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I am sorry to hear about your husband Joan, but he is in the best place while they sort him out
I am waiting for news on my sister. She was supposed to be operated on at 9 am this morning, but she didn’t go in until 3 pm thus afternoon.She wasn’t even allowed to swallow any water, so she wasn’t happy. I FaceTimed her a couple of times this morning while she was waiting.She has had a brain tumour for a few years which they said was inoperable as it is in the middle of her brain.She had a biopsy done a couple of years ago and the hotspot in the middle was only grade 2, so they left it. Now it is much larger and the hotspot is probably grade 3 or 4. If they do nothing, she only has a couple of years. They can’t take it all out because it is too close to her speech and movement centres, but they hope it will give her more time by taking as much as they can. She had to be awake and talking for the part while they do it, so they don’t go too far. I am waiting to hear when she is back on the ward.

Sorry to read of your OH's health problems Joan.
It must have been so worrying in the night, but it's best that he is fully checked out in hospital, if the paramedics couldn't stabilise him.
Hopefully things will quickly settle down and he will be back to you to enjoy home cooking again.

Florence
I hope your Mum continues to improve and accepts treatment and care that is offered.
Such a worry when you live so far away. <3

Oh Joan, so sorry to hear this. At least he was admitted to a ward and there he will be observed regularly and see a dr. He is in the safest place but can understand your worries. Just like my mum, she never got anything offered to eat or drink either!! But tea time, he will get something im sure.

Maybe if it settles, they will let him home in a day or 2 hopefully.

Had a disaster with the computer. Deleted the browsing history as hasnt been done for months and it deleted all my favs!!! Have done a restore point but to no avail. Now having to go through all my regular sites from my book, sign in to all of them including Genes and save again to my favs.Oh well, has kept me busy but very annoying.

Oh dear Joan, your poor hubby I hope he can come home soon. I expect they will want to make sure he is stabilised from the pain. The paramedics were right to send him to hospital though as they would want to be clear it was his angina.

This is not the first time recently I have read about people not being anything to eat or drink, that is awful as if you feel ill being hungry and or thirsty will make you feel so much worse. Hopefully he will have had something to eat now he is on a ward.

Good morning peeps.
Well grass cutting day comes round so quick! So was up early today as its also bin day and always hope the grasscutters come before the bin lorry otherwise, all the grass cuttings will sit in the bin for another 2 weks!!

At the moment its dry and overcast, so fingers crossed it stays dry.

Im soooo excited as I have discovered 7 flowers on my strawberry plants :-D :-D :-D

Someone had said i might not get any as this is the first year after growing from seed, so even more delighted now.My yellow roses are all in bloom as well and also the dark red bush is about to flower.

Love it when everything is in bloom and so colourful.

My physio is tel at 10.25 to review how the steroid jags have been. So far the pain is far less so def an improvement and my sinuses are all clear which is the bonus. Love being able to smell my perfume etc and taste all my food..amazing.

Hope you get your water sorted soon Joan,

Linda, its amazing what you can find in charity shops and to be honest, to a young child, a shop is a shop and they get to buy something. When young they are so easy to please.

Have a good day all.

Ann, they didnt want to keep mum in unless it was an emergency, ie life or death. Spoke yesterday and she is still very breathless. I guess the meds wont kick in until later today hopefully.

Florence in the hebrides

It is bad that they turned your mum out a5 that time of the morning Florence, but not surprising for the NHS these days. I do hope she will be OK.

We had a walk into town this afternoon and went to the small museum which has some interesting things in it, then to a cafe of course as Esme loves her cafe culture. She wanted to buy a new book from the bookshop, but we went to one of the charity shops instead. While we were there we spotted a Mousetrap game which was almost new, so we bought it. We have just had good fun playing it. I remember it from when my children were little, but this version seemed to be less fiddly than the original

Hi all, after the two glorious sunny days with yesterday reaching 28 degrees and being a little bit too hot, it is cooler today and although dry all morning it has been raining this afternoon. Not heavy rain but at least I think it is enough to water the garden. One of my neighbours is away and I am in charge of house and garden. She has 10 baskets, 8 troughs and 15+ pots to water. She is worse than me although she does not have a greenhouse.
sorry to read about your Mum's problems Florence and hope that the meds will have sorted the problem. Maybe she insisted on going home.

Linda good that the girls have now had the jabs that were due. :-)

Good morning everyone.
Well after spending hours on a trolley in the hospital corridor, she finally got seen. They took bloods, x-rayed her chest. They gave her a nebuliser which helped with her breathing. Then they prescribed 5 days of steroids, 7 days antibiotics and brother finally took her home at 1am!!!

They were not interested in her swollen legs as were only treating the problem she was sent in for ie...her breathing. She did have crackling on her lungs and a "slight misting".So discharged home and a full report being sent to GP.

I am so lucky up here in a smaller place. Mum would def have been kept in overnight up here not sent home alone at 1am. She hadnt eaten since lunchtime. Was only when brother went down to see what was happening around 9.30, he asked someone for a cup of tea for her and a sandwich as noone offered her anything!

So hoping the meds will improve her breathing and I suspect she will have to have a scan at some stage but last time she refused the MRI so have to wait & see.


Linda, thats good they have all had their jags now hopefully with no side effects.

On a lighter note, i was delighted to see several flowers on my strawberry plants today. When I saw them, I was so delighted as wasnt sure as this is year 1 if there would be any but so far, there are about 6 flowers..whooppeeee :-D

The sun is out but oh my its still blowing a gale. Was going out to the bin, but i shall get blown over so not venturing outside at all.

Have been beavering away on friends family tree so that has occupied much of my time this week . Daughter returning on Monday. I managed to get a Tesco slot for....7th Jul as no slots available earlier usual story up here.

Cant decide what to make for tea but i think pasta will be involved as need some comfort food today.

Hope all ok with anyone looking in.

Florence in the hebrides

They have just come back and Esme had her jab as well. They said because of her special needs, she only had to wait a month, though that wasn’t what they said before. They had some spare vaccine, so they were both done together. That is one thing off the list. Esme has so many appointments, so my daughter is constantly having to take time off.

I hope your mum is OK Florence. If they admit her, she will probably be in for a while as they won’t let them out until a care package is in place and these days that takes ages to arrange. Not that she will want a care package as they can be so stubborn

Yesterday we were expecting the hot weather, but it never really materialised. It was quite hot, but overcast and windy. This morning it is much nicer, but a lot cooler.

My eleven year old granddaughter finally went for her first Covid injection this morning. She had just been called for it when she got Covid and children have to wait for three months afterwards before they can have the jab. She seems fine so far, little Esme is still waiting for her second one because she caught it just as she was due, so is having to wait as well.

Just a quick update. Ambulance finally arrived and shes away to local hospital which is only 3 miles away and 5 mins from little brothers house which is good.

Hopefully he will get in to see her and find out more a bit later on tonight.

Florence

I do understand the problems of being so far away when things go wrong and hope your mother is OK. I used to have to give up the one day a week they my family were together to travel and do all the things the others with a whole 2 day weekend didn’t. Thank heavens your SIL is close.

Recently I was berated for helping the daughter of a friend of mine. The daughter lived miles away. I never did like the ******. Who had a go.

So GP came out and promptly ordered her an ambulance but.....it will be around 4 hours!! So SIL walking up to mums to pack her a bag etc...Mum says shes only going for a check up, well thats what she thinks.

To be honest, Im glad in a way shes going to hospital. This way, I hope they will thoroughly check her over with xrays, heart scan and sort out the fluid problem or whats causing it.

At least I was able to get this all sorted as brother is working etc but he stop at the hospital tonight on his way home to see what the score is.

I may be 900 miles away but i am good at organising things and people...lol

Last night the water went off at 6pm and wasnt back on until early hours of this morning. The pumps were faulty and then an airlock apparently. I had !/2 a kettle filled anyway so was ok plus i have flavoured water bottles x3 in the cupboard.

Weather here last night was blooming awful, a full gale, driving rain. Its dry just now but still very very windy and def noooo heatwave!!

Oh Florence so sorry to hear about your mum being unwell it is such a worry when you are a distance away. I hope the GP can sort things out for her.

Lovely that you were able to enjoy your swim. Bet you felt better after for just being out of the house for a while.

Isn't it annoying when people think they know what you want but I suppose your daughter did it for the best, hope you get a shop sorted soon.

Hope the weather pick up for you soon as well.

Take care all and enjoy the sun if you have it.

Afternoon folks

Worrying about my mum just now as she tel an hour ago struggling to breathe.

Made her tel surgery and demand a dr tel her and thankfully she got through very quickly and dr on his way.
Shes been like this for a week now but so stubborn and she is 85!

Her legs are so swollen she cant get anything on her feet and shes coughing badly, she also has COPD.

So i am worried and think she will end up in hospital as she needs medical attention. Ive rang round the other family members and let them know and SIL will go up if necessary to help her pack a bag if she goes in. She can walk in 15 minutes to mums.

Waiting game now to see what happens, fingers crossed nothing serious.

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon to anyone looking in.
Having been completely on my own since Sunday, I have felt at times very isolated!

My 2 friends work daily in education and so havent seen them. No phone calls from anyone either. Always is me phoning them so for a change thought i would leave to see how long before anyone phones me. So 2 weeks since any friend has phoned.
Really gets you down!

Anyway what can i do ,but last night i was delighted when my neighbour offered to take me down to the school pool for 45 mins of swimming :-D

There were just the 2 of us so was lovely. Havent been in 5 years so just took it gentle at first, then managed 1/2 length. I eventually did 2 lengths in all but my heart was racing and i was a bit breathless.

They used a hoist to lift me in and out of the water with no bother. " lassies I used to teach all grown up now, lovely girls.

It was just brilliant to get out of the house for an hour. Not much chatting as my friend swam up and down for 30 mins but did boost me up.

Was looking forward to Tesco tomorrow only to find daughter cancelled the order as she didnt think we needed much with only me here!!!! God I was so angry with her and now cant get another slot. So eating toast and yoghurts.

Dont you just hate it when others make your decisions? i may be physically disabled but there is nothing wrong with my brain !

Ok rant over...just had to let off some steam but i'm ok now.

We must be the only part of the uk that doesn't have heat or sun. Misty, murky, 13 degrees and noooo sun, so please peeps send it here for a week at least to cheer us all up.

Hope everyone ok today

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon all
Well you have been busy Ann. Hope you are having wee breaks and a cuppa!

Daughter has gone elsewhere today instead of Tuesday until a week Tuesday so am on my own for 9 days. Im doing ok and a bit more mobile around the house.

My neighbour popped in yesterday afternoon for 2 hours as we havent had a catch up for weeks. She is going to the local school pool 3 times a week and asked me if i would like to join her? So next wed if there are spaces(its not that busy) I am going for a swim. They have a hoist to put me in the pool so thats good. Its only 5 mins down the rd and she has a car.

Really looking forward to it and getting some well needed exercise to try and shift a few pounds.

Last night my mother was struggling to breathe. She somehow had injured herself, probably a pulled muscle and then had a panic attack. Fam member facetimed me to ask for advice! So got her to take some paracetamol and 2 puffs of her inhaler. Managed to calm her with some breathing exercises.

It was quite distressing seeing her like that but at least she focussed on me and manged to get her breathing slowed down. Tel earlier today and she is better but still sore. Shes away to drs on Tuesday for a review so am glad for that too.

Weatherwise still blowing hard and heavy showers here so not much improvement.

Have tidied up after daughter left and house looks respectable now lol.

Gonna make a coffee and horse on with some research.

Hope everyone else looking in ok

Florence in the hebrides

Good afternoon all. Back to what passes as normal now. Daughter and son in law went home this morning, they stayed an extra day after the holiday to do a few jobs. I was up early as they left here at 0730 so have got quite a lot done since they left. Their bedding washed and dried and the bed re-made. their towels washed and almost finished drying. Kitchen partly cleaned (floor, work surfaces and sink unit etc.
the a bit of gardening, planting up four pots of flowers bought yesterday, still got a couple to do. One hanging basket that is not looking very healthy sorted out. and quite a few weeds pulled up. Have to go out with the cutters after lunch.

Linda I hope that you can get your hearing problem sorted now. I can empathise, not being able to hear properly (with aids if necessary) is horrible and isolating. <3

Afternoon folks.
What a day! Still blowing a gale and pouring hard. Poor daughter went away on the bus and got soaked waiting for 5 minutes!

I decided after my chores, I would start again on my friends huge family tree as i have rather neglected it in recent weeks. I have been doing quite well and completed a branch with 7 children, their marriages and further children. So thats a branch completed.

Havent eaten yet so time for a break now.

Oh Linda what a palaver you had. My appointment to get my jags was rearranged 4 times!! Does nothing to keep my BP normal.

I hope you get some answers on Monday. Its the knock on effect when the appointment is cancelled isnt it. I had to change my Patient Travel and its a hassle trying to get through.

I rather suspect it is Specsavers who chased up...good for them doing that.

My consultant never apologized for all the changing etc not once but i got what i wanted in the end so it ended well.

My mother is very confused just now so have to keep the conversation rather simple like the weather or whats she watching on tv. I had hoped to discuss the rebate thing but shall have to leave that for now. My aunt her sister has gone down hill very recently and cant write to me any more. Been in hospital twice for infections. She is 87 mum 85. Guess its to ne expected as they age but difficult to deal with being far away!

Hope everyone else enjoying their weekend. Back to the Greek yoghurt for tea with fruit tonight as diet has been led astray lol :-D

Florence in the hebrides

After quite a nice day yesterday, it is overcast and cloudy today. Typical as we are going to see the Knaresborough bed race today.

I hope your new neighbours will be OK Florence, baseball caps sound a bit chavvy

After waiting ages for private appointments, I finally had them arranged. I had a hearing test booked for Monday, then was pencilled in to see the consultant next Friday. On Thursday morning a letter arrived from the NHS telling me that I had been referred to the ENT clinic. Hmm yes, I had an appointment mid July which had then been cancelled with no new appointment in its place. I don’t know if this letter was trying to rearrange that, or if it was a result of my GP being chivied by Specsavers audiologist after she had mended my broken hearing aid last week. She couldn’t believe that they weren’t treating me given the problem.
The letter said if I hadn’t heard anything by 16th June, I should ring up. Obviously I didn’t expect to hear anything, so was amazed to get a phone call from the hospital asking me to go for a hearing test yesterday afternoon and see the consultant on Monday morning. So I felt very awkward, but I cancelled the private appointments. It is their fault because if they had been more organised, they could have had my money ages ago.

I went for the hearing test yesterday and the audiologist didn’t think much of my hearing in my bad ear, he asked if it had always been like that :-( So I will have to see what the consultant says on Monday