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A lovely photo Millie. brue have you try to rub arnica cream or gel on to the injured area will help with sprains and bring the bruising out had a friend in Somerset whose daughter trained a homeopathic doctor.
Went shopping today at Villefranche and the English have arrived with a lot of cars about and in the shops, had to laugh one family dad two daughters and grandchildren and 1 granddaughter said to him grandad why are these people talking odd and can you talk back to them and his answer sorry love I cannot talk to them either it's double dutch to me ha ha and there was some dutch folk about.
Much warmer today and drier thankfully but still a lot of cloud about, plenty of motorhomes and a few caravans about as well.
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I'm surprised the family hasn't resorted to shouting at the natives yet RK! Mind you were they speaking French or Occitan?
I received a summons the other day from the Doctors surgery to attend today for urgent blood test and a bit of a check up. So I arrived a few minutes before my allotted time to an empty waiting room. Great I thought. 30 minutes later I was called in to see the nurse for said tests. No apology, no other patient being seen.
She wondered why my blood pressure was a bit raised. "Being kept waiting does that to it" I said. Didn't blink an eye.
Personally I think it's compulsory to make people wait for these appointments. Wouldn't want us becoming accustomed to being on time now would we?
Felt strange not being in the garden today. It's raining in any case.
Kitty is a delightful colour Millie. Slipping her in your handbag on the way home?
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Today I have been fixing our block paved driveway while the caravan is not here.
Our neighbour on that side , 30+ years back, planted a line of Leylandii right up to the concrete edging that restrains the blocks, in fact so close that he even knocked away the mortar supporting the edging to place the trees right against the boundary. We often get gardeners calling in on spec offering to trim "our" trees.
Over the years, the roots of these trees have spread under our driveway and every so often we find some blocks being pushed up. This means I have to "unzip the driveway" , dig out and cut away as much of the roots that I can locate, then get more sand to relay the blocks. It is quite a carry on, and were I not able to do it myself we would have to pay someone to do it.
It is a few years since the last unzipping, but several blocks were raised at least 2cm and becoming a hazard, and the roots were obviously on a course towards our house, so I had to get it done. Some of the roots are quite thick, hope the rouge tree does not fall over now!
Well, actually, I would be pleased if some did fall over, but as they would fall on the neighbour's car, I am trying not to think that!
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RedKite yes forgot about Arnica, would have been applying from the start, it's automatic in this house, also Arnica tablets - don't touch them with your hands and don't take immediately after strong food/ tea/coffee/teeth brushing.
We've been Homeopathic users since our son was about a year old, he'd read the book before he came out, unlike his sister! But an ear infection and antibiotics at 6 months changed him, I know the GP had me marked as neurotic mum but honestly he was a different child 😱. After a couple of visits to the homeopath he was back to no colic and sleeping well again. At that age it couldn't be placebo effect! It was great for daughter and tonsillitis until their removal instead of lurching from one bottle to the next of antibiotics and their side effects! Our granddaughters use it in NZ if necessary. If it's good enough for the Royal family it's good enough for mine 😉. Actually when I was hospitalised in Singapore for food poisoning I was prescribed homeopathic meds worked quickly and well, I embarked on the 12 hour flight to NZ within 16 hours.
Wherenext I have never understood how the GP's surgery when empty runs late. I've experienced it before Covid and always with the nurse taking blood pressure or giving jabs - no one leaves the room before you're called, and she doesn't enter it before you either! Hope your blood pressure not too raised, mine would be cos I have white coat syndrome from when my son was born, sorry no gory details on here 🤐.
Milliehull what a beautiful kitten, but OH boy mischief ❤
Thanks for sending the rain eastwards folks, it's arrived.......
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Hi Wn they were the English family, hope blood test results are ok when OH goes he is in at 8am just walk in no appointments and done very quickly 3 mornings a week from 8am to 9am.
Just found a few more things and priced them for boot sale a week on Sunday and our friends curtains I bought back here are going back not suitable for what I wanted.
Hope you sort out the Leylandi roots KjeINN we have a small hedge here but it had a good cut back last year and the branches on our side have been cut back to the trucks a few years ago and the other side faces the road so they are left in situ and now getting ready for a trim, had them at our previous house and hated cutting them back these here are a much shorter length, there are some in the village and they have been cut right back on the roadside as they were partly dead as the tree folk from the council decided to do them but the height is horrendous at least 25m or more and they look awful if it was me I would have them down.
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slipping her in your handbag on the way home?
It's a tempting thought WN!!
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Thanks for the arnica suggestions folks, I do have some old stuff in a bottle but I should throw it out! I've relied on paracetamol. I have used arnica gel in the past for my wrists but now have some stronger gel from the gp if needed.
Hope your tests go well WN, I had exactly the same situation in the surgery here, I was the queue of one and wasn't allowed to sit down either! I could hear everyone chattering away, very annoying and BP raising!
I expect it's strange to see more visitors arriving RedKite, no doubt we'll soon see the same here, just hope everything holds and we can get safely through the winter ahead.
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I've had a rubbish couple of weeks or so and was hesitating posting about it on here - but will do so because it might help others. Being of a certain age, I have been 'subjected' to the 2 yearly bowel cancel screening process. All has been fine for a lot of years - until this time when the test came back positive. Horror of horrors - especially as it meant having to have a colonoscopy which I am well familiar with because Ros has had to have them every two years for as long as I can remember.
So - I spent yesterday afternoon in hospital having said test done and to say the build up to that was traumatic is an understatement. I've heard all the horror stories about taking the prep and the procedure itself - let alone the possible outcome of the investigations which was the big worry.
Taking the prep (and the effects!) - although not pleasant, was OK, I suppose. The gunge doesn't taste that bad - it's just what it does to you!!!!
Then came the dreaded procedure. That was absolutely fine - no discomfort - didn't last that long and the hospital staff were absolutely wonderful. They knew I was apprehensive (and that's an understatement - terrified was more like it) - and everyone was so kind, reassuring and professional. I would have no fears about having to go through it again if that were ever necessary, in fact it was a lot less traumatic than going to the dentist!
The outcome - all clear - except for a small polyp - undoubtedly the cause of the 'positive' test result - which was removed - totally painlessly - during the procedure.
If I'd been allowed, I could have hugged all the staff in that unit - both for the result and their kindness in looking after me so well. The NHS at its very best and we really are so lucky in having such dedicated people there to help us.
Never slept so well as I did last night
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What a worrying time for you Richard, so very glad all clear in the end. OH and I have both had to have a colonoscopy in the past few years, fortunately all clear but not a procedure to relish. I always think with some of these procedures, unpleasant as they are, that if it saves your life I’ll do it. We are so lucky to be living in a time where we can have them too, 50 or less years ago they didn’t exist.
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Thankfully these little mites, 7 in total, are still at my daughters in East G. born yesterday, but why do i get the feeling at least 1 will be winging my way
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OH had her eye operation yesterday. Schedule was running behind so we didn't get home until early evening. Back again today for the first of seven follow up appointments over the coming weeks. Tedious journey through the M27 "smart" motorway works as well! Hopefully once the dust has settled we can get away in the motorhome again before the autumn sets in properly.
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Good to hear everything ok richardandros. I had exactly the same done and 3 polyps removed about 12 years ago. Then again a couple of years later. Have been having the colonoscopy every 3 years ever since. Ok at first as our hospital used to give quite heavy sedation, over the years this changed to gas and air, not so good by far. I think it was to stop people staying in so long afterwards, you used to get a bed for an hour or so and a sandwich. More recently just a sit down and then out the door. This year, all braced for my due appointment, and I got a letter saying that the colonoscopy sometimes created more problems so no need for me to have regular appointments unless a problem. Can’t say I mind as it has sometimes created a problem. More likely it might be due to my age and they aren’t quite so bothered! Anyway I make sure I do the bowel test when it comes.
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Our eldest daughter had the procedure too this year, not pleasant but it can be a life saver. She made a good recovery, various problems sorted. The build up to it, as said was distressing. So it's good to hear others have got through this and I hope you all keep well!
Hope everything goes well for your wife too CY.
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So pleased things have gone well for you, we are lucky in this country to have such wonderful screening services, not just for BC, but Breast Cancer as well. It’s never pleasant, but can and does save lives, so I am another that urges family and friends to take the screening. 👍
Best wishes to you and your wife as well CY, hope you get out on some nice Autumn trips👍
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What beautiful puppies Rufs - can I come and pinch one - I'm sure Meg would love a little friend! - well for half an hour - before she became bored!!
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Not many people know this, or at least I didn't. Discovered today that our glorious Government is proposing to change the age at which people are entitled to free prescriptions from 60 to whatever the prevailing retirement age is. In my innocence I had thought that the age was set at 60 because it was around that age that many of us start to take medication which we are unlikely to ever stop taking. It won't impact on me as I am well over the age of retirement but it seems another nail in the idea that older people deserve a bit more because they have contributed to the wealth of the country over the years.
David
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Not the best of weather today very heavy showers and a thunder storm but still not cold until about a hour ago,
Considering it is school holidays very few families seem to have arrived today so far, but many couples, there also seems to be quite a few very new LVs as noted by shiny chassis ,easily seen from our chairs under the wind out canopy
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Sorry to hear of your worries Richard. At least it had a happyish ending.
I remember having grave misgivings quite some years ago when I had to undergo a Cystoscopy. I won't describe the agony of going to the toilet the first few times afterwards.😱
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- Son here in NI has just told me that no-one in NI pays for their prescrptions either.
- I dont know where these bullet points have come from and I cant get rid of them!!
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What a lovely evening after a rather wet day. Sat in the caravan looking out to sea, the sun shining through a cloud setting the sea alight.
R&R, glad to hear the outcome was a good one. Having had a colonoscopy 5 years ago I echo your thoughts, nowhere near as bad as I feared or heard.
Although we don't pay for prescriptions in Scotland I'm in the camp that if you are gainfully employed and under retirement age you should pay for these type of things. Contentious I know.
OH forgot to bring his hearing aid batteries with him on this trip, what to do. He called the local Drs surgery and explained the situation, no problem the receptionist said just pop into any pharmacy they will have some. What a great service, no cost just provide name and address. We used to collect them from our local surgery before Covid, now we have to order them from the audiology department at the hospital.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
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I've been looking at places to stay in October, so many are booked up!
Strange that brue, as we have been able to book a full 9 week trip, so far, from mid September, to the South West with only one slight adjustment of dates. Are you looking to stay on club sites, as all our's are CLs?
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Glad to hear that the examination went ok for you, Richard. Up to now I've managed to avoid the joys of such an experience.
Now on a new CL to us near Otley, arriving yesterday. We had originally thought of going to Temple Newsham today, but after coming around Leeds yesterday and seeing the amount of traffic we would have to encounter in both directions we decided to give it a miss this trip. Instead we went to Saltair to visit Salt's Mill and for walk. As it was raining heavily in the morning we just went round the Mill, admiring the exhibitions, and then after lunch we walked along the Leeds-Liverpool canal as far as the viaduct over the R. Aire, dodging the showers. Thankfully it has cleared up and we have a dry evening.
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Regarding the latest Govt scheme to extract more cash from English not so well residents aged 60-65 year olds, there is a chance to post comments to the Govt via UK Age Concern if anyone wishes to do so. Sorry I don’t have a link at the moment, but I have submitted some comments myself. Easy to do. It’s the only English reward I received for reaching three score, so I am rather fond of this thankfully only little required perk.
Found the link👍
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/campaigning/save-free-prescriptions-for-60-65-year-olds/
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