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Fred Reader

@fr071193.bsky.social
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Stroke survivor, Grandpa

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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It has taken me nine years to work up courage to write this about my late brother Mark death. I usual write about how I miss talking bullshit with him on a Wednesday morning, or I missed him so much, and that I love him. Except there is a darker side of the story.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Aphasia As we get close to the end of June it is about time for me to remember that I have aphasia after my stroke. June is Aphasia Awareness Month… So, what is Aphasia? Aphasia is a language disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate. The communication can be both oral and written.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Happy birthday to you youngest, B.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
8 January 2026 Today is the sixth anniversary of my stroke…. It was the day that change my life forever. I lost some strength in my right side of my body…. Five years of living with my aphasia… I have learnt a more about myself…. I’m still please to be here, grateful for every day I get.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The week that was…. Another trip for D to see her oncologist, again. A good result…. Another year passed since my stroke almost… We are getting closer day by day to our birthday’s. Slowly life go on…. Walking regular, exercising regular etc
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The birds you see before you start your morning walk.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
R the man on the left of the picture Once asked me this question: ‘Whether I will divorce my parents if I meet them again in heaven.’ Nah, mate I should thank them for showing me the good, bad, and ugly about living with life difficulties Rheumatoid arthritis & heart attack, but not my stroke.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I took in photo this morning. THEN I had this thought in January it will be sixty since I started school. This mean I have known my best mate for sixty years. Now that makes me feel old…. In March we both get another year older….
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The week that was… Tuesday, I spent most of the days travelling and waiting for doctors to see me…. Went to see one of cardiologist to check my defibrillator. He checked my heart as well. Ten-minute conversation then I was given a bill which was expensive…
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It is the time of year when I find myself reminisced about my life before 13 December 2014…. It was the day that I suffered a major heart attack. The damage to my heart enough for them give me a quadruple bypass, follow a defibrillator in the following May.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Another six week has gone, without much going badly. A trip to Newcastle to see R. D has another PET scan in January before next trip to see her oncologist. So, then we will back be killing time until the appointment. Lucky us…. #fuckcancer
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Enjoy the bird life where you live. At the moment we are lacking a little bird life, we are lacking frogs well. We live close to a developing major residential area, which is disturbing the Parramatta River at the moment. ALSO, they are building a bridge for the light rail. What will happen next?
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Can you love this little cheeky face, we are having dinner with this cute one, tonight we her mother....
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Our granddaughters come for dinner last night.... Oh the joy....
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I would like to thank my friend Mel Marlin, for this wonderful summary of what it is like living your life after a brain injury. My brain injury occurs after my stroke in January 2020.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
We reach October again, hopefully this year my wife will not be operated again. October has not been good to her in 2022 and 2024 with operation to fight her cancer. This year we a BBQ on Saturday to bring to our grandkids together. The best photo we could get…..
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Up seeing our grandson C, for the first time for a few months...
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
One of my favourite sights in Sydney. From beyond the trees there is desperation to adulation. From Silverwater Correctional Complex to Accor Stadium. All within a five-minute drive away from each other…. Got to love Sydney….
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
We are babysitting this little dog for a few days
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The week that was: - My wife D saw her oncologist with good news no more chemo, and seeing her oncologist every six weeks instead of a month. Small wins are good wins... Photo from just before I start my walk this morning....
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
A day in Bathurst with our family. From ice on the windscreen, to our daughter and her daughter, the top of Mount Panorama and along the walkway path.......
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
We are back killing time again…. D had her pet scan and blood test… Now waiting for the oncologist tells what is next… Wait goes on again…. Wednesday next week, seven days.... Always seems a long time... Cancer is a bitch…..
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
A busy day with the family....
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My brother Mark passed away eight years ago today. 7 August has come around again. Another year has gone, I’m still here, And you are still gone. Rest in Peace, Lloyd.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Our daughter S and her husband D, celebrated birth of their first child P. On 10 July 2025.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
As a person who has aphasia. June is Aphasia Awareness month. Most people know that Bruce Wills has aphasia, which is so sad. So, what is aphasia? A good question?? The best description I have found is “Aphasia is a language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate.”
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The week that was D is enjoying no chemo drugs for now. Tuesday, I saw my cardiologist and got my date 7 May 2025… More about what will happen on that day later… Defibrillator battery change coming soon…. On Thursday I was elected for Jury Duty…. Again, I needed an exemption a four-week trail… Life
Looking across the river not far from home
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This week that was… D has booked the trip to Adelaide… Yesterday I played guinea pig at NeuRA Centre as part of their SmartStep Stroke Trail. They now have an idea of how someone who suffered stroke will go with their test to become a participant in the project.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
D seen her oncologist today… He was not happy with the result… They found a couple of spots under where her belly button was before her first operation. They are not sure where they are cancerous or not? He has decided to await another month… Then another scan.. So, we back to killing time, AgAin.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Some of the many photos take at Sydney Zoo today... A nice zoo... But does not have the views of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House or the Sydney Harbour Bridge... that Taronga has in Mosman...
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Our second daughter and her husband, who are known as the Irish couple S & D. Have finally announced that they are pregnant.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The week has was.... A sad or bad, probably indifferent week... There was some good... D had a CT still waiting for the final results.... D saw her oncologist.... The news was not what she hoped for.... Now there are more test and see him in two weeks' time. We are now killing time... Again...
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The week coming up…. With hope and maybe some joy…. D has a CT on Monday…. C our grandson turns 2 on Tuesday… Wednesday D see her oncologist…. Sometime this week I turn another number that I NEVER believe that I would reach…. Have a great week…. The picture are from the start of my morning walks
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A picture of our grandson... Tonight, for the first time in months by wife cooked dinner for us. Considering that she started her latest chemo of Wednesday.... We now are waiting her next CT in the next few weeks
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
We spend a wonderful 100 minutes watching the last ever show of the 'The Wharf Revue'. Satire at its best... Man, dress as a women politician who most people, so funny!!! They took the piss out of everyone in politics over the past twenty-five years. Thank you so much for the memories...
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Another week done.. D next lot of chemo on 26 February.... There is another CT in March... Since its 3:40am today is going to be a hard day for me... Lack of sleep, then fighting neurofatigue for the rest of the day... Oh LUCKY me....
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Another week in finished. D finish her medication, had her blood test and goes to see her oncologist on Monday. D is hoping again that she gets all clear, I'm sure she will be right on one third Monday but not this one. Ad least with had a lovely lunch on Valetine's Day. The enjoy of living with
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A picture before I start my walk this morning. I was looking east towards the other side of the river.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Another day of wasting time. I spend in a small shop near the hospital. Looking at over price painting. Would you pay $1,000 for this painting? Thankfully that better than sitting in a waiting room, reading old magazines, I get enough of that when I go to see my specialist, far too often.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A coupled weeks spent getting blood test done and killing time, then finished Friday night out seeing a band.
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Fred Reader @fr071193.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is almost the last of bad thing that happen to me… December and January are not my favourite time of the year… A heart attack and a stroke. Today 20 January I had a quadruple bypass surgery, ten years ago…. Thanks to my wife mates, who help find the right surgeon…. Thankfully I am still here…
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