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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: louisa maud on Monday 01 September 25 11:18 BST (UK)
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Morning folks
It is a still morning apart from the wretched dog next door.
Had a few minutes of rain but it cleared up quickly and the sun is out.
Hope everyone is chipper this morning.
LM
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Sun is out here; makes a change from forecasts of thunderstorms!
Which never happened :D
I go to the local Yacht Club every Sunday.
But as it was Manx Grand Prix last week (Motorbike racing) the club was open every evening for food.
So I was there every night. ;D
Monday - scampi.
Tuesday - Chicken burger.
Wednesday - mixed grill (steak, Gammon steak, pork chop, lamb leg steak, pork sausage, and black pudding!)
Thursday - homemade lasagne
Friday - rib eye.
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Wow, that's an excuse to eat out isn't it?.
LM
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A mixed weather day here,quite cool .
Daughter phones this evening ,so can tell her re the Paceemaker..
Mixed weather and washing on line then on maiden —— ::)
Reading a Linda La Plante - Jane Tennyson murder mystery story.
Prime Suspect? Helen Mirren played her I seem to remember.
Quite good bedtime reading.
Cold chicken for tea, not sure what veges yet, or chips and salad.
Got some ironing to do, but more washing yet to do so may wait to do that as I have only one maiden , in case it rains again tomorrow.
First day back at school, I used to love it ,the Reception class did half days with half the class morning for one week then the other half afternoons, next
week a swap over so they were used to each time of day ,then full weeks with either school dinner or packed lunches .
They settled very well., considering many were only just four.Aaaaaw!
Well the system was flawed really one child was five the day after they started school, another in that class was four on August 31st! So 364 days between them ,that is a lot!
25% of the little one’s life —- it is not so much learning ability but emotional maturity .
Like 16 and 20, only more so given they are so young.
Well must get on with what I do not know, :-\
Thanks for the kind encouragement ,it is much appreciated.
Viktoria.
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It was a nice sunny morning here, then turned a bit damp before turning into a lovely sunny and warm afternoon. The gardener came so the garden looks neat and tidy again. Ten days ago I had the rotting summer house demolished and removed, now I need a couple of shrubs to fill in a gap left in the corner. I just wish I could get out and explore the garden centre for something interesting.
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Had an enjoyable afternoon with a visit from two classmates from my long ago school days. One lives locally (there are only three of us left in the area) the other is over from Utah. Lots to talk and reminiscing, I don't know where the years have gone. ???
Keep well all of you undergoing medical procedures. Daughter in law has Covid, it’s the first time any of the family have tested positive. Luckily that half of the family live too far away to visit very often so no fear of them passing it on to me.
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Just checking in for the new week .... At least it's not chucking it down with rain today, actually dared to put my washing out (Sorry Viktoria, can't pop round to help peg out, too far!)
TY
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You have to check into the new week pretty soon otherwise last week it is locked very quickly.
LM
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It is said quite frequently that this year is the hottest on record, but I remember 1976 was for at least three months constant burning sunshine .
Our furniture was outside - whilst we ripped out home made difficult kitchen
furniture and decorated the house we had bought on our return from Belgium - for weeks .
There were fires in the shrubbery opposite our house ,we were often out throwing buckets of water on them .
There have been hot days this year, but not for weeks and months without rain .
Lots of ironing today ,all holiday clothes .
I don’t leave washing -as far as possible ,when I go away.
Well no real news , look after yourselves folks .
Cheerio.
Viktoria.
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The heat in 1976 seemed never ending,. We had moved back to England the previous year. We had moved into a new build and planted a lot of young shrubs in the garden, I remember having to water them early morning and late at trying to keep them going through the heat? We had to keep our windows closed to keep out the smoke and smuts from the wild fires in the New Forest.
Our eldest son had just gone into the Army and my mother offered to move in and look after our younger son so that my Husband and I could have our first holiday without the boys in tow. We set off for Wales with our caravan, I think that was what broke the heatwave. On arriving at the camp site we had just unhitched the caravan when the rain came. I remember everyone rushed out into the open and just stood and let the rain soak us, it was such a relief but quite a funny sight. It hasn’t seemed to be that hot this year.
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That was the year we bought our caravan, for the life of me I cannot think where we went on holiday , I might have to dig out a diary, it might have been the year we went to Cornwall, I suffered prickly heat I think it was called.
LM
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Are those in the North-east looking out to sea?
BBC
Watch: Timelapse shows Northern Lights display over North Sea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckglgp9q2nno
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We spent the summer of '76 crawling around under floors, we'd married in '75, and spent the following summer installing central heating in our new house. OH was working with a towel round his neck, I squeezed it out and renewed it between meltdowns. I was nearly as hot, although not quite as sweaty.
TY
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Are those in the North-east looking out to sea?
BBC
Watch: Timelapse shows Northern Lights display over North Sea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckglgp9q2nno
I wasn't feeling too good Mark so wasn't watching but I gather the cloud cover made it a bit disappointing. We were supposed to get a huge red moon too, not sure whether that was last night or the night before, but that was obscured by cloud. Disappointing when it's been lovely and clear for a lot of the day.
I can't say I remember anything in particular about 1976 apart from the fact that it was hot.
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Hi All
Sorry to hear you are not feeling so good Roobarb and hope you feel much improved soon.
You always look so healthy and smiley on your bike, but the Green fur would make me look at you twice ;D ;D
For just a few days recently, I actually felt reasonable and was out for walks in the sun, walked a bit further than usual with my bottle of Highland Spring and getting near the pub I could hear a band in the garden and so I went round the back.
The back garden was a sea of people, the sun was out and the band was playing and I had a Guinness and home by teatime.
They were called Ska Train, playing 80s music, The Specials, Madness, Bad Manners, The Selector, playing Trombone and Sax, so it took me back to my youth and enjoyed the moment.
The following days my awful belly pain was back, noisy digestion, sweating, a fever and my balance affected. I'll spare everyone the other symptoms.
I can't go anywhere without being affected now. It is though some people are carrying something I don't want to catch :(
The photo looking Westerly shows Oat Croft, there was once a hedge joining the trees, ripped out before I moved here and also before the Hedgerows Regulations came into effect.
Oat Croft nearest, toward Hockley which Henry VIII called The Moors and in the background are the Nine Peppercornes (9 farms in Sir Wilughby Aston's later Court's Baron Survey held with several adjournments between 1689 to 1691) Thorneyfield Wood, an ancient farm location called Peppers Croft, the Lands of Brett and Harcourt (old book of the Family Harcourt printed in France), Brett's Manor is partly wooded on the right, another historical site :)
The saddest thing is, someone has got another Planning Permission to build on part of these ancient lands.
The Planning Officer told me that our public campaign raised 282 different valid planning objections :) , to build on the Nuns Common, but it still got built >:(
They found a Monus Occupation Site and Flint finds dated as Early Neolithic and Late Mesolithic, in the pre development Archaeological Excavations, at Plough Hill.
The Saxon King (I'll look his name up) said in a Charter that if anyone should destroy his lands at Eaton, they be cursed into Tartarus and after these planning permissions, we got Covid and the housebuilding close to me was abandoned during Lockdowns (now completed).
To the South (out of view) were the lands of Geoffrey de Tourville c.1150, lands of William de Newmarche (Novomercato) are in the locality.
I've got various Green teas, Hot Milk Cacao (pure Cocoa), Milk Coffees and dry Red Wine and have really healthy meals (high in the essential amino acids), also other natural fruits, spices and things to consume that seem to help in clearing the belly trouble, until it happens again.
Take care R and All, keep your chins up Mark :)
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Hope you are feeling better ,those who have not been and those who still are unwell.
Yes,always sad when ancient and old things are lost to modern ideas .
Fairly mild quite bright morning but I put the C.H on as it was really cold.
I can’t stand being cold and with strong blood thinners Apixoban -and Clopidogrel I am never warm.
Must try to get to the Church Jig saw festival today. There are new ones as well as used ones ,jigsaws are very expensive nowadays ,I want new ones for little Christmas presents , I don’t mind used ones for me though.
The used ones are all checked so no missing pieces but there are new unopened ones as well.
It cost me £15 for a modest sized one at a local shop , for a present this
year. :o
Son off to Head Office again tomorrow, one of his computers has something wrong with it ,getting hot where the power source is , can only be sorted by the firm he works for,so he will call in to see an old Uni friend in B/ham, on his way down.
Getting a bit overcast now , but no washing until son leaves tomorrow and I completely strip his bed .Give the room a good airing and clean.
There are piles of papers ,and documents all over the place -he knows exactly what they are but I don’t touch those , just dust where I can and vac what carpet is visible .
There is no room for filing cabinets etc ,which is what he needs but he is gradually getting next door in order so then he will set up an office, but it is good he is not solitary ,all through Covid ,like many others he worked alone at home . No social interactions at all. That is not good for people is it really,
I has eye appointments etc so did get ambulance rides and chats with Nurses etc.
Well must get on, not dressed yet but bathroom will be warm now, so Cheerio ,hope those unwell feel better .
Look after yourselves .
Cheerio.Viktoria.
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A warm sunny day here so far, so the washing line is full of stuff that has been waiting for a few days, though I'm not looking forward to the ironing later. I'm going through my summer clothes now and reviewing what I have for winter. It's that time of year when nothing is quite right for the weather.
Last night I went to a lecture on Family History at our Local History Society. It followed a village family through several generations, showing excerpts from various records, and I thought it was quite good, though the elderly man sitting next to me got bored very quickly and invited me to the pub afterwards! (I didn't accept ;)) I suppose I didn't learn anything new and the speaker wasn't able to give me any hints on how I could break down my brick wall (mid-18th century ancestor illegitimate and no father named and no Bastardy Bonds available for the area), but the talk did confirm that I was using the correct methods of researching.
Viktoria
At the meeting I met up with 2 other recipients of pacemakers and we all compared notes and talked about how we had dealt with the 6 weeks after the operation. I feel as though I have joined a club!
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The latest news on my ongoing saga!
Have an op scheduled for 3rd October, with Pre-Assessment Check on 25th Sept.
Op is open surgery; so hopefully the errant stone fill finally be removed.
Been offline since Monday - Manx Telecom had a problem with their 4G network.
And that's what I use for internet.
Finally sorted :D
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Oh Gillg, a date invitation ;) :)
Yes, Viktoria, social interaction is most important for the immune system too.
Social interaction is how we build up genuine immunity and where the phrase herd immunity comes from.
Getting out in the sun for walks to keep the skin exposed and Vitamin D levels up is a good thing.
We have wooded paths (an abandoned wooded railway cutting with a dirt path) nearby where it is shaded and with stagnant water pools and sometimes damp.
Trees, vegetation give off certain stuff (microbes bacteria and fungi, I presume) and to keep walking and exposing my lungs to this, to try and keep my immune system challenged.
I always feel improved after a walk in the wooded areas.
I came into close proximity of a younger person delivering who sounded breathless and in the following week I was terribly ill.
But yes, social interaction is most important for our mental well being and most important for our immune system too.
Viktoria, I had that feeling awfully cold for about 20 months.
I had to have the heating on for 11 months each year, for two years to clear it. My belly went and felt cold and I also avoided cold drinks.
I applied a hot water bottle to belly (where I was affected) for 15 minutes at a time and it helped.
But I think it is the Liver area and brain that you must not overheat.
I only cleared that awful coldness, by getting a temperature up.
There is a name they give it, in relation to Covid, but can't remember off hand.
My GP said they have a drug for this cold temperature business, but when I told the GP that my previous Practice and Specialists diagnosed me with drug reactions to new medication (since covid), he said, oh you want to go drug free?
I said, yes if possible Doctor and he said get a heat pad.
I said will a hot water bottle do and my GP said yes, go for it.
The night sweats and thirst (requiring sips / drinks / wees through the night) to clear it were awful.
After 20 months, I managed to shake off this extreme cold malarky.
It is another problem with Covid, it cools the body and the body won't always build up a temperature (a fever) to fight it.
I'm trying every trick in the book including Grandmother's remedies and a few things they have tried on Rats and Mice in the Labs, that are humanly edible (safe).
Get well soon :)
Mark
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KG
The local window cleaner needs an op to clear a kidney stone, I hope you get fixed up, get well soon, Mark
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If you are having temperature problems and always cold, get checked out at the Doctors, because it can be several things.
Take care, Mark
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My other half has been strange problem where even on a sunny day feels cold and has what I call " funny turns" he shakes from head to foot, the first one I thought he was either having a fit or something strange, no medic has seen him but he seems to have diagnosed himself, I immediately get him a hot drink and wrap him up, he is on blood thinners and is as skinny as a rake, eats more than I do and I can't lose an ounce.
LM
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Hi LM
Can you get him to see a Doctor or your GP?
I think some people are very frightened, but ignoring it is not the answer.
It doesn't matter what his vaccination status is, because the vaccinated are turning up at A & E or getting Hospital or Specialist help as much as anyone else for a few years now!
I know because I have been in the Emergency Room with the C-19 vaccinated. Two were next to me, one on either side in early 2022!
If he does go for a Covid vaccine, does he not have to declare this and any other condition/s?
Because, I am sure they would want to refer him for tests.
Mark :)
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OH is even more stubborn about Drs etc than I am, Louisa maud! I wish I could bundle him into a catbasket and take him to the Vet at times, it'd be easier!!
Meeting up with other pacemaker people sounds good, Gillg, I think I'd have gained from that, after mine. After being fitted with a stoma, there seemed no helpful advice or real follow up, eithere. I never seem to get any. Wonder why?
KGarrad - best wishes, we'll all be thinking of you.
TY
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Yesterday (Saturday) was a big day for the followers of Aussie Rules Football- AFL or Footy. Across the whole spectrum, from top to bottom it was Grand Finals Day. Andrew, our middle son has had a passion for this game even before he emigrated down under 20 odd years ago. His local team the Bega-Tathra Kagaroos are in the Sapphire Coast Region of New South Wales. The under 15 team, which he co-coaches, played in their Grand Final at Narooma and came out winners by just a single point 79-78. That must have been exciting. Our grandson Phoenix was in the team and Andrew told me this morning that before the match he had written his late grandma's name on his wrist band for extra motivation. It worked! Phoenix second from right in piccie.
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Such a close result, lovely picture Jeff.
Beautiful day here, most welcome
LM
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Hi LM
Looking at the list of possibles on AI, the symptoms are for your Doctor to investigate.
Take care, Mark :)
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Well as my dear old dad would say " tell it to the marines " I might as well talk to the cat, would get more sense out of her but I could take her to the vets, not my husband, same as his hearing aid, will fiddle with it hoping he is improving it but is isn't, still getting " eh" when I talk to him, stubbornness comes to mind.
He should see a medic or a nurse for both, grrrr!
LM
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You can only do your best LM :)
Mark :)
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I know the feeling, Louisa maud.
TY
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Sorry about that L.M.
Is he on blood thinners?
It won’t be underactive thyroid as many gain weight with that but you are very cold always.
However an overactive thyroid usually means weight loss but the throat is swollen ie a goitre.
Anaemia.oh
Diabetes comes to mind .
It is a worry though ,especially when they won’t see a Dr.
Can you speak with your Dr, who may invite him for a “ routine check up” ——-
I had to do that when I suspected prostate problems ,I had gone and he came with me ,came in with me so I casually said that my husband had not hsd his PSA levels checked ,” Oh we can do that now” a simple blood sample and a week later the result was all clear .
He was fuming when he knew what it was for but as his two brothers had that problem- one died of neglected prostate cancer - I said “ Well someone needs to be aware of it and with your head in the sand it is up to me!”
He calmed down eventually.
Imagine if men had babies!—- the ante natal clinics would be empty and there would be many more one child families!
“ I am NOT going through THAT again!
They would have a lot of “ headaches “!
Look after yourselves folks especially you K G , hope all goes well.
Cheerio folks.
Viktoria.
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Well bushinn after 61 years I am used to his stubbornness , he is a big boy now?
Yes V he is on blood thinners, unfortunately we don't belong to the same Dr surgeries, I am temped to write, he looks as if he is suffering from malnutrition to be honest, he needs being looked at.
Good luck KG
LM
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Blood sugar and Hypoglycemia
Immune system dysfunction.
Fighting an Infection.
Malnutrition.
Severe stress (stress that changes the immune response) ...
were some of a main list.
Others:- Malnutrition, Thyroid, Hormone, Iron Deficiency, Dehydration, Lupus, Poor Blood Circulation / Clotting and Other Causes also came up elsewhere.
I don't want to worry you, but some of the things with the symptoms you prevously mentioned, need urgent medical investigation.
Mark :)
Added: you can even be eating plenty, but still have Malnutrition.
Eating plenty and Loss of weight (going thin) can indicate the body is drawing on its reserves, to try and get vital nutrients.
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Thank you I will try to impress all of these on him, he might take note, I can only hope. LM