1. I live alone in a studio 'flat' - no pets allowed. Successive govts have reduced my occupational pension to such a low level that I can no longer travel to see friends and my phone and broadband have been cut off. I still have a free bus pass, but it only covers local buses and I can't use them since the govt left the EU and repealed the DDA. The goalposts for getting any help shift slightly faster than my deteriorating health, I can't afford taxis to get to my GP (who no longer does any house calls) so I try to cope on my own. I spend a lot of time in bed to keep warm.
2. They finally sorted out my asthma. No more steroids helped me to lose some weight and get a bit more mobile, plus the new free mobility scooters are so easy to use on all public transport. So I can still travel to visit people and get to at least one con a year. I get free physio every week, it helps so much with the joints and keeps me moving. My rented flat has a spare room and enough space for small parties, and I finally learnt to write music as well as lyrics for the group I sing with. My 21st original song has just been published and I've had 12 short stories and 25 poems published. The new libray just round the corner is great, they will order anything I want to read! Oh, and I have two cats.
2021
2. They finally sorted out my asthma. No more steroids helped me to lose some weight and get a bit more mobile, plus the new free mobility scooters are so easy to use on all public transport. So I can still travel to visit people and get to at least one con a year.
I get free physio every week, it helps so much with the joints and keeps me moving.
My rented flat has a spare room and enough space for small parties, and I finally learnt to write music as well as lyrics for the group I sing with. My 21st original song has just been published and I've had 12 short stories and 25 poems published.
The new libray just round the corner is great, they will order anything I want to read!
Oh, and I have two cats.