General Chat

Evening All,

A nice sunny day here, if cold, for my drive through Rutland to the Retail Park. I did a little detour and took a few photos but haven't checked how they have come out yet. The car was covered in frost first thing and all sparkly. I got it washed when I came back so I'm expecting rain tomorrow. The top and 2 pairs of trousers I got will have to go back, but I'll leave it a couple of weeks so they will have more new stuff in by then. I was hoping to find nice birthday cards for OH but no such luck. I did get a nice tiny silver photo frame though, so I might do a little painting to go in it as I have another with a painting I did of snowdrops.

That's great news about your scan Jane and good that they can help make things better for you with the chemo. It's good they spotted the blood clot too and that the injections will dissolve it. I hope tomorrow passes quickly for you as it must get a bit boring after the first couple of times.

OH is off to the docs in the morning as he is still coughing even though it's less and his throat is very dry. I have a hair appointment at 9.00am so he will go on his own. He'll need to go there when they open and then go back unless he gets one of the first appointments.

Gill, I don't think your OH would get taxed on a refund. If they send you one through the post it doesn't get taxed and not all payments that go through a payroll get taxed. I hope his tax code comes through quickly and that they are able to sort it soon. If his P45 was over a year old it might not be helpful in sorting it quickly. I get lots of pocket lining sewing to do too and the 'wallet pocket' inside jackets. It's good you are keeping busy.

Oh Mandy, now you with a bad back. I hope the rest gets it better quickly. Poor Max missing his mummy. :-( When you said one good person could be made from all of us I was stumped trying to think which bit I could contribute that isn't 'faulty'! :-D

That's good his neck is getting better Vera, but it seems less pain hasn't improved his mood! As you say we all get a bit grumpy after being in pain for a while. That's good your spine seems ok and if it is muscular will hopefully improve soon. I thought last week that the shop shelves had a few gaps and wondered if people were panicking.

That's good you have your tellys sorted AnnG. It's funny how our tv watching habits change over the years. OH watches the big lounge telly most of the time and it usually has sport on as he has Sky Sports. We often watch a recording together in the evening, but I watch most tv in bed or the study on the smaller tvs! He does always say I can watch the lounge tv instead if I want and he will watch the tv in the bedroom but doesn't get tested on this! We have Sky boxes in the bedrooms too so I can watch everything that's on the lounge tv and any recordings and Sky has some apps like youtube which I often watch.

I wonder what you are making now Mel? It's quite exciting waiting to see your next make! :-) I can just imagine you struggling not to laugh at your OH and the zip! lol. :-D

Better get to bed as I need to be up before 8.00am.

Good morning all

At the moment it’s sunny but cold looking. I had a good night and woke early but I had a cup of tea and came back to bed with a book. Now I had better get up and have some breakfast and get showered and dressed.

Anyone doing anything interesting today?

Morning Vera abnd all,

I was'nt far behind you this morning Vera. We have sunshine but I also hav'nt been 9out yet to tell you what its like. I can see by the trees that there maybe a gentle breeze this morning and the sky's blue with white clouds.

Vera did you get a better night last night? and how's the back this morning?

AnnG is the arm still painful? Not long now till the 11th March I think thats when you said the stitches come out. I bet you'll be glad to see them go if they catch on things.

Ann I have been painting my dragon eyes. The one on its own and the journel cover one. The thing I don't like about painting with acrylics is that they seem to take a long while to dry on this clay. If you go over something again it take the first layer off. Did I send a pic of my mistletoe pendants?

Love to Frank hope he has that tooth sorted by now. XX

Mandy we want to see what you have been crocheting out of your book please? How is your back today? better I hope.

Thinking of Jane and hope she dos'nt get too bored today and the treatment is kinder to her if it is a little less. Sending Love <3 <3 <3

Morning All,

A mixture of sun and showers here.

That's a nuisance the acrylic lifting like that Mel. Are they painted before baking or is it after baking? I was thinking if it is after baking you could perhaps experiment and seal a bit of spoilt clay with a clear varnish and try painting on top of the varnish. I don't remember seeing any mistletoe makes?

I hope all the backs and neck and arm are easier today and that Frank has been to the dentist and is out of pain now.

I have had my hair cut so that feels better now. OH was at the docs and chemist for over 2 and a half hours this morning! He said there was a huge queue waiting for the surgery to open and then again at the chemist. Following the hospital dentist's query, the doc has stopped the osteoporosis alendronic acid he was taking and has put him on calcium tablets instead. For his cough she has upped the strength of his acid reflux tablets to 40g, he has to go in for blood tests tomorrow and I need to drop him off at Hospital tomorrow afternoon for a chest xray and he needs to see her next week for the results. I am at the hospital on Monday and seeing the doc again on the following Friday so we seem to be having a medical time just now!

My hairdresser has had her credit card stolen by a member of staff who came from one of the other salons to assist for a day! She did well with her detective work as there was a fuel transaction she hadn't made on the card, that was on the way home for the person who stole it. She went to the garage and they found him on cctv as she had timed the trip to the garage and knew what time he left work so knew when he would have been using her card. The salon's cctv also showed him going through her handbag which was right under the security camera on the ceiling when he took the card!!

We are off for lunch soon so I'd better get changed and then OH will try to make some headway getting his work up to date. He was at a meeting in Birmingham yesterday and saw his first masked person in the street. I hope to be finishing my applique later.

Afternoon all,

Lovely bright morning here don't know if it's cold out as I haven't been out ,I am up today but being very careful how I sit and stand as my side is still not right .
Hope everyone's back ,arm and teeth are easier today .

Ann how on earth did he think he would get away with taking the card when there's cameras every where ,I was going to say perhaps he thought he could use the card and then put it back but as he was only there for the day he couldn't have done that ,at least she knows who did it ,that's his job gone .
Sounds as if they are giving OH a good check over with blood tests and an xray .

Love to Jane hope this lot of treatment doesn't leave her feeling so bad ,I feel awful having a moan about my side when she's having to going through all this .




Mel I will take a photo of the bits I've crochet but I need to stitch the pine cones up first .

Good afternoon to you all,

I felt I needed to let you know, what's been happening to me.

I woke yesterday morning, feeling I had indigestion, and kept burping. The pains in my chest were horrendous, It went on and on, finally Ros rang 111 to ask their advise. After talking to me, and asking a lot of questions, she decided I needed to be seen by a Paramedic. Within 20 minutes an Ambulance arrived with two women paramedics, this was around 3.00 pm. They took lots af details and did a ECG. There was something they didn't like about it, and decided to take me to A & E. On arrival I was put in the waiting Area. Ros had followed me in with the car. I saw a nurse, who took bloods and did another ECG, back to the waiting area. Finally I saw a Dr. Very pleasant but not very forthcoming.After more tests, and more bloods, I was left to sit in the waiting area. for the results of the Blood Tests. When he finally came to see me he said one of the bloods wasn't good (to do with my HEART) So he took more bloods, and I again sat and waited, It's now passed MIDNIGHT, with no food or drink. He finally made an appearance and said he wanted me to have a CHEST X RAY. which I did. I then had to wait for those results and the latest blood tests. By now it was 2.30 am. He came and took Ros and I into a side room, and told me the bloods had comes back CLEAR, and the X ray didn't show anything. He put it down to a strain, which I can't remember doing anything to cause that.

Finally he said I could go home and I must see my GP in three days. We arrived home around 3,15 am. We sat for an hour to get our breath back, and went to bed. I was woken at 9.00 am with the phone ringing.

Ros was already up, and answered it, it was Pam next door. Soon after her Valere phoned. She had been trying to ring Ros all afternoon, and didn't know what was up.

I was able to bring my Haircut forward, from tomorrow, to today at 11.00.am. Eos got a few bits at a Tesco extra just a few doors down from the hairdressers. and we then came home. We still haven't eaten. Eos is getting something while I am on here, then I think it will be a few ZZZZZ.

I hope you are all O.K. See you soon. xxx

good afternoon all. Oh dear this is quite a medical thread lately isn't it with one and another of us.

At least Vera and Mel were bright and breezy first thing. Glad you slept well Vera as I did too.

Mel, that is a pity that the acrylic lifted. Does it give any warning about surfaces it will lift from I haven't worked with acrylic.
My arm is ok for most of the time, as long as I don't (or nobody elsedoes0 touch it, then it is still very tender. Another week tomorrow before the stitches come out. Actually if you put vaseline on the scar it stops the stitches from catching.

Annx Nice feeling when you get a hair cut isn't it? What an awful experience for your hairdresser I wonder how long he had worked for the other salon and if there had been anything missing there. Pity there is not anywhere to lock bags and purses away while they are working but I suppose like our salon the staff all know each other and trust each other. I guess he no longer has a job. Were the police involved? He wasn't very clever though as Mandy said.
I see you have a series of medical appointments now. I am not sure what to do about my chiropodist appointment next week (12th) as we go in to town on the bus and that is one of the biggest worries about infection. I shall wait until next week and cancel if necessary.

Mandy It has been a lovely sunny day here too, OH has taken the opportunity to work on the re-modelling of the small patio/arbour. We had to go and get two more bags of slate. The garden centre (which is very local to us) is down a narrow lane that has very dangerous road edges where it is like one long pothole so quite dodgy to drive down with cars coming the other way and a lot of people have lost tyres.
The garden centre itself is under massive reconstruction with a large new car park being built and also a large restaurant. They closed their existing restaurant about 2 years ago which was a big loss but now they must have seen that they were losing trade by having no cafe or restaurant. Looks as though it will be a big improvement.

Oh dear Frank what a few hours you had, quite worrying for you and so late too especially with no food. Pleased that there was nothing wrong anyway. I assume that the pain was maybe indigestion after all or a muscle spasm.

I find it quite worrying every time there is a coronavirus report to hear them going on about it being worse for the elderly, especially when I realise they are talking about me. :-( :-(

Jane, hope all has gone well today and that the change in the chemo will be beneficial to you. <3

Gill did you finish reparing OH's jeans and pocket?

Oh my goodness Frank what a time you had at the hospital ,seems odd that the blood result wasn't good and then the next lot were all clear ,I hope you've both managed to have a sleep and that your feeling better now .
How is your tooth ?

DIL has just been she called and got us some milk that was all we needed and it saved Colin going out.

Afternoon All
Well I am home now after 7 hours sat in one position :-S It was quite a job getting there this morning as the A 14 was shut because of a jack knived lorry and another rosd in town was shut as a pedestrian had been knocked down. Every where was gridlocked. I am just enjoying a nice glass of Sherry :-D.Might have another :-D :-D

One poor man having chemo was taken ill and had to be sent to A&E. He did look so bad.

Crikey Frank what a time you have had !!. Thank goodnesss though nothing was found wrong with your heart <3 I hope you are feeling ok now.

How are you now Mandy. Poor Max whining for you :-( Is he not allowed upstairs?

Ann,that was shocking about your hairdresser having her credit card pinched by the colleague. Shame on him and good job he got caught. He will def be out of work now.

I havent actually read all the posts today. But all the talk of our husbands telling us in detail of what they have done (to help) made me chuckle. Chris is just the same. They must think they need Brownie points LOL

Just going to have a top up of Sherry :-D :-D

That's a long time to sit there Jane ,what about going to the loo ?
I feel a lot more comfortable today , not so painful when i get up and sit down and the pain killers are helping .
No we don't allow Max to go upstairs ,he sheds loads of hair even with a good brushing most days and he would be up on the bed :-D we have a child gate at the bottom of the stairs it's been there since Jake was small and has stopped all the little ones from playing on the stairs .
Max is such a groaner :-D and my sisters golden lab Molly is the same ,it must be a lab thing :-D

You have to toddle along with the drip stand to the loo Mandy. Just pull a plug out of the machine and off you go :-D. It is not that hard you just have to be careful not to get the line tangled around the stand .I always try and get a chair near the loo if poss.

I am in bed now . Couldnt manage dinner so had a tin of Tomato soup instead.

See you all tomorrow

Oh dear Frank, you have been in the wars again. It’s good that it doesn’t appear to have been your heart but it must have been an anxious time for you and for Ros as well. Take care now.

I am pleased your pain seems to have eased a bit Mandy and you must take care not to overdo it as well.

That’s a long old session at the hospital for you Jane. I expect you feel pretty tired by the time you get home. Hopefully the after effects won’t be quite as bad this time.

Your poor hairdresser, Ann, having her credit card taken like that. You want to be trusting and believe the best of people but that sort of thing must make you very wary and a bit suspicious of everyone. I do feel for her.

I have not had the best of days. This morning I tried to sort out physio on the self-referral system that is used here. They prefer you to do it online but I decided to phone. After listening to an endless recording and pressing this number and that number for the various options, I got a further recording that kept fading in and out so I could only hear bits of it. It seemed to be saying that it would be quicker to do it online. If I hadn’t got internet access I should........and the recording faded away entirely. So having wasted all this time I went online. Started OK until I had to pick the service I wanted from a list. I clicked on it and nothing happened, so I tried again and again but the system stalled at that point every time. Tried the desk PC, the iPad, three different browsers and it stuck at the same point every time.

By now I was very frustrated but I knew that, as I had had physio before, I was registered with them already with a password, user name etc and eventually I found a page where I could log in. Oh no I couldn’t :-|. Dratted site kept telling me my password was invalid, even though I knew it was correct. At that point I gave up so I still don’t have physio organised.

By then I had a headache but my back wasn’t too bad so I decided to go to our Ladies Association meeting and listen to a speaker about moths. It’s only 2 minutes down the road and I sat at the end of a row at the front so that I could easily slip out if I got too uncomfortable. Well, the speaker didn’t turn up, it got very hot and noisy in the hall as everyone sat around talking, the CoT I had was like dishwater and my headache got worse. I have done nothing since I came home at 4 pm and I feel so tired that I am now going to bed.

I am a real misery guts tonight aren’t I. Never mind, tomorrow’s another day. Sleep tight everyone. See you all tomorrow.

Hope you had a good sleep Jane and are refreshed this morning. Oh dear Vera a VERY frustrating day. I do hate these on line sites that fail every time, and those who tell you the password is wrong when you know it isn't. Hope you can go on today and have more success.

Good morning all, a bit grey here but some sun tring to get through. BBL

Morning all,

First of all I am sorry to hear about your trip to A & E Frank and the time you were there. You say when you go to the nurse of r bloods she takes an armfull but they must have taken two arms and two legs full by the sound of all the tests they put you through. It must have been a really frightening experience with the pain and being taken to the hosp and so tiring too. I am so pleased you were ok in the end but what a late night or morning as the case may be and did'nt they think to give you a drink at all?????? during those hours it was an awful long time to go without anything in the way of food or drink.

AnnG we have a grey day here too this morning. Oh came in to wake me but said I looked so peacful he let me sleep.

Vera you must be exhausted after all that time trying to get through to the phyiso for an appointment. These sites are supposed to save time but they only seem to work one way and not in your favour. I hope the back is getting better now and that oh's neck is easier today.

Jane I hope the reduced treatment is going to make you feel better this week but that is a long time to have to sit for and the loo trip sounds awful but must be done with so long a time at the hospital. Tomato soup was my dads favorite and on trip down here for holidays we always had it in the car with sandwiches. Mum would make a big square biscuit tin of sandwiches for the journey but I suppose in those days it took so much longer and no motorways to travel on.

Mandy how's your back this mroning? Take it easy till it heals properly and no walking the dog.

Ann I hope your hairdresser had the card stopped the moment she found it had gone so it could'nt be used again. Some people have the cheek of the devil don't they?

Well the washig machine has stopped so I better get it out and hang it on the airer as it that fine rain out there today and no chance of it drying at all.

Afternoon to all you lovely people,

Slept like a log last night, and " a bit out of it" this morning. Still feeling very tired ,and out of salts. I have rung the Drs. and got an appointment for 9.50 am SATURDAY. Most unusual for them to open on Saturday's.

Ros has gone to see "THE KING AND I " at Milton Keynes. One of the women couldn't go, so Ros took her place. There are four of them. They are stopping at a loverly little pub, for lunch. on the way there. She has bought me a ready meal, for tonight. She won't want a meal tonight.

Did I tell you we have "BIGGLES" for at least a week, they have gone to Spain, and they might be over a week. As long as they are back by the 14th for us to go to Southend-on-Sea. for the weekend, and provided I am feeling O.K.

It's so peaceful here today, no Tele on, and I am reading a new book, and relaxing.


I see that Jane had a very long trip at the Hospital, and hope she is O.K.

Love to you all, xxxx

Not done much today, tidied out a shelf that has some long and three quarter sleeve tops on and got rid of a couple. Took a box of stuff to the charity shop, collected my prescription, then took my cards to my friend to sell for charity.

Home made soup for lunch I made yesterday. OH didn't sleep well last night and felt cold and under the weather (very unusual for him) anyway he had a sleep in the lounge then said he felt better for that so hopefully he is OK.

Frank good that you had a good sleep. That production of The King and I looks to be good so I hope Ros enjoys it.

A great film and I am sure Ros will enjoy it. Nice for them to think of Ros as someone dropped out.

So Biggles is back. Nice company for you Frank and I know you enjoy having him. A nice bit of quiet company eh?

I am doing a bake of some moulds I made and I just hope they come out ok and work. Its disappointing when you make them and then they are not deep enough or have flaws in them as theres nothing that can be done once they are baked.

I have also made a little toadstool and painted the top before firing to see how that comes out. Just testing things really.

Had a good clean up on the tables today but I must remember to put on oh's cotton white coat as with jumpers I tend to get fluff on the clay and same with fleeces.

Bet your soup was nice lunch time AnnG. Its always good when you make your own. I really need to clear some draws out in the spare bedroom so I can get more stuff in them.

Hope Gill is ok today and getting into a routinewith oh being at work. Gill does he get a lunch at this place or do you have to give him a packed lunch?

Ir's only me again, I didn't mention my tooth ache has gone away. I think my new dentures have been pushing against the tooth (the big one at the back of my mouth on the bottom left side) So fingers crossed I won't have to pay out to have it removed YET. lol lol

I have read 8 chapters of my new book, all about a young 16 year old going through his training to be a PARA TROPPER. I think it goes on to cover his life in the PARA's Very good so far.

For lunch today, I hade toast and Pate with two cops of coffee. Giggles has laid by my side all day, and doesn't seem to want to go for a wee. He did go for a long walk this morning with "Jenny" a friend of the owners. He came back with a wet under carriage, after walking through long wet grass, and has slept since.

I forgot to mention that a very nice woman came to speak to Ros and I from Age Concern. who went and got us a HAM sandwich and tea/ coffee. and gave us a leaflet about what help there is for the Elderly. It covers things like Cutting toe nails, gardening, housework, and general help around the house/garden. Some help is free and others you have to pay for. I did ring this morning to see how much they charge to cut toenails £41.00 for us both. Which seems rather expensive to me. Plus they are not experienced people who does it. So I will PASS on that.

I do hope that any of you are not up to scratch, that you feel better soon. I was going to ring Jane, but she might be resting, and I would hate to disturb her. xxx to Jane and to all of you.

Afternoon all

It’s good to see you posting Frank and sounding much perkier now. I’m glad your toothache went away. I think toothache is one of the worst pains. Biggles always seems such a sweet dog. He’ll be good company for you. Was it the film or the stage show of The King and I that Ros was going to see? I’m sure she’ll enjoy it.

I hope your side/back is a lot less painful now Mandy.

How are you today Jane? Isn’t it usually a couple of days before the side effects of the chemo kick in? Fingers crossed that they will not be nearly as bad this time round.

OH and I are both a lot better, at least I am OK as long as I just sit. I had to push the hoover round downstairs today, it couldn’t be left any longer but I could really feel it pulling on the muscle.

I had another go at sorting out my physio today. There was no FAQs page but I found a little section tucked away where other people had asked about their password not being accepted and apparently if you haven’t used the service for a year you are deregistered and have to start all over again. On that page it said the password you use must be 8 characters and contain various elements. So I make up a password and go in to the site to register again. It now won’t accept my password because, according to this page, it has to be 10 characters long and contain different elements :-S. Anyway eventually I registered and ploughed my way through all the questions and pinpointed on the diagram where the pain was and submitted my self referral. I got an email saying I would hear from them within 48 hours. A couple of hours later I got another email telling me I had been triaged and there was advice and an exercise sheet attached. I should also wait 2 days for everything to go through the system and then ring for an appointment. So, I open the attachment. Is it a sheet of exercises and advice? Is it heck. It’s a copy of the email saying I have been triaged.......etc. Click on the attachment in this attachment and you get an email saying...well , you get the drift. So I have emailed them to point out that I still need the exercise sheet. Now I have had a text from the NHS telling me to ring straightaway for my appointment and if they don’t hear within 2 weeks they are going to discharge me :-S. Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. I don’t think even the right hand knows what it’s doing!! I feel as though I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and landed in Wonderland :-D. I do seriously wonder how someone less confident with computers would manage; I suspect some would just give up.

That’s my tale of woe for today but thankfully I can see the funny side and have had a laugh at the parallel universe I seem to have entered. I’ll let you know if I end up being discharged before I get seen.

Afternoon All

Have had a morning out doing a big food shop.I did Tesco,Asa and Morrisons s am quite whacked out now.
I rang Frank just now as I see he was going to ring me but thought I would be resting. . We had a good old natter didnt we Frank :-D :-D

Vera ,did you manage to get things sorted today?. What a palaver you had yesterday :-S :-S.
I havent used our soup maker for a while now AnnG. I had enugh soups to last me a life time when I couldnt eat solids.But I did enjoy the tomato soup last night(heinz)

Mel I think tomato soup was always in a cupboard when `i was young.Dad loved it. Mums favourtite was Oxtail(YUK)

Hope all is well with Gill and that she is getting used ot being on her own during the day. Is it next week that you said OH is doing nights Gill?

Still no hand sanitizer to be got anywhere .Luckily Chris ordered a load on line somw weeks ago for us all so we have plenty to be going on with. Hannah says work has plenty too.Hannah and Gareth are off to Paris on Friday on the Eurostar for her Birthday.We have some face masks they might like to take just to wear on the train as it is quite a confined space. They would help just for a couple of hours if tey felt the need to use them. But once they get moist (which is very quickly then they are no good at all. One of the staf in Tesco today had the most hacking cough and was coughing into her hand !!!!!!!!!!!!. NAUGHTY. She should not have been working .I wouldnt be surprised if there were some complaints.
It has been raining here all afternoon. James and Hannah have gone to the golf range for a practice. First time for Hannah.

Dinner tonight here is Chicken Breasts with apsaragus wrapped with Pancetta,potato wedges and mixed veg. I think I should be ok tonight with that. last night I think I was just to tired to eat. Islept really well last night until 3am and was suddenly wide awake.I think the steroids `i have to take for a few days had something to do wit that. I came down and made a cup of tea and took it back ot bed ,read my kindle until 4.40 and then dropped off again.