General Chat

Sylvia, regarding your tale of a major city paralized. And we thought it was only UK that succombed to bad weather, so pleased it is not.

Hi MO,

I think the news papers would have a field day with that story....

Lets hope for his sake something will get done sooner rather than later.
Bless him I'm sure his mind was in a whirl....

Well the sun has melted most of our snow,and I was able to go to the town I have now got bits & bobs for my holiday as I'm off to Cyprus on Monday.

Think its best to follow the Sun....cant stand much more of this white stuff. LOL

I hope you are all keeping warm and healthy.....

Marilyn xx

Ann my nephew is in his thirties. And he is a gentle giant,never been married,but lives with his girlfriend.
I have felt like going to the papers,but I do not want to upset the apple cart
just yet. His mum is flying in on Friday,as she lives in India,and has done since she left my brother. Ooooh it's such a tangled web,and I don't want to interfere.
Lucky you Marilyn think about us once in a while. Have you a big suitcase
that I could fit into. lol

Mo, so sorry to hear about this awful cock up, typical isnt it, my friend had tthree lots of blood taken and they got lost three times, big row going on as we speak....we will remember your nephew in our thoghts and prayers,cant believe how bad the hospitals have got too many chiefs and not enough indians methinks...

Marilyn I hope you enjoy you stay in the sun , dont suppose you will give us mere mortals a second thought....lol....

Love Jean xx

Hi Everyone,

We seem to be having a bit of trouble with the internet, for some reason we can only get it sometimes--might be the weather.Just been speaking to the therapist, she thinks, and I agree with her, that the therapy I'm having over the phone is not working, so she is going to speak to a couple of people about it and speak to me early next week to let me know what's going to happen next.

Mo, I hope that all will go well for your nephew and that he will be seen to sooner rather than later. It makes me wonder if some of these opticians are qualified enough to do the job. Anyway, I'll be thinking about him and that everything will turn out right for him.

Marilyn, if I won't speak to you before Monday, have a lovely holiday in Cyprus, and both you and hubby take care. How long are you going for?

Jean, I was born July 1947 and as I was growing up I remember hearing stories about the snow. Apparently, as the snow was so deep and it had drifted quite a bit in the town I was born and brought up in, people could actually reach the top of some of the lamp posts.

Ann, I hope youare managing okay in ths awful weather. Have you managed to get any any Scrapbooking done since Christmas? I was hoping to start to make some cards, but can't seem to get my head round
it yet, but I hope I will soon.

Sylvia, Happy Birthday for today. Hope you are having a lovely day.

Marie, I hope all is well with you and your family. I bet you are all nice and warm in Oz, as you probably know, everywhere in Britain is freezing. I sincerely hope that you aren't having any troublewith bush fires.

Huia, how are things with you? I hope that you are okay, and that things aren't too bad with Phil.

I can't understand why we haven't heard from Debbie. I sent her a PM a few weeks back, it's been opened, but haven't heard anything from her. I hope everything is okay with her and her family.

Liz, thank you for your PM. I hope you are feeling better after your fall. Take care of yourself!

Hope Sue and Grace and their families are all alright too.

Speak to you all again soon. Take care!

Love and best wishes, Sallie.xxx

Hello, Sallie lovely to hear from you, hope the weather isnt too bad were you are, we are still sruggling with th lingering snow, just heard we should be having some more .....ugh... I just dont go out....J and D went to A***a yesterday , and did a big shop so we rea ok. food wise ,we are close to smaller shops so no problem. J has to go for his 12 monthly check up in a couple of weeks so fingers X that he can make it... the hospital has cancelled loads of appointments....He has one next month too.... if all is well we will have a few days away,That is if the snow as gone....

I do hope Debbie and all the others we havent heard from are o.k.
as you can see Mo is back...enough said....nudge.... nudge...wink...wink....lol....take care and have a big hug from J an I...

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love Jean xx

Oooh good our Sallie is back.Hello my lovely,it's so good to hear from you.
I am glad to hear that the therapist is still trying to help you. It may be better if it was done face to face.
I still cannot understand,how a therapist can treat you over the phone. They do not see the pain that you may be going through,even though they would be able to hear it in ones voice.
Please keep strong for us,we missed you so much when we did not hear from you. And we are here for you all the way.
It seems that apart from Debbie,you are our little sister on here. And Jean is big sis.....ha got ya Jean.
Are you still snowed in?. We are supposed to getting more snow tonight
brrrr. It's seriously cold outside though. But nice and snug indoors.
How are Alun and the family doing.? Is he still managing to get to work.?
This is the only good thing about being retired,not having to go out,if you don't want to.
Huia,hows you mate. How is Phil now.? Has his pelvis healed yet.
BIG WARM HUGS for all off us suffering this bad weather.
I think I will have to p.m Marie as we have not heard from her in a while.
Hi Sylvia,Liz,Sue,Grace and all our lovely cyber friends.

And Mo is the GRANNY.....

Love you too Jean. LOL GGgran Honest girls,what am I to do with her.
It's a good job I know Jeans,sense off humour,and that she knows mine.
Luvs ya Jean

Hi again, thought I'd reply while we still have the internet. It's really cold here too, as it is in the rest of Britain, and to make matters worse we have a slight problem with our central heating--something to do with the pressure, or so I've been told.

Jean, hope all goes well when J has his check up. Please give him my best wishes. Where are you thinking of going to for a few days--hope it's somewhere warmer than our country? Hope your daughter is coping alright with this weather and not having too much trouble getting about.
The last time Jennie saw the Consultant, she took Jennie off one of the tablets she was on because they were making her very tired, they were anti-rejection drugs. On Tuesday when she went for her eight week medication, she got a bad reaction from it , it made her sick, and then her tonsils became enlarged and she came out in a rash on her face. So she now has to see the Consultant again(who she wasn't suppose to see for a year) very soon. We'll have to wait and see what she says.

Mo, do you know if they will let your nephew know something after their meeting ? I really hope they do, the sooner the better. I'll be thinking about him and hoping that it will all turn out well for him.
Alun has managed to get to work okay this week, the major roads have been alright, but the side roads have been and still are like skid pans. He hasn't even gone to the Model Railway Club tonight.
I didn't realise that I was the 'little sister' after Debbie. Mo, you must be the next youngest then, because there is only about nine months between us both.

Well, I'd better stop 'talking' and go and do something else, like make a nice cuppa.

Speak to you all tomorrow, internet permitting.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi again Sallie.
Poor Jennie,I thought she was getting on so well. I do hope they can sort her medication out soon,she has gone through so much.
My niece said that as soon as the neurologists have had their meeting,they will be informing my nephew of what they are going to be doing.
But I was thinking,that maybe they would try to shrink the tumour first,before operating. I am so ignorant off these things.
Yes babe you are our little sis,then I think I come next.
Golly Alun missing his Model Railway Club,it must be bad your way.
As bad as it is here,Roly has still gone out. His friend is driving,he must be mad. As far as I am concerned,it's far to dangerous to venture out.
I just hope and pray he dont fall over,as it will be me that suffers then,having to wait hand and foot on him.
Lots of love Mo xxx

Mo, not as bad as most places, but bad enough as the roads are icy.
I keep meaning to ask if you're still in the darts team, only you haven't mentioned it for a while, sorry, I'm just so nosy, but I know that you enjoy playing darts.

Hope that Roly gets home okay and that the roads there are not too bad.
I think Alun would have gone to the Club if we hadn't started having trouble with the gas boiler, but then he got a phone call from one of the members
telling him that the meeting had been cancelled, because of the road situation.

Heard from Jennie a bit earlier, she has to go to see the Consultant one day next week, I must say they really look after her there, thank goodness.

Hope all the family are okay with you Mo. How is your granddaughter getting on? I hope that the hospital is looking after her alright.

Love and best wishes, Sallie.xxx

Sallie.
Yes I still play my darts,we are not doing very well though. But I do enjoy the night out.
My grandaughter goes in for a laparoscopy,on the 13th of January. She is still waiting for the results of the cancerous cells,they removed on dec. 24th.
They now think she has got endo-metreosis(sp) Not sure about the spelling off that.
Poor girl has been through the mill,and she is not looking forward to the 13th.

Mo, my friend Janet's daughter has endromet---she goes back and fore to the hospital now and again for check ups. Not sure what they are going to do about it yet, so they're keeping a close eye on her. I hope that all goes well for your granddaughter on 13th, I'll be thinking about her and hope that the hospital will sort it all out for her. Sending her my best wishes. Lots of love, Sallie.xx

Hello all.

I was out for much of today. Had a haircut, went to the doc and then went to visit Phil. He was still eating lunch when I got there. He fed himself again. I then got him to stand and walked him through to the other room. I presume his pelvis is healing. When he was sitting in the armchair he surprised me by saying 'Titches place needs something done', Titch being his sister. I reassured him that she had somebody to help her. I told him that Brattus Major (his name for our son) would be 50 on Monday. A little while later he said something about 'our daughter' and named her. He seemed to be having quite a few lucid thoughts, and his eyes didnt look quite so vacant. It gave me quite a boost. But I expect next time he will be asleep or not so 'with it'. If only there was a cure I would have him home again.

Keep yourselves warm. I have to do the opposite.

Huia.

Huia, I bet it was a lovely time for you seeing a better side of your Phil, we continue in our prayers for you both.... Hope he is the same next visit.... do you keep your hair quite short? if it usually warm, I suppose short would be best, I have fine hair and keep mine short but always need a perm , easy to manage, If I could have three wishes I would love to be tall and slim, Long thick hair, and a figure to die for....lol....but I could go too a lot more wishes, never satisfied.......... how warm is it were you are? its perishing cold here some places hit minus 20c last night and the forecast is more of the same.....roll on summer.....

Sallie, Will be thinking of Jennie and hope some good will come out of the visit... we dont go abroad now the insurance is so high for J, but I dont mind being in the u.k. we manage a lot of 5 day hols usually with a coach firm or self drive , we also love self catering, get to eat out everyday, so not a lot of cooking, but we can take our time going out or staying put especially if it hot and sunny, I dont really think about the weather,just take it as it comes, we are very lucky that we can go at short notice, so if the forecasts look promising we pack and go.....out of season is good usually lots of bargains to be had....

Mo, praying for your grandaughter, that she will get some good treatment,
beautiful day here, but bitterly cold, so I am staying put.... still very icy on the pavements and side roads....take care my friends. dont be falling....

love to Marie, hope all is well with her , ~~~~~~ to everyone else~~~~~~


Love Jean xx

Right I will try again,this will be my third time off trying to post,so I will keep it short,and try again later.
Just to let you know,my Nephew has his operation on Wednesday,the same day as my grandaughter.
I will be like a cat on a hot tin roof that day.
Love to all. Mo xxx

We will all be sending our positive thoughts and prayers to him and your granddaughter Mo.

Thank you Ann. xxx

Hello to all my friends,

I hope you are all coping with the very cold weather we're having.


Huia, lovely to hear the news about Phil, as you said it gave you quite a boost to see him as he was, I really hope that he will be the same when you visit him next.

Jean, the rash on Jennie's face is going slowly, thank goodness. It'll be a shame if she won't be able to continue on the medication, because she was doing so well on it. Maybe the Consultant can put her another anti-rejection drug, but Jennie seems to think that there isn't another one that she can put her on. We'll just have to wait and see!
Hope the weather will get better soon, it will be nice for you and J to have a few days away.

Sylvia, hope you enjoyed your birthday yesterday. Did you do anything special?

Ann, I've been reading some of your new thread, it looks as though there are some nice members on there, really friendly and chatty. Just like everyone on this thread, I might add to it myself, if that's okay.

Mo, how are things with you today? I hope this weather we're all having isn't causing you any problems. I haven't been out since Tuesday myself, I'm not very good at walking on the ice and snow, I use to be, but as I've got older I'm not so good. Have you heard anything about your nephew yet? I hope it will be good news!
Have both you and Roly been watching the darts matches on BBC 2?
I hope Roly got home safely last night.

Hope all the rest of our are alright!

Alun's just arrived home from work, a bit early today, so I'd better go and make us a cup of tea.

Speak to you soon.

Love and best wishes . Sallie.xxx