I have a friend I met when I was 11 and he was 12. We grew up round the corner from each other and both had horrific home lives so we were solace and company for each other
He emigrated to Australia 20 years ago and since then I've only seen him and his family once ( I went to his wedding and he was usher at mine)
He's back in our home city for a few days on a tour of Europe ,I was meant to go meet him today but I'm just too ill. Right up until last night I was going but as per my other thread I've got late disseminated Lyme disease, I can't see out of one eye, I'm so fatigued drvinqg worries me and to add to everything else the meds I'm on are interfering with all my other meds including my HRT and I'm having the worst period of my life , I
I'm Bleeding through super plus tampons within 2 hours and that's just laid down .
I feel absolutely awful that he's travelled all this way ( in a wheelchair too he had a spinal cord injury about 14 years ago) and I've not been able to drive an hour to go see him.
He's only in our home city another day then going to wales, then London then onto Europe before heading back to Australia.
We're both in our 50 s and he's said he thinks this will be his last uk visit . Im gutted 😢. I really wanted to see him and meet his dd and say hi to his wife.