1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,580 Hello and welcome back, I hope you've all had a good week, mine's not been too bad 2 00:00:08,580 --> 00:00:13,200 this week I'm going to be honest with you, there's a few little bits and pieces that 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:21,320 I want to talk about this week. I'm going to start with the first thing and I hope you've 4 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:27,960 all had a really good Easter, if you've been celebrating Easter at all, whatever you've 5 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,960 been up to I hope you've enjoyed it, fingers crossed there's been lots of chocolate and 6 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:39,480 that sort of stuff floating about for you. Me, actually, I've not had an Easter egg at 7 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:49,760 all this year, I know, me, me not in, no Easter egg, how, how does that happen? I'm not at 8 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:56,640 all jealous of those that have had Easter eggs, honestly, yeah I'm lying, I wanted 9 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:04,640 an Easter egg, you know, just saying, just floating that one out there. But, what I do 10 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:16,400 want to do is talk about what we've been up to over Easter, because Friday we had some 11 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:25,560 family over, a suggestion got made Friday morning while I'm getting myself ready about 12 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:33,920 potentially having a barbecue. Now I rejected that suggestion straight away, I was like 13 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:42,320 no, no, no, no, not today, not today. And then I looked at the weather, I looked outside 14 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:51,560 and it was glorious sunshine, and I mean it was beautiful out there. So, I gave Lisa a 15 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:58,920 shout and I said, so I said, right, okay, I said, let's do it, let's have a barbecue. 16 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:06,160 So, we had some family over on Friday, we grilled up some burgers, we grilled up some 17 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:12,960 sausage and some chops and we had a barbecue, we sat out in the sun, it was lovely, it was 18 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:18,400 a really, really nice day, it was beautiful weather. I probably should have put my baseball 19 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:24,240 cap on because I did get a little bit red around the top of my head, I don't know how, 20 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:31,280 because there's plenty of hair on my head to stop that happening. Yeah, yeah, there 21 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:37,040 is, honestly, there's loads of the stuff, I mean, I'm lying, I've not had hair on the 22 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:42,080 top of my head in many, many years, I don't know why, I don't know where it's all gone. 23 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:49,480 It'd be nice if it comes back one day. Yeah, yeah, anyway, I mean, I'm dreaming there, 24 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:56,240 aren't I? Let's be totally honest. I've got no hair on my head, I'm going a bit, a bit 25 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,720 thin on top, but you know, it would have been nice because then I wouldn't have got sunburn 26 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:07,840 on my head, but such is life, we live and learn. But yeah, I mean, it was really, really 27 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,880 good. I felt like it would have been rude not to do something in the sunshine actually, 28 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:21,920 because really, it's the first really nice day we've had of the year. Don't get me wrong, 29 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:31,320 there's been sunny days and whatever else. But this was the first sunny and warm day 30 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:40,080 where we've had the opportunity. So opportunity got taken, thoroughly enjoyed, really good, 31 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:48,200 would definitely do it again. Will do it again. Probably not too far in the future, it's gonna 32 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:53,520 happen again. Just saying, just floating that one out there so it doesn't come as a surprise 33 00:03:53,520 --> 00:04:01,400 to anyone when I'm next talking about another barbecue. Because I do like a burger and a 34 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:07,280 sausage cooked on the barbecue. Bit of a fan of a lump of steak as well, but that's for 35 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:14,480 another day. No, it really is. I mean, I'm gonna jump down on a lump of steak that's 36 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:20,200 been cooked on the barbecue at some point in the not so distant future, just saying. 37 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:30,480 But on Saturday we had some family pop over as well. Really good, wasn't quite an outdoors 38 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:36,960 kind of day. But yeah, we just sat around having a chat. Really, really good, thoroughly 39 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:43,760 enjoyed it. It's nice to spend a bit of time with family. Yeah, I mean, it's necessary. 40 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:53,640 Let's be honest, it's the sort of thing that I enjoy. I like it. I like being surrounded 41 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,480 by people, I like having people around, having a laugh, having a joke and whatever else. 42 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:02,800 So yeah, thoroughly enjoyed it. Really did enjoy it. So if you're listening to those 43 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:13,600 that came, thanks very much. Will do it again soon. See you soon. Just gonna give you just 44 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:25,600 a little bit of an update on how things have been with me. What I will say is since having 45 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:34,480 my first round of Okraverse, I'm not having, at this point, I'm not having anything new 46 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:42,000 flag up to me. There's nothing, nothing jumping out as brand new, oh this is gonna be a problem, 47 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:49,560 blah, blah, blah, nothing like that. I am still having issues with the old stuff. That 48 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:54,160 was always gonna be the case. And don't get me wrong, I know full well going forward, 49 00:05:54,160 --> 00:06:04,080 there is gonna be new stuff. You know, the condition is progressive. But if, if that 50 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:12,480 Okraverse has slowed the roll like I hoped it would, and that's a term I do use a bit. 51 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:17,520 If it has slowed things down, so I'm not gonna constantly keep getting this and that new 52 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:25,080 thing. Yeah I'm chuffed. I'm really happy. I'm genuinely really pleased about it. Because 53 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:32,160 it got to a point where new stuff was, every couple of days there was something new just 54 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:38,040 jumping out and causing an issue. You all know that. I've talked about it. But I'm 55 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:46,160 at a point where things seem to be staying at a level. I'll take that. That's what I 56 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,160 said all along. Get me on the treatment, keep me at a level, I'll be happy. Not lying, meant 57 00:06:51,160 --> 00:07:02,520 what I said. I'm happy with that. I'm very happy. What I will say, in terms of the older 58 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:11,600 issues that are still there, at times they are feeling worse than they did previously. 59 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:22,880 What I will say is, the types of issues that I'm having is, as I've mentioned previously, 60 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:29,440 electric shock type feelings that go all over the body. They start in one place and just 61 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:38,720 ping around. And yeah, I get it. That's gonna happen. A central nervous system is a little 62 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:49,520 bit damaged. Should we say it's a bit damaged. And that damage is progressing. So I've got 63 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:58,680 to expect that. That's fine. That is what it is. I'll grudgingly accept it. Not happy 64 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:05,560 with it, but such is life. Still getting that water drop type feeling on the top of my head. 65 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:11,400 It doesn't happen that often. But it is really disconcerting when it happens because I'll 66 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:19,440 be sitting indoors. And it feels like it's raining. Not absolutely pouring down, just 67 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,720 like little drops, little droplets on the top of my head. Obviously there's nothing 68 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,920 there because I'm sat indoors. But yeah, I mean that's the sort of thing that is still 69 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:37,520 going on. It's still happening. But again, kind of expected it to. I'll be honest, I 70 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:48,720 kind of expected it to. But you know, hopefully one day that will become less of an issue. 71 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:55,040 Things like the numbness in my feet and the weak legs. Again, it's not gone anywhere. 72 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:00,320 Again when I'm having a good day. And I'm going to be honest, the last couple of days 73 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:06,400 have actually been good days. Don't get me wrong, the foot drop's still been there. My 74 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:14,480 toes are dragging across the floor. But actually in the grand scheme it's not been too bad. 75 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:20,040 I've not been too bad. I felt pretty good in myself. So yeah, I mean that has actually 76 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:27,000 been really really good. And what I will say, and this is sort of me on a personal note, 77 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:37,200 I've got to learn when I'm on a good day, don't push myself too hard. Don't overdo it. 78 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:44,920 Accept I'm on a good day. Be grateful for that good day. But don't get too cocky with 79 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:52,880 it. Because in all truth, something I actually do is when I'm on a good day, I think ah great 80 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:58,640 here we go, everything's going to be fine. And I overdo it and then for the next couple 81 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:07,680 of days after, I feel absolutely awful. Really really bad. So that's something for me I've 82 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:15,200 got to learn. I know I shouldn't overdo it and I know that overdoing it is the wrong 83 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:22,240 thing for me to be doing. I can't help it. So it's a learning curve that I suppose. It's 84 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:31,200 one thing that, excuse me, it's one thing that I've got to kind of push away from myself 85 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:39,560 a little bit. Because it's something that I should help. Those of you watching me on 86 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:47,280 YouTube, I've just picked up my cup with water in it. My cup is green. Now because I've got 87 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:57,280 the green screen on and I've got a picture behind me, my cup looks like it's missing. 88 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:02,080 It's just little bits of green just floating about. That's brilliant. It looks like my 89 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:08,800 hand is holding the River Thames. That's amazing. Sorry, I was just going to float that one 90 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:18,320 out here. I was just having a sip of my water. It tickled me a little bit. I've got to say 91 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:33,400 that was brilliant. Back to the important stuff. That's pretty much where I am in terms 92 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:41,920 of VMS itself. It's a learning thing for me. It's something I've got to get used to. I've 93 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:48,920 said this so many times in the past and I've had so many people say it to me. Because let's 94 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:55,880 be fair, the people around me are very, very intelligent. They're very wise people. When 95 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:01,440 I'm overdoing it and they're telling me I'm overdoing it, I kind of feel like I've got 96 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:08,560 to prove them wrong. I shouldn't have to do that. I shouldn't do it. That's me being a 97 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:15,520 little bit silly. I've got to say that. That's me being a little bit silly. Because I don't 98 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:21,600 have to prove anything to any of them. I don't have to prove anything to anyone. Not myself, 99 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:30,320 not no one. I just need to be me. That's something I would say to people in all truth. Never 100 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,800 feel like you've got to prove anything to anyone. As long as you're happy with what 101 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:43,480 you're doing, as long as you're content and you're able to continue on and do what you 102 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:52,000 need to do, there's nothing to prove. There's literally nothing to prove. Again, I've gone 103 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:58,520 back to this show, I've gone back to scripting the episode. Because I'll be honest with you, 104 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:05,040 yesterday I had so many things in my head that I wanted to talk about. I should have 105 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:14,600 sat and recorded yesterday. But I didn't. And I left it to today and actually I didn't 106 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:21,440 have a clue. I came out and I'll be honest, I've probably been out in the studio. It's 107 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:28,480 a shed. Studio, shed, studio. No it's a shed. Let's be fair, it's a shed. But I'm out here 108 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:35,440 now and if it wasn't for the fact I'd written down what I was going to talk about, I'd actually 109 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:42,100 be struggling because again something that is causing me an issue is brain fog. Now we 110 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:51,120 talk about brain fog and to be honest it's never really been something I understand. 111 00:13:51,120 --> 00:14:00,360 But I'm starting to. Because quite regularly and especially at the moment, I don't know 112 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:07,000 why, I can be having a conversation and I will totally forget what things are called, 113 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,960 I will forget what I'm talking about and all sorts. Even to the point, I mean just the 114 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:22,040 most basic thing, I can look at it and I know what it's called. But actually I'm looking 115 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:28,920 at it and it probably takes me a good few seconds at best to actually remember what 116 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,880 the word is that I need to use to explain what I'm talking about or what I'm looking 117 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:43,520 at. And I will say it's actually very upsetting because without realising it, I could be mid 118 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:52,320 conversation and somebody sort of finishes what I'm saying because I can't. And like 119 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:59,240 I've always said, I'm a laugher and a joker and I will always be a laugher and a joker. 120 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:06,000 But actually it's something that's a bit upsetting, it's a bit heartbreaking, I will say that. 121 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,880 And I know other people out there have very similar issues and everyone deals with it 122 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:16,760 their own way. And I will always laugh and joke about it because again that's what I 123 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,920 do. But it's really quite upsetting, it's not the easiest thing in the world to deal 124 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:29,280 with. I've got to say that it's horrible, it really is horrible. But that's enough 125 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:36,040 and a negative. As I say on the whole, I'm kind of coping, I'm doing alright, I'm doing 126 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:43,720 alright and I'm kind of pleased I am. I can't say that, I'm kind of pleased I am. Going 127 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,920 on to the next part that I want to talk about, bear with me, I'm just going to have a sip 128 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:53,000 of my water again and I'm going to try not to get giggly, over the fact my cup's going 129 00:15:53,000 --> 00:16:08,280 to get all weird. Give me a second, here we go. Again it looks like I'm drinking water 130 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:15,240 from the River Thames. I would never advise doing that, it really wouldn't be the most 131 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:24,280 sensible thing you can do. But my plan now, I want to mix it up a little bit and just 132 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:33,000 very briefly touch on something that myself and Lisa, for those that don't know Lisa, 133 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:42,000 it's my wife, my much better half, we've kind of got into a new TV show. I say new, 134 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,320 it's not necessarily new, it's been around for a few years now and it's designated 135 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:57,400 Survivor. Now going back a good few years ago, we used to binge watch TV shows and one 136 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:03,520 of the main ones we used to binge watch was 24. We were a big fan of Keith Sutherland 137 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:09,040 in it, he was brilliant, absolutely fantastic and the show itself was just different class, 138 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:15,480 we really did enjoy it. We'd start watching it relatively early in the evening and sometimes 139 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:20,160 we'd still be there at 1 or 2 in the morning watching it. It was not wise but we used to 140 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:28,240 do it anyway. Actually this designated Survivor, it's not far short of the same sort of thing, 141 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:36,520 obviously Keith Sutherland is in it. I'm not going to go into too much detail of the show 142 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:41,920 itself, in fact none at all because I'm actually advising you, if you've not seen it, give 143 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:49,560 it a watch. Honestly give it a watch, it is brilliant, it is so much fun. But yeah, we're 144 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:55,280 able and we do quite regularly, we'll just sit there, put that on and the kids will be 145 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:01,040 upstairs chilling out whether they're on their Xboxes, whether they're watching movies or 146 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:07,760 playing on their phones like kids do. No kids don't play, yeah they do, it's all kids ever 147 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:15,800 do these days, they play on their phones or their Xboxes. What's wrong with a park and 148 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:26,000 a football? It was great, not these days obviously. But anyway, back to designated Survivor, yeah 149 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,440 genuinely, myself and Lisa will sit there for hours on end watching it and we've only 150 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,600 recently started it and I do mean recently, we're already half way through the second 151 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:44,320 season. From what I'm understanding there's only three seasons of it, maybe we might need 152 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:49,280 to slow down a little bit otherwise we're going to end up completely finishing it and 153 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:55,040 then what do we do after? It's then a case of finding another TV show to sit and watch. 154 00:18:55,040 --> 00:19:01,200 But yeah, no genuinely, absolutely fantastic. If you get the chance and it's something you 155 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:07,520 look at the trailer and think yeah I could enjoy that, my advice, give it a go. Genuinely 156 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:14,760 give it a go, brilliant program, so much fun to watch. Yeah again, I'm recommending it, 157 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,680 I'm recommending it really really highly. And as I say that's the sort of thing I don't 158 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:30,960 tend to talk about on this podcast so it obviously must be good, it must be and it is. Anyway, 159 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:37,840 I just thought I'd float that. What I want to do now, just very briefly, as I mentioned 160 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:46,700 previously I'm a bit of a golf fan. What happened at the Masters the other day? Them trees coming 161 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:55,520 down like that, unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable. He's really really lucky to be fair, all joking 162 00:19:55,520 --> 00:20:05,440 aside, really lucky there was nobody injured because they're quite big trees and it would 163 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:12,520 have been a little bit frightening if they had of landed on someone. So yeah well done 164 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:19,160 to those that ran out of the way because I don't understand how them trees come down. 165 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:27,240 So the wind, I can't imagine it was that bad, I mean obviously I wasn't there, right there, 166 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:41,160 I wasn't there. But seeing that on TV, genuinely I'm thinking to myself, wow, health and safety. 167 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:46,960 Where were they? I mean I know their health and safety is obviously slightly different 168 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:55,120 to ours, not a problem, but you've got to imagine you'd be looking at thinking, that's 169 00:20:55,120 --> 00:21:04,800 a hazard, let's check on the other trees. Just saying, just saying. But yeah, I mean 170 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:10,760 looking at the weather out there anyway in Augusta, that has looked horrible, it really 171 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:17,040 has looked grim, I'll be honest with you, that rain has not been nice. So fair play 172 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:25,440 to the players and the crowd to be out there every day doing what they're doing, absolutely 173 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:33,480 fair play, really really fair play. I can't talk about who's won or anything like that 174 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:39,960 because there's still another round to go when I've recorded this podcast. So it's 175 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:45,120 impossible for me to mention anything about winners, but no genuinely fair play to those 176 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:52,880 giving it a go out there because that weather is not nice, it's looked a bit grim. But finally, 177 00:21:52,880 --> 00:22:01,280 on today's show, I just want to mention just very briefly the fact that as a family we're 178 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:08,520 having a little trip on Tuesday, we're going down to the South Coast and I have previously 179 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:15,520 mentioned that there's a potential that as a family we may well make a big cross-country 180 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:32,560 move. And the South Coast really is where we're looking at, so we're just going to 181 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:38,480 pop down there for a couple of days and just have a little look and see what's what, see 182 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:47,800 if we like the look of it. To my point, I've been down to the South Coast previously, not 183 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:55,400 to the area that we're currently looking at, but not massively far away, but most of the 184 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:02,320 rest haven't. So we'll go down, have a look, see what everyone thinks and go from there. 185 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:07,360 But yeah, I'm quite looking forward to it. What I am going to do, I am going to look 186 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:16,840 to blog and vlog some of our trip, not a massive amount because at the end of the day I'm spending 187 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:22,560 time with family, but I will blog and vlog some of it. I will post it up on my social 188 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:34,160 media accounts. The blog will be on my website, which again, website www.mikesmsjourney.com. 189 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:40,600 So by all means pop across, have a look at that because I will write up as many blogs 190 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:49,460 as I think is worth doing just to explain how things are. But yeah, I think we'll probably 191 00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:58,000 call that a day for today's show. I hope you all have a really good time. What I will say 192 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,560 is as I say, I'm not going to be back until the back end of the week, so there wouldn't 193 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:11,800 be a lot of point me doing the second show in this coming week. But as I say, the blogs, 194 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,640 the vlogs, all that sort of stuff will be on my socials, it will be on my website. So 195 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:25,040 by all means take a look. Well, as I say, that will do for today. I think I've talked 196 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:32,720 long enough. Have as really good a week as you possibly can and I will speak to you all 197 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:47,160 again. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. Bye bye.