General Chat

Hello girls,
Many thanks for the lovely cards, Jean, Ann and Joyce, and thank you all for the anniversary wishes.
We were going to go out for a meal tonight, but we are both so full of this cold, that we have changed the booking for Saturday instead.

Our son saw the specialist yesterday, and had the echo cardiogramme done
It shows that his heart is mis-shapen, and has what they describe as a thread going through the top part of the heart.
The specialist in Scotland is sending all the information down to Jason's doctor here, and he is to see a heart specialist as soon as possible.
He is allowed to drive, but take lots of rest breaks in the journey.
I am still hoping that someone who is attending the funeral, will offer drive them home next week.
He is still having little niggly pains, but not as bad as they were, thank the good lord.

Ooh isn't it lovely to hear from Sylvia and Marie again. We do miss their postings, as we do Huia's.
It would be nice to hear from Joyce and Caz, to see how they are both doing as well.

Well girls, Gammon Steaks, Jacket spuds, peas and pinneapple for dinner tonight, and guess who's cooking, yes me. So I had better get my skates on, and get the preparations sorted.
Take care, and love to all. Mo xxx

Hello all,


Mo, is there any more news about your son....how did he get on at the hospital yesterday. Hope they can sort out his problem with medication.



Jean, hope you and Jeff have a nice few days on your own. As you say, as we get older we swap role play with our children.lol!!

Glad to hear that you are getting on with your card making.
I haven't done any at all since last week...we seem to have spent a lot of time at the hospital with Jennie. She's not only suffered a small flare up of Crohn's, she's had a water infection, a high temperature and heart rate, and a very swollen and painful right knee. We took her to A&E on Sunday evening, after being there for five hours they kept her in.
After tests and xrays it looks as though a virus is the cause of her problem. Her temperature is still up and down, and after draining the fluid off her knee three times, they were able give her a steroid injection into it, so it's feels a bit easier. At least now she can move about on crutches instead of having to use a wheelchair.
As some people that suffer from Crohn's can also suffer with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Jennie is now under a Consultant Rheumatologist at the hospital, she will be given an appoitment and also has to go for physiotherapy on her knee as it has become very stiff.




Marie nice to hear from you again, sorry that the summer weather hasn't been too good for you all. I'm looking forward to the longer days here and hope that our summer weather will be good.
Hope all is well with your family.




Sylvia, lovely to hear from you. Hope hubby's results of his colonoscopy were good. Also hope that all is going along okay for you.

How is your grandson getting along these days? He must be coming up to two now, but I might have it wrong. Anyway, I hope that he and his mum and dad are all well.




Caz, hope you are feeling a little bit better than you've been lately.
Thinking about you.





Linda, haven't spoken to you for a while, hope all is well with you and your family. I expect your grandson is coming along well by now.




Joyce, hope you and Jan are both alright.



Ann, hope all is well with you and your daughter.




Huia, hope you are alright. Are you still working in the Hospice Shop?


Well girls I must go now, have a few things to do before going to the hospital to visit Jennie.



Speak to you all soon



Love, Sallie.xxx

Happy anniversary Mo Hope you are having a lovely day.

Marie daughter had radio therapy not chemo, quite a lot of difference there, RT is not so debilitating thank goodness, although in its way bad enough.

Jean enjoy yourselves. While the cat is away :-D :-D

Sylvia, good to see you on here. :-)

Nudge for Mo

Nudge for Mo

Hello ladies,

Now have I got this righ,t today is our lovely Mo and Rolys wedding anniversary, so Congratulations have a lovely day and many more to come ...love Jean and Jeff xxxxx

Sallie hope you are feeling better than you did, and managing to do some crafting, I was sorry to hear about Jennie sending love and prayers to her, I do hope she is on the mend sooon...

I am just like you Sylvia too long on the puter , so now the days are longer and lighter I shall be going out more , D is having a few days away so J and I are doing what we want , funny as we get older its role swap, we are the kids, ....lol.... we are having a great time,
but miss her....

Huia, Marie Linda, Joyce, Ann Liz and anyone else who looks in....,hope you are all well , and to lovely Caz, we are wishing you well and hope all this bed rest is working for you...and the pot comes off very soon...

still busy doing the cards,and always sorting out drawers full of craft stuff I had forgot I had... and trying to cut back on the buying, but as Sallie will tell you not easy when you are addicted , I wonder if there is a rehab we could go to .....lol....
so you lovely folk I shall love you and leave you But I will be back , take care ....
Love Jean xxxx



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Hello to you all , the rain continues as it has done all summer .
To-day is the last day of Summer and to-morrow Autumn she says, what the hell happened to Summer no doubt it will be a cold wet winter as well , never mind next Summer could be a drought but I shouldnt complain they are starving in Africa all those poor little mites.
Hi Sylvia it is nice to hear from you I hope you are well.

Hi Mo, It is great to hear that your son is out of Hospital I am sure he will do the right thing as a Heart Attack is a frightening thing it takes awhile to get over the fright.
Sallie I hope the swelling goes down in Jennies knee. Think positive the black dog doesn't like positive people.

Hi Ann you must be pleased that your Daughter has finished her chimo and that she is now resting I hope she comes back looking better
Hi to Jean Dutch and Caz I hope you are all in better health
<3 to you all <3 ;-) Marie

Hi everyone



sorry it has been so long since I posted on here.


I've been trying to cut down my time on the computer ......... but hadn't realised it was so long :-0



Everything is fine on this side of the Pond .......... but I'm sorry to see that so many of you, and / or your families, are having problems



love to everyone



sylvia
xx

Meant to say. Sylvia seems to be OK she posted on suggestions board earlier today.

Hi all

Mo I am pleased that your son is out of hospital, that is the second case of that I've heard of and the last one was a friend in her 80s who was also visiting Scotland. Coincidence? She seems to have made a full recovery.

I didn't say the cream is not working, I said it is too soon to see if it has worked, it is about a month after using the cream before you can tell. However, one patch looks more hopeful than others I think.

Sallie I am sorry to hear about Jennie, I hope the hospital can set her on the road to recovery. Crohns is such a horrible disease isn't it?

Good morning girls,

Mo, good to know that your son is out of hospital, even though he has to go back for a scan to his heart on Tuesday. Hope that with the right care by the doctors and by him looking after himself and doing what the doctors tell him, he'll make a very good recovery. Wishing him all the best for tomorrow, I will be thinking about him, you and the family.


I'm really pleased to be seeing Gourmail again, just hope that this time I will be able to beat the old Black Dog altogether.



Ann, I've seen your message on the Wales thread, thank you for letting me know.

Pleased to hear that your daughter is having a holiday up in the Lake District, it will do her good now she's finished her treatment.



Jennie's right knee got more swollen over the weekend, we took her to hospital last night where they found out that her temperature was quite high. After draining the fluid off her knee, blood tests and an Xray, they now think that her knee problem is linked to her Crohn's Disease. The doctors that are in the team of the Consultant she is under at the hospital decided to keep her in. So we have to wait to see what they will say today. Oh well, can't say life is boring.lolol!!



Hope everyone else is alright, might look in again later on.



Take care all.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello my friends,
Many thanks for your kind thoughts.
My son has now been released from hospital, with medication to help him.
He has to go back on Tuesday for a scan of his heart, and see the cardiologist.
They say it is Peri Cardi-itus (sp).... inflamation to the sac that surrounds the heart.
God willing, with proper treatment, and extra care on his side, he will make a good recovery.

Ann, what a pity the Aldera ointment is not working. It has made things very uncomfortable for you hasn't it.
It's good to hear that your daughter is having a nice break away, to recouperate. Lets hope the weather forecasters are correct, and that she gets some nice weather whilst she is up there.

Sallie, it's heartening to read that you are seeing the same therapist as last time. At least she knows your history, and can catch up on things where she left off the last time.
Stay strong honey, and dont let the Bu**er beat you.

Hi Marie and Huia. Good to hear all your news. Sylvia has been missing for some time now, I do hope she is well.

Tea time now, so I will wish you all, a good evening, and god willing will speak to you tomorrow.
Love and hugs, Mo xxx

Marie, nice to see you. Daughter is in the Lake District now recuperating now that she has finished the radio therapy. She is still tired and was warned that would last for another 10-14 days but she is happy to have finished it.

I have another 7 days of using the aldera ointment. Can't reallys ee if it has solved the problem yet, if it hasn't the ulcers will be removed in June.

Mo, hope the news from your son is positive and that he is improving.

Sallie, just 'spoken' to you on the Wales thread. Hope you get all your jobs done and the day passes quickly for you. Sometimes we long for a day on our own and then when we get one it does drag :-D We are never satidfied.

Mo, hope that the news about your son is a bit better today.
Thinking about him, you, Roly and the family, and sending you all lots of positive thoughts.


Marie, lovely to hear from you, glad to hear that things with you and your family are better. Families are such a worry, aren't they?

Thank you, I'm sure that things will get right again as they have done in the past. After the last time, I thought that was the end of the old Black Dog, I think I might have expected too much. I go to see the Cousellor on the 7th March, the same one as I had last time, so I'm pleased about that.




Huia, glad to hear that you have got rid of your unwelcome visitors at last. Let's hope they stay away from now on.

How are things with Phil? Hope things were not too bad with him the last time you visited him.



I must go and get a couple of jobs done now, so might look in again later.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Marie, no council dumps near us. We are in the country. The rats come from the bush or the farmland. The Parks people have a programme putting poison baits out in the bush for rats and your Aussie furry friends, so I know that the rats do live in the bush. It will be an ongoing problem for me as we will probably never be able to exterminate them all.

I had been thinking early in the week of going to see my gt grandson today but after the busy week I decided I was too weary to drive that far. Maybe next weekend.

I have finally managed to download some photos from my camera onto the 'new' computer. I was getting so frustrated as nothing seemed to work, but suddenly it came right. I still havent checked out my scanners. I am almost afraid to in case they were also zapped by the lightning.

I am off to bed soon, so have a nice day you up-toppers, and a nice evening to the Ozzies.

Huia.

Hello to you all,
Mo I am sorry to hear that your son has had a Heart Attack, I hope he recovers soon and that he get's the best treatment so that he can have better Heart Health.You and Roly must be very worried I will say some prayer's to-night for you and your son.

Dear Ann I hope your Jennie is not having bad side effect's from her Chemo and that she recover's soon God Bless Her, I also hope your problem is healing.

Sallie I am sorry to hear you are having a visit from the Black Dog again I do hope the medication works for you.I also hope you Daughter is getting better.

Huia. It must be a real pain having to continusly try to get rid of those nasty Rats,Is there a council dump some where near you? that may be where they are coming from.
How is your grand son he will be growing all the time,you will notice it if you only see him infrequently.
I hope all the tremors in NZ have finished it must be a worry for all.
We are still having a lot of rain on the East Coast of Oz it is raining in Bathurst to-day and has cooled down from Yesterday.

I see Sylvia has not been in to-day I hope she is well
Hello SylviaI hope you are in Sunshine we havent seen much of it this Summer.

Love and best wishes Health and Happiness to all
Marie

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Sallie, I hope the meds work for you. Maybe if the weather continues to be brighter it will help to lift your mood.

Mo I am so sorry to hear of your son's heart attack. I hope that he will quickly recover and get the right follow up treatment he needs.

Jean, I have been out for quite a bit of the day, so have only just opened the mail. Thank you so much for the Thinking of You card you sent me from you and Jeff. It's really beautiful and it's helped to cheer me up. Thank you once again, it's nice to be thought about.

Hope all is well with you, Jeff and Debra.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Mo, I'm really sorry to hear about your son, what a shock you and Roly must have had. Sending him our get well wishes, and hoping that he will get over it very soon. As you say, not so good him and a big worry for you and Roly, with him being so far from home.

Also sorry to hear about S's grandmother, it was nice that she had a peaceful end with just her husband there.


No matter how old our children are, we still worry about them.

If you can Mo, could you let us know how he is, please.


Will be thinking about you all, and hope and pray that the news will get better each day.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Good evening girls.
S lost her grandmother on Thursday morning, she waited till she was alone with her husband to leave this world.

Yesterday we had a phone call from S, to say that our son has had a heart attack up in Scotland.
They say he has an enlarged heart, and needs two weeks bed rest, and a follow up appointment with a specialist.
I dare say all the worry and travel hasn't helped the situation. After all he worked a full day, and then spent the evening driving.
Oh boy what a worry all this is, and being so far away doesn't help us. But S is very good, and keeps us updated a couple of times a day.

It's good to hear from you Huia. Those dratted rats of yours, are a real pain in the backside arn't they love.
They must all enjoy living at your place, because they seem to return to visit you each year, dont they. Nasty little blighters, thank goodness your son was around to hear them with their hobnails boots on,running round in your attic, or they would have been asking for bed and breakfast.lol

Thank you for the card Jean..... But it's not my birthday till October.. I bet you have got confused with my wedding anniversary, that falls on the 29th of this month. Bless you my darling, thank you for the kind thoughts.

Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx