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It is bad that they turned your mum out a5 that time of the morning Florence, but not surprising for the NHS these days. I do hope she will be OK.

We had a walk into town this afternoon and went to the small museum which has some interesting things in it, then to a cafe of course as Esme loves her cafe culture. She wanted to buy a new book from the bookshop, but we went to one of the charity shops instead. While we were there we spotted a Mousetrap game which was almost new, so we bought it. We have just had good fun playing it. I remember it from when my children were little, but this version seemed to be less fiddly than the original

Hi all, after the two glorious sunny days with yesterday reaching 28 degrees and being a little bit too hot, it is cooler today and although dry all morning it has been raining this afternoon. Not heavy rain but at least I think it is enough to water the garden. One of my neighbours is away and I am in charge of house and garden. She has 10 baskets, 8 troughs and 15+ pots to water. She is worse than me although she does not have a greenhouse.
sorry to read about your Mum's problems Florence and hope that the meds will have sorted the problem. Maybe she insisted on going home.

Linda good that the girls have now had the jabs that were due. :-)

Good morning everyone.
Well after spending hours on a trolley in the hospital corridor, she finally got seen. They took bloods, x-rayed her chest. They gave her a nebuliser which helped with her breathing. Then they prescribed 5 days of steroids, 7 days antibiotics and brother finally took her home at 1am!!!

They were not interested in her swollen legs as were only treating the problem she was sent in for ie...her breathing. She did have crackling on her lungs and a "slight misting".So discharged home and a full report being sent to GP.

I am so lucky up here in a smaller place. Mum would def have been kept in overnight up here not sent home alone at 1am. She hadnt eaten since lunchtime. Was only when brother went down to see what was happening around 9.30, he asked someone for a cup of tea for her and a sandwich as noone offered her anything!

So hoping the meds will improve her breathing and I suspect she will have to have a scan at some stage but last time she refused the MRI so have to wait & see.


Linda, thats good they have all had their jags now hopefully with no side effects.

On a lighter note, i was delighted to see several flowers on my strawberry plants today. When I saw them, I was so delighted as wasnt sure as this is year 1 if there would be any but so far, there are about 6 flowers..whooppeeee :-D

The sun is out but oh my its still blowing a gale. Was going out to the bin, but i shall get blown over so not venturing outside at all.

Have been beavering away on friends family tree so that has occupied much of my time this week . Daughter returning on Monday. I managed to get a Tesco slot for....7th Jul as no slots available earlier usual story up here.

Cant decide what to make for tea but i think pasta will be involved as need some comfort food today.

Hope all ok with anyone looking in.

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They have just come back and Esme had her jab as well. They said because of her special needs, she only had to wait a month, though that wasn’t what they said before. They had some spare vaccine, so they were both done together. That is one thing off the list. Esme has so many appointments, so my daughter is constantly having to take time off.

I hope your mum is OK Florence. If they admit her, she will probably be in for a while as they won’t let them out until a care package is in place and these days that takes ages to arrange. Not that she will want a care package as they can be so stubborn

Yesterday we were expecting the hot weather, but it never really materialised. It was quite hot, but overcast and windy. This morning it is much nicer, but a lot cooler.

My eleven year old granddaughter finally went for her first Covid injection this morning. She had just been called for it when she got Covid and children have to wait for three months afterwards before they can have the jab. She seems fine so far, little Esme is still waiting for her second one because she caught it just as she was due, so is having to wait as well.

Just a quick update. Ambulance finally arrived and shes away to local hospital which is only 3 miles away and 5 mins from little brothers house which is good.

Hopefully he will get in to see her and find out more a bit later on tonight.

Florence

I do understand the problems of being so far away when things go wrong and hope your mother is OK. I used to have to give up the one day a week they my family were together to travel and do all the things the others with a whole 2 day weekend didn’t. Thank heavens your SIL is close.

Recently I was berated for helping the daughter of a friend of mine. The daughter lived miles away. I never did like the ******. Who had a go.

So GP came out and promptly ordered her an ambulance but.....it will be around 4 hours!! So SIL walking up to mums to pack her a bag etc...Mum says shes only going for a check up, well thats what she thinks.

To be honest, Im glad in a way shes going to hospital. This way, I hope they will thoroughly check her over with xrays, heart scan and sort out the fluid problem or whats causing it.

At least I was able to get this all sorted as brother is working etc but he stop at the hospital tonight on his way home to see what the score is.

I may be 900 miles away but i am good at organising things and people...lol

Last night the water went off at 6pm and wasnt back on until early hours of this morning. The pumps were faulty and then an airlock apparently. I had !/2 a kettle filled anyway so was ok plus i have flavoured water bottles x3 in the cupboard.

Weather here last night was blooming awful, a full gale, driving rain. Its dry just now but still very very windy and def noooo heatwave!!

Oh Florence so sorry to hear about your mum being unwell it is such a worry when you are a distance away. I hope the GP can sort things out for her.

Lovely that you were able to enjoy your swim. Bet you felt better after for just being out of the house for a while.

Isn't it annoying when people think they know what you want but I suppose your daughter did it for the best, hope you get a shop sorted soon.

Hope the weather pick up for you soon as well.

Take care all and enjoy the sun if you have it.

Afternoon folks

Worrying about my mum just now as she tel an hour ago struggling to breathe.

Made her tel surgery and demand a dr tel her and thankfully she got through very quickly and dr on his way.
Shes been like this for a week now but so stubborn and she is 85!

Her legs are so swollen she cant get anything on her feet and shes coughing badly, she also has COPD.

So i am worried and think she will end up in hospital as she needs medical attention. Ive rang round the other family members and let them know and SIL will go up if necessary to help her pack a bag if she goes in. She can walk in 15 minutes to mums.

Waiting game now to see what happens, fingers crossed nothing serious.

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Afternoon to anyone looking in.
Having been completely on my own since Sunday, I have felt at times very isolated!

My 2 friends work daily in education and so havent seen them. No phone calls from anyone either. Always is me phoning them so for a change thought i would leave to see how long before anyone phones me. So 2 weeks since any friend has phoned.
Really gets you down!

Anyway what can i do ,but last night i was delighted when my neighbour offered to take me down to the school pool for 45 mins of swimming :-D

There were just the 2 of us so was lovely. Havent been in 5 years so just took it gentle at first, then managed 1/2 length. I eventually did 2 lengths in all but my heart was racing and i was a bit breathless.

They used a hoist to lift me in and out of the water with no bother. " lassies I used to teach all grown up now, lovely girls.

It was just brilliant to get out of the house for an hour. Not much chatting as my friend swam up and down for 30 mins but did boost me up.

Was looking forward to Tesco tomorrow only to find daughter cancelled the order as she didnt think we needed much with only me here!!!! God I was so angry with her and now cant get another slot. So eating toast and yoghurts.

Dont you just hate it when others make your decisions? i may be physically disabled but there is nothing wrong with my brain !

Ok rant over...just had to let off some steam but i'm ok now.

We must be the only part of the uk that doesn't have heat or sun. Misty, murky, 13 degrees and noooo sun, so please peeps send it here for a week at least to cheer us all up.

Hope everyone ok today

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon all
Well you have been busy Ann. Hope you are having wee breaks and a cuppa!

Daughter has gone elsewhere today instead of Tuesday until a week Tuesday so am on my own for 9 days. Im doing ok and a bit more mobile around the house.

My neighbour popped in yesterday afternoon for 2 hours as we havent had a catch up for weeks. She is going to the local school pool 3 times a week and asked me if i would like to join her? So next wed if there are spaces(its not that busy) I am going for a swim. They have a hoist to put me in the pool so thats good. Its only 5 mins down the rd and she has a car.

Really looking forward to it and getting some well needed exercise to try and shift a few pounds.

Last night my mother was struggling to breathe. She somehow had injured herself, probably a pulled muscle and then had a panic attack. Fam member facetimed me to ask for advice! So got her to take some paracetamol and 2 puffs of her inhaler. Managed to calm her with some breathing exercises.

It was quite distressing seeing her like that but at least she focussed on me and manged to get her breathing slowed down. Tel earlier today and she is better but still sore. Shes away to drs on Tuesday for a review so am glad for that too.

Weatherwise still blowing hard and heavy showers here so not much improvement.

Have tidied up after daughter left and house looks respectable now lol.

Gonna make a coffee and horse on with some research.

Hope everyone else looking in ok

Florence in the hebrides

Good afternoon all. Back to what passes as normal now. Daughter and son in law went home this morning, they stayed an extra day after the holiday to do a few jobs. I was up early as they left here at 0730 so have got quite a lot done since they left. Their bedding washed and dried and the bed re-made. their towels washed and almost finished drying. Kitchen partly cleaned (floor, work surfaces and sink unit etc.
the a bit of gardening, planting up four pots of flowers bought yesterday, still got a couple to do. One hanging basket that is not looking very healthy sorted out. and quite a few weeds pulled up. Have to go out with the cutters after lunch.

Linda I hope that you can get your hearing problem sorted now. I can empathise, not being able to hear properly (with aids if necessary) is horrible and isolating. <3

Afternoon folks.
What a day! Still blowing a gale and pouring hard. Poor daughter went away on the bus and got soaked waiting for 5 minutes!

I decided after my chores, I would start again on my friends huge family tree as i have rather neglected it in recent weeks. I have been doing quite well and completed a branch with 7 children, their marriages and further children. So thats a branch completed.

Havent eaten yet so time for a break now.

Oh Linda what a palaver you had. My appointment to get my jags was rearranged 4 times!! Does nothing to keep my BP normal.

I hope you get some answers on Monday. Its the knock on effect when the appointment is cancelled isnt it. I had to change my Patient Travel and its a hassle trying to get through.

I rather suspect it is Specsavers who chased up...good for them doing that.

My consultant never apologized for all the changing etc not once but i got what i wanted in the end so it ended well.

My mother is very confused just now so have to keep the conversation rather simple like the weather or whats she watching on tv. I had hoped to discuss the rebate thing but shall have to leave that for now. My aunt her sister has gone down hill very recently and cant write to me any more. Been in hospital twice for infections. She is 87 mum 85. Guess its to ne expected as they age but difficult to deal with being far away!

Hope everyone else enjoying their weekend. Back to the Greek yoghurt for tea with fruit tonight as diet has been led astray lol :-D

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After quite a nice day yesterday, it is overcast and cloudy today. Typical as we are going to see the Knaresborough bed race today.

I hope your new neighbours will be OK Florence, baseball caps sound a bit chavvy

After waiting ages for private appointments, I finally had them arranged. I had a hearing test booked for Monday, then was pencilled in to see the consultant next Friday. On Thursday morning a letter arrived from the NHS telling me that I had been referred to the ENT clinic. Hmm yes, I had an appointment mid July which had then been cancelled with no new appointment in its place. I don’t know if this letter was trying to rearrange that, or if it was a result of my GP being chivied by Specsavers audiologist after she had mended my broken hearing aid last week. She couldn’t believe that they weren’t treating me given the problem.
The letter said if I hadn’t heard anything by 16th June, I should ring up. Obviously I didn’t expect to hear anything, so was amazed to get a phone call from the hospital asking me to go for a hearing test yesterday afternoon and see the consultant on Monday morning. So I felt very awkward, but I cancelled the private appointments. It is their fault because if they had been more organised, they could have had my money ages ago.

I went for the hearing test yesterday and the audiologist didn’t think much of my hearing in my bad ear, he asked if it had always been like that :-( So I will have to see what the consultant says on Monday

Oh Joan, thats always the way isnt it?

Still awful here and like winter grrrr

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon all.
Joan lucky you as its pouring and gale force winds here just as they predicted. Oh well we had a good run of it for 6 days and the flower pots need a good water. Our lawns are bare in places and brown so need a good soaking.

Im feeling very well today and Just smelling my perfume, tasting my food and hardly using any tissues for my nose is a real pleasure. The effects of the steroids last about 4-5 months so will make the most of it. Of course I dont tell the consultant about my smell etc as they are not given for that problem.(thats an added bonus)

I am on my feet more and in less pain so Im quite happy. When the gale passes, I may try with daughter's support to go down the back door step and then back up it and see how I feel..it will be a start.

My Joan you have been busy again today. Hope you get the pump connected tomorrow and all will be working again. Fish & chips sounds delightful. I found a salmon en croute in the freezer and made a bowl of salad to go with it later.

New neighbours have been back and forth with a van and now look like they have finished moving in. So hope they are quiet people!.

Enjoy your weekend folks whatever you are up to.

Florence in the hebrides

Being nosy as one does when new neighbours are back & forth, I spied through the blinds a couple in a hi lux that were here yesterday. They were both wearing baseball caps.Hmmmm I thought, don't think they are going to be my kind of people lol

Aside from that, the awful weather is taking hold. wild, wet and very unseasonal but we were expecting it anyway. Glad I got all the washing up straight and dried yesterday.

A police car flew past here this afternoon doing about 80mph with siren and flashing lights. Dont see that very often so quite worrying. As of yet havent heard anything untoward so hope it wasnt anything too serious!

Dishes all done so ready to chill with the tv tonight. Catch up with the soaps and my fav later Question Time.

Hope everyone ok

Florence in the hebrides

Good afternoon peeps
Well the weather is def on the change as the wind is getting windier and the clouds are greying over just as the forecast said it would.

Daughter made a quick dash to town to get rid of 2 parcels and then back on 2.30 bus. That gave me peace and quiet to have a shower without her needing the loo...lol

Can't decide what to make for evening meal tonight, fancied using chicken breasts maybe in a tomato stew or maybe bolognaise not sure yet.

Open reach outside the house looking in the manhole so wondering what they are doing???? As long as my internet doesnt go off, that will be ok.

Seen a couple next door this morning. She has bright red hair and he was wearing a football shirt. Both look about 40. Not judging but....we shall see. As long as they dont bother me, have parties with loud music or noisy yappy dogs, Im fine.

Hope everyone else looking in is well and ok.

Have a nice afternoon

Florence in the hebrides

Evening folks.
Oh Joan what a day you had. I could manage without electric for a short time but not without water. So glad your daughter was able to get her friend to come and sort it out. What a lovely chappy he sounds.

Had to chuckle at your Yorkshire pudding. It must have risen very well and must have been huge lol Anyway as long as you both enjoyed it and your oven wasnt too messy then all's well.

Still another beautiful day here but clouds are changing and Friday a gale is coming through until Saturday.I have moved around the smaller flowerpots into the shelter so they wont get blown away.

The steroids are def in my system as didint sleep much last night due to me feeling hot & flushed most of the night which is quite normal for a few days after. But my cheeks are so rosy, I look like I have sunburn..lol Im sure it will settle down in a few days. But also, left knee isnt as painful when standing up from sitting down so maybe steroids are working already.

We had a tidy up day today, hoovered every room and dusted plus a load of washing. Just had a jacket potato with a nice bowl of salad tonight, a nice light tea.

Hope everyone else is well and ok.

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