IT and emotional support

1 Goodgymer helped an isolated person in Lewisham
Paul B
Lewisham

Friday 14th August

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It’s always a mixture of things to do with the delightful Ms L - today’s was a mixture of IT, sorting through some of her Mum’s jewellery related papers and talking about her deteriorating Motor Neurone Disease.

The IT was the most immediately important- her speech software wasn’t working. There was a bug in the last update and deselecting other languages meant that it understood instructions from both of us!

Ms L’s MND is noticeably deteriorating and she is getting increasingly frustrated and depressed by it. She is getting support but finds it helpful to talk over a cuppa. It’s the most important bit of the visit.

The photo is of clogs from Holland which we talked about in mock northern accents.



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Alexander Kenmure

Fri 14th Aug at 9:16pm

Beautiful snapshot of your experience. Thank you for sharing

Paul B
Paul B (he, him, me duck)

Fri 14th Aug at 10:02pm

Thank you Alexander, visits to her are always that mixture of tasks and emotions. Often there are tears; MND is horrible.

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