Mark Hughes 🌍
@mvmhughes.bsky.social
Run support groups for friend and family mental health carers with @rethinkcharity.bsky.social.
Kidney transplant recipient.
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Trying to get to grips with @home-assistant.io.
Kidney transplant recipient.
Follow @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social
Trying to get to grips with @home-assistant.io.
In March, my wife had a stroke (still not able to stand up), then I lost my 19yo cat, and the bathroom was stripped out so I had no toilet.
Would love another cat, or a dog to get me out of the house, but my wife is using her condition to say "no". To be fair, it would complicate things.
Would love another cat, or a dog to get me out of the house, but my wife is using her condition to say "no". To be fair, it would complicate things.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In March, my wife had a stroke (still not able to stand up), then I lost my 19yo cat, and the bathroom was stripped out so I had no toilet.
Would love another cat, or a dog to get me out of the house, but my wife is using her condition to say "no". To be fair, it would complicate things.
Would love another cat, or a dog to get me out of the house, but my wife is using her condition to say "no". To be fair, it would complicate things.
I had this event in my diary, but still missed it.
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I had this event in my diary, but still missed it.
Thank you for your kind words, ismua. Sue is waiting for a home care plan, i.e. professional carers to come into our home 4 times a day as she still can't stand or walk. Discharge delayed due to hospital acquired infections. Sue's the youngest on the ward, and everyone shouts as they're deaf.
August 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thank you for your kind words, ismua. Sue is waiting for a home care plan, i.e. professional carers to come into our home 4 times a day as she still can't stand or walk. Discharge delayed due to hospital acquired infections. Sue's the youngest on the ward, and everyone shouts as they're deaf.
#MusicChallenge
Yes, I visit my wife, Sue, everyday for around 3 hours. I don't have to travel far (I can see the hospital from my back garden or yard). However, listening to her emotionally sharing her thoughts takes its toll.
This is why I have (accidentally) taken a break.
2/2
Yes, I visit my wife, Sue, everyday for around 3 hours. I don't have to travel far (I can see the hospital from my back garden or yard). However, listening to her emotionally sharing her thoughts takes its toll.
This is why I have (accidentally) taken a break.
2/2
August 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#MusicChallenge
Yes, I visit my wife, Sue, everyday for around 3 hours. I don't have to travel far (I can see the hospital from my back garden or yard). However, listening to her emotionally sharing her thoughts takes its toll.
This is why I have (accidentally) taken a break.
2/2
Yes, I visit my wife, Sue, everyday for around 3 hours. I don't have to travel far (I can see the hospital from my back garden or yard). However, listening to her emotionally sharing her thoughts takes its toll.
This is why I have (accidentally) taken a break.
2/2
Only in terms of music I like. The breadth but it turns out that rock music is always right there.
It's been been hard to get traction recently as my wife is still in hospital (4 mths now) and I was working all weekend, so still trying to get back to "normality".
It's been been hard to get traction recently as my wife is still in hospital (4 mths now) and I was working all weekend, so still trying to get back to "normality".
July 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Only in terms of music I like. The breadth but it turns out that rock music is always right there.
It's been been hard to get traction recently as my wife is still in hospital (4 mths now) and I was working all weekend, so still trying to get back to "normality".
It's been been hard to get traction recently as my wife is still in hospital (4 mths now) and I was working all weekend, so still trying to get back to "normality".