Early Risers.

[southern42]

' morning all from red dragon land.

 

Tomorrow's delivery of decking has just arrived!  We can get on with laying it straight away, tomorrow, then.  So, that is good. 

 

Best wishes to all.  Hope things go that well for you.

__________

Polly

 

[southern42]

The Cob on the Broads

 

Ah! So.  We also have the Cob we got for the boat and rarely used!  In the garage somewhere, I expect!  There was a mention of bringing it back into use...

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Breakfast has now been consumed and once Sheila has got herself ready we will set off for “The Christie”. We have both sorted ourselves some reading material, as is inevitable with these places, there will be some spells of waiting to be seen today. 

 

Enjoy the day, back later. 

[southern42]

Sorry to hear your news, John.  All my thoughts and best wishes to you both.

 

Polly

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. With Johns news yesterday I decided to leave mentioning my doings till this morning. Yesterday evening was another garden railway visit. I took my friend and his young son with me as is usual but we arrived a bit late due too some confusion over the address. This was due too both the correct street and another nearby with an almost identical name falling into the same square on the street map. After going home to collect my reading glasses and a magnifying glass we were able to find the correct street on the map, about 100 yards from the 'wrong' street. Once we arrived the lad, who was getting a bit fretful at the delay got his hands on a controller and was as happy as a sandboy. I'll be staying in over the bank holiday, My friend will be visiting relatives in the midlands and I do not fancy joining the grockles on the roads.

[BlackRat]

Not been on for a whilst, busy with life...... but still looking in.

 

Generic best wishes, happy birthdays (belated) and commiserations, but special thoughts with John and Sandy.

 

Difficult to know what to say really, but my thoughts are with you.

[The Lurker]

Sorry to read John and Sandy's news.

 

My thoughts are with you both

[Tony_S]

Afternoon all.

I have been doing some holiday packing. I have some way to go before we shut the cases. 

Tony

[Stubby47]

8 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Afternoon all.

I have been doing some holiday packing. I have some way to go before we shut the cases. 

Tony

 

Presumably, you'll have a long way to go after you've shut the cases.

[Kingzance]

13 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Afternoon all.

I have been doing some holiday packing. I have some way to go before we shut the cases. 

Tony

Are you arming yourself for a struggle, given Aditi’s condition Tony?

 

Despite my best efforts at being reasonable and staying schtumm, the visit to the local independent jeweller ready for The Boss’s upcoming birthday achieved four fifths of five eights of eff all. The resulting half of nothing was that the jeweller is going to get two samples from their workshop for a later inspection and they could probably fulfil a personal commission in time for the big day. All in all, not much was achieved or has changed then. Gold prices are soaring. I may adjourn to my man-cave after a muggertea.

[petethemole]

Some of the ceiling paper in the kitchen has come loose. No way am I going to re-paper it. The DIY store up the road has a suitable adhesive for repairs and is next to an ASDA, post office and pub, so I can shop, drop and possibly have a pint, depending on the timing. If I can do it all in about 30 minutes I can get one bus home. The next is an hour later....

 

Thoughts are with John and Sandy.

 

Have a good day,

 

Pete

[Tony_S]

3 hours ago, Kingzance said:

Are you arming yourself for a struggle, given Aditi’s condition Tony?

I am likely to be heard repeating the consultant’s advice “ don’t do anything silly”. I noticed Aditi opening a jam jar yesterday with her left hand and she said she won’t need anyone to cut her food for her while we are on holiday but I don’t think she will be wielding too many cases about for a while yet. I think her right hand and arm must be over compensating as I had to rebuild the hose cassette thingy yesterday when she did a “I didn’t think I pulled that hard...”. 

I will remove the cases from the car when we stay overnight at the hotel en-route but at the dock, a porter removes them and then they appear at our cabin. The packing has required some thought as weather forecasts for different parts of the trip are quite variable.  I don’t think it is going to be classed as cold though.

Tony

 

 

 

[Dave Hunt]

A fairly eventful couple of days Chez Hunt. Since Jill had her fall in the Isle of Man she has been experiencing considerable pain in her left arm despite the X rays showing nothing untoward. Then yesterday morning she had a call from the A&E consultant who saw her there to say that the X rays had been reassessed and there was a hairline fracture but it had gone back so cleanly that he had missed it. He did say that they wouldn't have done anything for it anyway except to tell her to limit the movement and use of her arm but that she would probably have pain for some time and would be writing to our GP to recommend physiotherapy. We both thought that it was very decent of him to make the call and apologise for the error and on top of the treatment Jill had over there it makes living on Fraggle Rock look even more desirable.

 

Then this morning I finally had enough of the way the podiatrists here have been dealing with me and rang them to say that I would be making a formal complaint against them. Surprise, surprise, within the hour I had a call from them to say that they had finally spoken with the surgeon who had operated on my foot five years ago and on his advice would do the procedure on The Toe.......Oh, and by the way, they've had a cancellation and would September 10th be OK? At least by the time we go on holiday to stay at a friend's place in Spain in October it should be well on the way to recovery. When I went to see the practice nurse here to have the twice weekly dressing change and told her about it she said, "Oh, well done, they need a boot up the backside." A bit sad really.

 

This afternoon I had to take my Dad to a clinic in Shrewsbury to have some basal cell carcinomas removed and the treatment there was outstanding so at least two out of three dealings with the NHS have been positive.

 

I've also got the gutter outside the front door fixed and there now seem to be no leaks. Similarly, all four taps in the main bathroom and the mixer one in the kitchen have been replaced and the water is staying where it should be so on that score I'm a happy bunny. Mustn't get complacent though - the light at the end of the tunnel could still turn out to be the 6.15 coming the other way.......  

 

I think I'll award myself a decent measure of Scottish mood lifting mixture later on.

 

Still with thoughts for those who ail or are otherwise suffering, particularly John and Sandy.

 

Dave   

[pH]

4 hours ago, petethemole said:

The DIY store up the road has a suitable adhesive for repairs and is next to an ASDA, post office and pub, so I can shop, drop and possibly have a pint, depending on the timing. If I can do it all in about 30 minutes I can get one bus home. The next is an hour later....

 

Time for another relaxed pint, then.

[petethemole]

The possible pint (or two) would have been had if I'd missed the bus. As it was, I caught it, and saved the price.  It's not a pub I particularly like, anyway, just handy if I miss a bus. I sat in the garden with a cold soft drink instead, and dozed off.

 

[pH]

16 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

Then yesterday morning she had a call from the A&E consultant who saw her there to say that the X rays had been reassessed and there was a hairline fracture but it had gone back so cleanly that he had missed it. ... We both thought that it was very decent of him to make the call and apologise for the error ...

 

I'm ambivalent about things like that. I do understand that people make mistakes in their work, having made many in my time. And that procedures should be in place to check important decisions, as they obviously were in this case. What I have some problem with is the length of time these procedures can take. 

 

In our immediate family, we've had an occasion where a serious condition was mis-diagnosed and the true situation not discovered until x-rays were re-examimed some days later, resulting in a very apologetic phone call at 6a.m. (!!), with an urgent request to come into hospital at once for surgery.

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Club tonight, I didn't go last week as it clashed with an 'open night' at another garden railway. Just on the news, the government is considering cancelling HS2, I'll say no more but I'll nip over to the relevent thread to watch the fur flying later.

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, Dave Hunt said:

on his advice would do the procedure on The Toe.......Oh, and by the way, they've had a cancellation and would September 10th be OK?

I am glad to hear that this extended saga of your painful extremity might have a path to the resolution you deserved weeks (months?) ago.  (I clicked "like" mostly to celebrate this singular event.)

 

Is there some / any treatment for Jill to help her arm heal with less pain?

 

Edited August 21, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[Dave Hunt]

15 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

I am glad to hear that this extended saga of your painful extremity might have a path to the resolution you deserved weeks (months?) ago.  (I clicked "like" mostly to celebrate this singular event.)

 

Is there some / any treatment for Jill to help her heal with less pain?

 

Thanks Oz. the saga of The Toe started about twelve weeks ago, maybe a bit more, so I'm more than a little glad that there is at least a strong possibility it will be sorted out soon. The only 'treatment' Jill can have at present is analgesics and to limit movement and/or strain. She will be seeing  the physioterrorists soon and they will assess what sort of movement she can accept without excessive pain and give her some mild exercises accordingly. Never mind, between us we have six limbs working and driving is OK if Jill does the pedals and I look after the gearshift and steering .

 

Dave

[Coombe Barton]

Bright Moment

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/sandys-treatment-day-246/

Edited August 21, 2019 by Coombe Barton

[BoD]

18 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

Bright Mpoment

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/sandys-treatment-day-246/

 

Each blog brings a bigger speck of dust in my eye.

And we’ve never met.

Find your bright moments and please, share them with us.

[Kingzance]

20 minutes ago, BoD said:

 

Each blog brings a bigger speck of dust in my eye.

And we’ve never met.

Find your bright moments and please, share them with us.

Your skills with words surpass mine sir, I can only agree wholeheartedly with your post.

[tigerburnie]

Some things totally unrelated can make you change your mind, some lethargy and loss of fishing mojo had set in, been busy with other things, but something that has been with me since childhood was missing. So I booked a day on a local river and went through a time honoured routine, possibly only anglers will understand, up before dawn and out in the countryside with mist lifting off the ground and wildlife in abundance. To say I caught a Salmon is perhaps stretching it a bit as after much thrashing of the water, I went over to a more delicate trout rod and caught a young parr, carefully returned to hopefully return after a winter at sea. I got wet, stink of sweat, wearing neoprene chest waders on a hot day is not conducive to smelling of roses, more like the compost they grow in.

Not getting morbid, but life is for grabbing with both hands whilst we can, so no more sitting around not being arsed to do things(well until it starts raining anyway lol).

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

n. She will be seeing  the physioterrorists soon and they will assess what sort of movement she can accept without excessive pain and give her some mild exercises

Aditi’s recent arm / wrist fracture was immobilised by a cast for a couple of days then the consultant gave her one of these.

http://www.beagleorthopaedic.com/products/wrist-hand/standard-wrist-brace

 

to limit movement.  Physiotherapy could well be a link to a video or pdf. After a similar fall and break a few years ago Aditi requested a DEXA scan. That was fine but her sister who had a fall and wrist break was diagnosed with low bone density. 

Tony

[laurenceb]

Like Warren I have something in my eye

Thoughts with Sangy & John

Night awl