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Wishing everyone a happy,hot flush free Christmas xxxx

Happy Christmas to you all and your families and a Happy Healthy and Prosperous 2010.Just off to load the car ready for a midnight delivery to my daughters house.Santa in disguise?

I took HRT from before age 50 and felt tons better. I could not have carried on working without it. I had no side effects and would have stayed on it for ever if the doctor had let me. The downside is that when you come off it, you have all the flushes etc, but I was retired by then so it was easier to cope with. As for weight, put it like this, I didn't lose any weight when I came off it!!!!! lol

Hi Patricia. Many thanks for taking the trouble to reply, and for all the info which I will pass on.

Wishing Everyone a Very Happy Xmas and a Healthy New Year.

Catie x

Hi Catie,good to hear you're looking out for your mum.If she decides on H.R.T. tell her to ask her Doctor about the bio-identical type.I know it's not widely prescribed but all the info I've read says it is far safer and has less side effects than the "normal" types many of which are derived from the urine of pregnant mares.There's also a website that can give you lots of info called WOMENS HEALTH M.D. although it's an American site it has a lot of helpful info.If she decides to go with her G.P.'s advice it really is trial and error to get one that suits

Thanks for the info and advice GG :) Mum is one of those people who avoids the doctor like the plague and has to be at death's door before she takes any kind of medication. The fact that she's contemplating either means that things are pretty bad Lol. During past couple of years she's gone from size 10 to 14 - but as I tell her - she probably shouldn't eat as much now Lol Seriously, I guess that as we age we lose muscle and do not need so many calories. She's also got arthritis in her neck and has to be careful. Oh, the joys of getting older. Never mind, I will take care of her :)

Catie x

I'm getting seriously worried about you WW Lol
I don't know........ threads going missing Lol

I often pop in and read this thread ladies and pass on tips to my mum. She's 53 and......well.....things are going haywire at the mo. One minute hot and next minute cold. She won't take HRT because she reckons it will make her put on weight. Is there any truth in that do you know?

Has Pam left GR?

Catie x

Well ,the winter has finally arrived in West of Scotland ,cars lie abandoned round every corner and the gritter seems to have got lost .It's sheet ice under the snow so miss Sophie and I will not be venturing out today.Her hospital appointment has been postponed as the hospital staff couldn't get in on time! We're in the unfortunate position of having our hospital services cut and the next nearest hospital is 20 miles away accross the river by a bridge that is often closed due to high winds and adverse weather conditions.It would seem that it is not the economic decision we thought it was as it was reported in our newspapers that N.H.S. managers are in for a 30 MILLION pound bonus !!! Nice to know that their priority is not the patients who face a 3hour round trip by public transport to get to hospital if they have no car or for family and friends to visit.

Happy Saturday to one and all .

Jean ,can I ask what the pessaries are for?.Hope you are suitable for the repair.
Patricia,sorry your little G Daughter is having problems.I'm sure she will be fine.
LOTS of snow here today and it has just started again.My dog has had a ball today.

Blue skies,sunshine ,dry and crisp underfoot.Can't believe the south has the worst of the weather!It's been a great day for wrapping up warm annd getting some exercise..Or in my case,putting on a t-shirt and a lightweight coat and not sweltering for a change.Thanks for the advice on Diabetes ,though I hope we won't need it.,it is much appreciated

Well, saw the specialist, and am to have bladder function tests to see if I am a good subject for vaginal vault repair, or, as he put it, we would put a sling round your bladder and reposition it! I also have to stay permanently on Vagifem pessaries.

Not such a bad outcome as I feared, thank goodness!

Hi Jean,hope all went well with your hospital appointment.The wait for them is usually the hardest part.Anyone have experience of Diabetes ,our 21/2 year old grandaughter has to go to the paediatric dept for investigations as the doctor thinks she may have type 1 diabetes.I have no knowledge of the condition at all ,and would be grateful for anything that will help keep my daughter calm until we get the results

Been awake since 4am, had my recurrent dream about not being able to breathe, and I can never sleep afterwards. Cant have a rest because we have workmen in installing a new handbasin in the loo. They have to install the piping from scratch, so its quite a bit of work.
Am a bit on edge because of my hospital appointment this afternoon. Will really need to rest later.

just popping by to say hi to everyone.

Poor Lady Patricia.I am so sorry for her and her daughter.I do sometimes think that the elderly are not taken seriously and like you say Just old age.I hope that she has good pain control now and is given a lot of TLC.It doesn't look as though your friend is in for a Happy Christmas this year.

Hi Jane,just heard from my friend that her mum is not expected to make it 'til the end of the week. It made me so angry ,she was always bright and sprightly until the past 3 months and although her daughter has been back and forth to doctors and hospitals with her for tests,all they would say was" it's just old age" Well she collapsed on Friday and her "old age " has now been diagnosed as advanced colon cancer.Surely regardless of age that should have been found before now? She has been in such pain and her state of mind has suffered as a result,she's a totally different person from she was just a few months ago when she was dancing at her grandaughter's wedding ,This can't be the right way to treat our senior citizens.

Patricia,it is strange you sat that about you giving permission for your Mum to go.
My sister ,me and my daughter had spent all weekend with Mum in hospital in Plymouth.We had to get home as Daughter had Uni and sister work.(6 hours drive).Mum had just said "I can't go on" I told her it was OK and for her to just have a nice long sleep.As we left the ward her hand popped out over the sheet and she gave a little wave.I arrived home 7 hours later after dropping sister off in Cheltenham to be met on my doorstep by my OH to say he had just had a call from the hospital saying Mum had passed away.!!!..It was on Valentines Day ,so I always think that was a lovely day for her to go and meet up with Dad again .

It's been 4 years past in September since I lost my mum,and my father-in-law 3 weeks later.I still pick up the phone expecting to hear her voice.Although we were devastated when she passed away ,it really was a case of us having to give her "permission" to go .Within an hour of my sister and I telling her we were able to manage without her and promising that we would always keep the family together , she'd gone. I always light a candle for her whenever I am near a church and raise a glass to her on her special days.

Hi Patricia ,The sky looks very strange here(east midlands).Don't think it is snow though.Everyone says how chilly it is ,but I am in short sleeves lol.
A nice quiet day here today Yesterday my sister ,her daughter and Grandson were visiting.Poor dog nearly had a nervous breakdown.It was rather hectic to say the least lol
I love my house too.We have been here now since Sept 1991.It was the first one I looked at and just new I wanted it.OH didn't even say he wanted to see it before we put an offer in!!!!!!!.Just said if you think it is right that's fine lol
When did you loose your Mum? My Mum will have been gone 5 years on Valentines Day.