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Sorry you had to pay anything en route Mandy but I will pay all expenses..
I have quite a selection of drinks for you....tea coffee....hot chocolate...liqueur chocolates...
Dainty sandwiches...how do you like your steak? Better for you if well cooked...
I have a chef to make whatever you like to eat and of course a sommelier for selection of wines and other drinks you may care to choose....no expenses spared.
There will be a chauffeur limousine to drive you to my place and a lovely bedroom ready for your catch up sleep....you do realise there is a five hour time change.
I thought you might like a few trips when here....Niagara Falls is within hailing distance,So
is Toronto for shopping at the Eaton Centre....quite huge and something for everyone.
Also we could go to the theatre..
Lots to do...
You may have your own ideas about where you would like to go...
Everywhere is air conditioned including all public transportation...all limos etc.
So you can keep cool.
I know you have to get back to the seaside for your hols...
Too bad you could not make it Carol.......maybe another time
Have to go and get ready for Mandy now...
Cheers Everyone
 
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I can't wait to get outside and get something accomplished. Too hot for much of that plus the mosquitoes. I took a nice break, Mandy. ;)

Trysha... the countdown begins... I would love to ride in the limo and I'm just crazy enough to fly on a bike like ET. I would like it if you stopped and picked me up for a spin. May the time fly for you at this great occasion. Soon you will be released into the wild you know. Be free my little bird... Be free!
 
Trysha I expect you're already awake with excitement.It wont be long before you're back in your own cosy nest...Couple of songs to keep you going...Pleeeze release me let me go and The green green grass of home...Chris will have a few to add I expect,he's good at tunes....sending hugs.:ghug:
 
True Carol...I’ve been ready since 6.30am
Things are moving and shortly I leave my room for the day lounge...have breakfast and meet with doctor,physiotherapist,pharmacist for Meds and another one other I can’t remember...such a lot of fuss...can’t just slide out the door.
Thank you and Chris for the support...
I won’t believe all this till I’m out the door....have to go through all the ritual and rigmaroles.
If it was up to me I’d have been out the door and home by now.
It’s a lovely sunny day out there and supposed to be cooler around 26C
 
Home again at long last...everything feels strange and familiar.
Thanks to my very good friends my apartment was spotless...not a speck of dust anywhere
carpets vacuumed ...kitchen floor washed...they did it all so I could rest on arrival.
Quite overwhelming...and I had been planning what I would do first...vacuum and dusting
Nothing else much because I’m a daily chore person...and deplore dishes left in sinks.
I just have to do all that before I leave the apartment daily.
They have anticipated what to do with one arm. so I rest when out from the hospital.
My British nature is that of the stoic..get on with it type and make the most of what you have...and don’t be bothering other people..
I’m not the type of person to sit back and do nothing...I have my routines like most people.
Not that I will overdo things...I have no desire to go back to the white prison..
The hospital took great care of me and treatments were excellent I am especially grateful that they removed the hydrochlorothiazide from my blood pressure medication....it’s the cause of renal failure and mine has now been reversed though still far from normal.
At least dialysis is off the books for now hopefully forever.
I can’t understand why the nephrologist didn’t do that.
Mandy thanks so much for the deliveries....sorry you couldn’t stay too long...but I hope you enjoyed the drinks we made..maybe helped the journey back...please let me know you arrived safely.Glad you like the Niagara Falls and area.
Au revoir mes amis...thank you for all the support.
 
Chris..I did not have a limo but the car of my very good friends...
Carol..I like the music you sent thank you for the thoughtfulness
Relief is still flooding through me..and I’m being extremely careful as I move around on carpeted areas in comparison to the tiled floors of the hospital...
Mandy hope you are safely home with lots of memories....
Winning....
 
Welcome home, Trysha. Hope you don't have to go to the hospital for a long long time :)

The oncologist cleared everything today. No signs of lymphoma or multiple myeloma. We jumped with joy. Thanks everyone for your support during this hard time [emoji173]
 
Trysha i had a ball the trips out were fantastic ☺☺☺. Shame i had to get on the flying tin can back so soon. I have my wonderful memories tho 😁. You take it easy you hear missy. :hug:

Chris glad you got a rest...all 5 minutes of it 😁. Iv no room to talk re resting im like the tasmanian devil most days😃😃😃

Carol you missed out at Tryshas you really should get an engine put on blackie so you can pop over :)

Love n hugs to every single one of you. You are much loved and appricated :ghug:💞💕💝
 
Welcome home Trysha and being out in the real world instead of having to see it through the hospital room window.
Mandy, I was down visiting family and took a side trip deep down in the city of Toronto. If you get a chance the Ontario Science center is worth a visit. The Toronto islands are beautiful, and I fly into the Billy Bishop airport located on the island, and from there rent a car.
Glad to hear everyone is doing well. My driveway is finished, big job but nice and wide now. It was expensive, but it had to be done.
 
I have been waiting to tell everyone the good news. I finally have been assigned a disability status! Hooray! This will allow me to begin to rebuild my life... I don't even think it has set in yet after all these long months and years of punishing appointments, failure, appeal, and deadlines. What a relief! Thank you, God!
 
Such great news Chris...I can’t believe how difficult the government makes it for truly legitimate claims.
It really needs reviewing.
Thank goodness you now have the needed help
Thank you for all the support you have shown to me at such a difficult time.
 
Madhu...you both must be over the moon at such an anxious time
Now you can relax and soon enjoy the company of a little one...it’s a full time job you know
but so worth it.
Bufford you were not far down the road from me...
Mandy...glad you made it
back safely and enjoyed your brief stay..next time you will have to stay longer and see all
the things you missed..
Too bad Carol could not join us this time....
Winning...
 
Feeling defeated today. I had surgery for reflux almost 10 months ago and since about a month back all my symptoms have returned. It's almost as bad as it was pre-op now. Hospital is slow because it's holiday season. Doctors are doubting me, same as they have every step of the way. Of course I always turn out to be right because I know my own body, but it takes forever to get there, and a lot of stress and anxiety over not being believed...

Losing weight at a rapid pace again. I've now almost lost 50 lbs in the 3.5 years I've been sick...
 
Congratulations Chris. I know how long you've been waiting for this. You deserve it!!

Hi Izzie, I'm sorry to hear that. It sucks when Doctors don't listen to us. I hope you find the right Dr who is truly concerned and you feel better soon xx
 
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I have been waiting to tell everyone the good news. I finally have been assigned a disability status! Hooray! This will allow me to begin to rebuild my life... I don't even think it has set in yet after all these long months and years of punishing appointments, failure, appeal, and deadlines. What a relief! Thank you, God!
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Awe that's good news Chris,I can feel your relief …...:dusty::dusty::dusty:
 
Madhu said:
Welcome home, Trysha. Hope you don't have to go to the hospital for a long long time :)

The oncologist cleared everything today. No signs of lymphoma or multiple myeloma. We jumped with joy. Thanks everyone for your support during this hard time [emoji173]
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Now you can both relax and appreciate this joyous time in your lives,as you should...…..Someone's watching over you both with kindness and love.:applause::congratualtions:
 
Trysha,welcome home....you sound very like me re: keeping your home neat and tidy.Although I have relaxed a little bit as I get older,I'm still my own worst enemy.I think I'm basically a lazy person now.my theory is, if it's done,I can be lazy with a clear conscience. hahaha....you'll often hear my old man saying " A ee ganna sit doon"? (Geordie speak) or "Are you going to sit down Darling "? (Queens English)

Try to relax and appreciate being home.x
 
Congratulations Chris, dealing with the government can be a major frustration when they look for any excuse to decline support. Your persistence paid off.

Izzie hang in there, hopefully the right doctor will come along. A good doctor is golden and a rare find.
 
Chris thats great news...finaly you can chill out about it. I agree its the genuine ones who suffer most getting disability payments. I thank the Lord they give to you. ☺💕

Bufford id love to visit Canada for real. I love the science center im sure ☺. I would have the added bonus of popping to see Trysha and drive her bananas 😁😁

Izzie aw bless you...i hope things are soon sorted out for you :hug:

Love to all :ghug:💞💞
 
Trysha, Sandy and I just got back from seeing Dr. John Ryan, her cardiologist. We asked, and he used to practice in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. We are sure he is the same Dr. Ryan that you know. It's a small world.
 
Trying to distract myself from my really terrible heartburn by decluttering. Why is it that ones home just always fills up with stuff? I feel like I never go shopping but still - stuff, everywhere!
 
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Hey Izzie,

I hope you are keeping your mind off things. It will get better...I darn sure hope it's soon.
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I'm keeping on! Starting to plan my little medical trip to the US and it's making me feel better. Even just dealing with the intake process from here it's so clear they're knowledgeable and so much more professional than my current team. I'm confident they'll be able to do something for me.
 
hi guys, I took my water blaster out to our flying site to blast our clubroom, a mate offered to help, we were getting the water from a creek so it had small stones in it, when it blocked the nozzle of the blaster, he tried to clean it with his finger, well there was lots of blood, I couldn't believe anyone could be so stupid, the boys got a laugh out of it. hes the same mate that cut the end off his thumb on my saw bench.
 
Looks like the glitch is on the mend,only another week to catch up then we'll be back to normal.....not that many of us on LOWs are normal...
 
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Looks like the glitch is on the mend,only another week to catch up then we'll be back to normal.....not that many of us on LOWs are normal...
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:dusty: I got quite excited when I saw Trev. had posted,but alas it was an oldie.....the post not Trev.:ylol:
 
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Aw Madhu how wonderfull 😁😁😁😁😁...oh all those little girl clothes are so cute awww!!
Congratulations hunni. Look after the both of you. I/we are looking forward to her arrival.
Oh now for the name choice 🤔 i wonder what you will choose and even if you will change your mind once you see her. Or maybe you will not choose any name at all till she is born..💞💝
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Cant believe only 1 day left of my holiday left....where the heck did the week goooooo!!!.
Really wish we could have had 2 weeks here. Its been lovely ☺☺

Love n hugs to all. 💕💕
 
That week went so fast for you Mandy....safe and pleasant journey back....
Carol...what do you mean about being normal?..?...?Cant speak for anyone else but think I am more normal than most..........

Looks as if the website has been neatly recovered... how much we depend on things being
there for us....
Still have the gout in my left foot....I’ve been eating radishes and drinking celery soup...homemade of course.....also drinking fresh squeezed lemon juice....sour cherries
Anyone have any other natural remedies....I don’t want the usual chemical offerings....which I’m sure will be offered by my GP when I see him Tuesday....
It has improved a bit..no longer red raw but pinkish....still sore for weight bearing....
I lost 14lbs in hospital and could not find it before I left...!!!
I’ve had to buy more button through blouses since I can’t raise my right arm to put on tops.
Learning to manage quite well with my left arm and hand.
The right arm has to stay immobile in a sling till my orthopedist appointment on August 17..
Not easy and a bit depressing to say the least.
These fires in Northern Ontario are quite frightening and think of the poor people who have to live with this danger...
Pray for lots of rain everyone.....and for their safety
 
I have no interest in handing down an indictment to mankind.
If I did I'd point out that for every Michelangelo there's a Marquis de Sade
For every Gandhi an Eichmann
For every Martin Luther King an Osama Bin Laden.
Leave it at this: Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits.
One is intelligence.
The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way

So be warned....I AM WINNING !!!
 
True enough Carol and I would also add in greed when it comes to mankind's bad side.
Mandy, holidays never seem to last as long as they should. Glad you had a good one. I seem to be on my game today as I feel no need for a pre lunch snooze.
 
It was something I came across in a book.I thought I'd pass it on,but really it says nothing we don't already know.Except greed,as Buff pointed out.

Off to the hairdressers for a crop......Be good.
Mandy safe trip home.This time tomorrow it will all be a memory.Especially once you've done the laundry and the shopping.I hope you have the rest of the week off work.
 
Its true how holidays fade away with time. It was a month ago that I was on holiday, but now the rental car has turned into a pumpkin and the hotel room a shoe box so it would seem, but the good memories are still alive and remain.
 
Oh Carol if only i did have the rest of the week off. Back in in the morning.:(
Had a good time dispite my son falling off the balcony and hurting his feet that bad that he has been in a wheelchair since weds morning till sun. The blinking numpty !!! He is ok and walking ok ish now. Still abit sore. He has been a trouper and still had a good time. Even though he felt bad as it meant extra work for me as he couldnt run round after jaxon . So i covered a few miles 😨😃 oh well shit happens. Did not want to come home though. Iv been freezing since stepping of the plane in manchester. Its been late 35 to 40 degrees over there. 🌴.
Hope everyone is well. Big hugs :)
 
Glad you got home safe, Mandy. :) Regarding your son: I have blown both knees, severely sprained both ankles... REPEATEDLY and also broke an ankle wrestling a huge friend of mine...6'4'' 275 or so... and walked on it for a year till it kinda stopped hurting... plus numerous motorcycle crashes and stitches. I'm surely worse than him. Be thankful he didn't do anything that I would have done...;)
 
Oh boy Chris!!! Well you have a collection there old chum blimey o'reily..
Yes im thankful he wasnt more hurt. He has an hair fracture in each foot but is walking unaided now tho a bit gingerly.

Hope everyone is well . :ghug:
 
Are you accident prone Chris?
Mandy hope you managed a bit of holiday amongst the tragedy....hope he’s better now
Sorry you returned to the cold...I wouldn’t mind a drop in the temperature...currently
Very hot and humid.
I had such a huge shock this week .my long time hairdresser and good friend died very suddenly from a heart
attack .He was on the highway and pulled over...I believe his relative was driving...and paramedics were unable to revive him en route to hospital.He had a wonderful long time marriage and I don’t know how his wife will survive this.
It is all so very sad.
Now I have to get my rusty feet off to the physiotherapist....at least I feel better afterwards.,the gout is slowly leaving my foot,my sister sent these wonderful shoes from England and they are a joy to walk in...so well made.
Winning....
 
Aw Trysha im so sorry to hear about your friend ☹ sending hugs n loves 💕💞
Thanks Niall is doing ok . Feet still hurt but he is able to walk around abit. We still had a good time and ended up having a laugh about it...it could have been much worse and im grateful to God and the universe that it wasn't
Xx

Love to everyone 💕💞
 
Good to hear Niall is ok.....it’s good to see the funny side of life at the appropriate moment of time
Such a hot day again but a wonderful cloudburst on my way home from the store...no I didn’t get wet.....stayed outside store till it stopped...it was lovely to see it though...teeming like crazy...warm rain....
 
Bruce Lee said that "the three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure." He is right about the injuries and the leisure... when I was younger, I used my leisure time to get another injury...;)
 
Yesterday,144 days until Christmas,Selfridges departmant store in London, have opened it's Winter Wonderland department selling this years Christmas goodies.....form and orderly queue folks.....Apparently,sez they,people enjoy Christmas shopping early.Especially in a summer heat wave.It makes such a nice change to B.B.Qs. and worrying about sunburn and dehydration.
 
Sorry to hear about your loss Trysha. However, what a good way to die, dying happy on a trip, good too that he was not driving. Sending my condolences.
 
Its the weekend, but does it really matter when one is retired? I won a round yesterday when I made the call not to cut firewood, and go out to the cabin to do yard work there thinning out the brush.

Then I had my minnow massage by hanging my legs into the water at the dock, letting hundreds of small fish scrape and peck away on my legs, between the toes and foot pads. The little buggers pull off my leg hair and dead skin.

It feels so good, and I am sure my blood pressure drops a few points from the relaxation.


I understand people pay good money overseas for this therapy using fish tanks.
 
Yes they do,or did Buff.I think they've fizzled out now though.We had a shop in town and a friend of ours got a gift card to go.I think it was about £30 for a half hour.Poor fish,I say.Having to nibble peoples manky feet for a living.Fine in a lake or stream.It's the fishes choice whether or not they give you a nibble, in fresh clean water,but the poor captive ones must have to stay in the same mucky water for ever.
 
Hi all...just got back from my friends wedding. Aw she looked lovely as brides do. Just chilling now at home before i go to the evening do.

Hope to find you all well and happy ☺💕💕
 
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Carol...when would you like to go Christmas Shopping....and where....London?.....
Oxford Street...?
Mandy might like to join us in the expedition...
Don’t like the idea of foot treatments with fish sounds a bit gross......sooner have foot balms ..etc....
Another very hot day...impossible to do too much and I find it difficult to eat during heatwaves...as well as other times.
Anyone else find this....
 
Trysha i struggle to eat when its warm. Though i eat pretty well in Tunisia. I think that was because it was just there n i didnt have to cook or wash up 😃.

Ye count me in for the shopping trip...NOT!!! I dont like shopping try to avoid it if i can. All to much like hard work if you ask me☺
 
I'll have to stop visiting the "weather" thread before the LOWs.I have a little gossip on there first and don't like to repeat myself on here.Well,I say gossip.It's more of a whinge really.
As to Christmas shopping Trysha,Bah Humbug !!!.Everybody knows I don't do Christmas at all.I haven't since our son emigrated to Australia 20 years ago.No Pressies,no decorations,no fancy food and not being a Christian,no church.I do send cards to friends and relatives I never see,but maybe I'll stop doing that too.When we had Alfie we always went into the countryside for a hike and a picnic,no matter what the weather was like.Now we go for a bike ride as long as it's not too wet.I do get sad,remembering when we still had family and celebrated with them,but now it's just the two of us.and Christmas is just another day,except there's no newspapers hahaha......Now our annual chrohnie knees up (excuse the pun Trysha) that's different.Who's hosting it this year ???
 
Carol im happy to do the christmas knees up this year ☺
Il include a bike ride too so you dont miss out.
Even with jaxon in play these days christmas is just another day to me n a lot of faffing about for sod all really.
If it were cancelled i would not miss it at all.
Mmm maybe my christmas do might leave a lot to be desired ;)
 
I like celebrating birthdays, they are much more personal than Christmas. Christmas is a difficult time for travel with winter storms, for that reason I prefer to stay closer to home during the winter months.
 
I've been missing winter lately with the heatwave we've had here. It's been well over 30 degrees (celcius) for weeks on end, and we're not used to it up north. No A/C to be found anywhere. Usually not a big winter fan, but I think I won't complain this year after such a long and hot summer.
 
Cooler weather would be great here too. It's not nice to be outside right now unless you are a tourist with a boat and a wake board or water skis. Mowing the lawn in wildfire smoke and heat was a serious chore today... oh well, it's done now and I'm inside. Cheers to that! Rant alert-My mother loves to tell me repeatedly how I can barely mow a patch of grass in a smug tone, very encouraging indeed... Not! She honestly has no idea how some of us suffer with fatigue, especially during hot spells. My father has IBS and he thinks it's the same as IBD. The ignorance they choose to have towards my disease still boggles me and insults me too... It's been 13 years, they no figure out... DOH! -Rant over.
 
Random question: does anyone here know if false negatives are common when it comes to celiac disease? I have friends with celiac who keep commenting on how many of my symptoms they recognize, and even my doctors often mention celiac but then ignore it because I had a biopsy during colonoscopy that came back negative.
 
Izzie....I think I might be asking if only one biopsy was taken...it might be from a negative area.
It’s usual to take a biopsy of more than one area.
The tissue is examined very carefully for all pathologies not just celiac.
It is surprising that your doctors have not continued to pursue investigations if you are still symptomatic.
Medicine is an art as well as a 🔬 science....some are better at it than others....
The weather is still too hot......but at least we do not have fires 🔥 occurring too close to us.
Stay safe Chris......hope the rains come soon....
 
Chris stay safe. Oh no one understands the fatigue. Unless you have it understanding it is nigh on impossible.
Iv come home from work early having a shitty day quite literaly. So rest up n sleep for me. That usualy does the trick.

Love to all 💕💞:ghug:
 
Did a 10ml cycle along the coast and back.Only 20c today but I'm totally wacked and glad to be sitting down.I've just remembered I've not had lunch yet (4pm)but hubby's been fed and watered,and we've been in the shower so the rest of the day's my own.Mandy,thank you for doing the festivities this year.Don't worry about bikes.I'll be more than happy to sit there and let you run around after me.I'll wash up,then we can all have a tipple and tell stories.The more we drink the more outrageous they'll be.I bet Buff.and Chris have some doozies.
 
We had our typical heatwave, it scraped 29C, lasted 8 hours and vanished. Enough time for a drink on the deck with the neighbor yesterday.


Chis, I can fully relate to what you are going through. I've been going through this for a lifetime, my sisters and I are of senior's status, my mother is 94 years old and they still believe that my health complaints are trivial.

Its the same old argument, and their reply is to just say, 'get over it'. Prior to my mother's health decline that put her into the nursing home, for years my sisters had a private club where they would sign up for trips to the Caribbean, take my mother but never ever would invite me even though I would pay my fare. I always dreamed of going back to the place we stayed in Oho Rios back when we were kids, sure they went, but I wasn't 'allowed' despite our huge family fight about it. Like a broken record over and over again. YOU CANT GO BECAUSE OF YOUR COLOSTOMY......BLAW< BLAW.....
And it goes far deeper than that with the oldest being the power of attorney over Mom's finances. Oh yea both of them got their cake and the icing too.

Dad would be turning over in his grave like the wash if he knew what's going on. He willed the family cottage to me, but my sister took that too.'
Rant ending before I start cutting and splitting wood without the chainsaw and axe.


Carol, I wrote this only drinking coffee, I believe drinking at the keyboard is more dangerous than drinking at the wheel so I do neither.
I just expressed the side of Crohn's we often avoid speaking about.
 
Buff if that cottage was willed to you then by law it is yours and you should take it by any means possible.Lifeis too short for families to be so uncaring its unbelievable that you would be treated so shabbily...and I feel for you..
Mandy...I know how you feel with fatigue....I almost passed out in the laundry room today..
but things have to get done..I hate piles of washing and keep it at an easy to cope with level.
So I gritted my teeth and got on with it...it did not take long but I lost my money in a dryer..grrrr.....and had to get more change from my apartment four floors up.
I will be calling the company for a refund....the person before me also lost money and did not even post a notice to avoid the machine....as you can imagine I posted a big notice...
I was so mad about it.These people take the money but are negligent regarding servicing
And maintaining the machines.
I used to have my own in the house but apartments don’t allow it..
The weather is bearable .....still warm though.
 
Family is tough, I feel for you guys. I've gone through rough patches with my family. They are supportive but there will be times where they start to not believe me, or question me when it comes to my health and my choices regarding health. Had a big blowout with one of my parents earlier this year when they screamed at me that I should realize that "90% of your illness is just anxiety". Basically echoing all the crap some of my worse doctors have thrown at me. I don't even have anxiety really. That stuff hurts, and it's hard to let go of even after the fact and after apologies. I always think that deep down that's probably what they still believe. But I'm grateful for their practical support.

And Bufford, I'm currently going through similar issues with family members after a death. So stressful.
 
It's good to have you folks who understand, I really appreciate all of you. Thanks for being so supportive. It sounds like we have all been dealt some pretty low blows. Family... can't live with em, can't live without em. Reading about your personal hardships really humbles me. I wish the best for all of us. Thanks again all!
 
Hugs to everyone on here. Family is so tough. Like Chris said, can't live with them, can't live without them. My parents are testing our patience right now and I'm at the brink of breaking. They are all going to visit us in a month and then my parents will stay with us for 6 months while my in laws leave. God save me 🤤
 
I'm not even going to start whinging about family problems,I'll save it for Mandy's Christmas party,three drinks in.What I will say is this.It does us a power of good to have a good old moan every once in a while.Most families have problems,some bigger than others.Real lifes nothing like the "happy" families we see on the TV.But no matter how bad things get,when I look around, I feel blessed that my problems aren't as bad as they could be...….I feel really sad for those of you who are struggling without the support you deserve.My hubby's my only support,and I love him all the more for the support he gives me.Mind you,that doesn't mean I don't feel like wacking him on the head with a saucepan occassionaly.
 
I suppose I could fight for the cottage, but is the effort worth the struggle and the battle? I don't want to put my mother through this, she has enough with the lousy service at the nursing home, she does not need to watch an ugly family struggle.



Then after her death would it still be worth it when I don't know how many years I have left, and how many of them will my health be good enough to enjoy the place?
For now I will take the high road, and let be of whats come out from the plane wreck of my life. One could call it cooking marshmallows over the burning wreckage, while taking a seat on the tire from the broken landing gear, drinking Scotch from whats left of the galley short of the runway.

I've survived and gone through a lot in my lifetime, and now just want some peace and quiet. However, I believe its good and healthy for us to air out these issues that internally create a lot of hurt be it family issues, health and others.
 
To all of you having trouble with family. You have my deepest sympathies. It can be a nightmare. My family are pretty good on the whole tho they still ask at lot of me time wise. Im in remission n pretty good on the whole but the fatigue is my main issue. I feel i could sleep for a week n still wake up tired.
I guess i dont help myself tho as i find it hard to say no to any request of family n friends. I do sometimes but not often enough.
Note to self must get tougher!!!

Love n hugs to all 💕💞💝:ghug:
 
Saw a lovely doctor today...plastic surgeon very knowledgeable...she said the finger has healed and with Physiotherapy I should get back the movement...it’s stiff as a board right now and no flexibility.
My physio has started work on it...quite painful....bearable though.
Sorry that things are so tough for you right now Buff...here’s hoping for more positive times for you.
It is really stifling tonight...so hot and humid...we need a good thunderstorm to clear the air..
Somewhere out there beneath a pale moonlight...someone’s thinking of you...and loving you tonight........quote
 
I've noticed that all the posts I replied to yesterday are missing !!!
Is the forum having problems again or is it me ?
 
Something seems odd too Carol, same thing here. I did come in yesterday and noticed all the posts were gone for the past few years. Somethings wrong on this site, even the last post took a long time to post.
 
Where have all the flowers gone.....to the same place as missing posts maybe....
Jennifer says some may not be able to be recovered....
So we just have to make some more....here’s a start...
For some reason I am feeling quite depressed...never felt like this before and don’t understand it.
Hope it’s gone by tomorrow....
It has been very stormy weather and now it’s more humid than ever.....never though I’d look forward to snow....
Have to be
Winning....
 
Has anyone here ever suffered with the symptom known as "air hunger"? It has hit me in the past couple of days. GI clinic suspect weak diaphragm from potential reherniation of my fundoplication surgery, or vagus nerve damage. Or, possibly, "just" my anemia.

It's a pain in the behind, regardless of cause. Gasping for breath and yawning about 5 times a bloody minute. Has me looking like a complete loon walking down the street just yawning away like I haven't slept in a century :lol:

Oh well, iron infusion next week or the week after hopefully. And my motility specialist returns from vacation next week as well. Just have to keep on until then. Supposed to go to a big vintage car fair this weekend. They're going to think I'm bored out of my mind with all the yawning :p
 
Has anybody noticed lately that hard boiled eggs are getting harder to peel? I changed brands, it helped only a little. I went back to the old brand, boiled an egg and then I had to throw it out because it would not peel at all despite being boiled with baking soda added to the water.
I boiled one of the other eggs, and I am going to leave it in the pot of cold water for a few hours. They seem easier to peel the longer they sit in water.


Its these little things that can drive a person to the brink of madness.
 
Bufford said:
Has anybody noticed lately that hard boiled eggs are getting harder to peel? I changed brands, it helped only a little. I went back to the old brand, boiled an egg and then I had to throw it out because it would not peel at all despite being boiled with baking soda added to the water.
I boiled one of the other eggs, and I am going to leave it in the pot of cold water for a few hours. They seem easier to peel the longer they sit in water.


Its these little things that can drive a person to the brink of madness.
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Crack it on a hard surface as usual,then roll it gently between the surface and your palm.Be careful not to get carried away or you will have to peel a million bits off...My hubby says the older the egg the easier to peel because the inner membrane shrinks making it so.I always buy fresh free range so we'll have to take his word for it.:thumleft:
 
It appears that I have better luck peeling the longer the egg sits in cold water. Today I will leave the boiled egg in cold water for 8 hours and see how it peels. Those remedies for boiled eggs on the internet sort of work, but do not work. I sometimes wonder, if eggs still come out of chickens, or do they simply manufacture them. Its gotten to the point that its getting hard to discern what is real from what is not especially the quality of food or lack of.
 
The thing that drives me to the brink is cling film / saran wrap.
I've lost the end on three new rolls lately and got so vexed trying to unravel it all,I just chucked it,and I HATE waste.Mind you,I had the fan on in the kitchen at one time and it got in a tangle in the refreshing breeze.....life's full of disappointments......:(

TryshaI hope you're feeling better today.I find, when I'm feeling down,it's best to just go with the flow and hope it will pass.:hug:
 
I tried that trick too by rolling the egg, and all I got was a million bits of shell as you say. They don't make chickens like they used to.
I have had the same issues with plastic wrap. I bought one of those wall mounted plastic wrap dispensers that use larger rolls and have had good success with it. Since I don't have to hold the roll in one hand it frees up both hands to hold the piece of wrap when I tear it from the dispenser.
 
Hi ya all... iv had posts go awry and no notifications. Couldnt even log in for a day or so.??
Any how!!
Trysha hope the blues soon leave you and your finger gets good movement back. 💞💝

Carol the jokes are getting worse :);)

Bufford food animals and all else is not what it used to be. What is going on???.

Love to you all 💕💞💝
 
Buff I wrote you a brilliant solution which has been swallowed up somewhere in outer space....sorry I can’t remember what it was...
It might not be safe to leave the eggs for eight hours unless refrigerated.
Perhaps you should look for new chickens...Our Rhode Island Reds produced first rate eggs...
Thanks Carol...today is a better day...I have never felt a depression like that before....but now I seem to have a touch of Crohns.....been free for so long...hope it disappears..soon.
Mandy we are kindred spirits my posts went into cyberspace too..
Too tiring to resurrect them....ie rewrite them
I hear some rolling thunder in the distance...storms are not my favourite things...
raindrops on roses are......
Cheers Everyone!!!

Winning.....
 
Trysha i hope the crohns episode is very short lived 💝. We are having rain here at the moment and possibly through the next week. There is the threat of more sunshine from then for quite a while..we will see. I miss the sun ☹.
Finaly got an update email this morning ☺

Big hugs n love 💞💕
 
As Mandy mentioned it's raining today.Proper rain and not before time.
Guess where I'm going today ?.....a book fair !!! I feel embarrassed just admitting it.
We were at a craft/jumble church sale yesterday and I bought two books there.Hubby bought three.Today I'm going to sort my book cupboard out and put the have reads in a big bag ready to drop off at the charity shop during the week,and leave some room for newcomers...…..My name is Carol and I'm a book addict.
 
Thanks for the good wishes Carol...I was reading that if tryptophan levels are low depression can set in.
A balanced diet usually takes care of most needs
Wish I was there with all the books to choose from...I’d gladly take some of your cast off library...
Since I’ve been off food for a couple of weeks this could be a reason for the depression which has now left me after paying more attention to diet.
Not easy when appetite is lacking but just do it....
Thanks Mandy I’m hoping it will soon go away ...not too bad today but still lurking....
Buff I hope you have found eggsactly the solution to your hard boiled problem..
Now to enjoy a nice walk before the day’s heat sets in
 
Thanks for the trade, I'll give you all the rain you want if you can lend me some of that warm weather with sunshine. Friday night's thunderstorm stole the warmth away that we were promised Saturday, but today feels like one of those familiar summers days of past when summers were big, wide and hot. It is actually warm outside this morning instead of those endless chilly mornings we constantly get now.


Trysha, I hope remission returns soon. I have found those energy shakes very helpful. The extra nutrients seem to help both my appetite and my strength. Just improving those helps my mental state.



I maybe figuring out the egg problem. It would appear that leaving a hard boiled egg in cold water for 6 hours makes them more consistently easier to peel. I guess an old dog can still learn new tricks.
 
I hope your walk lifts your mood Trysha.To be honest,given what you've been through(seems like you never get a break) it's not surprising you feel low.But if anyone can beat it, you can.Be kind to yourself x

Had a good time at the book sale.It was at the weekend craft market across the park.And yes,I bought books.Three. There was also live music and some international food outlets.I didn't partake though.I have good willpower with food.It's books I have a problem with.
 
Excert from one of today's purchases...…..Counting money helps you feel less pain.

I'd try that but I've spent all my money on books
 
We all have our vises, I spend too much money on my music collection, but it is nice having hobbies that are mind stimulating and uplifting.
 
I've bagged the books for the charity shop and tidied the others into neat stacks of authors.I've estimated that at my rate of reading I have the next five years + covered.I've asked my hubby to stop me buying more.Unless of course it's a fave authors new release.That's a really exciting time for me,sadly.

Thought for the day.....Loch Ness is deep enough and long enough to contain the entire population in the world ten times over...….
 
Buff have you tried holding (in a spoon of course) the hot egg straight from the pan under cold water prior to peeling...I never have a problem doing it this way
Carol I’d love to go through your books 📚 with which you are about to part company..
You seem to have loads of charity shops over there and some have really interesting stuff...
Now off to the shops for essentials and back into the heat..wish it would cool off a bit..
Winning....
 
I love to pass books on to friends Trysha but most folk us the E boooks now.But there's nothing like a proper book.I was in a charity shop a few years back,and on the way out I caught sight of a book I'd read a good review about.I can still remember the feeling of excitement.Sad I know,as I've said before.It was about the Irish potato famine and the mass emigration to America.Most of it told the story of life below deck on the ship.

Thought for the day.....It takes 100 times as much water to make coke cans and bottles as it does to make the Coca-Cola itself
 
I used to simply rinse the egg with cold water and I was good to go. For some reason lately the egg membrane has become thicker and stronger. Seems the longer I let them soak in cold water the easier they peel.
I wonder what is up with Chris, he has not been around in awhile, I hope he is okay.
 
I can never resist buying books. I have too many, I had to put a bunch in storage recently lest I drown in them. I'm moving this week. Difficult when struggling with breathing issues. X-rays scheduled for tomorrow, not looking forward to my barium milkshake.
 
So I had my barium milkshake. And while the tech couldn't say that much, my swallowing is definitely a total disaster. Things are not going down at all. I feel like I'm probably approaching a time where I will need to either be on a liquid diet, or have a feeding tube. Not sure how to wrap my mind around it.
 
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