General Chat

Hello all, I haven't much time so I will keep it short, it was me that put on here that poor Sallie was poorly, Joyce told me she was and I wanted Sallie to know I was thinking of her. I haven't been on much because my back is so painful if I try to sit, I'm back to only being comfortable lying flat. Can't remember who it was that said they hope my legs get better soon, but they will only get worse, I have nerve damage in my spinal chord to the nerves that go to my legs, in time I will be in my wheelchair permanently, I've known for a long time it was coming but it scared me last weekend. Thanks you for your concern but I live with it as best I can and as Joyce says can laugh about it and the silly things they make me do.
Huia at least Phil spoke to you when he swore, it must be nice to see him awake when you visit.
Oh hubby has arrived so must go, thought I would have more time.
I'm not ignoring you all and hope everyone is keeping well.
Sallie I tried to do two cards last night but couldn't settle with the pain in my back, so I have one done and one half done, I got a new cuttlebug this morning so going to have some fun when I feel up to it.

Love Caz xx

Thank goodness, we have some good news. This is the type of reading I like.
Ann, I am sooo pleased that the patch on your leg turned to be good news.
Those rodent ulcers are awful arn't they. My mum had to have one cut out from the temple area of her face.
As we all know, there is not much flesh in that area, and it took ages for it to heal.
I can't believe how both, yours and Sallie's temperature, have been so low today.
We have had a beautiful, sunny day here, and not that cold either.
But this evening the temperature has started to fall. So much so, that Roly has put the central heating on, without my having to ask.

Sallie, not being able to hear very well, may well have sapped your confidence. But after the hearing test, if they give you the aids, you will then be in a different world altogether.
Roly found things very noisy, when he had his fitted,as he had got used to the silence and at the time didn't realise his hearing was fading.
But he won't wear the darned thing now, so I am back to shouting at him,and having my ears blasted by the t.v as he cant hear it.
So thats a hearing aid he wont wear, and teeth that hurt him so he wont wear them either.
Still I wouldn't swap him for a newer model.

Hello Ladies,

Ann, it's good to know that I'm not the only one that can't get warm today, Alun has just said that it was -6 here late morning, so no wonder we can't get warm.

Pleased that things went well for you at the hospital yesterday and that you know if the patch changes in any way, you can go back to see the Consultant.


Huia, I hope that the cream that the doctor gave you will heip, and pleased to know that the doctor doesn't think that the tags are anything to worry about.

Sorry to hear that Phil wasn't very responsive when you seen him.

I had to smile when you told us about the old man pulling his trousers down. Bless him!


Joyce, it was nice talking to you last night, as you said I hought it was funny, as I know that you had got mixed up with somoeone else. As Mo said you are in touch with so many people, it isn't any wonder that sometimes you get a bit mixed up.lol!!



Caz, I hope your legs are better and that you are not in as much pain as you've been in .

Have you managed to do any cards lately? I haven't made any for a couple of weeks, but hope to start again over the weekend.



Mo, so pleased that the baby is starting to feed, I'm sure she'll come along in leaps and bounds, now.

I'm not going back to see the therapist, as I told the doctor, I think that I now need to resolve a few things myself, as I know what caused the depression, and it wouldn't be fair if another patient needed the therapist more than I do. So he agreed with me, but if I go "down hill" again, he would refer back to them.

Both Alun and I get on well with the doctor and have never had any trouble with him, although some people don't like him very much. There again, there are some doctors in the practice that we are not keen on.

Hopefully, it won't be too long before I have a hearing test, it's really miserable not being able to hear clearly. I'm sure it sapped my confidence so much that maybe that was part of the reason I didn't want to go out on my own.



We are having trouble with our e-mails, it seems as though we can send them out, but can't receive any...it was two weeks ago that we received any, so if any of you have sent any, please don't think that I'm ignoring you, it's just that we haven't had them.


Jean, how are things with you? I hope that your vertigo is not as bad as it's been.
Also hope that J and D are both alright.


Marie, hope all goes well when you go for your yearly "check up" at the end of the month.
Also hope that all is well with all your family.


Liz, if you're looking in, sorry to hear that you are not very well at all. Hope your doctor's been able to find out what the problem is and given you something to treat it.


Julia, nice to hear from you yesterday. I hope all is well with you and your hubby.
We had a nice couple of days with Richard and Christie, it was a change to have break.


We haven't heard from Linda for a while, I hope that she's okay.


I have to make our dinner now, so I'd better get a move on.

I might look in later on this evening.

Love, Sallie.xxxx

Hi all

Can't get warm here today (it was -.5) outside at 11.30am this morning, not that cold but the house hasn't warmed up.

Pleased to hear little one is starting to feed better now Mo, there will be no stopping her now.

Hope your hearing test comes through soon Sallie, that in itself would make you feel better, it is miserable if you can't hear properly. anyway, glad you had a good doctors appointment and got things on the way to being sotred.

Huia,
I have sneezing fits for no reason, as does my sister, and so did my father. Annoying isn't it? My father always had lots of nose bleeds, fortunately I have never so far suffered with those.

I had a hospital appointment yesterday to check out the patch on my leg that was a suspect rodent ulcer (you may remember I had two before then had a cream to treat two more last August, one disappeared and this one almost did.) Well the consultany has decided to leave it for a year unless I notice anything happening with it. He thinks it is dormant now and nothing to worry about. So that was good.

Good afternoon everyone.
Sallie, you are so lucky to have such an understanding doctor. How nice that you can ring him whenever you need to chat to him.
Has the appointment for your therapist come through yet. I do hope so, as she was such a help to you last time.
It's good to hear that you can get your ear test done, even if you do have to wait a few weeks for it.
Sallie, our little minx, is getting her apetite now, thank the lord. She was fed at 6.30 last night, by S's grandmother, but baby didn't want it all, but 1hour later,she was screaming out for more. Little but often, is my way of thinking till she gets herself into a feeding routine.

Thank goodness Huia, that the skin tags are o.k.
Oh my word, I don't think they will literally dig out the moles on your back love, but if they do it as my specialist did, they froze it first, then cut it out.
It's not as bad as what it sounds, so don't worry your little ole self about it.
Aqueous cream and lotion is excellent for really dry skin, so should help you greatly.
Your Phil is a cheeky Bu**er, telling you to B of like that. But I bet he was going through one of his vacant periods, and didn't mean what he said to you.
Huia, I have been on Citalophram for years now, just a low dosage, but it helps by making my brain shut the pain out, giving me a chance to lead a normal life.

Hello there Joyce.
We are all guilty of making mistakes at times, and i'm sure Sallie understood.
You have got a heart of gold, and feel for everyone, and also feel there pains as well.
You should have been called big hearted Bertha, not Joyce.
Luvs ya hun.

Liz, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. Get well soon, and come back to us smiling soon, we miss hearing all your news.

Bye for now my dear friends. Love Mo xxx

GoodMorning all just quick note to say sorry i got it wrong about Sallie she thought it was funny ,i dont no when im coming or going these days but do no our Liz is,nt well so she needs our thoughts i told her i had put alittle message up on here for her,she has,nt been on as late as she is so tired well going to see if i can catch some sleep take care all back soon
Love Dutchxx

I saw the doc this morning. She thinks there is nothing to worry about with my lumps and bumps etc, although she did suggest that when I see the dermatologist (hopefully the appointment will come through soon) he might want to dig out a couple of the things on my back. The surgery nurse did freeze a couple of things on my front. I would like to have a lot more of the ugly things removed, but I will wait until I see the dermatologist. My skin is very dry, probably because of all the hydrocortisone cream I used last year, so she has prescribed some Aqueous cream to use as a soap substitute in the shower, 4 big jars of it, not that I have used soap for many years as I know it dries the skin, but this will hopefully help moisturise thse skin, along with the various skin lotions that I try to remember to apply several times a day.

I visited Phil afterwards. He wasnt all that responsive. Last time I saw him I heard him say what sounded like b*gg*r off. I asked him if he wanted me to b*gg*r off and he said you might as well. Charming. But I didnt. One man who walks around a lot, talking to himself, does a lot of swearing, when he isnt pulling his trousers down as he did again today!

The earthquake in Christchurch yesterday was 5.1, followed by three smaller ones over the next 4 hours. There was a bit of damage, but not as much as the original one last year. They can expect a lot more quakes. When Phil and I were in Chch a few years ago we felt one but I think it was only about mag 3.

I am on Citalopram, Mo. The doc today said it wont do any harm to keep taking them (I take only half a tab each day). It seems to quell the restless legs I often get at night that stop me from sleeping. I have also come to the conclusion that they quell my sneezing attacks. The attacks are random, not hayfever or I would be sneezing constantly in the season, but when I have an attack I can sneeze 30 times in a row, not good for the throat. I had stopped taking the Citalopram for a week and had a sneezing attack at the end of it, admittedly only 10 times on that occasion, but that is when I decided the tabs were preventing the attacks. Perhaps I need to see an ENT specialist, but if the Cital. works on these things and doesnt do any harm, then why not keep using them?

I must start tying up bundles of newspapers etc for tomorrow mornings recycling (once a month), and sort out tins and plastic recyclables. Then it will be time to think about dinner.

Love, Huia XXX

Hi again Ladies,

I got on okay at the doctors, both the doctor and myself have decided that I will slowly start to come off my tablets. Over the time I've been taking them I have put on quite a bit of weight, and although that isn't the reason for my depression, it isn't helping either. He also feels that as I now know the reason, he thinks and I agree with him, that the tablets won't resolve anything. So I have come to find out one or two things and come to terms with them so that hopefully I can move on and depression will be the thing of the past. So I suppose time will tell, but as the doctor said that he is there for me and that I can ring and ask to speak to him, and if he isn't in the surgery at the time, he will ring me back.

Also asked about a hearing test, no problem with that, I just have to pick some papers up from the surgery after 4.o clock tomorrow. Not exactly sure what happens after that or when I'll actually have the test.


Joyce rang me tonight as she had got mixed up with someone else that is poorly, so was sorry for the mix up.
She sounded a lot better, but is still suffering quite badly from cramp.


Mo, hope your new granddaughter is feeding alright now. Like you and a couple of our friends on here, I cant get over that the midwife doesn't call much at all now. When Laura had Gracie last May, the midwife only called once, I think that even Laura was a bit shocked, because when she had Chloe eight years ago, the midwife called every day then.

Thank you to everyone that was concerned when you thought I was poorly.



I hope everyone else is alright, I'll speak to you all tomorrow.


Goodnight all.

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Good evening all.
It's not long now till your pain clinic appointment Joyce, god willing they will be able to give you something to relieve your pain.
Apart from your pain clinic appointment, February is full of painful memories for you.
Please try and stay positive,and know that we are here for you when you feel down in the dumps.

Good on you Huia, for making the doctors appointment.
Scratching them is not a good idea, you could make them bleed. Please let us know how you get on.
Have you been to visit Phil lately. How is he keeping now.
I didn't know of the after shock that hit Christchurch, was there any damage done, or was it just a small quake.

Marie, it must be something to do with the time of year, making so many of us feel depressed or so worn out, that all we want to do is sleep.
I bet the water aerobics soon woke you up though.
How are all the family doing now. Has your grandson settled down at university.
And your daughter, are her meds keeping her problems at bay.
I can't believe that Rockhampton have suffered another flash flood. When the heck is all this going to stop.
You are supposed to be nearing your summer months now arn't you.

I am pleased everything went well with the retinologist Sylvia. I think I would have been spitting feathers having to wait that long. But at least you know all is well.
I bet the optician when reffering to your "interesting eyes ",meant that they had healed very well after your cataract operation, and probably showed no signs of being operated on.
Or else they were friendly eyes, and you were cross eyed at the time.lol

Someone send a message to Tenerife, warning that Ann and T are on their way again for a whole month.
Oh you lucky girl Ann, a whole month of rest, relaxation, and sunshine.
We will have to storm Heathrow Airport, if they go on strike, and get you both on the plane ourselves. Sorry about the return journey, you will have to stay there a bit longer if they do strike, ahhhh that would be a shame wouldn't it, not.Just make sure you buy yourselves a tent to take with you, just in case you do get stranded over there. LOL

I hope you are feeling a bit better today Caz.

Hopefully Julia, when Sallie feels a bit more like her old self, you will be able to meet again for another coffee.

Sallie honey, please let us know how you get on at the doctors. Obviously the tablets the doctor gave you, have not helped to solve your problems.
A good friend of mine, lost her husband last October, and she was not coping very well at all.
Her G.P put her on Prozac, and all they did was make her even worse.
After much nagging from us her friends, she went back to see the doctor and she was prescribed Citalaphram, and now she is a completely different woman, and is coping very well.
I am not suggesting that your G.P should put you onto the same tablets, I am just trying to explain how different tablets can help, and it's not always the first tablets they prescribe that could help the situation, but a case of suck it and see,in many cases.

Jeannnnnnnn how are you my lovely lady. We miss you, and can't wait for you to feel up to posting again.

Well I will say bye bye for now girls.
Take good care of yourselves. Love Mo xxx

Glad you had a nice time away Sallie, and hope it did you some good.
Hope you do well at the doctor's
Take care
Speak Tomorrow
Julia in Derbyshire

Hi Ladies,

Just a quick reply to everyone, before I go to the surgery to see what the doctor has decided what he's going to do about the medication I'm taking
for depression. Three weeks ago when I seen him he wasn't sure if it would be best to change it or not. So hopefully he has made up his mind when I see him at 6.30p.m.

Alun, Jennie and I have been down to Richard's for a couple of days, as he had a couple of days off work, so we had a nice two days with him and Christie. We enjoyed a few hours at Windsor, both Jennie and I love to go to the shops there when we go down, we also love going into Daniels store to their coffee shop. Jennie loves their tuna mayo baquettes, and I like their pots of tea.
The weather was lovely and bright, but there was a bit of a chilly wind.


I must get ready to go to the surgery now, so I'll speak to you all later on.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello Ladys your right Sallie had gone to her daughters but i think it was before that she said she was,nt well,as i speak to her on the phone but could have got mixed up with the time as so many of my friends are not well,my friend here was telling Jan that two of her sisters have cancer one we no she she lives round the corner from us ,and has been having chemo for some time now but its not helping very much
Also could we give a thought to our Liz as shes not to well at moment ,and i myself are not well thats why i have been missing of the site not looking forward to saturday its Jans nephews little boys 4th birthday but ive told Jan im not going as its the same day my little g,daughter died and she would have been 25yrs old and my g,sons mum has been died 28yrs on the 25th and my mum on the 6th feb,so not very good time for me in the next few weeks,but will be laying flowers on my mum and g,daughters grave
Huia its no trouble about cards Caz will tell you i like to send them its just me and postage is next to nothing
Mo glad you won your game sorry your team lost have sent you email ,spoke to Caz yesterday her legs are still giving her trouble but she always manages to smile ,well she has to when she talks to me LOL
Jean hope your feeling abit better not nice thing to have vertigo
Ann i knew i had seen photo of you and Tony it was with Jude at one of the meets while back think it might be Wales
Maria how are you keeping hope your family stay safe terrable over there what happen with the floods
Well wish me luck for the 1st feb at the pain clinc there must be something they can do to help
wishing you all agood day and stay safe and best wishes to all i may have forgot
Dutchxx

Good Morning/Evening ladies, I hope you are all well.
I am sorry to read on here that Sallie is poorly. As you know, I met for coffee with Sallie a couple of weeks ago, and, apart from her depression, did not say she was feeling poorly, or show any outward signs
I read on here, the same as everyone, that she and her OH had gone down to her son Richard's for a few days, so I am now surprised to read this news.
We did not exchange addresses or phone numbers, though we only live about four miles apart, so I have no other contact with here, apart from on here.
I do hope it is nothing serious, and that she will be back on this thread soon. Get well soon Sallie
Take Care Everyone
Julia in Derbyshire

Good morning all when you get up (apart from Marie who is already up, and Sylvia who wont be getting up for a while).

Congrats Mo on the granddaughter.

Sylvia, what is so special about Australia? They have floods and fires and droughts there. We wont mention the earthquakes we have in NZ though. Another fairly big aftershock in Christchurch area yesterday.

Must get my dinner now.

Love to all.

Huia.

ps Mo, I have an appointment with the doc for tomorrow to get my 'things' checked out. I hope a lot of them can be removed as they are ugly and tend to get in the way when I want to scratch!

Hello to you all ,Congratulations Mo She is beautiful and I am pleased she got the all clear thank you for the PhotoI found it this morning, but didn't have time to answer as I went to Water Aerobics the water was lovely and i felt very good as I made my self have a nap yesterday then went to bed very early so I feel a lot better to-day.
Salli I am sorry to hear you are not feeling well, I hope you pick up soon.
Sylvia how nice you are thinking of coming to Australia, what time would you choose,you would probably find our winter ok depending where you intend to go.
Hi Caz sorry your legs are not working properly I do hope they improve.
Hi Huia, I hope you are well our floods continue as it is still raining in northern Australia.
Rockhampton had a flash flood yesterday caused by a large storm.
I am having Day surgery on Friday 28th. my annual cystoscopy , I hope the result's are good.
It is hot here to-day I will do some work in the garden later when there is some shade and when it is cooler.
Hello to Ann ,Liz and to anyone who may look in .

Love & Hugs
Marie from Down Under. Ps I almost forgot our Jean XXXXXxOOOOO

Hi all

Mo ........ glad to hear that mum & baby are doing well. I was quite surprised with some of the things J said and did after MJ was born last year .... very different from my day!!

Sorry you didn't get on too well at darts.

OH has at least a couple more months before his mouth will be complete ............. by then he'll have had all crowns replaced, and several implants done. He thinks it will be worth it.

I got on well at the retinologist's ................ it was a long visit, as I didn't even get in to see the technician to be given 3 sets of eyedrops until 50 minutes after the appointment time. In fact OH arrived just about 5 minutes later, all ready to take me home!! Had to wait another 45 minutes or so to see the specialist

Anyway, he said my eyes are fine, he didn't see any need to carry out any treatment. He was very pleased with how well the cataract operations had turned out ... I had them done in 2001, and he'd referred me to the other doctor.

I asked what my optician could have meant when she said I had "interesting eyes" back in November .............. and he just gave a little laugh and said "well, they are a little unusual"!!! Anyway, it's nice to know that whatever she saw is not serious!!!


Caz ........ hope you are feeling better. It must have been a shock for you.


Ann ....... we travel Executive when we can because I just cannot take long hours in a cramped seat ....... I have to be able to stretch my hip out and wiggle around or I am almost crippled for days.

It will be almost 7 hours on the plane for us ............ only 2 hours shorter than for us to get to London UK! It's one reason why we prefer to travel by train .......... plus we get food in Executive class and you no longer get fed on domestic flights, even these long-haul ones!

There is another airline that we could use to get to NS, and we flew with them last April. They only have Economy Class, but the seats are leather and are a little bigger than the national airline we're using this time, so it was a fairly comfortable flight. But it did take me a couple of days to get my hip and leg back to relatively pain-free.

To be honest, one reason for not using them this time is that I now know the sleeping arrangements we'll have at J&M's, they're different from last April, and I'd rather arrive as pain-free as possible to give me a head-start!


Another plus to taking Exectuive Class is that we save points with that airline, and get 50% more points (over whatever the base number is) for the flight ....... we're trying to save points and money with the idea of another trip to Australia, possibly next year. We had thought this year, but then changed our minds.


must go and start dinner



sylvia
xxx

Pleased to hear that Mum and Babe got a thumbs up from midwife Mo. Hope babe starts to take more food soon, I think the first few days they don't worry too much about them until they settle down. Must be a shock being thrown out into the world mustn't it?

Sorry you didn't do too well at darts but well done to you and your partner for winning.

Caz, I am sorry you have had a problem with your legs, must be very scary for you. Can you manage a laptop in bed to keep the boredom at bay?

Sylvia, hope the retina check goes ok for you.

We have one holiday all booked up now, our month in Tenerife in April, flight was booked before christmas, now we have booked an overnight stay at a hotel the day before and the long term car parking. Sadly flying economy and via Madrid so fingers crossed for no strikes in Heathrow or Madrid.

Jean, hope you are getting on ok and that the medication is helping the vertigo. Wonder what is causing it, they seem to be treating the symptom, have they looked for the cause?

I hadn't realised that Sallie was poorly, I thought that she was away visiting her son for a few days. Hope you are ok Sallie.

Caz ,I am sorry to hear you have had a bad few days. It must have been very frightening for you love.
I hope you have had a better day today.

I agree the threads don't move very fast these days, but it makes it a bit easier to catch up on whats been going on. LOL.

Sylvia, I hope you get on o.k tomorrow at the retinologists.
Travelling executive class will be a real treat for you both. Luxury on all levels.
I hope your OH got on alright at the dentists. Has he got much more to be done.?

We have had new mum, son and baby here for most of the day.
The midwife turned up this morning, and is very pleased with both mum and baby. But she will not be back again till Friday.
Apparantly, they only make visits every other day now. I suppose it comes down to costs again.
It was good to see little mummy actually eating for a change. She has had such a bad time during her pregnancy, and was quite sick after eating during the term of her pregnancy.
It's not so surprising actually, that baby is not a very good feeder is it.

Oh I forgot to tell you, we lost at darts on monday. 4-2 and 2-1, my partner Eve and I were the only ones to win our game thank goodness.

I hope that all our friends who have not been very well, will soon feel better.

Well girls I must say goodnight god bless. Love to you all. Moxxx

Hi Mo and girls, just a quickie before I close down. I haven't been on Genes for a while as my legs gave up on me on Saturday, just couldn't stand up or walk and spent the weekend in bed, a bit scary. I've been catching up on the threads but they don't move as quickly as they used to. I hope everyone is ok, Jean is still getting the vertigo attacks so doesn't use computer much, I think it was Dutch who told me Sallie wasn't well, if you see this Sallie I hope you are soon on the mend.
Mo your granddaughter is beautiful, I got a surprise when I checked my e-mails Marie had sent me her photo, bet you are proud as punch.
Been called for my tea so must go.

Love Caz xx

Hi all

Sorry to hear littlie is being fussy about feeding.

That midwife should have visited!!


Interesting day today

OH was at the dentist for a marathon session. He had another appointment at 1 pm, and about 11 am the dentist's receptionist phoned and asked if I could see if that appointment could be moved back to 2 pm ....... she gave a phone number and hoped it was correct because it was the best she could do "through all the hands in OH's mouth" as he gave it to her


I spent about 2 hours this evening planning our summer trip.

The society we both belong to has its annual meeting in NS in July ......... we used to attend every year, but have missed the last 2 years for various reasons. However, we really do feel that we should attend this one ....... combining it with a visit to the family of course!

J said they would prefer we stayed with them before the meeting rather than afterward.

So I have now presented her with an option of us arriving by plane, staying with them for about 9 days, moving to the university residence for the meeting, and then leaving by train the day after the meeting ends. Alternate dates would be arriving 1 or 2 days later.

As soon as she lets me know whether the dates fit for them, I'll email the information to OH, and he'll get our travel agent to work making the reservations. Somehow, Alvin often finds cheaper deals than I do!

And I always think of the Chipmunks when I say his name!!!!

We're going to splurge, and travel Executive Class on the plane. I did make the interesting discovery that Economy Class fares vary depending on the day of the week, and the time of day, but the two Executive Class fares never change! We're looking at the cheaper of the 2 fares ..... which is non-refundable. I don't see paying almost double just for the ability to make changes without paying extra! We'll take out travel insurance instead!


Tomorrow I have to go to see the retinologist to see if there is anyhting wrong with the retinas ... or if I just have itneresting eyes as the optician said back in November!



Take care everyone



sylvia
xxx