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Hello everyone
What another wet day here today.
No sign of a bed yet Starry. It must be so hard to keep residents separate from one another when they don't understand. Almost impossible I would say
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Good afternoon all. A cold damp day here. My shopping has been delivered and is now ready to put away. I'm having a rest after a bad night due to cramp and having a busy morning. If I manage to stir my stumps I will continue with sorting out the airing cupboard. Too much of everything sums it up! Hope you get a respite bed for your husband soon Diane. Sally four days of sunshine this week you should be able to get out in the garden.
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Hello everyone, sorry for my abscence.
We have gales here today its difficult to stand up outside.
D|ANE I'm so sorry you're going through this now, I know how difficult and soul destroying it is looking after someone with mental health issues. Getting the help you need was practically zero when I was looking after Pete and I hoped it would improve in future but it doesnt seem to have. The only way you can get anywhere is to keep badgering them, ring everyday, don't worry if you sound like a broken record just batter them with calls. It's damn hard when you can't get away for a few minutes peace and calm and you have to live with it 24/7. (((hugs)))
STARRY your poor MIL. People assume because some of the elderly are confused or have dementia or AZH they don't know whats going on so don't worry so much. But that's not true as we know. They get more agitated if anything. I don't envy the nurses having to cope in that situation either. It must be almost as distressing for you as it is for her.
CAROL sorry to hear you're still both struggling. Perhaps once lockdown is eased and we are back to some kind of normality you could get a home help? I know they're not called that now but you know what I mean. I think it would help you a lot.
Well I've had an awful couple of weeks. So angry with the Roche doctors I've changed to the Bodmin ones on18th of this month. I was with them back in the 70's for about 10 years. The Roche doctors aren't vaccinating my age group, group 5, they're skipping those and only doing the group 6 lot. A bigger group evidently so they get more money for vaccinating them. The new doctors are brilliant, they've booked me into Bodmin for my jab next Monday, sorted out my repeat prescriptions so they are delivered by Roche Chemist as usual, and one of the doctors phoned me about this stomach problem. They are much more efficient and know what they're doing, so I'm pleased I changed.
Keep safe everyone, xxx
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ooh no-one been in?
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Good afternoon all, It's bitter here with a strong wind. Gordon has just brought my washing in and it's dry. I'm working my way through a mountain of washing all things that can't be dried in my dryer. Hazel, my gardener has stopped coming because of the cold and the fact that he is moving, when it safe for him to come inside, he also be doing my cleaning. He is a house husband with very high standards. He also does my DIY. Sally does my shopping and with Paul also I will be well taken care of. It's just a matter now of keeping going on the sorting out and getting rid of everything. Once the bungalow is clear my life will go back to normal. Gordon will then go back to his flat, he'll probably ask Paul to assist him with the cleaning as well. Gordon is to housework as Attilla the Hun was to peace.
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Hello everyone.
Its stayed dry today and the wind has dropped.
I wont bore you with more sleepless nights and no respite in the pipeline.
It will be handy for you when the surgeries go to their new premises Hazel. It will be your side of town. Are you having your jab at the treatment centre at Bodmin Hospital??
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DIANE I didn't know they were moving??? Where are they off to? I'm with Carnewater and not heard anything about them moving.
Yes having the jab at the medical treatment area on Monday. I've been in the Peninsula building before you get to the medical treatment centre but not in the medical treatment centre. I suppose we park opposite, George said there are people there to show you where to go so hopefully it'll be ok. And he said it's all signposted. He's typical male, doesn't give too much away, it's like trying to get information out of a spy.
STARRY, my old surgery did groups 1 to 4 then skipped my group altogether and went on to group 6. Even though I was also in group 6 because of diabetes they said as I was 65-69 I came under group 5 so they wouldn't be doing me. I was fuming. Couldnt book in Roche chemist as they're always booked up and didn't want to go to Wadebridge which is a fair old drive.
Had my meds delivered today, Wednesday, by the chemist here. I'd ordered them Monday from the new surgery and they were sent up to the chemist the next day. They did call me to say the old surgery hadn't put a repeat list of my meds in with my history, so theyd had to go through everything to find them and asked if they'd got them all, which they had. Then sent me a text yesterday to tell me the script had been sent up to Roche. They're very efficient.
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Morning all, lovely sunny one here, but still a bit nippy.
STARRY surely those surfers are breaking the lockdown rules? We've got them down here and the police just seem to ignore them, unless they've arrived in cars obviously from outside the county.
Not got much to do today, just a bit of housework. My Amazon smartplug came yesterday, so I set that up yesterday afternoon. I bought it as it was on offer from £24.99 to £9.99 but only allowed one per household. I really wanted 2, so will have to wait another 7 days to buy a second one. This one Ive put in bedroom. My tv is plugged into a socket behind a chest of drawers and unless I leave it on standby I have to drag the chest out and switch it off at the socket. Now I can just say "Alexa turn off bedroomTV" and she does it. Brilliant. The power supply to the Amazon stick and the TV are plugged into an extension lead which is then plugged into it. I want a second one for the living room TV, thats plugged into an extension lead with 5 other things, dvd player, freesat box, music centre thing, soundbar, and dvd player. So I can use a smartplug in the main socket and plug the extension into that. It'll be one fire risk less to worry about.
My neighbour's son, Peter, is outside powerwashing the guttering on her bungalow, its one of those Karcher ones that uses the waterbutt, but he was saying the waterbutts not high enough and too far away for half the bungalow, so it's not that successful. I'd been looking at the cordless one by Works which you operated using a bucket of water so not tied to distance from the water source, but they're a bit pricey. I could clean the slippery paving slabs, the car and the guttering if I got one, but not sure I could warrant spending £200 on one.
Enjoy your day everyone and enjoy the sunshine if you have it too. xxx
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Good Morning all, a lovely sunny day here to enjoy. Gordon hasn't been awake long so he's just having his breakfast. By the time he's digested it and wiped up no work will get done. It does annoy me, but if I wake him up he's grumpy for the rest of the day. I've written a list of jobs he's said he will do for me so I'm hoping he will make a start on them.
I did post yesterday but it disappeared into the ether, never to be seen again.
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Good morning everyone.
Its a lovely day here but feeling nippy.
You'll be fine driving up for your jab Hazel. Its very well organised. You'll be stopped when you've driven round the roundabout and asked what time your jab is and then directed to a parking space and where to go from there. If you arrive close to your jab time you are directed to a close space and if you are early, then directed to another very slightly further away space it appears from watching what happens while standing in the queue.