Mistral - October 1, 2021 at 8:39 PM Dear god, where is the sense in all this? Mrs P. Very glad you phoned the g.p. and took advice. Did you have the scan? It sounds as if your friends will sort out Lady, so no need to worry about her. Hope you feel much better very soon, take care. xxx
Lady R - October 1, 2021 at 9:39 PM Hello Mrs P so sorry to hear you had such a bad reaction to your booster jab and trust you will be sorted very soon and reunited with lady. All the same a very unfortunate time for you. Take care 💐
Archerphile - October 1, 2021 at 9:57 PM Very worried to hear about your hospitalisation Mrs P. It could be just coincidence that these problems started after your vaccination so I do hope that the doctors will be able to diagnose what is causing them. Hoping the headache, particularly, will cease very soon. Take care of yourself and let others take care of Lady for a little while.
Cheshire Cheese - October 1, 2021 at 10:26 PM Very sorry to hear about your health problems Mrs P, I hope that they are sorted out soon.
MrsP Ambridge - October 1, 2021 at 11:02 PM Thanks all. We shall see.
Sarnia - October 2, 2021 at 12:27 AM Commiserations, Mrs P. Very worrying when 'they' aren't sure what the problem is.
Janice - October 2, 2021 at 12:28 AM Thinking of you Mrs P. Take care and hope all will soon be well.
Spicycushion - October 2, 2021 at 8:25 AM Very sorry MrsP about your illnesses. I am sure the best place for you in is a hospital bed. I hope Lady is sorted out too. Much love from Spicy!
Hilary - October 2, 2021 at 11:05 AM I am sorry you have had to go into hospital, Mrs P, and wish you a speedy recovery. What a difficult situation your daughter’s kind- heartedness has led to. It’s nice that your dog has been having nice sleepovers. Sounds as though she has made some new friends.
I have very recently been presented with two new great great nieces, Cienna and Evie. The next arrival due in December will only be a great as a 51 yr old nephew is about to become a father for the first time as he and his partner are expecting a son. I shall have to write a list soon to get everyone straight in my mind plus all the surnames 😂
Katy has three great nephews in her mid forties! That’s what comes of having an age gap in siblings! Michaela, who is now a grandma is her half sister 8 years older! Mike’s sister, Natasha has the great, great honour. She is horrified! 😁😉
I had my 'flu vaccine 12 days ago now. I still have a sore and swollen arm! It takes 14days for this to become astive, so hopefully this will then be resolved.
It's finally been confirmed by a doctor - I asked to speak - having looked at my notes, that the scan, when I get it, is to check wether or not I had a TIA. I'm not overly worried, but something strange happened on that Saturday afternoon a fortnight ago, and it will be reassuring to know one way or the other, rather than a simple dismissal by a GP. And my daughters will be relieved. I am being bombarded with questions from them, and castigated for not asking them for myself.
Yes I'm still here on a medical ward, Mistral. Very little wrong with me in comparison with the other ladies around me. But one has had a ding dong with a domineering son in law this afternoon and so we are all bonding over the attitudes to ones autonomy when aged.
Headache gone, but still a bit floaty, probably because of the glaring overhead lights on all day, and BP up and down a lot.
At least you are in a safe place Mrs P, with any help you need on hand. I hope you are feeling much better and it will be a relief for you and your family to know exactly how things stand. Sending good vibes and love.
Mrs P, I'm sorry to read that you continued to feel so unwell after your vaccine. I hope the tests all have good results and that you will be able to go home soon. It must be such a relief for you to know that Lady has settled with others for this short time.
About vaccine reactions- I heard from my daughter yesterday that she had, at long last, consulted her GP about the swollen & painful arm she has endured ever since her first Covid jab back in June. She had an even worse reaction to the second one and the arm is constantly painful. His diagnosis is that, because her arms are quite skinny and the jab was administered by a possibly inexperienced volunteer at the Fire Station, they jabbed the needle right into the arm muscle. This has damaged the muscle and a bursa has formed there causing the swelling and pain! He is sending her for a steroid injection at the hospital to treat the pain, followed by physio therapy.
Just goes to show the possible dangers of having to train volunteers very quickly in a crisis - and of having skinny arms! She is now reluctant to go for her booster, if called.
Just to let you know my posts will be fewer and later responding to others in future. This is because, after numerous attempts to post using my iPad yesterday, I have now lost the app completely. Nothing I have tried will get Archerfan blog back! So I am reduced to using my little old tiny iPod with an out of date operating system which is difficult because of having a tiny keyboard. Apple are due to upgrade the systems to iOS 15 soon. I’m hoping that will improve things - but it was after the last upgrade that all the problems started!
Surely if you just type in archersfan.blogspot.com into Google it will bring up the page. I don’t understand how you can’t get it. I know you’ve probably done this, just trying to be helpful.
Strictly last night. Thought that Sara woman was marvellous compared to last week. Couldn’t believe Tilly had it in her for that Charleston either, it was very good. Loved Gordon having a little cry over it, such a effing family man!!! Lol. I’m going to be supporting Greg and Karen all the way. Like both of them. That doesn’t mean voting for them…I don’t vote. My complaint is that when the dance is finished the professionals that jump about, shouting etc. Trying to influence the judges I think. So annoying. Anyone else got a favourite yet?
Not decided on favourite yet PtbY. I thought that the judges marks were very inconsistent last night, there seemed to be some favouritism going on there.
Just about every thing we do in life is about weighing up risks and benefits and medicine is no different, sometimes the decision is fairly easy and sometimes very hard. I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's side effect Archerfile and hope that it improves soon.
I do agree with you CC. We live in a world now that seeks perfection and just ' good enough ' rarely seems to be ' enough ' in itself. We must therefore manage our expectations IMO.
I've now had my scan. A senior night nurse persisted throughout the night phoning the department whe eventually answered, but then pleaded, ' were very busy' but she again insisted and was told, 'after 8am,' which I felt was another fob off as that would push the responsibility on to the day shift. However I pushed again this morning and another nurse phoned again. I gather that the bed manager eventually intervened. My point that I've tried to emphasise is that waiting for three days for a simple procedure is preventing someone else from getting a bed in hospital.
However I still have the headache, which has abated several times but returns, again and again.
Archerfile if you use Google Chrome to access the blog it could be a problem with your cookie settings. If you go to settings on your Chrome browser then to "cookies and other site data" and check if any cookies are blocked. When I couldn't access the blog it was because "block third party cookies" was activated.
Thanks CC. I have got in again now and have to clear cookies every single time I want to post something. But is doesn’t always work. I’l just to have to keep soldiering on!
I wish all those, who are poorly, have relatives being the same and those with problems re devices as to posting, and all the relative resulting problems, All the Best. Take Care.
I am not posting what I had planned to do, as it does not fit in with the ongoing posts.
Mrs P 1.15pm: Your post reminds me of the grading issued by Schools Inspectors. There is a level of 'Satisfactory', from which one might deduce that the standard attained by the school was, well, satisfactory. However, it was then decided that in order to drive up standards, nothing below a grade of 'Good' would be considered acceptable. .
To be graded 'Satisfactory' is now unsatisfactory.
Yes Sarnia, your illustration makes the point very well.
The result from the CT scan showed nothing abnormal. However the Dr on the ward came with the news, asked questions, and for the first time, listened and wanted to know the detailed history, and then asked supplementary questions. I felt that he really listened. And I still have the headache ! He decided to go away and have a thorough read of my notes and upon returning said that he felt it would be irresponsible to send me home, that he intended to re hydrate me again and take blood tests. And crucially wants an MRI scan. I'm now on one litre of saline drip over a ten hour period to be followed by the same again when finished.
Also a kind nurse has offered to go to Tesco on her way in tomorrow to get my goats milk for me.
It makes me so cross Mrs P. It shouldn't take several days in hospital for a doctor to take a proper history and attempt a diagnosis, it's basic medicine
Hope you are feeling better, that your headache has gone and that you now know what has caused your illness,Mrs P. I am due to have both my booster Covid jab and my flu jab this week. Had a lovely 4days in North Yorkshire last week. I was spoiled rotten.
Jabs-one Weds and one Thurs ,Lady R. Different venues. Haven't a clue about arms! I am right handed but sleep on my left hand side . Hmmm . They can do what they think best!
My headache has lifted and I was able to drink much more fluid in the night and crucially pass far more fluid too. I'm now on my second litre of intravenous fluid uptake. Another visit from the first doctor today who gave me further information as to what they are investigating. I don't want to use terms on here that might alarm others, but they are looking at a documented but rare condition found arising from Covid or the vaccination for Covid, in order to eliminate it, or to treat it if found. I've done my reading / research now and am satisfied but not worried, and crucially been able to direct my science based daughter towards the information. But I've also seen something in that information that correlates with part of my medical history of forty years ago, and am waiting to see the doctor again to report this.
The kind nurse brought my goats milk from the supermarket on her way to work this morning. Now to find the cash to reimburse her.
Mrs P. I am wishing you So Well. It seems you are in the best place at the moment. At last things are progressing in the right direction, and hope that you will get some answers, sooner rather than later.
I am so pleased to hear that the system is working, with booster vaccines happening when due and as planned. Mine won't happen until the end of Nov. or even the start of Dec. I am just pleased that it will actually happen.
I've had my MRI scan now and am informed that I should have results later this evening.
Two of the nurses came into our bay at supper time and announced that they had just had their flue jabs ' and it's not just a little scratch like we tell you, ' one of them said, adding ' it hurts ' ! I found this very amusing !
GG, watched an extremely interesting prog this evening on the Hawick common riding..... Interested to hear your thoughts...! Hoping you & especially Mr GG are both well.. ❤️
No posts from Gary parsley for a long while now (not even at the start of this new blog) I have asked a couple of times if all ok and to be honest I am now very concerned.
This doesn't mean I'm not thinking of Mrs P. but today Nigel came to help in the garden bearing news which might be pointing to a worrying trend. Further to my cast iron pump now marooned and inaccessible in a container in Rotterdam, his usual Dutch supplier of plants has refused his latest order because that shipping company has also stopped calling at UK ports. An awful lot of our fruit and veg as well as bulbs and other plants come from nurseries on the Continent, and if the shipping companies aren't prepared to deal with the new regulations we won't need to concern ourselves over a shortage of HGV drivers - there will be many fewer goods for them to transport.
So many problems with international transport Sarnia. Our son & family STILL haven’t got their container of furniture and belongings from Dubai, which left there at end of July!
Same happened with my daughter's container of furniture from Singapore. The company decided to stop coming to the UK while their stuff was en route and it ended up in Rotterdam. They ended up camping in their house for a month as they could no longer stay with us because of their son starting school.
We had a problem like this back in 1978 when our possessions from our time in Hong Kong sat in the docks at Southampton due to a dockers’ strike. It went on for a few months as far as I remember and we had to make do with the bare essentials provided in our Married Quarter but at least we had those!
Hope Gary is OK too and hope Mrs P has some sort of resolution by now.
This is not a temporary state of affairs. My pump is stuck in Rotterdam because the inability to ship their goods to the UK has caused the suppliers to go out of business. Therefore I will never get my garden pump, which was to have been a combined birthday/Christmas present from my daughter in NZ and she is unlikely to get her money back.
Lanjan Re covid and flu jabs - when I had my covid booster last week, I was asked if I had had any other vaccinations within 7 days. I was told that it was safe to have covid and flu together, but if given separately, they should be at least a week apart. Might be worth checking on the advice as you have appointments on consecutive days. (I chose to have mine separately}
Oh Mrs P so pleased 🤗 you are going (or are) now home. I having been checking and checking the blog. We are just back now from a lunch with Mr R goddaughter and one of her sons and the blog was my first “to do” as soon as in the door. Take care alongside all the help you are about to receive.
No, nor me Basia. It’s a very bad situation and, as far as I can see, nothing is being done to help. I am just very thankful nothing like this happened when we were pig farming.
....and even if the HGV situation can be resolved, assuming that, as seems likely, more shipping companies decide to cease calling at UK ports we won't be able to export them anyway.
Well, contrary to so many others here, I have some good news to impart. As we used to say when I was a teenager, I am dead chuffed!
We have just successfully (after a great deal of hassle) managed to book flights to Toulouse to go and stay with our family there for Christmas! We shall be there for 2 weeks, coming home on New Years Day, and it will be exactly 2 years since we last saw them. I’ll probably hardly recognise my two youngest grandsons as they will have grown a lot in 2 years and were aged 8 and 10 back then. This is all Covid permitting of course.
But I do also want to send my very warm wishes to Mrs P for a happy and restful homecoming from your hospital stay….. and to Gary, for whom we are all so concerned.
Hurrah Archerphile so pleased for you all 🎄 wonderful to hear some happy news and I will keep everything crossed for you. By then you will be triple jabbed too 💉💉💉
How exciting for you all, and so exciting. Hopefully their furniture will also have arrived by then, as well. Still, what does that matter - as it is families, being together again, which is so important.
No idea, when I will see my family living in OZ again.. Hopefully 2022, when the youngest who will then be 3yrs, will be met for the first time, along with the older boy, who was just 6months old when I last had a cuddle with him.
The advice you received is interesting. ( re a week apart from Flue and C Booster. ) I had the Flue on Monday midday ish and the booster at 3.15 on Thursday.
I have taken the liberty and sent an email to Gary.
Whatever may be amiss, we must be patient and I'm sure none of us expect the blog to be his first priority when something serious might be wrong with him or Mr GG.
Yes JANICE, I fear the same. I suggested that if he did not want/ could not, communicate via here, then he could do so via one of the ' meet up' group. There are a number of us. But we must also manage our expectations. It may be that he is not even looking at or thinking about the blog at present, for whatever reason.
Mrs P, very glad your scans were completed and there is no mishap there. Will you be ok now you are back home? I think you have a dog walker? You are an indomitable lady, good luck to you.
Thank you Mistral. No I don't have a dog walker. There have been too many problems with Lady for me to be able to hand the responsibility to another. But the friend ( made through her dog Misha and Lady appearing to know one another in their previous lives) is looking after her at present and will help me with her. For tonight at least it's just me and Puss and he is being very affectionate and clearly pleased to see me home.
I expect your Puss is highly delighted to have you home, and so will Lady, Mrs P. But make sure you look after yourself too.
Just had a WhatsApp message from France. It is our daughter in law’s birthday today and her best present has been the arrival of a large furniture van with the first of their cardboard crates of belongings. Apparently the container was far too large to get up their long narrow drive, so it has been parked in the car park of the local Aldi supermarket and 2 lorries are ferrying backwards and forwards with all their stuff. The photo showed the house packed to the gunnels with huge boxes, so she has her work cut out with the unpacking. It will take weeks but she is very happy!
Sent a message earlier, got a 'whoops' notice. Hope you are comfortable Mrs. P, with plenty of food and drinks handy. Has your headache gone now? I know you don't sleep much, but hope you are able to rest now you are back home :)
Feel washed out, and a mild headache still wafting around. Much else to be attended to today, and friend keeping Lady for a day or so longer. Thanks for all concerns.
My weekly shop this week, did not go that well. I always buy the s/market "el cheapo" own brand baked beans, chopped toms, plum toms, pasta, soups. Much of these were either totally unavailable, or with very limited varieties. The paper goods - loo rolls, kitchen rolls, were also limited. There was also a noticeable lack of bread, from certain brands, including the one I prefer. There were alternatives available, but I did not buy a more expensive one, as none were urgent. I just do - use one, replace one.
I blame social media, certain newspapers and on-line sites, for causing a panic/stock-up buying frenzy, with goods not needed, being stockpiled. It was the same as to the petrol debacle...
Sarnia, a thought only. It is so sad to hear that your pump will never appear, due to this situation. If your daughter paid by a credit card, isn't there are way to get the monies spent back, from the card company? I have heard of this, but no idea how it actualky works. Whenever I order something on-line, which is very rare, I always use a bank credit card, just in case.
I gather this also applies with Debit cards and hope that as Miriam says this applies to your daughter. It is grim if nether the pump or the reimbursement doesn’t appear.
Miriam, re the bread. I have tried various sliced loaves to find them tasteless and have now started to buy the sort freshly baked in supermarkets and sliced by them. A couple of times unsliced has been delivered and it is difficult to slice at home resulting in doorsteps! However, it makes much nicer toast, a staple breakfast food for me! I freeze it and take out slices when needed. It’s not a lot dearer than the plastic sort and is so much nicer. Agree panic buying is a very selfish sport!
Strangely, I have found the in-store baked loaves, quite tasteless. My favourite is Hovis, thick sliced, granary bread, which toasts really well. I love it with my home made marmalade, Bovril or crunchy peanut butter. We all have different tastes. I do love the in-store, freshly baked ciabatta rolls. As such, I have bought a bread mix, to try and bake my own... If they are successful, will be frozen, so one a day.
Mr CC is a keen bread baker. Our freezer is always well stocked with various types, although slicing home made bread isn't easy. We have a lot of rolls!
My daughter has become a very keen baker since establishing herself in Cornwall. She makes sourdough every other day, and as well as feeding them she also includes scones and rolls in her welcome basket for the cottage guests, and this seems to be extremely welcome according to the reviews she is getting.
I used to make my own bread forty odd years ago, but now living in food heaven as much of Stroud is, sourdough is available on almost every corner. In contrast to supermarket or high street bakers it is expensive, I pay £3 or £5 for a loaf, but the bread itself is devine and lasts through almost a week.
My daughter contacted her bank as advised by the supplier, to be told that her insurance only relates to card purchases made in NZ. Overseas payments, as this one was, are not covered. In many respects, attitudes over there can be very parochial; it just happens to be an extremely large parish!
I wonder whether it’s worth contacting a program such as You and Yours or Moneybox for advice on this? It seems strange that your pump is just left to rot and also that no comeback is on the payment card which is internationally accepted. It is worth trying to get something more positive from the bank as even when the answer is no, persistence can give results. If there are consumer programs in NZ, it could be a good idea to contact them. You would think consumers in most countries would have some protection for circumstances such as these.
To those who read the book "The Long Call" by Ann Cleeves, it will soon be seen on TV and probably not well adapted. The clips of this, have recently been shown, as a taster. To my memory, these do not resemble the book I read. I didn't recognise these clips, in any way, shape or form
As such, I definitly, will not be tuning in.
I am prepared, though, to give the new "The Larkins" a go.
I haven’t seen any clips yet - which channel is it going to be on, and did they look as if they had been filmed in North Devon?
I still think it’s far too early to televise the series, there have only been 2 books published and I don’t think the characters are fixed enough in readers minds yet. I don’t want my perception to be influenced by whichever actors they have chosen to play the main parts.
I am not a fan of Ann Cleeves but I did get a 'recommended' from Amazon because I have read hundred of books from Amazon these last few months! I knew a little of Croyde and Braunton so I decided to get the first two! My mistake! I have never started a book without finishing it (except Catch 22!) so I continued them, thinking all the time it 'may pick up.' No. It was dis-jointed and not a very easy read as to clues, and so on. I will have just one episode to watch in case it makes more enjoyable tv . Anything more to while away the time!
I've just read about 'The Long Call.' I like Ben Aldridge, who is starring but can't bear Juliet Stevenson. Other well known actors are also taking part. The woman who plays the detective is played by a black woman and I often wondered if the books are written for a black woman. I couldn't make up my mind but just in case I missed the plot during my reading, I apologise! The filming was in Bristol and parts of the North Devon coast.
Thanks for the warning Spicy. I’ve now made up my mind not to watch. I was disappointed with The Long Call. I so loved the Shetland books and know Barnstable, Woolacombe, Ilfracombe and the general area very well indeed. But I just didn’t feel any empathy with the characters, didn’t actually even like any of them much, the only good thing was being able to visualise where events were taking place.
Perhaps this is just one series too far for Ann Cleeves.
I need to read the 2nd book, before I make my mind up as to this new series. The characters need to be developed far more. What worries me, is the 2nd book has been written to correlate the TV programme characters. I have seen this happen previously. My example is Inspector Lindsey, by Elizabeth George. The later books changed.
I think at some stage I shall have to read 'The Long Call' just to find out why some of you are raving about this queen of Emglish literature who has inexplicably lost the 'of' from the middle of her name ; )
I read "The Thursday Mystery Club", which again I felt was introducing characters, but there were loopholes a bit too wide in the plot.. I will read the sequel, The Man Who Died Twice, when it appears in the P/B version, next year, though. 📖
I noticed at the weekend that both Richard Osman’s books are at the top of the Sunday Times highest selling book lists this week One is top Hardback, the other top Paperback. He must be raking the cash in!
Encouraging news: my daughter did indeed persevere with her bank until she finally managed to bypass all the recorded responses and robot advice to reach a real person. Apparently her money can probably be recovered although it will take time (45 days has been mentioned). The bank will then pursue the company for re-imbursement as they have only ceased trading in the UK.
I won't lie Miriam, I'm not at all good. I've been home for two whole days now and still feel very weak and still have a ' light head'. Not so much a headache but still floaty around my eyes and the bridge of my nose. When I was taken into hospital I had that day managed to do some washing up, but had left the water in the bowl, as well as a teapot with some tea in it and a fridge full of food. Since coming home I have still not had the energy to stand at the sink and deal with what needs to be done, the tea has a crust of mould on the top and I haven't cleared the fridge of the food that will need to be binned. Lady was brought home today. I did manage to walk down to the church to meet my friend with Lady and Misha, and we walked home. My friend stayed for a chat and a cuppa and I appreciated that. Lady has not been remotely excited to see me, and I regard this as being very positive. I think her confidence will have grown yet more by having spent a complete week in another home and without me.
In the last half hour I have been reading about the new symptoms added to the list of Covid associated difficulties reported, and a persistent headache and hives and itchy skin ( reported by me and others on here, AP at least, I remember) among them. Also - it is now recognised that some people experience what appears to be a heavy cold, when in fact they have Covid. Some may remember my trip to Cornwall, on the train with a dog and my broken finger, at Christmas 2019. I had been in the orthopaedic waiting room at Cheltenham three days before and the only seat available was opposite an elderly man who was streaming most unhealthy with a cold. Whilst on the five hour train journey that cold developed in me and I passed it on to at least five others in the party of fifteen that Christmas, my eldest daughter being one of them. But she swears she did not have a cold, but did have Covid. Others who caught the cold ( NB - I did my very best to keep it to myself ) also reported that they too felt that they had Covid. But of course this was all in early January 2020 and at that point many were sure we did not have Covid here in the U.K. then. The Gloucestershire press, were certain that we did, as it was obvious that Covid was spreading outwards from the racecourse into the villages to the north east of Cheltenham and Gloucestershire was in the beginning, very high on the graph of incidents.
Sorry .... gone on a bit, but it shows me that there is still much to learn for us and the scientific community about this epidemic.
Interesting. In the 1st Lockdown in March 2020, I had an awful cold. I was very chesty, and swigged cough mixture for at least 7 days, along with a sore throat. There were absolutely no other covid symptoms, so to me it was just a seasonal bug, picked up in the pre Lockdown days.
The scientific community is now questioning otherwise Miriam. Perhaps you had it too.
Of course none of us was able to get tested for antibodies then, even if we had thoughts that we might have had Covid, which we didn't !
My daughter claims that she was very very ill and likened it to when she had a very bad time in her late teens when I thought ( apparently) that she might have meningitis. I'm afraid to say that I don't remember this. What a bad mother I must be !
The day after my discharge I had a phone call from a member of the nursing staff, not the ward I was on, but a separate entity. She was checking up on how I was and making sure I was OK. I think she said she would call again in a day or so. Apparently this is something that the hospital instituted during Covid, for people discharged but living alone and without formal support.
That sounds like a wonderful follow up. Don't be too proud and independant, which I know you are. If you need support of any kind, to benefit you in the very short term, just say so. It is there and meant in the best way, and is no reflection on you, in any way. It is just Care + Attention.
I had a very bad respiratory infection in February 2020, as did several of my colleagues. This was before 'working from home' of course. Although I do usually have a chest infection most years, that one did feel significantly worse. I have wondered if I had Covid.
Mrs P, hope you feel a bit more grounded tomorrow. You sound as if you are very tired, and jobs waiting to be done just get more onerous as days go by. Take care.
I did manage the washing up yesterday. Today's job is to tackle the overflowing fridge from the weekly shop that I did the day between my flue jab and my Covid booster. Since when I've eaten almost nothing expect bread and butter. It must be around a fortnight ago, but since I've lost all track of time I can't be entirely sure. But a little less exhausted today, thank goodness.
I hope you feel better today ,Mrs P I am sure the doctors would not have allowed you to go home if they were really worried about you but it is good that the hospital is keeping a check on you.
I hope your research is not through Google. My son told me never to Google" illnesses ". Apparently the best time for a male medical student is when they are studying maternity !
Hello Mrs P , hope you are improving. This may be totally irrelevant to you but this is the time of year when farmers etc turn on bird and rat ultrasound scarers. Outside food sources are drying up and rats especially will head for grain stores. Some years back a neighbouring farmer started using them, and I experienced a pulsing through the head and headaches and muzzy thinking. We live about a quarter of a mile away from his grain store, and I didn't realise the connection until people down in the village about a mile away, who were also suffering, started complaining to the farmer. He turned it off and people's symptoms eased up and stopped. Not everyone is affected by it, but some people can hear/feel things in a wider range of ultrasound. The concerning thing I think is that ultrasound deterrents are being used more and more, not just by farmers. Years ago in my dad's day you paid someone to come in occasionally with hunting terriers to hunt the rats.
I wonder if that deaf young woman taking part in Strictly feels the pulsing of the sound through her body rather than hearing it. It puzzles me how she can dance so well being deaf.
Lady R are you a Libran like my son? I may have got that completely wrong but it would be a shame to miss yours as you are so good about reminding us about others' birthday.
Birthdays - addle headed today. Our little tabby got chased high up a tree yesterday evening by an aggressive tomcat, despite the fact she is doctored. We scared the tom off and then spent the rest of the evening in the dark trying to get her down with son balanced precariously up a ladder on top of a hedge but couldn't quite reach her. In the end we decided to try again in the morning with a longer ladder. She went straight up the trunk in her panic but there were no branches higher up that she could get to to climb down. Son went home then but I stayed until late listening to her mewing piteously and talking to her. In the end I went in but some time after midnight she appeared at the window meowing to come in so had managed to get herself down. Have got the hose ready and if the tom comes round again he is going to get very wet.
It is my 99 year old cousins birthday tomorrow and I haven't been able to send a card. Although I did send a picture of my dad, her beloved uncle, to her daughter to show her. Or perhaps to print it off.
Janice that's interesting information that you have given. Not something I knew about.
On my walk along the canal most of the side, actually all of that side with the towpath is either very old or new industrial sites. The other side is the lower slopes of our wonderful commons, so don't think there are any farms adjacent to the canal. However there is a barn within yards of my cottage and it is at the moment full of hay, recently harvested from the adjacent field. It's also probably where my cat catches most of his, usually very small, prey.
We had a very tall fir tree of some kind at the front of our house in Malmesbury and one of our cats climbed to the top once and couldn't make it's way down. I seem to remember that eventually the fire brigade came out and went up on some apparatus of some kind. The cat, frightened, then discovered that it did have the ability to get down by itself. Very embarrassing.
Lanjan
I've never googled an ' illness' ever. I do however Google specific conditions and physiology papers and reports. And in my opinion there is little difference than going to the reference library to look at medical academic papers, which was my previous practice. I was brought up with Grays anatomy and other medical reference works, and taught by my father to know my anatomy and physiology, added to, a little, by my nursing studies. I try to keep relatively up to date with my reading, though not via google. Since I am the recipient of five auto immune conditions, (please note, conditions, not illnesses ) and believe that it's my responsibility to know my medical history, and irresponsible of me to rely on the competence of a doctor who might take a brief recent history, but fail to show any interest from the past, due to the prevailing ' evidence based ' medicine that is practiced today, I shall continue to do so. I appreciate that your son is a doctor, but I hope you will understand that my experience throughout my life, the need to manage my various conditions and how they affect my daily living, and the good as well as the incompetent doctors that I've met on my journey, leads me to be pessimistic, as opposed to your optimism about the medical profession. I was brought up to believe that doctors were akin to gods. The traumas and battles that I've experienced, along with brilliance as well, leaves me in no doubt that Doctors are not gods.
Katy as had various treatments for psoriasis. One damaged her liver function, steroid cream worked but thinned parts of her skin so much that they withdrew it suddenly resulting in unbearable flare ups. UV worked but couldn’t be continued indefinitely because of skin cancer. However,there has been progress recently and she is now on biological treatment, injecting herself every two months. It stops T cells from over reacting but this does weaken the immune system so that she is more vulnerable to infection but this is being managed and she had her Covid injections early. She has learnt to manage the condition and as she moved around a bit before settling on the island, with her previous experience she has refused hospital treatment as she knew what the outcome would be! As you say Mrs P, you do know your own body more so than an unknown doctor. We have met good ones and bad ones along the way. They are only human after all!
I should say we are more fortunate than Americans. Over there if you have psoriasis it is treated as a pre existing condition so is virtually impossible to insure. The poor souls just have to suffer if they can’t afford treatment and it can be very painful both physically and mentally.
I sympathise Ev with Katy. My vitiligo that appeared at age six, then was dormant until a dermatologist at the hospital where I was a student nurse, ordered a large and expensive machine ( basically a suntan table) from France - and at huge expense to the NHS - put me under it regularly and my vitiligo went from mild to extensive in weeks. It's a condition that can and does switch itself off and on at will, as, I believe psoriasis can also do. Like Katy, I've had to fight my corner too many times over the decades.
I do hope that anyone reading my post understands that I write from the point of view of a person who has seen and experienced the very good as well as the downright disgraceful. And I don't wish to offend anyone.
As far as my recent hospitalisation is concerned, the doctors were clearly confounded by what I have experienced and did their utmost to get to the bottom of it. They have eliminated all that might have been amiss, and I am content with that, whilst acknowledging that the consequences of Covid and the vaccines as well as the administration of them will continue to cause some problems through lack of complete understanding of the science right now. We are all on a learning curve where this pandemic is concerned, and it will probably be decades before we have complete understanding.
I hadn't planned to post today, but I had some good news today. Eldest nieces partner, has got a new job. This can be done from home, so he can work things around the kids + school runs, as my neice cannot do this. He is now the new, and upcoming Complaints Manager for the OU. He is only short term.
Ptby I really enjoyed SCD tonight and the 10’s where given were ok with me as I think the dance on the night should be correctly marked whatever the week and if the following week not good then if the same couple given a 4 that also is as it should be. I particularly loved Rose, AJ and “ the boys” the music was great and a powerful performance!
Lady R. I agree re the giving of 10’s. Just so surprising that this year the contestants are so good and not a clodhopper amongst them. I will admit that after seeing the “boys” score I relented and we went back and watched it. Yes, I’ll admit it, they were very good but I still don’t agree with it. I thought the Mcfly guy was very good considering he’s missed a week due to having Covid. Thought muppet dance was the worst.
I enjoyed this week's Strictly as well. I think that part of the reason for the 10s was that they gave some dances higher scores than they deserved and ended up with nowhere else to go. The music makes such a difference too. Sometimes the dancers are not helped by music not being appropriate for the dance.
117.48 to 85.3 My recent weight loss over the summer (18.7lbs to 13.5lbs, or in new money 118kgs to 85kgs) has still to be diagnosed. Now one thing which is GOOD is that I have shifted so many lbs but sadly quite a lot of sickness and only eating just a few mouthfuls then I am full up. Speaking with my doctor I said that I had shifted a lot of weight but supposed it was my stroke. He said 'Don't believe everything you read on the internet! Some knowledge has some advantages too!' My father would not allow a thermometer in our house because he would say 'You'll always be ill.' I've never had a thermometer in my house and just one item of equipment is a blood pressure gauge. Mind you that didn't deter my stroke!
By the way; son and 2 granddaughters are, even now, travelling across France towards the Eurotunnel. Reaching here at about 6pm. Very excited!
I think there's a difference between random googling of symptoms or illnesses, and using recognised wedsites such as NHS Choices or peer reviewed research articles.
Also the groups and societies supporting specific conditions, eg British Lung Foundation, Alzheimers Society etc, can have valuable information.
I would definitely not recommend the 'random googling'
Spiceycushion - if I own a thermometer I have no idea where it is, and haven't known for decades. I don't have anything else, including such basics as aspirin or paracetamol, in fact they insisted that I took paracetamol in hospital and sent me home with some. So far the packet remains unopened. Once when a babysitter asked my eight year old where her mum kept the aspirin, he was told by her " if you have a headach, go for a walk " !
I've probably got some vick somewhere.
Adding to Zoetrope post...... patient forums can also be very helpful if only to help sufferers in feeling less alone.
It's very disappointing Spiceycushion to hear that you are still suffering. It must be far more than disappointing for you, even if you do feel good about your weight loss.
What a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, probably the last for a while. I took advantage of this, and got the lawns mowed, but I was still amazed, just how wet the back lawn was. The edges have not yet been cut and trimmed, but I will do these in the next few days. Hopefully, that will last until next Spring, but realistically - I doubt it!
Interesting to see others enjoy Strictly, as much as I do. I keep my thoughts to myself, as I know nothing about dancing. I just enjoy watching it, on autumnal and wintery, nights.
I must agree that the NHS website and specific sites for such diseases as Diabetes and Arthritis can be very useful for seeking help, clarification of symptoms etc. Especially at the moment when it is so difficult to make an appointment with a GP. I have also used the NHS website to check on drugs that I have been prescribed when something didn’t seem right. Doing so helped me discover about the side effect of hallucinations when I was given strong steroids for my throat abscess. It’s what prompted me to contact the hospital for further guidance.
I’ve got to admit I googled thyroid eye disease and watched an operation for it on you tube before seeing a consultant. It certainly helped me understand everything so I knew what consultant was on about. Also I dislike it when I get my blood results and the dr says they are fine ….re my thyroid levels….I always have to ask him what the actual number is so I can add it to my own chart. After having read up about T4 and TSH levels on Google.
When I knew that catarct ops. were needed, I slightly freaked out. I found on the RNIB site, via google, such wonderful info. which answered a lot of my thoughts. These are ones which don't think about when in a hosp. clinic. This led to a site from Moorfields Eye Hosp. and a video made by a consultant eye surgeon. It reassured me a lot, so I had no worries at all.
My mother always chastised me for crossing my bridges before I got to them. Too right mother !
If I've crossed that bridge, metaphorically speaking, I am in a position of fore knowledge. I'm then prepared, and don't get any nasty shocks. If anything I had known might happen doesn't, then it's a win win situation. And I'm left feeling that I'm fortunate that my situation is not worse than it is.
Because I did my research on Alopecia when I lost all my hair in three days, I was able to ask the consultant dermatologist intelligent questions backed up by my reading. I was also able to tell him that my attitude was, and would continue to be pessimistic about ever having a head of hair again. He complimented me on having the best attitude possible.
And there have never been any tears. ( well not from me ! )
All is good with me! I just don't always feel in the mood to type anything if nothing is particularly noteworthy, and I do take time to NOT be online on occasion...
Mr GG is recovering very well from the accident, but last week had to spend 3 days in hospital with pneumonia and a suspected blood clot which was all probably due to injuries when coming off the horse. Think those problems appear to have been nipped in the bud thank goodness. We move onwards and upwards.
I am off to the Lake District with friends for 5 days today - a lovely big farmhouse near Patterdale which apparently is a perfect spot for lots of long walks. Really looking forward to it. (May be unable to access the blog depending on wifi coverage!)
As always, fingers crossed for everyone that is going through health concerns and Spicy, enjoy meeting up with the family!
Phew thank goodness all is well with you Gary and good to hear also that Mr GG is on the mend 👏🏻 Autumn walks in the Lake District oh how I envy you - however have a wonderful time with your friends and enjoy those glorious 🍁🍁 walks so good for body and soul!
That's what I'm hoping for Lady R - long, lazy walks and then sat in front of a roaring fire talking nonsense with my best friends. (I probably, like quite a few of us, have no idea just how stressed out I've actually been for the past wee while. It's time to completely relax!)
Good to see you back with us GG and just as good to know that although serious things are improving for Mr GG. Enjoy your time in Pattterdale. And resist coming home with a dog !
Apologies to all for being late with sending kind thoughts to LanJan today, and also in saying how relieved I was to hear that GG and Mr GG are OK I had so much trouble trying to post, I almost gave up and this is one last try!
Have a really relaxing time in beautiful Patterdale Gary. I do hope the weather is kind to you.
And just in case I can’t get in tomorrow I want to wish Lady R a truly happy Birthday tomorrow and hope you have a beautiful day.
Finally, a question for Miriam: Since your cataract operations have you experienced any after effects? Since mine, I have noticed that my eyes appear much smaller and they don’t open so far. Consequently I constantly look tired and drawn. It is very difficult to apply mascara, and without it I look even older and more tired! I have heard that sometimes the upper eyelid droops after a cataract operation and that in severe cases another operation is required to lift the lids (as Salman Rushdie had done). Goodness only knows why this happens, it’s not as if the lids are operated on! I also find that by late afternoon/evening my eyes are getting very tired and I am constantly rubbing them to clear blurriness. Reading in bed is very difficult now. I wasn’t aware of these after effects beforehand so it would be very interesting to know if you have experienced them too.
Reply to Archerphile. I have no real after effects after cataract ops.. I also suffer from blepharitis, which can affect my vision. This is due to extremely dry corneas, and can cause blurring, but just in one eye. Last time at clinic, I was precribed low grade doxycycline, which after 6 weeks I stopped, due increasing stomach side-effects. I also had some wonderful, lubricating, preservative eye drops. These have made a wonderful difference. I wonder if your problem is as simple as that. Why not either- Talk to your eye-clinic/hospital/surgeon or Talk to your optician, who can check your vision and look at the eyes.
...preservative-free...eye drops, as these suit my eyes best. Now I need to persuade my surgery, to add these onto my repeat list of meds (which is getting longer 😃).
Archerphile - I hope you won't mind me answering your question.
I found after my two cataract operations that I had developed dry eyes. I have Hypromellose drops, prescribed, but find I only need to use them, always first on waking up, and then occasionally at other times, when I realise that my eyes are tired. I was told by an optician that some people have such extensive dry eyes that the need to use drops is on an hourly basis. With that in mind I consider myself pretty lucky.
As to the smaller eyes. My feeling is that any operation or indeed any investigation into the eyes creates smaller eye openings. I personally put this down to loss of elasticity. My father and I both had large eyes. My fathers became smaller when he was part of the trials for laser treatment at Guys in the late seventies. When I was investigated for a brain tumour in the 80s I was in St Thomas's under Moorfields consultants for three weeks having endless lights poured into my eyes for hours each day, my eyes shrank very noticeably. I've had to learn to live with how that changed my looks. I also found it easier to ditch the eye makeup, and eventually all makeup.
I'm sorry that this will be negative news for you and that I cannot be more positive.
I think that as we age we each have to remember that we are not just what we might once have looked like, but that our personalities shine through regardless of how we might look now.
Miriam - if you need to persuade your surgery to add them to your prescription list, may I suggest you ask the optician to write on your behalf. It seems to have worked for me.
My drops are Hylo-forte, which I use, as and when. This is much more so on a windy, or gardening day. These though, last for 60 days, even though preservative free, so are cost effective for the NHS. I will talk to my surgeries, consultant and prescibing pharmacist, about adding onto my repeat. He can easily check with the hosp.clinic.
Thank you Ev & Archerphile for your birthday wishes. Lanjan is later this month. My post earlier today of cake and a rose was to mark Mr LJ 1st birthday anniversary.
Miriam & Mrs P - thank you so much for your info on the eye problems. I will certainly follow up the idea about eyedrops. Last night my eyes were so Inflamed and blurry and I think that could be due to dryness . I hadn’t thought if that so I will. Insult my optician.
Thank you all for your kind birthday wishes, festivities delayed as Mr R having Covid booster this afternoon 🤞🏼as with previous 2 and the flu jab no reaction. It’s been a medical time of late for Mr R and delayed eye test to come on Saturday! Our friend has her birthday end of month so will combine celebrations in between. In the meantime lots of phone calls, messages etc coming in and wine and chocs to see off also flowers to sit and admire (so I am a lucky “girl” 😱 must book Specsavers me thinks 😂)
I was determined to be one of the first to wish you a happy birthday Lady R especially as you remembered John's but the best laid plans.......... Anyway I hope you are having a really enjoyable day. I went to the Crematorium yesterday,John's birthday and sat on a seat next to " his" rose garden. Very peaceful
Thank you for your wishes a lot has been going on one way and another once the main meal has been eaten I look forward to my Tart au Citron followed by coffee and lots of chocolates 🤗 👏🏻 ( I shall hide the scales first 😂)
Miriam - I saw my optician today and he gave me some of the hyaluronate eyedrops (preservative free. Well he didn’t *give* them to me, they cost £13! I have used them just once and my eyes are feeling better already. I shall use them 2 or 3 times a day. So thank you, and Mrs P, very much for suggesting them 👀
Let's hope it's helps your problem. How lucky to see your optician, so very quickly. These drops are expensive. I need to get mine onto my normal free repeats, from my surgery as why not?
An expensive day as to Puss Cat today. Another further appointment at the Vets today, and all is well. There seems to be no senility, nor any problems shown. The vet said to me "she is in a remarkable condition, for her age" and all the many tests done, have all showed negative. Puss Cat has a low weight, but vet is not worried about this, just yet. It has been costly, but I don't care - 😻😻 Animals and pets, are so very much part of our homes. I give mine every care and attention, as she needs.
Our boys have their own bank savings account! We chose not to insure but to put by £25 each per month for any big bills - we pay smaller ones as we go. Vet bills do mount up and it makes you grateful for the NHS for our medical care! Yes, Miriam they are so worth it!
Good for William Shatner going into space today at 90 years old! Inspiring!
Been tyrying for ages to get appt at surgery for blood & blood pressure tests for my annual drug review. Got yet another text from them yesterday asking me to make appt as review is now 3 months late and they won’t supply another repeat prescription until it’s been done.
Told last month they weren’t able to do blood tests due to a National shortage of the glass vials.Tried again yesterday to make appointment, assuming they have now got the vials. Umpteen phone calls before getting through. Then told I am in a queue of 15 to speak to someone! Can’t make one online through Patient Access as it say « there are no free appointments at your surgery »
Does my GP know how hard it is to make an appointment, even just with the phlebotomist for a blood test, never mind actually seeing a doctor? Shall I crawl into the surgery on hands and knees begging for one?
So much for the Govt. saying GPs should see more patients face to face and ease up Covid restrictions at the surgeries to allow more people in.
Must depend where you are in the country. I had no prob booking my blood test in September. I always book a drs appointment for a week later to discuss results. On this last telephone appointment I asked about an actual one on one appointment with him and he made me the appointment then and there himself.
I'd write a letter to the surgery listing all your problems. I would also point out that if you're repeat prescription is refused all your tests will quickly become abnormal.
I've been in the same position as you Archerphile for something like seven months. I need my blood test, at my doctors request, to measure my thyroid limits, my medication levels having been changed, by my doctor. But a blanket ' we have no vials, so no blood tests being taken ' answer from a receptionist ' the gate keepers ' of all surgeries.
I have 2 blood tests tomorrow, a flu jab and a chest xray all at different medical centres! One at a doctors healthy living centre for blood, one GP surgery for flu jab and one at Medway Maritime Hospital for chest xray! I may not attend chest xray if I'm feeling knackered! (It's a walk in appointment.) My consultant says that I should have 3 Covid injection but have the nurse at GP said I'll have to ring up next week as they are quickly taken up. As yet I have not seen my doctor for many months although I have had several telephone chats with him.
How suddenly the temperature is dropping and the leaves are turning golden so very quickly, Autumn is starting, but then the clocks change in two weeks time. There has been a vibrant crescent moon, seen over the last few nights, which I hope will soon become a full harvest moon. Hopefully, this will coincide with many Harvest Suppers - be it Ambridge, or much closer to home. 🌙 to 🌕
Thank you Gary for wish for a special time with my son and granddaughters! Daughter-in-law still hasn't finished 2 covid jabs so couldn't come. Not seen son and eldest granddaughter for a year and the baby daughter for two and a half years. Sadly all they want to do is shop! Chris took me out to local shops just for a treat to a garden centre and Sainsburys. We hired a wheelchair at JS and he pushed me around. Then yesterday we went to London! Chris drove and we went to the National Army museum for a project for eldest g/d to study Col Haig and his tactics (and lack of them them) from the start of the Somme. Again it was lovely pushed around even though Chris seemed leave me in the middle of an aisle! Now children and Chris are once again shopping and I have been recovering all day. They leave about some time on Friday in the morning so I have been wrapping presents etc for them to take home. Loads of food in the fridge still. Won't need to shop this weekend!
My main aim tomorrow, is to finally go to my favourite Welsh Farm Shop, once again. It is the been a while since my last visit. I am hoping to get some true home-grown veg - pots, carrots, cabagge etc. Plus there is also a lovely "gifty" area, which is always a delight to peruse. I need a B/day card for a neice, who will soon be 40 (where has that time gone) and hopefully, I will find a good and suitable, one.
MrsP - A heartfelt message of getting better soon!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteMistral - October 1, 2021 at 8:39 PM
Dear god, where is the sense in all this?
Mrs P. Very glad you phoned the g.p. and took advice. Did you have the scan?
It sounds as if your friends will sort out Lady, so no need to worry about her.
Hope you feel much better very soon, take care. xxx
Lady R - October 1, 2021 at 9:39 PM
Hello Mrs P so sorry to hear you had such a bad reaction to your booster jab and trust you will be sorted very soon and reunited with lady. All the same a very unfortunate time for you. Take care
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Archerphile - October 1, 2021 at 9:57 PM
Very worried to hear about your hospitalisation Mrs P.
It could be just coincidence that these problems started after your vaccination so I do hope that the doctors will be able to diagnose what is causing them.
Hoping the headache, particularly, will cease very soon.
Take care of yourself and let others take care of Lady for a little while.
Cheshire Cheese - October 1, 2021 at 10:26 PM
Very sorry to hear about your health problems Mrs P, I hope that they are sorted out soon.
MrsP Ambridge - October 1, 2021 at 11:02 PM
Thanks all.
We shall see.
Sarnia - October 2, 2021 at 12:27 AM
Commiserations, Mrs P. Very worrying when 'they' aren't sure what the problem is.
Janice - October 2, 2021 at 12:28 AM
Thinking of you Mrs P. Take care and hope all will soon be well.
Spicycushion - October 2, 2021 at 8:25 AM
Very sorry MrsP about your illnesses. I am sure the best place for you in is a hospital bed. I hope Lady is sorted out too.
Much love from Spicy!
Hilary - October 2, 2021 at 11:05 AM
I am sorry you have had to go into hospital, Mrs P, and wish you a speedy recovery.
What a difficult situation your daughter’s kind- heartedness has led to.
It’s nice that your dog has been having nice sleepovers. Sounds as though she has made some new friends.
A lovely sentiment at the top Gary
ReplyDeleteBut I hope it is for Mr GG too and for yourself looking after him.
I have very recently been presented with two new great great nieces, Cienna and Evie.
ReplyDeleteThe next arrival due in December will only be a great as a 51 yr old nephew is about to become a father for the first time as he and his partner are expecting a son. I shall have to write a list soon to get everyone straight in my mind plus all the surnames 😂
Wow, great great nieces, that is something to celebrate....
DeleteInteresting the name Cienna as ANOther has also named a daughter, Sienna
Katy has three great nephews in her mid forties! That’s what comes of having an age gap in siblings! Michaela, who is now a grandma is her half sister 8 years older! Mike’s sister, Natasha has the great, great honour. She is horrified! 😁😉
DeletePoor Mrs. P.
ReplyDeleteWhat an un-expected nightmare.
I wish her well, along with Lady of course.
I had my 'flu vaccine 12 days ago now.
ReplyDeleteI still have a sore and swollen arm!
It takes 14days for this to become astive, so hopefully this will then be resolved.
I've just had mine this afternoon - a joyful experience, queuing in the rain among the medical waste bins!
ReplyDeleteIt's finally been confirmed by a doctor - I asked to speak - having looked at my notes, that the scan, when I get it, is to check wether or not I had a TIA.
ReplyDeleteI'm not overly worried, but something strange happened on that Saturday afternoon a fortnight ago, and it will be reassuring to know one way or the other, rather than a simple dismissal by a GP.
And my daughters will be relieved.
I am being bombarded with questions from them, and castigated for not asking them for myself.
Thank you all for such nice messages of goodwill.
Are you still in hospital Mrs P?? Is the headache better now?? At least you will be warm if you are, it's very very cold up north...
ReplyDeleteYes I'm still here on a medical ward, Mistral.
DeleteVery little wrong with me in comparison with the other ladies around me.
But one has had a ding dong with a domineering son in law this afternoon and so we are all bonding over the attitudes to ones autonomy when aged.
Headache gone, but still a bit floaty, probably because of the glaring overhead lights on all day, and BP up and down a lot.
At least you are in a safe place Mrs P, with any help you need on hand. I hope you are feeling much better and it will be a relief for you and your family to know exactly how things stand. Sending good vibes and love.
DeleteBest wishes, Mrs P! Hope all resolved soon. 💐
DeleteI hope that you will be able to go home soon Mrs P and be reunited with Lady
DeleteMrs P, I'm sorry to read that you continued to feel so unwell after your vaccine. I hope the tests all have good results and that you will be able to go home soon.
DeleteIt must be such a relief for you to know that Lady has settled with others for this short time.
About vaccine reactions-
ReplyDeleteI heard from
my daughter yesterday that she had, at long last, consulted her GP about the swollen & painful arm she has endured ever since her first Covid jab back in June.
She had an even worse reaction to the second one and the arm is constantly painful.
His diagnosis is that, because her arms are quite skinny and the jab was administered by a possibly inexperienced volunteer at the Fire Station, they jabbed the needle right into the arm muscle. This has damaged the muscle and a bursa has formed there causing the swelling and pain!
He is sending her for a steroid injection at the hospital to treat the pain, followed by physio therapy.
Just goes to show the possible dangers of having to train volunteers very quickly in a crisis - and of having skinny arms!
She is now reluctant to go for her booster, if called.
Just to let you know my posts will be fewer and later responding to others in future.
ReplyDeleteThis is because, after numerous attempts to post using my iPad yesterday, I have now lost the app completely. Nothing I have tried will get Archerfan blog back!
So I am reduced to using my little old tiny iPod with an out of date operating system which is difficult because of having a tiny keyboard.
Apple are due to upgrade the systems to iOS 15 soon. I’m hoping that will improve things - but it was after the last upgrade that all the problems started!
Surely if you just type in archersfan.blogspot.com into Google it will bring up the page. I don’t understand how you can’t get it.
DeleteI know you’ve probably done this, just trying to be helpful.
Strictly last night.
ReplyDeleteThought that Sara woman was marvellous compared to last week.
Couldn’t believe Tilly had it in her for that Charleston either, it was very good. Loved Gordon having a little cry over it, such a effing family man!!! Lol.
I’m going to be supporting Greg and Karen all the way. Like both of them.
That doesn’t mean voting for them…I don’t vote.
My complaint is that when the dance is finished the professionals that jump about, shouting etc. Trying to influence the judges I think. So annoying.
Anyone else got a favourite yet?
Not decided on favourite yet PtbY. I thought that the judges marks were very inconsistent last night, there seemed to be some favouritism going on there.
DeleteMrs. P, glad you are in congenial company at least. Hope you get the scan tomorrow and then know what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteIs Lady still ok with friends?
Archerphile, commiserations to your daughter. I haven't got skinny arms, injected by a Dr, got nerve damage now, but feel better as time passed.
Just about every thing we do in life is about weighing up risks and benefits and medicine is no different, sometimes the decision is fairly easy and sometimes very hard. I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's side effect Archerfile and hope that it improves soon.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you CC.
DeleteWe live in a world now that seeks perfection and just ' good enough ' rarely seems to be ' enough ' in itself.
We must therefore manage our expectations IMO.
I've now had my scan.
A senior night nurse persisted throughout the night phoning the department whe eventually answered, but then pleaded, ' were very busy' but she again insisted and was told, 'after 8am,' which I felt was another fob off as that would push the responsibility on to the day shift.
However I pushed again this morning and another nurse phoned again.
I gather that the bed manager eventually intervened.
My point that I've tried to emphasise is that waiting for three days for a simple procedure is preventing someone else from getting a bed in hospital.
However I still have the headache, which has abated several times but returns, again and again.
Thanks to all again for good wishes.
Archerfile if you use Google Chrome to access the blog it could be a problem with your cookie settings.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to settings on your Chrome browser then to "cookies and other site data" and check if any cookies are blocked. When I couldn't access the blog it was because "block third party cookies" was activated.
Thanks CC. I have got in again now and have to clear cookies every single time I want to post something. But is doesn’t always work. I’l just to have to keep soldiering on!
DeleteApart from clearing the cookies have you checked your cookie settings?
DeleteI wish all those, who are poorly, have relatives being the same and those with problems re devices as to posting, and all the relative resulting problems, All the Best.
ReplyDeleteTake Care.
I am not posting what I had planned to do, as it does not fit in with the ongoing posts.
I know when to step back and keep quiet.
Just found 'Cranford' on BBCsounds under audio books section. Perfect Sunday listening. I used to have the DVD set too, years ago.
ReplyDeleteI meant to say that I don't watch Strictly. I like the dancing but can't stand the hullabaloo from everyone else.
ReplyDeleteJust testing after trying and failing to get onto the blog since returning from my short Break
ReplyDeleteAll the best Mrs P
Mrs P 1.15pm: Your post reminds me of the grading issued by Schools Inspectors. There is a level of 'Satisfactory', from which one might deduce that the standard attained by the school was, well, satisfactory. However, it was then decided that in order to drive up standards, nothing below a grade of 'Good' would be considered acceptable. .
ReplyDeleteTo be graded 'Satisfactory' is now unsatisfactory.
Yes Sarnia, your illustration makes the point very well.
DeleteThe result from the CT scan showed nothing abnormal.
However the Dr on the ward came with the news, asked questions, and for the first time, listened and wanted to know the detailed history, and then asked supplementary questions.
I felt that he really listened. And I still have the headache !
He decided to go away and have a thorough read of my notes and upon returning said that he felt it would be irresponsible to send me home, that he intended to re hydrate me again and take blood tests.
And crucially wants an MRI scan.
I'm now on one litre of saline drip over a ten hour period to be followed by the same again when finished.
Also a kind nurse has offered to go to Tesco on her way in tomorrow to get my goats milk for me.
It makes me so cross Mrs P. It shouldn't take several days in hospital for a doctor to take a proper history and attempt a diagnosis, it's basic medicine
DeleteHope you are feeling better, that your headache has gone and that you now know what has caused your illness,Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteI am due to have both my booster Covid jab and my flu jab this week.
Had a lovely 4days in North Yorkshire last week.
I was spoiled rotten.
So glad to hear your trip was everything you had hoped for and more LJ 🤗 spoilt rotten just the ticket!
DeleteAre your jabs to be on different days or both together one in each arm (like Joan Collins🙃)
Jabs-one Weds and one Thurs ,Lady R.
ReplyDeleteDifferent venues.
Haven't a clue about arms!
I am right handed but sleep on my left hand side .
Hmmm .
They can do what they think best!
Look forward to hearing about each LJ 💉💉
DeleteMy headache has lifted and I was able to drink much more fluid in the night and crucially pass far more fluid too.
ReplyDeleteI'm now on my second litre of intravenous fluid uptake.
Another visit from the first doctor today who gave me further information as to what they are investigating.
I don't want to use terms on here that might alarm others, but they are looking at a documented but rare condition found arising from Covid or the vaccination for Covid, in order to eliminate it, or to treat it if found.
I've done my reading / research now and am satisfied but not worried, and crucially been able to direct my science based daughter towards the information.
But I've also seen something in that information that correlates with part of my medical history of forty years ago, and am waiting to see the doctor again to report this.
The kind nurse brought my goats milk from the supermarket on her way to work this morning.
Now to find the cash to reimburse her.
How kind of her.
DeleteIs GB along the right lines?
DeleteMrs P.
ReplyDeleteI am wishing you So Well.
It seems you are in the best place at the moment. At last things are progressing in the right direction, and hope that you will get some answers, sooner rather than later.
How are Lady and your cat doing?
I am so pleased to hear that the system is working, with booster vaccines happening when due and as planned.
ReplyDeleteMine won't happen until the end of Nov. or even the start of Dec.
I am just pleased that it will actually happen.
I've had my MRI scan now and am informed that I should have results later this evening.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the nurses came into our bay at supper time and announced that they had just had their flue jabs ' and it's not just a little scratch like we tell you, ' one of them said, adding ' it hurts ' !
I found this very amusing !
All the best with the MRI results, Mrs P. Get well soon 💐
ReplyDeleteKeeping a close eye on the blog Mrs P and 🤞🏼 for you 🍀
ReplyDelete🤞Mrs P
ReplyDeleteGG, watched an extremely interesting prog this evening on the Hawick common riding.....
ReplyDeleteInterested to hear your thoughts...!
Hoping you & especially Mr GG are both well.. ❤️
No posts from Gary parsley for a long while now (not even at the start of this new blog) I have asked a couple of times if all ok and to be honest I am now very concerned.
DeleteI know..
DeleteThinking of you Mrs P. Hope all is well soon. 🤗
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't mean I'm not thinking of Mrs P. but today Nigel came to help in the garden bearing news which might be pointing to a worrying trend. Further to my cast iron pump now marooned and inaccessible in a container in Rotterdam, his usual Dutch supplier of plants has refused his latest order because that shipping company has also stopped calling at UK ports.
ReplyDeleteAn awful lot of our fruit and veg as well as bulbs and other plants come from nurseries on the Continent, and if the shipping companies aren't prepared to deal with the new regulations we won't need to concern ourselves over a shortage of HGV drivers - there will be many fewer goods for them to transport.
This is not good news Sarnia 😟 and so sorry you are missing out on your special purchases…
DeleteSo many problems with international transport Sarnia. Our son & family STILL haven’t got their container of furniture and belongings from Dubai, which left there at end of July!
DeleteSame happened with my daughter's container of furniture from Singapore. The company decided to stop coming to the UK while their stuff was en route and it ended up in Rotterdam. They ended up camping in their house for a month as they could no longer stay with us because of their son starting school.
DeleteWe had a problem like this back in 1978 when our possessions from our time in Hong Kong sat in the docks at Southampton due to a dockers’ strike. It went on for a few months as far as I remember and we had to make do with the bare essentials provided in our Married Quarter but at least we had those!
DeleteHope Gary is OK too and hope Mrs P has some sort of resolution by now.
This is not a temporary state of affairs. My pump is stuck in Rotterdam because the inability to ship their goods to the UK has caused the suppliers to go out of business. Therefore I will never get my garden pump, which was to have been a combined birthday/Christmas present from my daughter in NZ and she is unlikely to get her money back.
ReplyDeleteLanjan
ReplyDeleteRe covid and flu jabs - when I had my covid booster last week, I was asked if I had had any other vaccinations within 7 days.
I was told that it was safe to have covid and flu together, but if given separately, they should be at least a week apart.
Might be worth checking on the advice as you have appointments on consecutive days.
(I chose to have mine separately}
MRI results show no abnormalities and I am in the process of being discharged.
ReplyDeleteLots of arrangements to be made once home.
Thank you everyone for good wishes.
MrsP - I am very glad for you. It'll take some getting used to being back home but you and Lady and the cat will soon be reunited.
DeleteGary - may the news from you be positive too.
Oh Mrs P so pleased 🤗 you are going (or are) now home. I having been checking and checking the blog. We are just back now from a lunch with Mr R goddaughter and one of her sons and the blog was my first “to do” as soon as in the door.
DeleteTake care alongside all the help you are about to receive.
Thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteI don't like what we hear about the pigs...
ReplyDeleteNo, nor me Basia. It’s a very bad situation and, as far as I can see, nothing is being done to help. I am just very thankful nothing like this happened when we were pig farming.
DeleteMrs P. Wonderful news..🤗🥰
ReplyDelete....and do what you have been told.
Delete....and even if the HGV situation can be resolved, assuming that, as seems likely, more shipping companies decide to cease calling at UK ports we won't be able to export them anyway.
ReplyDeleteWell, contrary to so many others here, I have some good news to impart.
ReplyDeleteAs we used to say when I was a teenager, I am dead chuffed!
We have just successfully (after a great deal of hassle) managed to book flights to Toulouse to go and stay with our family there for Christmas!
We shall be there for 2 weeks, coming home on New Years Day, and it will be exactly 2 years since we last saw them.
I’ll probably hardly recognise my two youngest grandsons as they will have grown a lot in 2 years and were aged 8 and 10 back then. This is all Covid permitting of course.
But I do also want to send my very warm wishes to Mrs P for a happy and restful homecoming from your hospital stay….. and to Gary, for whom we are all so concerned.
Hurrah Archerphile so pleased for you all 🎄 wonderful to hear some happy news and I will keep everything crossed for you. By then you will be triple jabbed too 💉💉💉
DeleteHow exciting for you all, and so exciting.
DeleteHopefully their furniture will also have arrived by then, as well.
Still, what does that matter - as it is families, being together again, which is so important.
No idea, when I will see my family living in OZ again..
DeleteHopefully 2022, when the youngest who will then be 3yrs, will be met for the first time, along with the older boy, who was just 6months old when I last had a cuddle with him.
That's fantastic news Archerfile. I know how you must be feeling, it was so lovely to see my daughter and family when they arrived from Singapore.
DeleteGood news from you too Mrs P, so pleased that you are going home.
Mrs P,
ReplyDeleteBrilliant news. You must be so relieved. I hope your headache has gone completely now.
Take it easy settling back in at home.
Zoetrope
ReplyDeleteThe advice you received is interesting. ( re a week apart from Flue and C Booster. )
I had the Flue on Monday midday ish and the booster at 3.15 on Thursday.
Enough said, I think.
I have taken the liberty and sent an email to Gary.
ReplyDeleteWhatever may be amiss, we must be patient and I'm sure none of us expect the blog to be his first priority when something serious might be wrong with him or Mr GG.
I am glad you did Mrs P. My guess is that it is something to do with the concussion Mr G suffered from the fall.
DeleteYes JANICE, I fear the same.
DeleteI suggested that if he did not want/ could not, communicate via here, then he could do so via one of the ' meet up' group. There are a number of us.
But we must also manage our expectations.
It may be that he is not even looking at or thinking about the blog at present, for whatever reason.
Mrs P, very glad your scans were completed and there is no mishap there.
ReplyDeleteWill you be ok now you are back home?
I think you have a dog walker?
You are an indomitable lady, good luck to you.
Thank you Mistral.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't have a dog walker.
There have been too many problems with Lady for me to be able to hand the responsibility to another.
But the friend ( made through her dog Misha and Lady appearing to know one another in their previous lives) is looking after her at present and will help me with her.
For tonight at least it's just me and Puss and he is being very affectionate and clearly pleased to see me home.
I expect your Puss is highly delighted to have you home, and so will Lady, Mrs P. But make sure you look after yourself too.
ReplyDeleteJust had a WhatsApp message from France. It is our daughter in law’s birthday today and her best present has been the arrival of a large furniture van with the first of their cardboard crates of belongings.
Apparently the container was far too large to get up their long narrow drive, so it has been parked in the car park of the local Aldi supermarket and 2 lorries are ferrying backwards and forwards with all their stuff. The photo showed the house packed to the gunnels with huge boxes, so she has her work cut out with the unpacking. It will take weeks but she is very happy!
Sounds like my daughter's house last week Archerfile
DeleteWhat on Earth are they going to do with all the cardboard? There are only so many Wendy houses to be made out of the cartons! 😂
DeleteSent a message earlier, got a 'whoops' notice.
DeleteHope you are comfortable Mrs. P, with plenty of food and drinks handy. Has your headache gone now? I know you don't sleep much, but hope you are able to rest now you are back home :)
Mrs. P How are you doing today, and how is Lady?
ReplyDeleteArcherphile. Great news re the delivery from Dubai. By Christmas the boxes will have gone.
Feel washed out, and a mild headache still wafting around.
DeleteMuch else to be attended to today, and friend keeping Lady for a day or so longer.
Thanks for all concerns.
Are you eating and drinking OK and have plenty of supplies?
DeleteTrying to Miriam, trying to.
DeleteMy weekly shop this week, did not go that well.
ReplyDeleteI always buy the s/market "el cheapo" own brand baked beans, chopped toms, plum toms, pasta, soups. Much of these were either totally unavailable, or with very limited varieties. The paper goods - loo rolls, kitchen rolls, were also limited.
There was also a noticeable lack of bread, from certain brands, including the one I prefer.
There were alternatives available, but I did not buy a more expensive one, as none were urgent.
I just do - use one, replace one.
I blame social media, certain newspapers and on-line sites, for causing a panic/stock-up buying frenzy, with goods not needed, being stockpiled.
It was the same as to the petrol debacle...
To add, my post every-day this week, is made up of catalogues with offers to buy now, ready for Christmas!!
DeleteIt is just getting so ridiculous.
Sarnia, a thought only.
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad to hear that your pump will never appear, due to this situation.
If your daughter paid by a credit card, isn't there are way to get the monies spent back, from the card company?
I have heard of this, but no idea how it actualky works.
Whenever I order something on-line, which is very rare, I always use a bank credit card, just in case.
I gather this also applies with Debit cards and hope that as Miriam says this applies to your daughter. It is grim if nether the pump or the reimbursement doesn’t appear.
DeleteMiriam, re the bread. I have tried various sliced loaves to find them tasteless and have now started to buy the sort freshly baked in supermarkets and sliced by them. A couple of times unsliced has been delivered and it is difficult to slice at home resulting in doorsteps! However, it makes much nicer toast, a staple breakfast food for me! I freeze it and take out slices when needed. It’s not a lot dearer than the plastic sort and is so much nicer. Agree panic buying is a very selfish sport!
Strangely, I have found the in-store baked loaves, quite tasteless.
DeleteMy favourite is Hovis, thick sliced, granary bread, which toasts really well. I love it with my home made marmalade, Bovril or crunchy peanut butter.
We all have different tastes.
I do love the in-store, freshly baked ciabatta rolls. As such, I have bought a bread mix, to try and bake my own...
If they are successful, will be frozen, so one a day.
Mr CC is a keen bread baker. Our freezer is always well stocked with various types, although slicing home made bread isn't easy. We have a lot of rolls!
DeleteMy daughter has become a very keen baker since establishing herself in Cornwall.
DeleteShe makes sourdough every other day, and as well as feeding them she also includes scones and rolls in her welcome basket for the cottage guests, and this seems to be extremely welcome according to the reviews she is getting.
I used to make my own bread forty odd years ago, but now living in food heaven as much of Stroud is, sourdough is available on almost every corner.
In contrast to supermarket or high street bakers it is expensive, I pay £3 or £5 for a loaf, but the bread itself is devine and lasts through almost a week.
My daughter contacted her bank as advised by the supplier, to be told that her insurance only relates to card purchases made in NZ. Overseas payments, as this one was, are not covered. In many respects, attitudes over there can be very parochial; it just happens to be an extremely large parish!
ReplyDeleteThat is just awful.
DeleteI wonder whether it’s worth contacting a program such as You and Yours or Moneybox for advice on this? It seems strange that your pump is just left to rot and also that no comeback is on the payment card which is internationally accepted. It is worth trying to get something more positive from the bank as even when the answer is no, persistence can give results. If there are consumer programs in NZ, it could be a good idea to contact them. You would think consumers in most countries would have some protection for circumstances such as these.
DeleteTo those who read the book "The Long Call" by Ann Cleeves, it will soon be seen on TV and probably not well adapted.
ReplyDeleteThe clips of this, have recently been shown, as a taster. To my memory, these do not resemble the book I read.
I didn't recognise these clips, in any way, shape or form
As such, I definitly, will not be tuning in.
I am prepared, though, to give the new "The Larkins" a go.
I haven’t seen any clips yet - which channel is it going to be on, and did they look as if they had been filmed in North Devon?
DeleteI still think it’s far too early to televise the series, there have only been 2 books published and I don’t think the characters are fixed enough in readers minds yet.
I don’t want my perception to be influenced by whichever actors they have chosen to play the main parts.
I agree wholeheartedly with your second paragraph Archerfile.
DeleteI am not a fan of Ann Cleeves but I did get a 'recommended' from Amazon because I have read hundred of books from Amazon these last few months!
DeleteI knew a little of Croyde and Braunton so I decided to get the first two! My mistake! I have never started a book without finishing it (except Catch 22!) so I continued them, thinking all the time it 'may pick up.' No. It was dis-jointed and not a very easy read as to clues, and so on.
I will have just one episode to watch in case it makes more enjoyable tv . Anything more to while away the time!
I've just read about 'The Long Call.' I like Ben Aldridge, who is starring but can't bear Juliet Stevenson. Other well known actors are also taking part. The woman who plays the detective is played by a black woman and I often wondered if the books are written for a black woman. I couldn't make up my mind but just in case I missed the plot during my reading, I apologise!
DeleteThe filming was in Bristol and parts of the North Devon coast.
Thanks for the warning Spicy. I’ve now made up my mind not to watch.
DeleteI was disappointed with The Long Call.
I so loved the Shetland books and know Barnstable, Woolacombe, Ilfracombe and the general area very well indeed.
But I just didn’t feel any empathy with the characters, didn’t actually even like any of them much, the only good thing was being able to visualise where events were taking place.
Perhaps this is just one series too far for Ann Cleeves.
I need to read the 2nd book, before I make my mind up as to this new series. The characters need to be developed far more.
DeleteWhat worries me, is the 2nd book has been written to correlate the TV programme characters.
I have seen this happen previously.
My example is Inspector Lindsey, by Elizabeth George.
The later books changed.
I think at some stage I shall have to read 'The Long Call' just to find out why some of you are raving about this queen of Emglish literature who has inexplicably lost the 'of' from the middle of her name ; )
DeleteI read "The Thursday Mystery Club", which again I felt was introducing characters, but there were loopholes a bit too wide in the plot..
ReplyDeleteI will read the sequel, The Man Who Died Twice, when it appears in the P/B version, next year, though. 📖
I noticed at the weekend that both Richard Osman’s books are at the top of the Sunday Times highest selling book lists this week
DeleteOne is top Hardback, the other top Paperback.
He must be raking the cash in!
I don't like the way that those books trivialize murder and death using "what fun" as a description in the second book.
DeleteI am wondering how Mrs P. is?
ReplyDeleteI have posted fat too many irelevant posts, over the last 2 days.
DeleteI will return on Sunday..
Until then, keep well and safe, and enjoy life .
Sorry, about the typos...fat 🤦♀️
DeleteEncouraging news: my daughter did indeed persevere with her bank until she finally managed to bypass all the recorded responses and robot advice to reach a real person. Apparently her money can probably be recovered although it will take time (45 days has been mentioned). The bank will then pursue the company for re-imbursement as they have only ceased trading in the UK.
ReplyDeleteWell done your daughter Sarnia.
DeleteGood for her.
I hope its resolved even if it does take weeks.
Mrs P here.
ReplyDeleteI won't lie Miriam, I'm not at all good.
I've been home for two whole days now and still feel very weak and still have a ' light head'. Not so much a headache but still floaty around my eyes and the bridge of my nose.
When I was taken into hospital I had that day managed to do some washing up, but had left the water in the bowl, as well as a teapot with some tea in it and a fridge full of food. Since coming home I have still not had the energy to stand at the sink and deal with what needs to be done, the tea has a crust of mould on the top and I haven't cleared the fridge of the food that will need to be binned.
Lady was brought home today.
I did manage to walk down to the church to meet my friend with Lady and Misha, and we walked home. My friend stayed for a chat and a cuppa and I appreciated that.
Lady has not been remotely excited to see me, and I regard this as being very positive.
I think her confidence will have grown yet more by having spent a complete week in another home and without me.
In the last half hour I have been reading about the new symptoms added to the list of Covid associated difficulties reported, and a persistent headache and hives and itchy skin ( reported by me and others on here, AP at least, I remember) among them.
Also - it is now recognised that some people experience what appears to be a heavy cold, when in fact they have Covid.
Some may remember my trip to Cornwall, on the train with a dog and my broken finger, at Christmas 2019.
I had been in the orthopaedic waiting room at Cheltenham three days before and the only seat available was opposite an elderly man who was streaming most unhealthy with a cold. Whilst on the five hour train journey that cold developed in me and I passed it on to at least five others in the party of fifteen that Christmas, my eldest daughter being one of them. But she swears she did not have a cold, but did have Covid. Others who caught the cold ( NB - I did my very best to keep it to myself ) also reported that they too felt that they had Covid.
But of course this was all in early January 2020 and at that point many were sure we did not have Covid here in the U.K. then.
The Gloucestershire press, were certain that we did, as it was obvious that Covid was spreading outwards from the racecourse into the villages to the north east of Cheltenham and Gloucestershire was in the beginning, very high on the graph of incidents.
Sorry .... gone on a bit, but it shows me that there is still much to learn for us and the scientific community about this epidemic.
Interesting. In the 1st Lockdown in March 2020, I had an awful cold.
DeleteI was very chesty, and swigged cough mixture for at least 7 days, along with a sore throat. There were absolutely no other covid symptoms, so to me it was just a seasonal bug, picked up in the pre Lockdown days.
The scientific community is now questioning otherwise Miriam.
DeletePerhaps you had it too.
Of course none of us was able to get tested for antibodies then, even if we had thoughts that we might have had Covid, which we didn't !
My daughter claims that she was very very ill and likened it to when she had a very bad time in her late teens when I thought ( apparently) that she might have meningitis.
I'm afraid to say that I don't remember this.
What a bad mother I must be !
A positive I feel I must add.
ReplyDeleteThe day after my discharge I had a phone call from a member of the nursing staff, not the ward I was on, but a separate entity.
She was checking up on how I was and making sure I was OK.
I think she said she would call again in a day or so.
Apparently this is something that the hospital instituted during Covid, for people discharged but living alone and without formal support.
I was encouraged !
That sounds like a wonderful follow up.
DeleteDon't be too proud and independant, which I know you are. If you need support of any kind, to benefit you in the very short term, just say so.
It is there and meant in the best way, and is no reflection on you, in any way.
It is just Care + Attention.
I had a very bad respiratory infection in February 2020, as did several of my colleagues. This was before 'working from home' of course.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do usually have a chest infection most years, that one did feel significantly worse.
I have wondered if I had Covid.
Mrs P, I am sorry that your symptoms are continuing I hope there are people around you who can offer some support.
ReplyDeleteMrs P, hope you feel a bit more grounded tomorrow. You sound as if you are very tired, and jobs waiting to be done just get more onerous as days go by.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
I did manage the washing up yesterday. Today's job is to tackle the overflowing fridge from the weekly shop that I did the day between my flue jab and my Covid booster. Since when I've eaten almost nothing expect bread and butter.
DeleteIt must be around a fortnight ago, but since I've lost all track of time I can't be entirely sure.
But a little less exhausted today, thank goodness.
I hope you feel better today ,Mrs P
ReplyDeleteI am sure the doctors would not have allowed you to go home if they were really worried about you but it is good that the hospital is keeping a check on you.
I hope your research is not through Google.
My son told me never to Google" illnesses ".
Apparently the best time for a male medical student is when they are studying maternity !
Hello Mrs P , hope you are improving. This may be totally irrelevant to you but this is the time of year when farmers etc turn on bird and rat ultrasound scarers. Outside food sources are drying up and rats especially will head for grain stores.
ReplyDeleteSome years back a neighbouring farmer started using them, and I experienced a pulsing through the head and headaches and muzzy thinking. We live about a quarter of a mile away from his grain store, and I didn't realise the connection until people down in the village about a mile away, who were also suffering, started complaining to the farmer. He turned it off and people's symptoms eased up and stopped. Not everyone is affected by it, but some people can hear/feel things in a wider range of ultrasound. The concerning thing I think is that ultrasound deterrents are being used more and more, not just by farmers. Years ago in my dad's day you paid someone to come in occasionally with hunting terriers to hunt the rats.
I wonder if that deaf young woman taking part in Strictly feels the pulsing of the sound through her body rather than hearing it. It puzzles me how she can dance so well being deaf.
DeleteP.s. I was thinking of your experience when walking along the canal, not the reaction after your booster.
DeleteAlong the same line, Evelyn Glennie the percussionist feels sound, being profoundly deaf. I saw her at a festival once, she was amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting.
DeleteLady R are you a Libran like my son? I may have got that completely wrong but it would be a shame to miss yours as you are so good about reminding us about others' birthday.
ReplyDeleteBirthdays - addle headed today. Our little tabby got chased high up a tree yesterday evening by an aggressive tomcat, despite the fact she is doctored. We scared the tom off and then spent the rest of the evening in the dark trying to get her down with son balanced precariously up a ladder on top of a hedge but couldn't quite reach her. In the end we decided to try again in the morning with a longer ladder. She went straight up the trunk in her panic but there were no branches higher up that she could get to to climb down. Son went home then but I stayed until late listening to her mewing piteously and talking to her. In the end I went in but some time after midnight she appeared at the window meowing to come in so had managed to get herself down. Have got the hose ready and if the tom comes round again he is going to get very wet.
DeleteYes Janice like your son I am also a Libran October 12th kind of you to ask, when is your sons?
Delete🍁I am thinking very much of you Lanjan as Mr LJ birthday anniversary (11th October) approaches I will always think of him on this date.
It is my 99 year old cousins birthday tomorrow and I haven't been able to send a card. Although I did send a picture of my dad, her beloved uncle, to her daughter to show her. Or perhaps to print it off.
DeleteJanice that's interesting information that you have given.
Not something I knew about.
On my walk along the canal most of the side, actually all of that side with the towpath is either very old or new industrial sites.
The other side is the lower slopes of our wonderful commons, so don't think there are any farms adjacent to the canal.
However there is a barn within yards of my cottage and it is at the moment full of hay, recently harvested from the adjacent field.
It's also probably where my cat catches most of his, usually very small, prey.
We had a very tall fir tree of some kind at the front of our house in Malmesbury and one of our cats climbed to the top once and couldn't make it's way down.
I seem to remember that eventually the fire brigade came out and went up on some apparatus of some kind.
The cat, frightened, then discovered that it did have the ability to get down by itself.
Very embarrassing.
Lanjan
I've never googled an ' illness' ever.
I do however Google specific conditions and physiology papers and reports.
And in my opinion there is little difference than going to the reference library to look at medical academic papers, which was my previous practice.
I was brought up with Grays anatomy and other medical reference works, and taught by my father to know my anatomy and physiology, added to, a little, by my nursing studies. I try to keep relatively up to date with my reading, though not via google.
Since I am the recipient of five auto immune conditions, (please note, conditions, not illnesses ) and believe that it's my responsibility to know my medical history, and irresponsible of me to rely on the competence of a doctor who might take a brief recent history, but fail to show any interest from the past, due to the prevailing ' evidence based ' medicine that is practiced today, I shall continue to do so.
I appreciate that your son is a doctor, but I hope you will understand that my experience throughout my life, the need to manage my various conditions and how they affect my daily living, and the good as well as the incompetent doctors that I've met on my journey, leads me to be pessimistic, as opposed to your optimism about the medical profession.
I was brought up to believe that doctors were akin to gods.
The traumas and battles that I've experienced, along with brilliance as well, leaves me in no doubt that Doctors are not gods.
Having spent my whole career as a doctor and working among them I definitely agree Mrs P that we are not gods.
DeleteKaty as had various treatments for psoriasis. One damaged her liver function, steroid cream worked but thinned parts of her skin so much that they withdrew it suddenly resulting in unbearable flare ups. UV worked but couldn’t be continued indefinitely because of skin cancer. However,there has been progress recently and she is now on biological treatment, injecting herself every two months. It stops T cells from over reacting but this does weaken the immune system so that she is more vulnerable to infection but this is being managed and she had her Covid injections early. She has learnt to manage the condition and as she moved around a bit before settling on the island, with her previous experience she has refused hospital treatment as she knew what the outcome would be! As you say Mrs P, you do know your own body more so than an unknown doctor. We have met good ones and bad ones along the way. They are only human after all!
DeleteI should say we are more fortunate than Americans. Over there if you have psoriasis it is treated as a pre existing condition so is virtually impossible to insure. The poor souls just have to suffer if they can’t afford treatment and it can be very painful both physically and mentally.
DeleteI sympathise Ev with Katy.
DeleteMy vitiligo that appeared at age six, then was dormant until a dermatologist at the hospital where I was a student nurse, ordered a large and expensive machine ( basically a suntan table) from France - and at huge expense to the NHS - put me under it regularly and my vitiligo went from mild to extensive in weeks.
It's a condition that can and does switch itself off and on at will, as, I believe psoriasis can also do.
Like Katy, I've had to fight my corner too many times over the decades.
I do hope that anyone reading my post understands that I write from the point of view of a person who has seen and experienced the very good as well as the downright disgraceful.
And I don't wish to offend anyone.
As far as my recent hospitalisation is concerned, the doctors were clearly confounded by what I have experienced and did their utmost to get to the bottom of it. They have eliminated all that might have been amiss, and I am content with that, whilst acknowledging that the consequences of Covid and the vaccines as well as the administration of them will continue to cause some problems through lack of complete understanding of the science right now.
We are all on a learning curve where this pandemic is concerned, and it will probably be decades before we have complete understanding.
I hadn't planned to post today, but I had some good news today.
ReplyDeleteEldest nieces partner, has got a new job. This can be done from home, so he can work things around the kids + school runs, as my neice cannot do this.
He is now the new, and upcoming Complaints Manager for the OU.
He is only short term.
To add, he knows this type of job so well, as many years ago, he was the Complaints Manager for a London Borough Council.
Delete🤗 👏🏻 🤙
DeletePtby I really enjoyed SCD tonight and the 10’s where given were ok with me as I think the dance on the night should be correctly marked whatever the week and if the following week not good then if the same couple given a 4 that also is as it should be.
ReplyDeleteI particularly loved Rose, AJ and “ the boys” the music was great and a powerful performance!
Lady R.
DeleteI agree re the giving of 10’s. Just so surprising that this year the contestants are so good and not a clodhopper amongst them.
I will admit that after seeing the “boys” score I relented and we went back and watched it. Yes, I’ll admit it, they were very good but I still don’t agree with it.
I thought the Mcfly guy was very good considering he’s missed a week due to having Covid. Thought muppet dance was the worst.
I enjoyed this week's Strictly as well. I think that part of the reason for the 10s was that they gave some dances higher scores than they deserved and ended up with nowhere else to go.
DeleteThe music makes such a difference too. Sometimes the dancers are not helped by music not being appropriate for the dance.
Well that's telling me,Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteI won't mention it again.
117.48 to 85.3
DeleteMy recent weight loss over the summer (18.7lbs to 13.5lbs, or in new money 118kgs to 85kgs) has still to be diagnosed. Now one thing which is GOOD is that I have shifted so many lbs but sadly quite a lot of sickness and only eating just a few mouthfuls then I am full up.
Speaking with my doctor I said that I had shifted a lot of weight but supposed it was my stroke. He said 'Don't believe everything you read on the internet! Some knowledge has some advantages too!'
My father would not allow a thermometer in our house because he would say 'You'll always be ill.'
I've never had a thermometer in my house and just one item of equipment is a blood pressure gauge. Mind you that didn't deter my stroke!
By the way; son and 2 granddaughters are, even now, travelling across France towards the Eurotunnel. Reaching here at about 6pm. Very excited!
Ignore numbers at top!
DeleteI think there's a difference between random googling of symptoms or illnesses, and using recognised wedsites such as NHS Choices or peer reviewed research articles.
ReplyDeleteAlso the groups and societies supporting specific conditions, eg British Lung Foundation, Alzheimers Society etc, can have valuable information.
I would definitely not recommend the 'random googling'
I very much agree Zoetrope
DeleteSpiceycushion - if I own a thermometer I have no idea where it is, and haven't known for decades.
DeleteI don't have anything else, including such basics as aspirin or paracetamol, in fact they insisted that I took paracetamol in hospital and sent me home with some. So far the packet remains unopened.
Once when a babysitter asked my eight year old where her mum kept the aspirin, he was told by her " if you have a headach, go for a walk " !
I've probably got some vick somewhere.
Adding to Zoetrope post...... patient forums can also be very helpful if only to help sufferers in feeling less alone.
It's very disappointing Spiceycushion to hear that you are still suffering.
It must be far more than disappointing for you, even if you do feel good about your weight loss.
What a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, probably the last for a while.
ReplyDeleteI took advantage of this, and got the lawns mowed, but I was still amazed, just how wet the back lawn was.
The edges have not yet been cut and trimmed, but I will do these in the next few days.
Hopefully, that will last until next Spring, but realistically - I doubt it!
Interesting to see others enjoy Strictly, as much as I do.
I keep my thoughts to myself, as I know nothing about dancing. I just enjoy watching it, on autumnal and wintery, nights.
I must agree that the NHS website and specific sites for such diseases as Diabetes and Arthritis can be very useful for seeking help, clarification of symptoms etc. Especially at the moment when it is so difficult to make an appointment with a GP.
ReplyDeleteI have also used the NHS website to check on drugs that I have been prescribed when something didn’t seem right. Doing so helped me discover about the side effect of hallucinations when I was given strong steroids for my throat abscess. It’s what prompted me to contact the hospital for further guidance.
I’ve got to admit I googled thyroid eye disease and watched an operation for it on you tube before seeing a consultant. It certainly helped me understand everything so I knew what consultant was on about.
ReplyDeleteAlso I dislike it when I get my blood results and the dr says they are fine ….re my thyroid levels….I always have to ask him what the actual number is so I can add it to my own chart. After having read up about T4 and TSH levels on Google.
When I knew that catarct ops. were needed, I slightly freaked out.
DeleteI found on the RNIB site, via google, such wonderful info. which answered a lot of my thoughts. These are ones which don't think about when in a hosp. clinic.
This led to a site from Moorfields Eye Hosp. and a video made by a consultant eye surgeon.
It reassured me a lot, so I had no worries at all.
I happily google, safe in the knowledge that no discernable progress will have been made in the condition I'm researching : (
ReplyDeleteMy mother always chastised me for crossing my bridges before I got to them.
ReplyDeleteToo right mother !
If I've crossed that bridge, metaphorically speaking, I am in a position of fore knowledge. I'm then prepared, and don't get any nasty shocks.
If anything I had known might happen doesn't, then it's a win win situation. And I'm left feeling that I'm fortunate that my situation is not worse than it is.
Because I did my research on Alopecia when I lost all my hair in three days, I was able to ask the consultant dermatologist intelligent questions backed up by my reading.
I was also able to tell him that my attitude was, and would continue to be pessimistic about ever having a head of hair again.
He complimented me on having the best attitude possible.
And there have never been any tears. ( well not from me ! )
Lanjan 🎂 🌹
ReplyDeleteThanks Lady R.
ReplyDeleteAll is good with me! I just don't always feel in the mood to type anything if nothing is particularly noteworthy, and I do take time to NOT be online on occasion...
ReplyDeleteMr GG is recovering very well from the accident, but last week had to spend 3 days in hospital with pneumonia and a suspected blood clot which was all probably due to injuries when coming off the horse. Think those problems appear to have been nipped in the bud thank goodness. We move onwards and upwards.
I am off to the Lake District with friends for 5 days today - a lovely big farmhouse near Patterdale which apparently is a perfect spot for lots of long walks. Really looking forward to it. (May be unable to access the blog depending on wifi coverage!)
As always, fingers crossed for everyone that is going through health concerns and Spicy, enjoy meeting up with the family!
Phew thank goodness all is well with you Gary and good to hear also that Mr GG is on the mend 👏🏻
DeleteAutumn walks in the Lake District oh how I envy you - however have a wonderful time with your friends and enjoy those glorious 🍁🍁 walks so good for body and soul!
That's what I'm hoping for Lady R - long, lazy walks and then sat in front of a roaring fire talking nonsense with my best friends. (I probably, like quite a few of us, have no idea just how stressed out I've actually been for the past wee while. It's time to completely relax!)
DeleteGood to see you back with us GG and just as good to know that although serious things are improving for Mr GG.
DeleteEnjoy your time in Pattterdale.
And resist coming home with a dog !
Thanks for letting us know how things are Gary, I was getting quite concerned.
DeleteGood to hear from you, GG.
ReplyDeleteApologies to all for being late with sending kind thoughts to LanJan today, and also in saying how relieved I was to hear that GG and Mr GG are OK
ReplyDeleteI had so much trouble trying to post, I almost gave up and this is one last try!
Have a really relaxing time in beautiful Patterdale Gary. I do hope the weather is kind to you.
And just in case I can’t get in tomorrow I want to wish Lady R a truly happy Birthday tomorrow and hope you have a beautiful day.
Finally, a question for Miriam:
Since your cataract operations have you experienced any after effects? Since mine, I have noticed that my eyes appear much smaller and they don’t open so far. Consequently I constantly look tired and drawn. It is very difficult to apply mascara, and without it I look even older and more tired! I have heard that sometimes the upper eyelid droops after a cataract operation and that in severe cases another operation is required to lift the lids (as Salman Rushdie had done).
Goodness only knows why this happens, it’s not as if the lids are operated on!
I also find that by late afternoon/evening my eyes are getting very tired and I am constantly rubbing them to clear blurriness. Reading in bed is very difficult now.
I wasn’t aware of these after effects beforehand so it would be very interesting to know if you have experienced them too.
Reply to Archerphile.
ReplyDeleteI have no real after effects after cataract ops..
I also suffer from blepharitis, which can affect my vision. This is due to extremely dry corneas, and can cause blurring, but just in one eye.
Last time at clinic, I was precribed low grade doxycycline, which after 6 weeks I stopped, due increasing stomach side-effects.
I also had some wonderful, lubricating, preservative eye drops.
These have made a wonderful difference.
I wonder if your problem is as simple as that.
Why not either-
Talk to your eye-clinic/hospital/surgeon or
Talk to your optician, who can check your vision and look at the eyes.
I wish you well. Miriam.
...preservative-free...eye drops, as these suit my eyes best.
DeleteNow I need to persuade my surgery, to add these onto my repeat list of meds (which is getting longer 😃).
Archerphile -
DeleteI hope you won't mind me answering your question.
I found after my two cataract operations that I had developed dry eyes.
I have Hypromellose drops, prescribed, but find I only need to use them, always first on waking up, and then occasionally at other times, when I realise that my eyes are tired.
I was told by an optician that some people have such extensive dry eyes that the need to use drops is on an hourly basis.
With that in mind I consider myself pretty lucky.
As to the smaller eyes.
My feeling is that any operation or indeed any investigation into the eyes creates smaller eye openings.
I personally put this down to loss of elasticity.
My father and I both had large eyes.
My fathers became smaller when he was part of the trials for laser treatment at Guys in the late seventies.
When I was investigated for a brain tumour in the 80s I was in St Thomas's under Moorfields consultants for three weeks having endless lights poured into my eyes for hours each day, my eyes shrank very noticeably.
I've had to learn to live with how that changed my looks. I also found it easier to ditch the eye makeup, and eventually all makeup.
I'm sorry that this will be negative news for you and that I cannot be more positive.
I think that as we age we each have to remember that we are not just what we might once have looked like, but that our personalities shine through regardless of how we might look now.
Miriam - if you need to persuade your surgery to add them to your prescription list, may I suggest you ask the optician to write on your behalf.
DeleteIt seems to have worked for me.
My drops are Hylo-forte, which I use, as and when. This is much more so on a windy, or gardening day. These though, last for 60 days, even though preservative free, so are cost effective for the NHS.
DeleteI will talk to my surgeries, consultant and prescibing pharmacist, about adding onto my repeat. He can easily check with the hosp.clinic.
Happy birthday to Lanjan and Lady R!🎂🥂 Good to hear from Gary that all is well! Have a nice time in the Lakes!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ev & Archerphile for your birthday wishes. Lanjan is later this month. My post earlier today of cake and a rose was to mark Mr LJ 1st birthday anniversary.
DeleteMiriam & Mrs P - thank you so much for your info on the eye problems. I will certainly follow up the idea about eyedrops. Last night my eyes were so Inflamed and blurry and I think that could be due to dryness . I hadn’t thought if that so I will. Insult my optician.
ReplyDeleteNo, I won’t insult him, I’ll try consulting him instead !
DeleteMuch better idea! At least it wasn't predicted that you intended to assault him.
DeleteUsing my old iPod this morning to reiterate happy birthday wishes to Lady R - have a lovely day! 💐
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Lady R. 🎂🍾💐🎉
ReplyDeleteHope you have a lovely day. Any plans?
Birthday wishes, Lady R.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very happy birthday, and a good year to follow Lady R. ( my son's birthday is on the 16th and my brother in law's on the 15th ) 🎉🎁🎈🎂🌞
ReplyDeleteYou are surrounded by Librans Janice!
DeleteHappy Birthday Lady R.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day, whatever you do and wherever you go.
A nice garden visit perhaps ?
My G daughter 18 on Thursday.
Coming of age! I wish her well does she have any celebrations planned Mrs P?
DeleteThank you all for your kind birthday wishes, festivities delayed as Mr R having Covid booster this afternoon 🤞🏼as with previous 2 and the flu jab no reaction. It’s been a medical time of late for Mr R and delayed eye test to come on Saturday! Our friend has her birthday end of month so will combine celebrations in between. In the meantime lots of phone calls, messages etc coming in and wine and chocs to see off also flowers to sit and admire (so I am a lucky “girl” 😱 must book Specsavers me thinks 😂)
ReplyDeleteThat's the way to do it!
ReplyDeleteI was determined to be one of the first to wish you a happy birthday Lady R especially as you remembered John's but the best laid plans..........
ReplyDeleteAnyway I hope you are having a really enjoyable day.
I went to the Crematorium yesterday,John's birthday and sat on a seat next to " his" rose garden.
Very peaceful
Lanjan that sounds a beautiful moment yesterday 🥰
DeleteThank you for your wishes a lot has been going on one way and another once the main meal has been eaten I look forward to my Tart au Citron followed by coffee and lots of chocolates 🤗 👏🏻 ( I shall hide the scales first 😂)
Watching England v Hungary tonight?
Happy Birthday, Lady R.
ReplyDeleteBetter late, than never...🍾🍰🎉🎁
Enjoy your tarte au citron, even if it is followed by football..😵
That’s Mr R Miriam and maybe our Lanjan 🤗 I’ll still be busy eating cake and chocs and a sip of wine 😂
DeleteThank you very much for your 🎂 wishes!
Belated birthday wishes Lady R 🎉🍾🍾
ReplyDeleteAdore tarte au citron, miam ! 😋
Miriam - I saw my optician today and he gave me some of the hyaluronate eyedrops (preservative free. Well he didn’t *give* them to me, they cost £13!
ReplyDeleteI have used them just once and my eyes are feeling better already. I shall use them 2 or 3 times a day.
So thank you, and Mrs P, very much for suggesting them 👀
Let's hope it's helps your problem.
DeleteHow lucky to see your optician, so very quickly.
These drops are expensive. I need to get mine onto my normal free repeats, from my surgery as why not?
An expensive day as to Puss Cat today.
ReplyDeleteAnother further appointment at the Vets today, and all is well.
There seems to be no senility, nor any problems shown. The vet said to me "she is in a remarkable condition, for her age" and all the many tests done, have all showed negative.
Puss Cat has a low weight, but vet is not worried about this, just yet.
It has been costly, but I don't care - 😻😻
Animals and pets, are so very much part of our homes. I give mine every care and attention, as she needs.
Our boys have their own bank savings account! We chose not to insure but to put by £25 each per month for any big bills - we pay smaller ones as we go. Vet bills do mount up and it makes you grateful for the NHS for our medical care! Yes, Miriam they are so worth it!
DeleteGood for William Shatner going into space today at 90 years old! Inspiring!
To Hilary
ReplyDeleteDo let us know, in a few days time, how it went and what the result is.
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Been tyrying for ages to get appt at surgery for blood & blood pressure tests for my annual drug review. Got yet another text from them yesterday asking me to make appt as review is now 3 months late and they won’t supply another repeat prescription until it’s been done.
ReplyDeleteTold last month they weren’t able to do blood tests due to a National shortage of the glass vials.Tried again yesterday to make appointment, assuming they have now got the vials.
Umpteen phone calls before getting through. Then told I am in a queue of 15 to speak to someone! Can’t make one online through Patient Access as it say « there are no free appointments at your surgery »
Does my GP know how hard it is to make an appointment, even just with the phlebotomist for a blood test, never mind actually seeing a doctor?
Shall I crawl into the surgery on hands and knees begging for one?
So much for the Govt. saying GPs should see more patients face to face and ease up Covid restrictions at the surgeries to allow more people in.
Must depend where you are in the country. I had no prob booking my blood test in September. I always book a drs appointment for a week later to discuss results. On this last telephone appointment I asked about an actual one on one appointment with him and he made me the appointment then and there himself.
DeleteI'd write a letter to the surgery listing all your problems. I would also point out that if you're repeat prescription is refused all your tests will quickly become abnormal.
DeleteI've been in the same position as you Archerphile for something like seven months.
DeleteI need my blood test, at my doctors request, to measure my thyroid limits, my medication levels having been changed, by my doctor. But a blanket ' we have no vials, so no blood tests being taken ' answer from a receptionist ' the gate keepers ' of all surgeries.
I have 2 blood tests tomorrow, a flu jab and a chest xray all at different medical centres! One at a doctors healthy living centre for blood, one GP surgery for flu jab and one at Medway Maritime Hospital for chest xray!
DeleteI may not attend chest xray if I'm feeling knackered! (It's a walk in appointment.)
My consultant says that I should have 3 Covid injection but have the nurse at GP said I'll have to ring up next week as they are quickly taken up.
As yet I have not seen my doctor for many months although I have had several telephone chats with him.
How suddenly the temperature is dropping and the leaves are turning golden so very quickly,
ReplyDeleteAutumn is starting, but then the clocks change in two weeks time.
There has been a vibrant crescent moon, seen over the last few nights, which I hope will soon become a full harvest moon.
Hopefully, this will coincide with many Harvest Suppers - be it Ambridge, or much closer to home.
🌙 to 🌕
Thank you Gary for wish for a special time with my son and granddaughters! Daughter-in-law still hasn't finished 2 covid jabs so couldn't come.
ReplyDeleteNot seen son and eldest granddaughter for a year and the baby daughter for two and a half years. Sadly all they want to do is shop!
Chris took me out to local shops just for a treat to a garden centre and Sainsburys. We hired a wheelchair at JS and he pushed me around. Then yesterday we went to London! Chris drove and we went to the National Army museum for a project for eldest g/d to study Col Haig and his tactics (and lack of them them) from the start of the Somme. Again it was lovely pushed around even though Chris seemed leave me in the middle of an aisle!
Now children and Chris are once again shopping and I have been recovering all day. They leave about some time on Friday in the morning so I have been wrapping presents etc for them to take home.
Loads of food in the fridge still. Won't need to shop this weekend!
My main aim tomorrow, is to finally go to my favourite Welsh Farm Shop, once again.
ReplyDeleteIt is the been a while since my last visit. I am hoping to get some true home-grown veg - pots, carrots, cabagge etc. Plus there is also a lovely "gifty" area, which is always a delight to peruse. I need a B/day card for a neice, who will soon be 40 (where has that time gone) and hopefully, I will find a good and suitable, one.