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Post by althea on Jul 12, 2019 15:58:35 GMT
Mr A has very little hair,particularly on top. When I cut his hair(which I have done for 40 years) I ask him,how he wants it - eleven to the left and 13 to the right?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 15:15:59 GMT
Had my ears syringed yesterday, the doctors can start candle production the amount that of wax that came out It all came about because when I booked my annual sight test at Specsavers I enquired about their hearing test service. I had noticed the need to watch TV with subtitles on and frequently asking conversationalists to repeat themselves A NHS hearing test there requires a referral from the GP for some reason so I asked my GP to refer me. Instead he suggested an ear examination first, and that was the surprising result. I am delighted that my hearing has been restored so everything is not just a matter of age
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Post by rondetto on Jul 17, 2019 19:39:17 GMT
I had mine done a year ago and the difference was amazing. Not like years ago when they used water to gush out the wax, now they use air to suck it out.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 18, 2019 10:28:18 GMT
Went to hospital yesterday to be fitted with a heart monitor. I have to wear it for v24 hours so they can check my heart rate, which is dfangerously low. Next step a pacemaker?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 10:48:43 GMT
I had mine done a year ago and the difference was amazing. Not like years ago when they used water to gush out the wax, now they use air to suck it out. They still use the water method here, a pump continually pumps water inside the ear and the wax eventually just pops out. Years ago it was a gadget like a cake icing tube that they filled with water and just pushed it into the ear, depending on the operative depended how much force they used against the ear. Some inconsiderate ones virtually pushed the gadget through your ear
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 10:51:22 GMT
Went to hospital yesterday to be fitted with a heart monitor. I have to wear it for v24 hours so they can check my heart rate, which is dfangerously low. Next step a pacemaker? Good luck, you'll be ok These procedures are nothing these days. Pacemakers are fitted in a few minutes as an out patient
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Post by althea on Jul 18, 2019 15:37:08 GMT
A friend of ours is having a pacemaker fitted on Friday. He will come home that afternoon. He's been told he can't drive for at least a week. Good luck with it,A.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 15:46:50 GMT
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Post by ARENA on Jul 19, 2019 8:13:12 GMT
Update on Mrs A
The revolutionary treatment she is receiving is working. The minor lesion on her lungs and kidney have been eradicated. The sarcoma on her leg has reduced and is now full of dead cancer cells. We have some way to go but all signs are positive.
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Post by polly on Jul 21, 2019 17:23:36 GMT
That is certainly heart-warming news, Arena. I fell in my sitting room a week ago. I caught my foot in my rucksack straps! I went flying! I have a broken toe. I have just been looking on Google about 'toe-buddies'. I do strap my toe to its neighbour but not as often as I should. I have done lots of walking since the episode during which my toe has hurt at times. I have just read that I ought to be resting my toe. But I can't! The coast and countryside and wildlife call to me!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 10:20:02 GMT
Had my annual sight test this morning, deterioration and new glasses required. To be expected at my age
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Post by rondetto on Aug 5, 2019 13:49:05 GMT
That is certainly heart-warming news, Arena. I fell in my sitting room a week ago. I caught my foot in my rucksack straps! I went flying! I have a broken toe. I have just been looking on Google about 'toe-buddies'. I do strap my toe to its neighbour but not as often as I should. I have done lots of walking since the episode during which my toe has hurt at times. I have just read that I ought to be resting my toe. But I can't! The coast and countryside and wildlife call to me! I broke a toes last year, they don't do anything to them these days. Supposed to knit themselves in time. I still have pain now and then though with mine.
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Post by norty on Aug 11, 2019 8:45:23 GMT
How’s Mrs A doing now Arena? When do you get your pacemaker fitted?
Ron how did your wife get on at the orthopaedic appointment, hopefully some good news?
Althea, did your other half have a good time at his surprise birthday party?
I’ve had a bit of a time lately, in late June my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and given 4-6 weeks. She lived 3 of them and all in hospital, she didn’t want to come home. Her funeral is is week after next. I’ve been travelling up and down to London, which is easier since I’ve moved thankfully, but still very tiring trying to get things organised and sorted. Her house is not far off a potential episode of a channel 4 programme with what she hoards and hasn’t thrown away over the years.
Back on the sodding crutch with sciatica! Not helpful.
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Post by ARENA on Aug 11, 2019 9:02:48 GMT
Mrs A has been through the wars, Norty. She had to be rushed to hospital with a large abscess ( nothing to do with her cancer) and has spent a week in pain. However got her back yesterday full of fun and fighting fit. Meanwhile her treatment is going well and the sarcoma continues to reduce under the new treatment.
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Post by althea on Aug 11, 2019 14:26:53 GMT
Sorry to hear your news,Norty. Arena,it's such a relief to hear that things are going so well for Mrs. A. I know she is probably going through Hell at the moment,but it will be worth it to be well again. Please give her my/our best wishes.
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