General Chat

Morning Anng and all,

Very dull and grey here this morning and pc is saying 8 degrees and rain coming.

It will be a nice get together then Anng with 24 people there. I am sure whatever they bring will be enjoyable. Glad its not so sore now and that you're getting good nights sleep.

I'm at Stu's tonight for dinner.

Good morning all. fairly bright here and 4 degrees according to Alexa, 5 according to my PC.

Chiropodist this morning. Up early again as I have to take the antiB an hour before eating. Shall be glad to get to the end of this lot.

The surrounding area to the lesion is not so red and sore now and bot waking me up at night. In fact I have slept well this week. Not sure if that is the antiBs or going to bed really late to get the extra tablet in. I will see what happens when the cours is finished.
Yes we got things sorted regarding tables and cloths etc . It is mainly a social get together and lunch is a sharing one but we now need to send out to rind roughly what people will bring as we don't want loads of mince pies and nothing else. There are 24 people on the list so 4 tables of 6. The lady organising it really had sort of worked things out and just needed a chat to see if she had things right. I think somebody is doing a quiz but I suspect it will just be chatting.

The day started nice and bright with sunshine and blue sky but late afternoon it clouded over with a little bit of that mizzley rian.

Went up in the old car to the car park and brought my ecykling box back as I forgot to get it when I went to Holsworthy the other day.

Annx it does sound as though they are trying to get to the bottom of oh's problems. I hope they can sort out some of the things for him.

Vera don't you do too much just give your back a good chance to heal before doing lots of bendy jobs.

Just cooking up mince for a dinner tonight and three lots for the freezer.

I have been putting more things on Ebay today. It takes me so much time.

Good afternoon from a very dull, dismal and wet bit of Suffolk. It started well this morning with a bit of blue sky and some sun but it wasn’t long before it started clouding over and then the rain started. It looks as though it’s set in for the rest of the day at least. It’s 10 degrees but feels colder. Still, we don’t have much to complain about when you consider what’s been happening in Jamaica and the area round there.

Sorry to hear you have lost your old girl Mel. I expect the other black one will be a bit lonely now. Perhaps you’ll have to find her a companion.

Yes Mandy, the female dog Maggie is the younger one and my daughter has said from the time she first saw them that Maggie is the brighter one. Benji, bless him, is a bit thick and also used to doing just as he likes. As you can imagine, there wasn’t much training going on in a house with over 100 dogs. The RSPCA got the dogs back into good physical condition and got them walking on a lead. The rest is down to daughter.

There seem to be lots of issues with your OH’s MRI scan Annx but it’s good that they have said the spinal cord isn’t affected. I hope the rheumatologist will be able to give him some help. I’m glad the physio is giving him a bit of relief. I have had physio on and off for a number of years now and I have a big folder full of exercises I’ve been given at different times. I couldn’t possibly do them all and some of them are probably out of date now so I just do the most recent ones which, I think, are designed to try and keep the muscle loose and flexible. I also had a kidney scan a few years ago in case the problem was there but that was clear. I am feeling sore still but quite a lot better now. I’m just being very careful if I have to bend or stretch. Gardening has had to come to a halt for a few days but it’s raining anyway today.

I’m sorry to hear that your leg is still sore AnnG and I hope the antibs are beginning to kick in a bit now. Did you get your U3A December meeting planned? What will you do? The small club we go to and the bigger Ladies Association both have a Christmas “do” where we all take a plate of food and a Secret Santa present. The club always had a Christmas meal at a nice pub or a restaurant but you have to book so early for Christmas and prices are always higher so last year we voted to have a meal out together in March. It was very successful so we are going to do the same this year.

I haven’t had time to do anything with the two big troughs of geraniums, or I suppose I should call them pelargoniums, so OH managed to get them in to the conservatory so I can take cuttings or just tidy them up a bit at my leisure.

Got interrupted by a phone call from my next door neighbour. She’s always doing this – she rings for no apparent reason and then I can’t get her off the phone. This time she talked about nothing for 40 minutes. If I thought she was lonely I’d have a bit more patience but she’s out and about every day with her husband or different friends. It drives me mad.

I was getting on well with the garden but now with the back problem and the weather everything has come to a halt again. I’d better come to a halt as well and sort out something for our dinner tonight. We’ve got lots of cold chicken so I might just do bubble and squeak or a salad with it.

Afternoon Folks,

It was quite heavy rain here this morning but typical, it stopped once I was home after doing a couple of errands! I spotted my neighbour was home when I got back so saw her about access down her side for the guttering to be cleaned next week and she's going to leave her gate open.

The washing is drying inside now and I should do another load really.

We don't know what the NHS Rheumatologist will suggest after seeing the latest MRI scan till OH has an appointment come through Mandy. We know some of the treatments depress the immune system, have side effects and because they lower your immunity they put you at greater risk of infections or even cancer. I have read recently that an anti inflammatory diet can help like the Mediterranean Diet, which is much like we do eat and I can make it a bit more so. It's better than needing more pills if it helps enough. I think he has to pay for his physio after the next two sessions.

That's sad you lost your black old girl Mel. Now there is just the one and she has no friends among the white ones. :-( Maybe you need a few more?

I hope your leg is soon less sore after starting the antibiotics AnnG. It is a bit of a rigmarole with the early and late ones and the times, but the course will soon be done.

I seem to have reached my mid afternoon slump with yawning and streaming eyes despite sleeping well last night. I'll get a COT and see if that helps get me going

Morning all,
Very dull here with a nasty old drizzle , tablet says its 11 degrees ,I just got the bin in and my coat was quite wet .

Oh Vera those spasms sound very painful not something you want to get to often , I hope your gradually feeling better .
Is the female dog the youngest one if so she sounds as if she'll take to the training but the male one sounds like he might be harder to take any orders

Ann thats a lot of issues found from having the MRI report, do you think there will be some different treatment now or will it mean just carrying on with the physio.

Better get some washing in the washer ,don't think I'll be hanging any out today .

yep 10 degrees and drizzly here as well. Pleased not to have plans to go out.

Enjoyed my trip to the garden centre yesterday a small GC but with a very large marquee type building at the rear that is full of Christmas at the moment.
We then went to the large Tesco Extra so was able to have a good mooch round there. Looked at the clothes but didn't buy anything.

ge!

Morning all,

Grey morning here today and pc is saying rain and 10 degrees. Its that horrid fine stuff at the mo the stuff that soaks you without you knowing it.

Lost the first post as you can see.

I was woken at 8am by my phone with a message, it was the NHS about having the flu jab and covid because of my age.

I'm posting this before I lose it again as its gone twice already.

Good morning all. By some miracle I opened my eyes at 0614. either the alarm went off and didn't wake me (I was awake at 5am but went bck to sleep), or it didn't go off. Anyway, first antiB tablet of the day taken. Now have to pass the time for an hour before I can have breakfast.. Can't go back to bed because not to lie down after taking the pill and it doesn't say for how long for. At night I allow half an hour.
Anyway slept well got up for the loo twice at about 2am and 5.

Have a small meeting of U3a people here this morning planning or social meeting in Deccember.

Ouch Vera, I have had a slight muscle spasm, in that my lower back muscle went into a spasm that lasted for about 5 minutes but that you had was horrendous. Just going to take my last antibiotic of the day. My leg is sore so the antib's are not working yet.
'night, speak in the morning.

So pleased we have heard from Vera but that musle spasm must have been awful.

Iv'e not had a good day today as I lost one of my very old girls, one of the black ones so only one black one left now with the three white ones and they never have really got on.

Hope you sleep well tonight all of you. See you in the morning.

Oh Vera, that sounds really nasty if the muscle spasms. You wouldn't know what to do with yourself for the best with the back pain, Thank goodness it has eased a bit now and enough for you to go to the birthday party. I looked through OH's MRI scan result properly last night and there were so many spinal and pelvic issues including multiple areas of swelling, old inflammation, thickening from osteoporosis and even a congenital issue that is like an extra vertebra! It did say his spinal cord is unaffected so that was a relief. He said his parents didn't do very well with him, but I think if they scanned most older people they would find all sorts wrong. You've probably said before but have you tried physio to see if it helps. OH was very sceptical, but finds it does help him. I don't know whether it will continue but he had another 3 month blood test regarding his halved dose of statins and his liver is fine now and he gets that many aches with leg muscles anyway he would hardly notice any new ones.

Your daughter is doing well teaching her little dogs and I'm sure the boy will soon catch on if treats are involved. It will be lovely to see them when she introduces them to you.

Mandy I didn't get in the garden today either. I did washing and hoovered round, forgetting to do the porch that needed it after emptying the bottom of the cupboard. By mid afternoon I seem to feel weary and lose motivation. I did do some paperwork though and there's always tomorrow. :-D

I’m back. I enjoyed my sandwich and cuppa at lunchtime.

I’m sorry I haven’t posted for a few days. It’s nice to know I was missed and I appreciate your concern. It’s been a combination of being busy and having a few medical problems. As you know I have a very weak muscle in my back and that’s the one that gives me aches and pains but occasionally it also goes into spasm. It decided to do this to me on Saturday. When it happens I can’t keep still, I can’t lie down or sit up and it feels as though someone is constantly stabbing me in the back. Even strong pain killers barely touch it and the only relief is careful movement. I spent most of Saturday night walking round and round the house trying not to moan and cry, eventually falling into an exhausted sleep around 6 am and sleeping for about 3 hours. On Sunday it was fractionally better and knowing I was supposed to be out most of Monday I did most of the washing and cooked a roast dinner. OH did all the bending and stretching for me but by the afternoon I had to go back to bed. At least now the painkillers were working a bit.

Yesterday I was feeling a good bit better so the muscle must have un-spasmed itself. I was just very sore and very tired but I was due to go to an 80th birthday lunch and didn’t want to miss it so I showered and dressed, filled myself up with painkillers and went. There’s a nice pub at Long Melford that we all like so we had booked a table for a meal there – just 6 of us. It’s also one of the few places around that does meals on Mondays and the birthday girl particularly wanted to go out on her birthday. Food was delicious and all 6 of us cleared our plates, even the “fussy” one. I had salmon again, roasted with capers, crushed new potatoes and fennel in a creamy sauce. We didn’t have desserts as we were going back to the home of one of the ladies. She had made a big trifle and another friend, who couldn’t actually be at the lunch, had made a birthday cake with candles. It was a lovely afternoon and I didn’t get back till nearly 6 pm. I was still very sore and tired but in a much cheerier mood.

I got about 5 hours sleep last night and today I have managed to do the ironing that was lying around and strip the beds and wash and dry the bedding. I’ve also had a call from the surgery. The dosage of my bp tablets is being doubled and they are putting me on statins. The docs like cholesterol levels to be below 5 and mine is just over at 5.7. As I am also having all these bp problems they want to get the figure down a bit. I am not keen on going on statins but I have to take their advice so I’ll give them a try. Many more tablets and I shall start to rattle. After a month I’ve got to send in another set of bp figures and in 3 months I’ve got to have more blood tests.

Right, that’s my boring medical history out of the way. Now I’m waiting for Tesco. Apparently I have 3 subs which is a lot for them. They are all sensible subs but I will send one of them back as it’s not quite what I want. I’ll keep the other two.

Oh, daughter texted with news of the dogs. Apparently the lady dog has learnt to sit on command but (I won’t use daughter’s language) the male couldn’t care less about any training. They have both learnt to go outside for toilet purposes and both walk well on the lead so she feels confident in bringing them to meet us one day next week. We’re looking forward to that.

Afternoon all,

Good to see Vera's posted.

Nice bright day but chilly ,more washing today all Max's bedding ,just got it in and its all dry .

Anng that was good that doctor is getting things sorted ,poor little cat I expect it's come into your garden as its quieter, hope he can be caught if nobody claims him as theirs and he finds a new home .

Ann some of these car drivers near the schools just park up anywhere to drop off near the schools ,son said when the road near the school was closed a couple of weeks ago it was so quiet and they all wished it could be like that all the time .

I have done lots of little jobs this morning all inside jobs so no weeding done again outside but it's nice to cross these little jobs off the list, you can't really.see what you've done though .

Good afternoon folks

It’s good to hear that the doctor you saw was on the ball AnnG and hopefully you will be sorted out very quickly now. It’s wrong that you haven’t had the necessary treatment earlier and you certainly deserve an apology from the practice. I hope someone claims the little cat or a good home can be found for it.

Mel, I have a Tesco delivery today as well but I don’t know if there are any subs as I haven’t received the receipt yet. I expected it to come early morning as usual but no sign of it yet. Driver isn’t due till 4 pm so there’s still time. Our grandson didn’t eat chocolate. He just didn’t like it much. It used to make it difficult when I was buying Easter eggs for the girls as I’d have to hunt for sweets in nice packaging so that they looked as good as an egg.

You see a lot of bad driving these days Annx but I’m shocked that parents weren’t more careful round a school. What an example for their children!

OH has called that lunch is ready (tuna and tomato sandwich and a little cake) so I’ll post this and hope to get back later to explain why I haven’t been on the thread for a few days.

This is a different cat, I don't see much of skinny now although he is still around. this is a pretty little (I think) female cat quite young and lady has been and she is not chipped. she left me a collar with a phone number to ring if it returns to an owner but we think she is a stray probably from a litter of unowned cats that live on a nearby esteate. Apparently the people there have cats and just let them breed until the people from the facebook group catch them and get them done before sending them back to where they came from. I managed to get the collar on her but she was very cross and fought me to get away. Luckily she is quite samll. If nobody claims her the lady will come back and catch her and take her for re-homing.

I was slow posting AnnG so missed yours. How good it was you saw that doctor yesterday and that she's on the case and has got you an urgent referral. It's good it's still curable but needed dealing with sooner rather than later.

OH is ready to go so BBL

Morning All,

Sunny and bright here but it's getting windier now. We were out early for OH to call in a school for a photo to be taken for a website. I was surprised at the number of cars and bad driving by parents (looking at phones while driving and not concentrating on where they were driving) while I waited for him in the car. We then nipped to a garden centre about a mile away. There was a road closed sign so we thought we may have to turn back but found there was still access to the garden centre although there wasn't a sign saying so. We had a breakfast bap and drink then called to get a paper on the way back and were home just in time for the fitter to check measurements.

I need to return the duvet I bought online next and OH has another GP appointment this afternoon and then he's going to a match with his friend tonight. I need to get the washer on as well. At least the windowcleaner came today so we don't need to leave the gate unlocked now.

Is the little stray cat different to Skinny AnnG? Is it to scan for a microchip to find an owner as I think cats have to be microchipped now or is it just dogs? It's a bit of a pain to keep emptying cupboards isn't it! We had to empty the porch cupboard floor this morning for the fitter to measure and decided not to put much back till they have been back to fit the raised floor and new doors as it will only have to be emptied again.

Why doesn't Sam eat chocolate Mel? Does he just not like it? I think I might have a waist again if I didn't. :-D

It was 4 days ago that we last heard from Vera. I do hope that they are both OK.

It is 12 degrees here now but feels colder to me.
The taps were out of stock so plumber had ordered them and will let me know when he can fit them.Cat has been scanned. no chip. I have now managed to get a collar on it with a phone number (not mine) to contact if cat belongs to somebody. If no response somebody will come and try and catch her.

Just had an email from the surgery to say they have made an urgent referral for the thing on my leg. Looks like they think it is an SCC (Squamous Cell carcinoma, a but more serious than the usual BCCs if it is but still curable. Pit that was not noted in June when I saw the other doctor.

Morning Anng and all,

Nice bright morning here too and it 12 degrees but feels colder. I have the heating on for a while to warm the house up a bit and give me some hot water for the day.

Shoppings coming today and I have one sub for Haribo swizzle mix for Haribo tangfastics I ordered them for the boys next door for when Em comes for eggs. I sha'nt send those back. I have to buy jelly sweets as Sam dos'nt eat chocolate.