remind me not to smell bad when i get old...

today i went ard visiting patients at their homes with the district nurse..and most of the patients are old..they mostly need wound dressings, or health checks, or it turns out being a "social visit"..i.e. they just want the company..cos no one else comes to see them otherwise..and they're pretty stuck at home cos they are a falls risk or they r half blind..or watever their reason is..

one man has one of those motor scooter rides..and apparently he goes all the way to the medical centre riding on the scooter..i had a funny visual of this old man riding on his red scooter at like 10km/hr..on a 100km/hr highway..lol..i just hope he's keeping to his side of the road or doesnt get swept away by the traffic!

i also saw 2 women who were past 90 yrs old..one had recently turned 100..and apparently u get given a card from the Queen herself for reaching 100..cool..i wonder if the Queen turned 100 herself, who would she get a card from? write to herself? how sad. haha..but these women were living on their own..amazing..truly truly amazing..

it's interesting visiting patients at their homes..but wat i found is dat old ppl tend to have a certain smell..not a very nice one..some old ppl just smell like old ppl..some old ppl smell prob cos they havent had a shower in a while..eww..one man was like dat today..i nearly wanted to puke when i walked into his house..i couldnt even say hello cos i had to take a breath..i just waved at him..hahaha..took me like a good minute to get used to the smell..

and i have to say some ppl in general smell..there were a couple of patients dat came in ytd who smelt bad..some kids smell bad too..and ive noticed dat it's mainly boys..i figured it's cos they don't shower on a regular basis..either dat or they take 2 min showers which are useless cos seriously, wat can u clean in 2 mins?!? not a heck of a lot! so i encourage boys/men to shower..please..for the sake of the environment..

then i told my parents, please don't smell when u get old..they said they will try not to..haha..but apparently my sis thinks my dad smells already..lol..oops..too late..the process has already started..i just hope they turn out to be healthy old ppl..and are at least able to shower longer than 2 mins on a daily basis..

btw, my parents have just joined facebook..initially my mum made an account but then realised she doesnt have many frens..so i changed the account name to my dad instead..cos some of his frens are actually on facebook (?!?!?) my mum is funny..i haf no idea why she wanted to join facebook in the first place..she doesnt even use the internet very much..even my sis is not on facebook..and yet my parents are now..super duper strange..