Diary

Seitenaufrufe: 414 Ein dunkles Kapitel des Tierhandels geht zu Ende. Es war ein gigantisches Geschäft. Ein Ort, an dem Tiere nicht als Lebewesen, sondern als Ware behandelt wurden. Zoo Zajac in Duisburg, bekannt als der größte Zoofachhandel der Welt, verkaufte rund 200.000 Tiere gleichzeitig auf 12.000 Quadratmetern – darunter Affen, Reptilien, Faultiere, Krokodile, Papageien, Nagetiere und Fische . Ein...

Page views: 172 About ALS, eye pain and underestimated diagnoses The Sunday question(s). In conversation with my sister. Sandra is my ophthalmologist. The fifth past interview, recorded on Monday, 24 February 2024. Katrin: How's the eye actually doing? Should I send the ophthalmologist a current photo? Patrick: Yesterday wasn't good. Better again today. Katrin: Can you pinpoint what...

Page views: 91 After the last intensive care stay, when it was clear... „a new intensive care service has been found and will soon be available“, we decided to go home a few days earlier. To enjoy the peace and quiet again before things really get going with familiarisation etc... Just to be alone for a few days... We had already realised in the intensive care unit that we were moving together, into a new...

Pageviews: 113 Guest post by Yvonne Butter For all those who don't know me yet or know me or probably know me somehow.... and why I have decided to support relatives of people in need of intensive care who are cared for at home online... ??I came to this wonderful planet over 40 years ago.... Until I was 30 years old, my life was quite...

Seitenaufrufe: 213 Als wir kürzlich eine Polit-Talkshow im Ersten sahen fiel die Frage, was die Schuldenbremse eigentlich ist.Die Sonntagsfrage. Im Gespräch mit einem meiner Pfleger. Das fünfte Vergangenheitsinterview, aufgezeichnet am Mittwoch, den 15. Januar 2025. Rechtschreibung korrigiert, davon abgesehen unverändert. Habe Nachsicht, das habe ich an einem Stück frei aus dem Kopf geschrieben. Krass, wie unterschiedlich die Meinungen sind....

Page views: 114 c There are times when the body simply won't play ball. Pain, exhaustion, the fight against illness - all this can paralyse you. But then there are these small, almost invisible miracles: a smile, a little inner peace, a spark of hope. And suddenly the healing process seems to take a leap forward. But why is that?.

Page views: 140 Sometimes pain is not the worst thing. It's the struggle to be heard. The daily struggle, in a world that keeps telling you what you need - without listening. It's been decided that I won't get any more painkillers until the next visit. The reasons? Oh, who knows. Maybe bureaucracy, maybe principles, maybe worries about side effects...

Pageviews: 86 It is not a storm,but a hundred whispering winds,crying softly.A drop on burning skin,a disorder in the mirror of the day.The eyes speak in pain,not in tears.They see a sea of paper,of moisture,of layers - a chaos without a centre. The table, which wants to be empty, carries the weight of the days.The bed, an altar of tiredness, wrapped in rings, rolls, and the...

Page views: 206 About conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis again and if I tell you now, I'll take all the suspense out of itThe Sunday question(s). In conversation with Marion and my sister. The third past interview, recorded on Thursday, 25 December 2024. Completed in the first week of January 2025. Patrick: How nice that you two are here. Today I'm turning the tables on you. Today I'm...

Page views: 151 Now that my right eye is getting better, my left eye is offended that it has had to do everything on its own for the past few weeks. And it looks like this: Right eye 31.12.2024 Left eye 1.1.2025 Plus my left ear, which has been „closed“ for weeks. And my world looks like this... In the morning. This short phase between dreaming and the...