2010

I realised today that as I have never posted a postal address for us in Darwin since Helen returned to her own house we are a bit cut off from some of the people who used to write to us. For the time being her old Post Office Box - PO Box 1123 Nightcliff NT 0814 will still be a good way to reach us although at some point in the future I think we will cancel this one. Letters direct to her home at The Gardens will get here most efficiently but as I still feel a bit wary about putting this address up here feel free to email/message me if you want the full address.

Over the last week Helen and I continued on our path of the odd outing to cafes and visits at home with friends. On the weekend we have had visitors from down south and Douglas also arrived for a 10 day stint as the main carer while I start work at Danila Dilba.

Helen's cognition still varies a lot - at times she is quite disoriented, at other times quite with it. Sometimes she remembers all the things that happened the day before even though she had seemed not to really know they were happening at the time...

She has been listening to My Brilliant Career courtesy of Lil. She and I have finished watching/listening to Series 3 of When the Boat Comes In and I have been demurring over whether to buy Series 4 from ebay. Radio National is still a favourite - especially the Book Show which is fortunately available as a podcast.

She is eating well. Mobility is even better than before.

She does seem sleepier than she was and has had a slight cough and occasional shortness of breath. She is sometimes troubled by a rash affecting her eyelids - probably related to Iressa (the anti cancer drug). Still no pain and generally much more well than you might expect. A bit bored at times.