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Hi all
xx


been busy doing some of OH's family tree


OH had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday ............. a dermatologist. He has some pre-cancerous "thingies" which keep appearing on his face, at both temples and now on the end of his nose ( :-) ). The ones at his temples are exactly where the sun catches him when he is driving a car (left side over here, right side in the UK).

So check your temples!!

This is his 3rd or 4th visit ........ the doc "zaps" the spots with liquid nitrogen, but others appear.


Today (ie Thursday), I had my 6 monthly check up and clean at the dentist's ....... need no further treatment.

Then I went to the doc's to have my first 6 monthly check-up after being told the Cancer Agency didn't want to see me any more. I just have to have these 6 monthly check-ups at my own doctor. All is fine ..................... but he realised that I hadn't had any blood work done for him in the last 9 months.

Soooooooooooooo ....... he gave me a requisition to go to the clinic to have vials of blood drawn, including that horrible "fast for 10 hours" one.

I'll try to get the tests done next week.



Otherwise, we're fine ................. and the weather is now gorgeous here! There was a bit of a chilly wind today that kept the temperature down to about 13 or 14C. But it is supposed to get to around 20C over the weekend :-D




Take care



sylvia
xxx

sylvia i hope your bloods come back ok

my nan has skin cancer and sees the dermo man frequently, its where she has worked her farm for years and not used protection.

hello mo and everyone have a good weekend wont be on much this weekenbd xx

Hello Puss, Sylvia and everyone else. I had to have a tooth out on Monday as it was loose after banging it when I fell, it's a bit sore even now. I've been waiting for the doc to ring about my jumpy legs, he's had all day and just rang a few minutes ago, typical. Does anyone else have jumpy legs, it's awful especially when it goes on all day and night as it's doing now.
I will be talking to Joyce tomorrow, it seems ages since I spoke to her but it was only Wednesday. It's been very cold here today kept expecting frost on the ground. No Mo tonight, hope she is ok as is everyone else on here.

Short and sweet.
Love Caz xx

Ello you orrible lot:))

Thought l would pop in and say hello:))

My sister rang earlier and she's all sorted and ready for the Hereford meet Puss:), l will be when l've ironed something to wear:)
Sister has at last got some heating, people before had night storage heaters and gas heaters on the walls, all over the house, none of em worked properly....so she's just had new gas central heating installed, very smart she is now and warm:)) She can get her cat back home too, she's been in the cattery for 4 days:(

Hope all who are poorly feel better soon and keep smiling:)) :-P
Gawd...l spoke to Dutch this morning...don't she rabbit...lol x
Take care
love jude xxxx

Hello girls,
Sorry not to have posted yesterday, but with one thing or another the day flew by.
Lilly saw the paediatrician yesterday, and after nearly having a stand up argument with him, they have now done blood tests, to see if she has any allergies.
But he thinks she has the baby version of irritable bowel. How he can come to this conclusion without any tests I just don't know.
Baby has to go back and get the results at the end of June. In the meantime,he has given her an anti spasmonal medication, to have before her food, to stop her bowel from rejecting food.

Sylvia, I am sorry to hear of your OH's skin problem. The big C is a real bu**er isn't it, but these days if it's caught soon enough, it can be kept in control, thank the lord.
So you have got the Vampires after your bloods again have you. I know it's a flamin nuisance, but forwarned is forearmed.

Caz, I suffer a lot from fidgety legs, and oh my god, it drives me crazy at times.
I dare say that yours is made worse because of your other health problems love.
Give Joyce my love when you speak to her.
Oh I nearly forgot to tell you....I txted Jean the other day, I would have loved to have seen her face when she received it. She is fine by the way, and sends her love to everyone.

Hi there Jude, good to see you. Is the Hereford meet this weekend? I hope you all enjoy yourselves.
You can't beat gas central heating can you, it's instantaneous if it should turn chilly you can soon warm up.
We had storage heaters years ago. They heated up on the cheap over night tariff, but come the evening the whole house was cold, and the children hated going up to bed in the cold, so we changed it.

Well girls, I will say cheerio as I am orft on my holiday tomorrow, so I will see you when I get back.

Sallie, I am passing the thread over into your care honey, as I know how good you are with everyone. I hope you don't mind.
Hope you and Alun are both well. Is Alun of to his model railway club this weekend?

Take care one and all. Love and best wishes Mo xxx

Hi Girls,

I'm a bit late looking in tonight, Alun's sister and brother-in-law called in today on their way home from S Wales. It was lovely seeing them both, but it was sad to see how much brother-in-law has deterioated since we last seen him, which was in the last week of March.


Mo, hope you, Roly and family have a lovely holiday and that at least you'll get some dry weather.

I thought that Lilly was going to have a scan yesterday, surely that should have been the first thing they should have done. Well I hope that the doctors at the hospital will get their act together very soon are able and sort out whatever the problem is for Lilly.



Caz, lovely to see you, I hope that there is something you can take for jumpy or fidgety legs. Not sure exactly what it is, but I have heard other people say that they have them.
I spoke to Joyce last night, let's hope all goes well with her kidney scan on Tuesday.



Jude, gald to hear that your sister has her new central heating in now......gas central heating is a lot better than those night storage
heaters. Richard and Christie have them in their flat, they are not very good at all. They are hoping to have some new electric wall heaters put in before next winter.



Sylvia, great to hear that the Cancer Agency doesn't want to see you anymore and hope that there will be no problem with your blood test results next week.

Hope your OH will have no more problems with the pre-cancerous spots.




Puss, how are you doing? Are you working on your charity stall again tomorrow? Hope you do well and make a good bit of money for the charity .



Mo, hope you all have a good and safe journey tomorrow.




Well ladies, I'll say goodnight now. Speak to you all tomorrow.



Love, Sallie.xxx

hi girls, Sally I haven't had my scan yet, the doc made me a new appointment for the 17th, with all the swapping and changing I don't know where I am half the time.
I have a terrible cough at the moment, my dentist had one when I went on Monday and I must have got it off him, I was speaking to Joyce this morning and had to cut it short as I felt my voice going.
It's like a summers day here just now, the room is filled with sunlight and I've had to pull the blinds down.
Going for a cuppa now.

Love Caz xx

Hi Caz, have the hospital sent you an appointment for your scan yet?
If not, I hope that it won't be too long before you get one. It's been quite a nice day here today too.....Alun and I went to Derby this morning, I had my hair done while we were there, so feel a bit better now that my hair has been washed, cut and blown dry. I also bought my self a few new clothes and Alun bought himself some new jeans.

Hope everything is alright with Joyce and that all will go well for her scan on Tuesday.



Well Mo and her family have had a good start to their holiday with the weather, let's hope that it will continue all week for them.

Hope all our other friends on here are OK.




I'm going to have a cuppa now, so will speak to you again soon.



Take care all.



Love, Sallie.xxx

CAZ yes jumpy legs its awfull , but part of my meds stop it will pm you xx

i still get the dropping feeling and jumps hope ur feeling better soon xxx

JUDEyes not long till mon, ive just had a text off daughter 2 to tell me she has just cooked an amazing cottage pie lol, im normaly in bed xx

SALLIE HELLO HOPING YOUR OK

MO TOMORROW IS FOR ME, SOME SPENDING MONEY FOR HOLS NEXT WEEK, AS MY POCKET MONEY BUYS THE BEADS HOPE YOUR OK

HELLO EVERYONE XXX :-D

MO, HOPE THINGS ARE SORTED WITH THE LITTLE BAB XXX

Hi all, it's lovely, bright and sunny in Norwich so hope it is with Mo too and am hoping she will come into Norwich one day so I can meet up with her, if she has remembered to take my phone number with her.

Sorry you are having such problems Caz and others, I am still struggling with the garage clearance, nearly done but it's worn me down. The progs about the Hoarders is helping o.h. see what it's all about but he is stressed about other things so still not good company lol

I haven't been able to talk with Joyce for a while as out moving stuff so much but hope I will catch up with her soon. Had a couple of texts off her but that's all.

Take care everyone, one of these days I will get back to posting more, meantime, stay safe, hope the sun shines for everyone

love
Lizxxxx

Hello Liz if you look in again.

Huia.

Liz, it's lovely to see you post on here again. It would be nice if Mo could meet you for a coffee if only for an hour.....let's hope that she has taken your phone number with her.

Glad to hear that you are now able to sort your stuff out, albeit with a struggle. Hope that it won't be too long before it's all sorted, good luck with it.

I last spoke to Joyce last Thursday, I'll call her again on Tuesday evening to find out how things went with her kidney scan.

It will be great to hear from you when you feel like posting again.


Huia, lovely to see you, hope all is well with you.



Hello to Sylvia, Caz, Linda, Puss, Jude, Dutch and anyone that I might not have mentioned.


Take care everyone.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi all


it's a lovely sunny, warm day here. It's about 21C in my back garden ........ and we're supposed to have this weather for 3 or 4 more days.


It is Mother's Day here .............. and also in the US, Australia and New Zealand

I got a nice card, and a bookstore gift card from daughter and family ......... naughty girl, she's not supposed to give presents!


Mother's Day is os horribly commercialized now :-|



Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Hello, poor lonesome thread. I have a fairly busy week. I was in the op shop on Mon and Tues afternoons. Yesterday I was home and did a little bit of tidying, with emphasis on the little. Today I have to take the vehicle in for a service, mainly changing oil and putting in a new rear number plate light. Tomorrow I will probably be home all day, hopefully doing much more tidying. Saturday I drive all the way down to Tirau for a meeting (about 2 hours drive). Sunday I am meeting with Persie in Manukau shopping mall.

Better get a move on, now I have finished my breakfast.

Huia.

Hi Huia, thanks for nudging up this lonely thread.....no one's posted for three days. Sounds as though you have a very busy week ahead of you. Hope all went well with the car service today, these cars cost us a fortune to keep on the road, also hope you have a safe journey to and from Tirau on Saturday.

Enjoy your meeting in Manukau with Persie on Sunday. Are you both hoping to do some shopping or are you just meeting for lunch and a good natter?



Sylvia, hope the nice weather you are having there will continue for a while. Today has been mostly a bright day, but it has been cold, too cold, to say that we are in the middle of May. I went up to town and there were quite a few people wearing thick coats.




Well let's hope Mo and her family are enjoying their holiday and that it isn't too cold there.



I wonder where everyone else is, hope that they are all okay.


Well I'm going to get ready for bed now, so will speak to you all soon.



Take care.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi all


another sunny, warm day :-D



Huia ..... how great that you are meeting Persie! Have you met up before??



I'm trying to recover from yesterday!!!


First thing I had yesterday was a physio appointment ...... I go about every 3 weeks as most of you know, and I usually take buses to get there (I don't drive).

I live between 2 main roads, both going north-south. So I walk to the one nearest to me and take the bus 4 stops south, then transfer to the one that goes north on the other main road.

All nice and easy.


Yesterday morning, a garbage truck was driving south on that first road when he smashed into a parked car, demolished a bus shelter, and ended up on the pavement between a lamp post and an apartment building.

They were still trying to work out at noon how to get the truck out from where it was, because it damaged both the lamp post and the building ......... unknown how badly.

Sooooooo .... traffic coming south very difficult.


THEN there was an accident going north on the other road ....


The other alternative would involve me taking at least 4 buses, and probably going right into downtown and then out again.


OH happened to phone while I was trying to work out what to do ............ so I asked him to come home and then take me to physio. Nice man!



THEN ..................... there was a power outage at the physiotherapists!

The physio was about half way through an ultrasound treatment on my back when there was a little click, the room went dark, and silent!

He stood there for a few seconds holding the "wand", then I said "I think the power has gone out", and he agreed %3A-D


The clinic has huge windows in the "gym" section, and also windows looking into that area on the wall and door of every treatment room. The blinds were all opened, and there was sufficient light for the physios to carry out treatments, although they couldn't use any electrical equipment, had no computers, etc etc.

The outage affected 2 big buildings, each with retail on the ground floor, 1 floor of offices, and 2 floors of apartments.

The businesses on the other side of the road were not affected ............ so the little cafes, coffee shops, etc were doing a roaring business with all those who had to leave their offices!


The power was still out when we left the area about 2 hours later.


There were rumours that an electrician (or maybe a man from Hydro) had been doing some work in the building




What was amazing was how silent it was when all the machines were off. I never realised how much background noise there was!


We got home with 1 hour to rest up before putting on more dressy clothes to go to a 25 Year Club dinner .................. I'm the member, and we don't usually go, because I never knew that many people on campus. The Garden was always literally and figuratively "off to the side". We go when a staff member that one or both of us do know is being inducted. This year there were 2.

The meal was good, and we met several people we did know ........ but it does take so long to induct the new members!


It was around 10 pm when we got home and could finally relax!


I'm more than usually achey today, but am taking the tablets!!



Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Hello Sylvia and Sally, and anybody else who looks in.

The vehicle service cost almost $400 (gulp) and there are other things which need doing, presumably when they have got the parts in. She said they would need it for a whole day. :-0 It never rains but it pours.

I had intended to visit Phil when they had finished today, but it took too long so I will go after lunch tomorrow.

Huia.

Hi Huia


big gulp indeed!

ours has to go in on Friday ................ OH had it in for regular service 3 weeks ago, just before we went on that little trip, and the mechanic said he had found "a few" things that needed doing. We also need to have the snow tires replaced with the "summer" ones.


................ we may be having a big gulp on Friday afternoon.


Hope that Phil is OK when you see him.



sylvia
xxx

Sallie, I forgot to say that Persie and I will be having a natter over a cuppa, and looking at shops, and I have a page from our local gen. mag. that has some articles on one of the Cossey family. I dont know if she has seen the info.

We have met once before.

Huia.