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Sorry to hear about your uncle Benjmin
Thinking of you and all his family.

R.I.P

Hazelx

Hi Ben, I am sorry about your Uncle, may he rest in peace now, free from all pain and suffering. I hope he enjoyed hearing about the family history you have found out so far.

Claire, I used to drink a lot of coffee but was told by the consultant when I had kidney stones that coffee is often responsible so only drink at most two cups a day. i don't think it makes any difference whether it is decaff or not with it being a diuretic, Carole. Why not try cutting back and see if it helps your problem ease?

Gail, I am sorry you have been so poorly and still have a pain in the rear end to contend with. I have one of those but I might push him out of the plane on the way to Corfu, if we do book later this morning.
Must get to bed soon as I won't have much sleep before getting up again to go with o.h. to the travel agent, luckily only ten mins away at the airport here and I can rest again when I get back. It's the wrong week of shifts for doing stuff like this, typically, would have been fine if he had been on earlies so he could go when he got in from work.


Oh well life is full of trials and tribulations,
thanks Colin for the thoughts, he is a fussy chap but hopefully he will like the places I have chosen and we will get on one of them.

take care all
love to Betty, Elaine and Eileen and all who aren't about at the mo

Lizxxxx

Hello all,
Ben- so sorry about your uncle. 62 is far too young.
Liz- Corfu sounds great. I haven't been there. OH has visited some of the islands in her younger days. She stayed on Crete during her most recent travel extravaganza (Turkey, Egypt and Greece) in 2006. We took separate holidays, as I couldn't take that long off. I went to China, but I am a bit sorry I didn't go with her for the Turkey leg instead.
Liz and Claire, caffeine is a mild diuretic (my old biochem training) but even when it is taken out there may be other things in coffee that cause problems. I am in the throes of cutting back. Too early to see whether my sleep is improving, but I think it is. Last two nights I slept through, without needing to get up or even waking up
Hello Hazel, Ann, Carole Tink, Carole Yorkshire, Deanna, Joyce and the many others who have enriched our lives on this board. OMG that sounds pretentious, but I do mean it. It has been a great placeto share feelings for me.

Hello everyone,

Another long while since my last, very short post.

August is a very busy time where birthdays are concerned.Have had to buy 4 lots of cards and pressies so far.

My youngest and her son celebrate their birthdays this sunday. My ex asked me to go together with him, can't really refuse.Second youngest daughter is going with her husband, I would rather go with them, but....

Liz, you asked me for some tomato seeds for next year.I willd ry some and send them on sometime.They are cherry tomatoes and a new type called Milanino's.The latter could only be bought directly from the farmer who 'created' them-don't know how you call this, maybe 'bred'? I bought one small tray of them and dried the seeds.Have had soooo many tommies, litterally hundreds.

Sorry for your loss Ben, it is always very sad when a loved one dies.

Am still battling here, just try take every day as it comes though.

For all of you who are also fighting your demons and also dealing with ill-health, I wish you all courage and peace of mind.

Eileen x

Eileen it's lovely to see you here.
February is my busy time with cards but as the kids got older we agreed to stop presents as it got so expensive. So I only buy for those under 18, or my own kids now at birthdays and Christmas. The others I can buy a little gift if I see something any time of the year, when I can afford it.

After work Tuesday and Wednesday ( when I also drove 42 miles) I ache and felt so tired yesterday when visiting Dad in hospital that I told Mum we had to leave half an hour early. It still was another hour before I got home. Had a sleep on the setti. Had been to CBT in the morning and looked round a local shop to price up new cotton bed sheets, but didn't buy.

Today so far I have had a lie in and sat on computer, watched tv and showered. Must dry my hair now.

Love to you all xx

You are right Carole, it IS expensive, especially when there are 5 children (mine) plus their partners, nine g.children with their partners, and four g.g.children, luckilly no partners yet, thank goodness.Lol. I only buy something small for the little ones, especially those that live overseas.

Haven't read through the many posts yet, so am not up to date with everyone, but wish you all a peaceful weekend.

Eileen x

OH BEN, I am so so sorry about your uncle.
Two months?
Hardly enough time for the poor soul to be able to accept, or understand what was going on.
I hope it will not set you back at all.
Deanna XXX

Right, all my friends, I am still around.... in fact I am still *ROUND*... ;-0)
I just don't have enough time in the day to do everything. I am so slow these days.
My biggest news is that I have been discharged from the cancer clinic.... best news I have. Everything else can wait until I have the energy to type more.
Love to all,
Deanna XXXXX

Great news Deanna, so pleased for you. celebration tonight then??

No Ann, it was yesterday and we went for a meal in a country pub.... Tony Allan and I.
But it was so great to be told to go away and don't come back!!!
My words , not his.... ;-0)
Deanna XXX

Not here for long,I do have other people to annoy you know!

Today I did something really hard.I made the old man try to put his own coat on.That was the hardest few minutes watching hm struggle but I relented in the end and put it on for him.

We shifted the kitchen round at the week-end to make room for a new freezer,and that is another story in itself.This made the tumble dryer accessible to the old man and,happy days,he now does all the washing.Result eh!

Make the most of this until the novelty wears off!

Deanna that is fantastic news. You must feel a huge weight lifted off you. I'm so happy for you and your family xx

Colin hi sorry I didn't mention you before xx

Claire hope P is better soon lovely to talk to you earlier xx

Spoke to Dutch tonight, she is going to Sheffield tomorrow. Hope she has a lovely cuddle with Olivia xx

Sharron ~~~~ xx

Ann ~~~~~ xx

Liz Ben Eileen Caz and Mary ~~~~~ xx

Hi all, not on for long but wanted to say to Ben, so sorry to hear about your uncle, but at least he is at rest now and out of pain.

Deanna, wow, what fantastic news for you, I am so pleased, bet if you could you would be dancing round the room.

Don't want to say to much but I have to have two scans week after next, my Macmillan nurse came yesterday and upped my morphine again. She said she had a letter from oncologist that told her I would be going back on chemo when the results of scans come through. It will be the same tablets that made my feet too sore to walk on but at least they worked.

Hope you are all ok, I can't mention everyone by name but love and hugs to you all.

Caz xx

Good luck Carole..Caz.... I hope it all goes well for you.
Sore feet is not too big a price to pay if it is helping , is it love?
Yes folks, it is good news although I was always quite blase about the whole thing. How I would be if it happened again, i do not know.
Love to all, and I will speak later.
Deanna XXX

Rooting for you Caz.Stllettoes give you sore feet too and I bet you persevered with them in your time.

Think of it as beneficial stilettoes and you are stabbing the bugger with the heels!

Sharron... a fantastic analogy... I love it.

That is what to do Carole, remember the stiletto heels. We walked for miles.... with a smile on our faces, and we were SO DAMNED CRIPPLED!!

Good luck love.

I have spent all afternoon learning how to download, and send off pictures. Aaarrrggghhh ! Still, doing okay, but I am not an expert yet!!! Gimme time... ha ha ha
Deanna XXXX

Oh yes I remember stiletto heels all right, used to love them, only wish I could wear any shoe with comfort now. Four nights a week we were out dancing, my mates and me, I lived for dancing back then.
I wish I didn't have to go back on them because oncologist took me off them 18 months ago because my feet were too bad. They were purple and red and blistered, then the blisters broke and skin cracked, and I got a nasty infection and ended up with a bandaged toe just like those pictures you see of old men with gout. In fact I had to have intense care from podiatrist/ chiropodist who is still working on them now. It affected my hands as well but if they blast the bugger into smithereens I am ready to give it another go.
Going for a lovely long soak in a bubble bath now, lovely.

Caz xx

Forgot to say my stilleto's never hurt me.

No,Caz,of course they didn't! That's the spirit!

We will be with you all the way as you fight back at (to use Daff's word) at the bar-stewards.

Ann
Glos

Hello all, just a quick word before I check on Aussie Sue's thread and then beddie-bye time I think. Up at 6 am tomorrow.
When I was young, equally young women in stilettos always looked beautiful. Still do, in fact.
But I must take issue with you Miss/Mrs Carole! Old men with gout? I get gout. In my big toe. I am not THAT old, surely. Apart from the usual tablets my extra medication is an extra glass of water or two. Seems to do wonders. My father used to get gout in his knee and it became inflamed and painful.
Glad you hanging in there Liz, lovely to see you on this board Eileen. Dutch Hazel seems to be too busy gadding about to write to us. Gail, hope the flu is much better, not to mention the boil.
Deanna, wonderful news. While I haven't had cancer, brother in law is one year on after bowel cancer and Denise (GF) almost 6 years. Her last one a secondary melanoma in a lymph gland in the armpit. She is still struggling with other problems but still hanging in there. Latest threat is possible heart arrhythmia. We sometimes think we are just a pair of old crocks who need each other.
Hello Ann in Glos, nice to read your encouraging thoughts over the last year or so. Colin.