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Fred Reader
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Stroke survivor, Grandpa
The week that was…
Tuesday, I spent most of the days travelling and waiting for doctors to see me….
Went to see one of cardiologist to check my defibrillator. He checked my heart as well.
Ten-minute conversation then I was given a bill which was expensive…
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It is the time of year when I find myself reminisced about my life before 13 December 2014….
It was the day that I suffered a major heart attack. The damage to my heart enough for them give me a quadruple bypass, follow a defibrillator in the following May.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Another six week has gone, without much going badly.
A trip to Newcastle to see R.
D has another PET scan in January before next trip to see her oncologist.
So, then we will back be killing time until the appointment.
Lucky us….
#fuckcancer
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Enjoy the bird life where you live. At the moment we are lacking a little bird life, we are lacking frogs well. We live close to a developing major residential area, which is disturbing the Parramatta River at the moment. ALSO, they are building a bridge for the light rail. What will happen next?
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Can you love this little cheeky face, we are having dinner with this cute one, tonight we her mother....
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Our granddaughters come for dinner last night....
Oh the joy....
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I would like to thank my friend Mel Marlin, for this wonderful summary of what it is like living your life after a brain injury. My brain injury occurs after my stroke in January 2020.
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We reach October again, hopefully this year my wife will not be operated again. October has not been good to her in 2022 and 2024 with operation to fight her cancer.
This year we a BBQ on Saturday to bring to our grandkids together.
The best photo we could get…..
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Up seeing our grandson C, for the first time for a few months...
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
One of my favourite sights in Sydney.
From beyond the trees there is desperation to adulation.
From Silverwater Correctional Complex to Accor Stadium.
All within a five-minute drive away from each other….
Got to love Sydney….
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We are babysitting this little dog for a few days
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The week that was: -
My wife D saw her oncologist with good news no more chemo, and seeing her oncologist every six weeks instead of a month. Small wins are good wins...
Photo from just before I start my walk this morning....
September 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A day in Bathurst with our family. From ice on the windscreen, to our daughter and her daughter, the top of Mount Panorama and along the walkway path.......
August 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are back killing time again….
D had her pet scan and blood test…
Now waiting for the oncologist tells what is next…
Wait goes on again….
Wednesday next week, seven days....
Always seems a long time...
Cancer is a bitch…..
August 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A busy day with the family....
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My brother Mark passed away eight years ago today.
7 August has come around again.
Another year has gone,
I’m still here,
And you are still gone.
Rest in Peace, Lloyd.
August 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Our daughter S and her husband D, celebrated birth of their first child P. On 10 July 2025.
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
As a person who has aphasia.
June is Aphasia Awareness month.
Most people know that Bruce Wills has aphasia, which is so sad.
So, what is aphasia?
A good question??
The best description I have found is “Aphasia is a language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate.”
June 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The week that was
D is enjoying no chemo drugs for now.
Tuesday, I saw my cardiologist and got my date 7 May 2025…
More about what will happen on that day later…
Defibrillator battery change coming soon….
On Thursday I was elected for Jury Duty….
Again, I needed an exemption a four-week trail…
Life
April 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This week that was…
D has booked the trip to Adelaide…
Yesterday I played guinea pig at NeuRA Centre as part of their SmartStep Stroke Trail.
They now have an idea of how someone who suffered stroke will go with their test to become a participant in the project.
April 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
D seen her oncologist today…
He was not happy with the result…
They found a couple of spots under where her belly button was before her first operation.
They are not sure where they are cancerous or not?
He has decided to await another month…
Then another scan..
So, we back to killing time,
AgAin.
April 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Some of the many photos take at Sydney Zoo today...
A nice zoo...
But does not have the views of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House or the Sydney Harbour Bridge...
that Taronga has in Mosman...
March 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our second daughter and her husband, who are known as the Irish couple S & D. Have finally announced that they are pregnant.
March 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The week has was....
A sad or bad, probably indifferent week...
There was some good...
D had a CT still waiting for the final results....
D saw her oncologist....
The news was not what she hoped for....
Now there are more test and see him in two weeks' time.
We are now killing time...
Again...
March 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The week coming up….
With hope and maybe some joy….
D has a CT on Monday….
C our grandson turns 2 on Tuesday…
Wednesday D see her oncologist….
Sometime this week I turn another number that I NEVER believe that I would reach….
Have a great week….

The picture are from the start of my morning walks
March 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM