How Was Your Day? VII

Currently in a hotel called The Savoy in Bournemouth it's 12 degrees outside yet the heating is on full hair it's like a sauna I have the window fully open and are still baking... on the plus side I have full wifi and are catching up on my TV.... had a great day wandering down the prom... the room is very pokey but they wanted to charge £90 for it I got them down to 50 still not worth the money. But it is amazing how would you explain to someone your visually impaired they then suddenly expect you to be able to fill in a form with a pen and don't get me started on how they can't understand you can't read the menu at breakfast all know where the hell to go to get the food I'm thinking of the last hotel I was in the other side of the Bay I literally fell down the stairs nobody gave her a fig they just presumed I was drunk I was holding my white stick at the time but they didn't seem to understand what that meant they ain't going to get a good review on TripAdvisor

Weather much better than here. Thank goodness Haloween is over. the Eastern European community had their kids out daily trick or treating 10 days in advance. I keep telling them its 31st October each year not 20th October then i get eggs thrown at my door.

Home now.. the phone is ok to post with via voice to text software, but I cant fully annoy the internet without my lappy. :moonie:

Tried to book an appointment with my lovely Doc, seems she is too brilliant and the waiting list is 8 weeks :wall:

She is the best but I know the Doc I could get will be just as good.

Still shocked at the drop of 90 off percent of euro nurses applying to come and work here and all the gov can say is that they are boosting home training for nurses while still paying rubbish money.. if they do get trained here the first thing they will do is move abroad for better money.

Im lucky I have no loans but today was a bad day for those in debt.

My surgery have gone insane. You can't book an appointment, you have to book for the doctor to phone you and decide if you need an appointment. If a doctor isn't free to phone that day you have to go there/call again the next day, they don't just add you to tomorrow's list. Time to change I think.

Congrats on your colour change, Splashy.

They are convinced a lot of people are wasting GPs time so another new scheme by the looks of things. The thing i mind is when receptionist try and get your illness details and act as the gateway to the Dr. At one time we had to see a pharmacist and they had to decide whether we needed to see a GP. It was awful being asked what was wrong with you in a queue at the chemist. I refused to be part of this scheme and so did others so it did not last long. Tell them you will go to A and E when they refuse to see you. Their funders dont like that.

I hate going to the doctor as I always feel bad that I am wasting time even though I am really sick. I never go for a cold. Had to go today and found I have some stomach bug and I am on a liquid diet (soup or broth only) for the next 2 weeks.

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Originally Posted by Siobhan

I hate going to the doctor as I always feel bad that I am wasting time even though I am really sick. I never go for a cold. Had to go today and found I have some stomach bug and I am on a liquid diet (soup or broth only) for the next 2 weeks.

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Wrong attitude, any doctor will tell you that you are never wasting their time and some illnesses are better found out sooner rather than later... I hope you get better real soon xx

I always write down a list of my symptoms so I dont waste their time rambling on or leave haven forgotten to ask a question etc

But then I ended up in a farce last time where I couldnt find the right door and even when she came out and was calling for me in the corridor I could hear her but couldnt see where she was due to me poor peepers. Very embarrassing.

Hope you get well soon S.

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Originally Posted by Perdita

Wrong attitude, any doctor will tell you that you are never wasting their time and some illnesses are better found out sooner rather than later... I hope you get better real soon xx

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You are so right, Perdita! (& I hope you are feeling better soon, Siobhan!).

Us guys are notorious for not wanting to go to the doctor when we should. Earlier this year my wife reckoned that a skin tag thing on my back had gotten bigger & that I should get it checked out. It took some convincing, but eventually I relented & went to the doctor about it. While it turned out benign (they did a needle biopsy), the doctor suggested I have a full checkup & blood tests etc, as it had been quite a while (ie many years!) since I had anything done. These tests showed up some "anomalies", & so it is now 6-8 months later & over that time I have had an ECG, heart stress tests, CT Scans, Renal Ultrasounds & a battery of blood tests (even a gene mutation test!!).

The results? While my ticker appears to be OK, it seems I only have 50% kidney capacity left now (they reckon I would have been born with less than 100% to begin with). I have to have my blood pressure taken every 3 months from now on plus a kidney function blood test every 6 mths - any deterioration & it's back to the specialist. Needless to say my family weren't thrilled to hear that I may have to come looking for a kidney one day! Haha!

I also had to see a haematologist for more tests. So it also turns out my blood is too thick - producing too many red blood cells - & is at a level which leaves me at somewhat of a high risk of blood clots or a stroke! I have had to take aspirin daily for the past couple of months to try & thin my blood out, & have to go back in early December to see if that is working. If not, a bone marrow biopsy is the next step (which the doc reckons can be a bit painful!!). Hopefully it won't come to that! (In the meantime, he said to come back straight away if I ever have chest pains or slurred speech etc!).

Considering this all started with the little skin thing on my back, each of the doctors has said to me "I suppose this has all come as a bit of a shock to you?". You can imagine my response! When they asked if I am feeling ok, I said that I was before, but I am not so sure now!!!

I suppose the moral to all this, as Perdita has importantly pointed out, is that you should always go to the doctor no matter how small your condition/illness is, or how much a waste of time you think it might be. Again, as Perdita said, it is better to find some things out sooner rather than later. After her own health scare late last year, my wife insisted I go to the doc this time. If I hadn't found all this out now, & hopefully can take steps to control/monitor it all, then it may have been a much bigger problem further down the track.......

(Sorry to inflict this little rant on you guys, but I am feeling a bit anxious leading up to my return visit to the haematologist in December - I am a bit 'doctored out' at the moment!)

So sorry Pantherboy about your medical condition but glad you did go to the doctor and you are now getting the right treatment and check-ups. :thumbsup:

sending you a manley cyber hug Pantherboy ...your appointment will go fine.

Just booked my first professional hair cut, not had one this century, been cutting my own hair with clippers because of me nerves, but its time for a proper hair do, I fancy a perm

Take care and get well soon all fellow sick soapboarders

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Originally Posted by Splashy

But then I ended up in a farce last time where I couldnt find the right door and even when she came out and was calling for me in the corridor I could hear her but couldnt see where she was due to me poor peepers. Very embarrassing.

Hope you get well soon S.

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I am always doing that and my eyesight is fine.. they just seem to disappear into one of many doors.

Further insanity through from surgery by text today: No repeat prescriptions can be ordered through the surgery. Patients now have to phone between 9am and 5pm or order them online (after registering with 2 pieces of ID, no information given as to what is deemed acceptable.)

Fairly sure that's going to run into problems with people who work 9-5, people who don't have the internet and people who's ID isn't considered acceptable...

Oh and they want 7 working days for it to be ready. Why replace a service with an even slower one?!

Last year when I joined this practice they told me too to register using photo ID, I had none! Not been outside in 13 years so had no photo driving licence or passport. Cant get a driving licence one, think they dont like people waving a white stick driving so had to cough up 90 odd quid for a passport I will never use. But then that did make it possible for me to get a free bus pass and disabled parking badge.

It could be way worse, if we lived in America and couldnt afford health insurance it would be the free clinics for us and ya dont want to go there.. add to that Trump wants to make the poor suffer more by removing Obamma care, simply because he wants to destroy anything Obama did.

But then, I dont know if anyones been to hospital recently, but I really cant see how we will replace the out going non british heath professionals who will leave to somewhere which will guarantee they can stay and not just promise them a few years maybe before they are asked to leave.. well done Brexiteers :wall:

My mum is at the same surgery and she will be in a similar quandry if they do insist on photo ID. She has an old paper driving licence which is valid until she's 70. If she is still able/wanting to drive at that age the renewal will be free unless they change the rules in the meantime, so she sees no point in paying to get a photo licence sooner.

That said mum gets her repeat prescriptions ordered via the Sainsbury's service, so perhaps she'll be able to escape it.

They should not be asking for these documents as part of the registration process as primary care is free to all.
If you google what do i need to register with a gp or go on nhs website it should tell you that.

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Originally Posted by Kim

Further insanity through from surgery by text today: No repeat prescriptions can be ordered through the surgery. Patients now have to phone between 9am and 5pm or order them online (after registering with 2 pieces of ID, no information given as to what is deemed acceptable.)

Fairly sure that's going to run into problems with people who work 9-5, people who don't have the internet and people who's ID isn't considered acceptable...

Oh and they want 7 working days for it to be ready. Why replace a service with an even slower one?!

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My mum told me last night in her area you have to ring for appointment 2 days in advance.. who know if they are going to be sick 2 days from now!!!! that is really stupid.

Just took my new super fantastic hair do on a bus trip to Southampton to see love ones ... they incidentally managed to get a GP appointment today calling on the dot at 8am.. it is a big practice thou and they had a cancellation.

Wow my old haunt Southampton common has really changed, had lunch in the wild centre that used to be the Zoo, seriously how many kids can claim in the UK that they woke up most days to the sound of a Lion roaring.

I love my bus pass ... its not that its free,, its that you dont have to faff with saying where you are going or coins..... oh yes got told off for trying to use an old pound coin in tescos... didnt matter that I was carrying a white stick it seems I should of known better..:wall:

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Originally Posted by swmc66

They should not be asking for these documents as part of the registration process as primary care is free to all.
If you google what do i need to register with a gp or go on nhs website it should tell you that.

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P.S. Swim, a dramatized version of one of your favourite books " The Boy With The Topknot" is being shown on BBC2 next Monday.

Thanks for remembering Glen. Someone told me about that so really looking forward to it.

Found some glutton free gravy :cheer:

Had a taxing day, sorting out my tax

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Originally Posted by Splashy

Had a taxing day, sorting out my tax

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I don't envy you, need an accountant to do mine as wayyyy too complicate for me to do myself :(

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Had a taxing day, sorting out my tax

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try to retax now :p i hate numbers useless at maths

Any help and recommendations of getting rid of skin tags?

Just moaning about people's reactions to stuff.
Might need some chocolate.

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Originally Posted by tammyy2j

Any help and recommendations of getting rid of skin tags?

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Tammy see a nurse... they can burn those little gits off you and job sorted..

Dont try home remedies off the net I had to re my agoraphobia and it wasnt fun.

edited as looking back I came across as telling how it can be done.......SEE A NURSE :moonie::cartman::ninja::rotfl:

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Any help and recommendations of getting rid of skin tags?

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Believe it or not....apply some apple cider vinegar to the skin tag.
http://humansarefree.com/2014/03/saf...tags-with.html

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Originally Posted by TaintedLove

Believe it or not....apply some apple cider vinegar to the skin tag.
http://humansarefree.com/2014/03/saf...tags-with.html

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tea tree oil is also meant to be good, I think

I hear a chain saw while wearing a blind fold is also a good treatment :angel:

Had my first KFC this century ... wow do I have indigestion now..

This happened .. walking in the precinct a women barged into me, the shouted are you blind.. I just raised my white stick and shrugged. ..I wish I had a pro cam on :ninja:

Been annoying "trip adviser" for a while now, Ive only gone and got myself followers.. how does that work :hmm:

If you see a weirdo with a white stick wandering around with a line of other weirdos following him.. that will be me.. take my advice and walk the other way.

Well Im home alone, land lady is off sword fighting somewhere, the nephew is up a tower somewhere and the niece hula hooping somewhere.

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Originally Posted by tammyy2j

Any help and recommendations of getting rid of skin tags?

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is toothpaste good for them or love bites

Liz :D

Im not recommending this I still say see a nurse, but I removed mine with some cotton tied around the base, you cut off the blood supply and it falls off after a while, but it does leave a mark where it was and could get infected. or see a pharmacist... but the key is to stop the blood supply to the tag and keep the area clean while it happens over a week or so. (note I am no medical expert of any kind ask one before you do anything).

Now on the other matter of transplanting a new head on a friends body.. I recommend.....

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Originally Posted by tammyy2j

Any help and recommendations of getting rid of skin tags?

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mmmm What are skin tags?

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Originally Posted by Siobhan

mmmm What are skin tags?

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A skin tag is a small piece of soft, hanging skin that may have a peduncle, or stalk. They can appear anywhere on the body, but especially where skin rubs against other skin or clothing.

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Originally Posted by Siobhan

mmmm What are skin tags?

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A good example of a skin tag is Noel Edmonds

I am currently annoying the population of Weymouth in Dorset

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Originally Posted by Splashy

I am currently annoying the population of Weymouth in Dorset

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Have a great time :D