General Chat

Mo, hope Roly's eye test has gone well this time and that he will soon get the glasses that is the correct for him. I'm wondering if the optician has written someone else's prescription by mistake, so of course when they checked it with the glasses it would read the same. How on earth did they expect him to drive home with them on and then to give them a couple of days to get use to them...never heard anything like it . I'm sure they will be extra careful this time though.


Hope that you and all the family are all okay.




Ann, I hope that T isn't in as much pain today as he's been in and that his blood test results are back and the doctor now knows what is wrong with him and are able to treat it.
Hope that you are okay too.




Jean, if you are looking in, I hope that the problem with your voice is slowly improving and that you you are feeling a bit better.

Also hope that all the family are okay too.



Sylvia, hope all is well with you and OH.





Huia, I expect that you are home from Christchurch by now, hope it all went well for you.

Also hope that Phil's chest infection is improving.



Marie. hope all is well with you and your family.



I haven't got any news, but just thought that I would look in to see how you all are.



Will chat to you all again soon.




Love, Sallie. xxx

Well Sallie, the update on the glasses saga is as follows. The optician checked the glasses again, and the readers are the correct prescription, but the distance ones were wrong.
The right eye is slightly wrong, and needed changing for a stronger lens.
Because of Roly's diabetes, he reckons that could be a reason for the the difference.
When his eyes were tested, we hadn't had any lunch, and he thinks that could have made the reading wrong.
Personally, I think he was just making excuses, to cover his error. But we will find out in five days time, when he has to pick the new glasses up.
The strange thing was, that when he tried the readers on again, he could read the smallest letters, and was unable to last week.
Cor lummy, he is an awkward so and so sometimes. LOL

Ann, how is T now ? I am trying to remember when he will get his results from his blood test.

At the moment, I have so many hospital appointments in my head, with both my friends, and my daughter suffering with her back problems.
My friend Flo, is still not healed enough for her to have the magnetic screws fitted for her new nose. Bless her, she has had an infection in the wound, and it's taking ages to heal. That 's the worst thing with getting older, we take ages to heal.
Ann, who has the bone Cancer, is still plodding along, and has to have her transfusions once a month.

Well girls, I will say bye for now. Love to all, Mo xxx

Hi Mo, I think that the optician was making excuses too,not having had any lunch may have made a small difference to his eyesight, but I don't think it would have been as bad as it was.

I have been wondering for a while how Flo was, I hope that the infection will soon clear so that she can have the magnetic screws fitted for her new nose. Please wish her all the very best and hope that things will be a lot better for her soon.

Also thinking about Ann, and hoping that things are not too bad for her at the moment and that she is not finding her monthly transfusions too difficult to cope with.


Jennie, has an appointment for a colonoscopy on Thursday morning, the consultant she is under is doing it as she wants to check how things are after her last ' flare up' in May. So crossing my fingers that things will be okay.

Did the hospital ever manage to chase up the results of your colonoscopy? I hope so and that the results were okay.



Hello to everyone else, hope that you are all okay.



Take care.




Love, Sallie. xxx

I arrived home 2 days ago. I have been cropping and downsizing and uploading my photos to FB, 3 albums on there but a few more photos to add to the last one.

Sallie, is Alun (sp) on FB? Can I befriend him so you can see my photos?

Sallie, my G.P chased up my results of the colonoscopy, and there were slight differences, but they are not overly worried, and I have to have it done again in five years time.
I hope and pray that Jennie's goes well tomorrow morning. Oh bless her, I bet she is getting fed up of siting on the porcelain seat by now. I felt like I had been left with an impression of a loo seat on my BTM.
Oh and guess what, the opticians phoned Roly today, he can go and pick his specs up tomorrow. Considering he had to wait ten days the first time round, I am wondering if they sent them off at all, and hoping that Roly will be a numpty, and say yes they are better this time, when in fact nothing has been done with them.
Don't worry, mummy Mo will give him his orders before he goes....( not that he will take a blind bit of notice of what I say.LOL)

Huia, how did the voting go, did you make it this time my love. I am going to have a look on F.B right now, to see your photo's.

Byeee everyone, take care, Mo xxx

Voting isn't until 20 Sept., Mo.

I am off to doc this morning as my finger still seems to be a bit infected, and I also have my headaches back.

Hello

Just popped in to say I am thinking about you ALL.


Take gentle care of yourselves

Many good wishes
Lots of love
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Mo, glad to know that your colonoscopy was okay with no slight difference to be concerned with.


Jennie's colonoscopy was fine, we were at the clinic by 8.45 a.m., she went straight in and said she had it done by 9.35 a.m.......although it got busier later on.
I was more worried about her having this colonoscopy because I thought that she might have have had an operation, after being in hospital in May.


I hope Roly has had his specs by the time, he must see it nice to have them at long last.



Huia. hope that all went well at the doctors for you today. Did you have to have more antibiotics?


Hope you enjoyed your time at Christchurch last weekend, we will have to
keep check on your results, in September.




Elizabeth, nice to see on here,again, we are fine thank you, hope that all is well with you and your family.




Will speak to you all again soon......take care.




Love, Sallie. xxx

The doc offered me more antibiotics for my finger but I was reluctant to have them so she prescribed an antibiotic ointment, also various pain killers for headaches.

When I got home in the afternoon Phil's hospital phoned to say he is still on oxygen and they didn't think he would recover from this chest infection, so I decided to go through and spend the night by his bed. They moved his room-sharer into another room, and gave me a recliner chair to sleep in. I dozed from 7.30, off and on, until a nurse hurried in just before 11. He had died. I was so relieved about that. I spent the rest of the night in the chair, but had trouble dozing off for several hours as I kept thinking of all the people I wanted to ring and other things to do, but I did get a bit more sleep until a carer brought me a cuppa at 5 a.m.! The doc arrived about 8 to confirm the death. He dashed in, spent 5 or 10 seconds (or so it seemed to me) then dashed out again without saying a word to me. I was rather surprised. Several people have said they thought it was rather rude.

I have arranged for Phil to be privately cremated on Monday morning.

Huia

(((HUGS)))


I am sorry to hear that Phil has died ................ yet it is a release for him, and for you xxxx


Please take care of yourself xxxx



and, yes, it does seem rude that the doctor didn't say anything to you



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I will make a point of seeing you after the elections Huia.. I know you will be busy and we will be putting the house on the market the week after the election.. so I may come up from Huntly to see you.. we are thinking of renting there as a halfway spot between home and Cambridge.

Huia, sending condolences to you.
R.i.p.to your husband, x

I have sent my condolences on facebook Huia but wanted to repeat them on here. so sad to lose your husband of so many years, yet you really lost him some time ago. It is a release for him and a relief for you I am sure that he is now at peace. It was good that you were able to be with him even if you were unaware. shall be thinking of you as you do all the things that must be done but do remember to take a few minutes to breathe and think of you. I am sure that as the days pass you will be reliving happier times when the two of you were young. Hold those times and your love for each other in your heart. <3 <3 <3 <3

Thank you, ladies, and thank you Persie for giving me plenty of warning to get the house clean and tidy (I hope!).

Huia, it was sad to read of Phil's passing, but a happy relief for you both. He is now able to go for his walk abouts, something he used to enjoy doing, before the dreaded disease took hold of him.
Stay strong for the tasks that lie ahead of you and the family, I send my deepest condolences to you all.
((((((((((HUGS my love.))))))))) I will be thinking of you on Monday, or will it be Tuesday here in the U.K

Huia, sorry to read your sad news, but I'm sure that it is a release for both of you.
Sending our deepest sympathy to you and your family.

Love, Sallie. xxx

Huia, sending you love and prayers, and deepest sympathy, as the others have said relief for you and Phil, try and rest some of the time, just to gather your thoughts, it will all fall into place for you.... I will be thinking of you next week....

love and hugs Jean xx <3

Mo, it will be Sunday your time, I go to the funeral director's at 11pm your time then he will drive me to the crematorium, probably about 11.30 or midnight your time.

We are 12 hours ahead of you if you forget daylight saving but I think it is 13 hours at present. Later when you switch to winter time and we switch to summer time it will be 11 hours difference.

I had a good sleep last night, tool half a sleeping pill to ensure my brain shut down enough for me to drop off. I don't take them every night but there are times like this when I feel I need to.

My son and his partner (female) will be coming up from Rotorua for the journey to the crematorium.

Huia, hope all went well at Phil's funeral yesterday, I expect you are relieved that it is all over with so that you can now move on.
Thinking about you and your family. Huia.



Alun and I went up to Sheila's in Yorkshire for Sunday lunch yesterday, we met up with Joyce, Liz Purple and their OH's and of course Sheila's OH. Sheila cooked us all a lovely Sunday roast and we all sat around the table chatting afterwards, well us ladies did most of the talking. LOL!!



Jean, good luck with your hospital appointment on Wednesday, hope all goes well and that there is nothing too much to worry about. Will be thinking about you.



Mo, Ann, Sylvia and Marie hope that you and your families are all well.




Love and best wishes. xxx