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Yes Sallie, I've had that jab as well and so has T with no problems, well worth having.

Pleased the cyclone was not as bad as they expected although it was seemingly bad enough.

Feeling quite pleased with myself Sallie, made 6 cards in the past two days. Managed a visit to the Range this morning, after Sainsbury's, Homebase and Dunelm. Only bought one packet of ribbon stickons and two packs of 'jewels', and the Docraft magazine. Didn't dare buy any more craft stuff having sorted and tidies all my existing stash and knowing how much I already have.

Hvae to go into town tomorrow, got the chiropodist (don't like that much), then a few bits to get. Then tomorrow evening we are at the golf club for quite a boring evening, prize presentation evening. There is a dinner first then have to sit through all the prizes presented for last year. We are only going because T has a prize to collect for winning the seniors championship last summer. And it is a collect it and hand it back prize too (a plate that stays in the cabinet on display). He will get a token prize of some sort, previous times it has been a silver tea spoon engraved.

I agree with you Sylvia, re my brother. I dont really want to ring my niece up
to ask her questions, but if my brother is anything like he was, when M was undergoing his surgery inititially, I will be ringing my niece.

My word poor J having to suffer with that amount of snow. What are their temperatures like there, is it very cold. I know that when the snow lays initially, it warms up a bit, but if they have had very heavy falls it is probably very cold.
It will be a novelty for MJ, but it's not like he is old enough to play in it yet,is it. ....LOL
I hope you are both o.k
Love Mo

Hi all



pouring with rain here



Sallie ...... I had that jab when I turned 65.

It's a protection against pneumona, and is a one-time only jab given to 65+ year olds.


I got that in one arm, and the flu jab in the other


The flu jab caused more of a reaction than the pneumonia one, and even that was only a little swelling and soreness



Go for it ....................... pneumonia would be far worse


AND there seem to be more and more pneumonia cases these days, especially over here.




So glad to see that the cyclone didn't claim any lives.



Where J lives apparently got 30-35 cm snow YESTERDAY as that snowstorm I mentioned barrelled its way through.


She only said in an email on Tuesday that M was fed up with shovelling snow ............... he'd got up at 5 am that morning to shovel so that she could get out of the house and go to work. So she had called their yard man (the one who mows grass in the summer), and he'd put them on his list for snow clearing.

Good decision eh?




Mo .... can't see why your bro couldn't phone the hospital or his son himself!




sylvia
xxx

Hi Girls.
Sallie the vaccine that Alun is going to have is the pneumonia jab. Roly had his ages ago,and didn't suffer ant side affects from it.
Apparantly you only need to have the jab done once,and it gives you coverage for pneumonia, but the flu jab is done yearly.
I should be entitled to mine this October,when I am 65, shhhhh don't tell anyone I am that old. LOL

Caz, keep your chin up honey,and knock em for six, do it one day at a time.
I hope Joyce does ring you back to confirm that she has arrived safetly.
She's a gal she is,and like you, despite whatever knocks you back, makes you both stronger. I wish sometimes I had your strength.

Sallie, I have just phoned my brother about my nephew,and there is no news yet.
He is waiting to hear from his ex-wife or daughter, to find out if the hospital rang my nephew.
Why he can't phone his son himself I don't know.
I get so angry with him at times, he can be such a woos,and wont fight his corner against wife number two.

Thank the lord that the cyclone never claimed any lives in OZ.
But did you see the chaos it caused in that Marina,on the T.V. Boats picked up in the air and thrown around like pieces of ply wood.

Take care girls, love to all. Mo xxx

Hi Caz, I'm sure it must be very difficult for you to get used to, I don't know how you can get used to that, ever. As you know we're all cheering you on, so that you will beat the "horrible thing", once again.

I hope Joyce had a good trip over to Liverpool, and that it was without any mishaps.

Alun is off to his Model Railway Club in 15 mins, so I'm hoping to start on some cards. I need to get a move on, as there are a few birthdays coming up, at the moment I'm not feeling too motivated, I'm afraid.



Mo, have you heard anymore about your nephew , today? Thinking about him.

Alun has to make an appointment with our surgery so that he can have a pneumococcal vaccine, now that he's 65. We had never heard about before now, so I'm just wondering if any of our friends on here have either had the vaccine themselves or know someone that has. I'm a bit wary about any vaccine that Alun or I haven't had before.

We haven't heard from Jean, Marie and Tess for a while now, I hope that everything is alright with them all.

Might speak to you all later.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Thanks everyone for your support, this time it's taking some getting used to for some reason. Don't worry Sylvia I always fight it, it's not going to get me. Joyce must have arrived over here as she rang me but I couldn't get to the phone quickly enough, she won't leave a message either so I know it's her. I'll pass on any news if there is any, but knowing Joyce there's always something.

Love Caz xx

Hi all

Caz ... I'm so sorry to hear your news. keep fighting!
xxx


and was sorry to hear that Joyce had a disappointing visit to the clinic.
xxx


Mo .............. I am also sorry to hear about your nephew.






I did sit down a lot yesterday!! About 45 minutes lying on the physio couch. About 45 minutes to have lunch. Almost the same having coffee. AND everything was within a couple of blocks, so I didn't have to walk too far.

It does take almost an hour each way on the buses (3 going but only 2 coming back).



It is a bit warmer today ...... but it is also cloudy, and almost no sun!



Keeping my figners crossed for those in Queensland

..... and also for those in the eastern US and eastern Canada who're going through a horrendous snowstorm, that has caused problems all the way down to Texas.



sylvia
xxx

Hi Linda,

It's nice to see you on here again, hope that you and your family are all okay.

As I said to Caz earlier on, she has got all her friends on here for her, and that is including you Linda. We all have to keep sending her lots of positive thoughts and prayers so that the chemo will do the job it should.


Mo, I'm so sorry to hear the news about your nephew, I really hope that they can do something for him without him having to have another operation.
Sending lots of thoughts and prayers to him.


My brother is fine now, thank you. After having six operations last year, I don't think that there can be much wrong with him now.lolol!!!

Joking aside, thank goodness he's alright now, and we're all hoping that he won't have to go into hospital for a very long time again. I know the last couple of times he was in, he wasn't very well at all, and had to stay in over Christmas. Things could have been worse.


Well. I'm going to have a cuppa now, so speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

So sorry to hear your news Caz, and to hear that Joyce had a disappointing visit to the clinic.

Mo I am sorry too to hear about your nephew.
My shoulder is still sore but that is nothing compared to the troubles noted by Caz, Joyce and yourself.

Sylvia, 6 hours good stamina you had there.

Just been watching the last Midsommer, anyone else watch it. Sad to see John Nettles leave.

Oh sorry Linda, what am I thinking of, I forgot to mention you earlier.
((((((((HUGS FOR LINDA))))))))

Hi Caz
Like the others I hope that the chemo gets rid of your cancer and that some of your other health issues lessen too.
I do think of you often and send healing thoughts tonight for when you next read.

Best wishes to everyone on here. Joyce have a safe journey

Linda :o) XxX

Oh for goodness sake,I am sooo dissapointed,about the outcome for both Caz and Joyce.
Come on our Caz,get your boxing gloves on and beat the bu**er.

I have also had bad news about my nephew. He had to go for his check up re his brain tumour, and it's not good news either.
He has a cyst growing in the area where they removed the tumour, and they are afraid that the cancer could grow back on the cyst.
They want to operate on him again next Wednesday,but he is not keen on having his skull opened up again, and may opt for chemo.
They want to use a new proceedure on him, and that is to wrap the cyst in,from what I can gather,is like tissue soaked in a chemo solution,to help to shrink it again.
The steroids are not shrinking it as quickly as they want it to. Mind you, it has been a year now, since his brain surgery, you would have thought the darned thing would have gone by now.

I am sorry to be going on like this, especially when we have Caz and Joyce suffering as well.
So come on girls extra prayers are needed all round, for our dear friends.

Have a safe journey tomorrow Joyce, we will be thinking of you.

Ann I hope your shoulder feels a bit better now. And that T has managed to sort out your e.mail problems for you.

Sylvia,that physio must have done you some good, for you to have been able to have a 6hour day out.LOL
But I bet you thoroughly enjoyed it didn't you. And being able to enjoy the sunshine was an extra bonus.
I remember when you went up to the cabin last time, you had an animal in there didn't you.

Hi Sallie, I meant to ask you how your brother is now. See it's my age, I remember these things,when I have finished posting on here, and forget the next time I am on.

(((((((((((((HUGS FOR JEAN +HUIA+MARIE))))))))))))))
And prayers that the cyclone in Oz does not affect her.

Bye for now girls love to you all Mo xxx

Hi Caz, sorry to hear that you didn't have good news at the hospital today.
Let's hope that the chemo will soon zap it, and that it will stay away for a long, long time.

You go on as much as you want, with the illnesses you have, you're entitled to go on. I'm alays here for you if you need to talk, and I'm sure all
our friends on this thread are here for you too.

Sending you lots of positive thoughts and prayers, that you will soon be on the winning end again.


Thanks for letting us know about both you and Joyce.



Joyce, I'm sorry that the pain clinic couldn't do anything to help you. It's a shame that they wanted you to do something that you were not happy or comfortable with. You'd think that there would have been someting else that you could have done, that would have helped.

Take care travelling to Liverpool tomorrow, and hope that you'll have a good journey.


Not a lot of news here at the moment, just the usual everything days happening.


Hope everyone else is alright, take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi all just a quickie as tea is nearly ready, Joyce went to the pain clinic but it didn't help much as they wanted to do something she didn't want but I will let her tell you herself when she feels up to coming on her. I myself had a hospital appointment and it wasn't too good for me either, I got the news that my cancer is building up again so have been put back on chemo. Does it never end, what with all the illnesses I have to put up with I thought we had this one undr control. Sorry to go on but I am still a bit upset from the news.
Love to all, and Sylvia I can't do anything else but behave.

Love Caz xx

Hi all


it was a physio day today, so I was out from about 11 am until almost 5pm

Don't ask how a 30-45 minute appointment can add up to a 6 hour outing!!

It did include lunch, and a stop for coffee, and another for buying chocolates, and another for a discussion at the knitting shop ................... all within a 2 block radius of the physiotherapist

It was actually a lovely day to be out ........ sun, blue skies, the mountains across the harbour were so clear. BUT the side of your body facing the sun was almost too hot, while the other side away from the sun was freezing!!

Tomorrow is supposed to be another such day.


Mo .... we will miss the cabin, especially OH who just loves it up there. But I've hardly gone outside the cabin for the last 3 or 4 years except for going to and from the car. I can't walk on uneven ground, and I just end up in so much pain if I try. I take up my knitting and my reading ........ and it is really peaceful, but ......

We bought the place in 1997, so we've had it for almost 14 years.

We also have other things to spend our time on ..... last year we managed to get there for literally ½ day to open it up in late May, and 8 days in September when we closed it down. OH didn't get to do anything outside, which is what he really loves.

The previous year, we got up there for a total of about 2 weeks between May and September.


This year .... who knows? We do know already that we will be away in July for almost 3 weeks, possibly have visitors from Australia in August, etc etc



Sounds like more horrendous weather heading for Queensland.



Behave yourselves tomorrow :)))

Evening all, had fun and games with pc this evening. I have two e mail addresses and hadn't noticed that I had not had any mail from one of them since 9 January (blueyonder) for some reason the email address had corrupted so T spent over an hour sorting it out this evening. Of course I then had loads of e mails to look at and delete. I wondered why I had not got any PM alerts from Genes but thought it was probably them.

Can't type too much this evening as from somewhere I have developed a stiff shoulder and it is very painful if I turn my neck.

Hi girls.

No news yet from Joyce, I am wondering how she got on at the pain clinic.
I do hope they have found a way of helping you Joyce.

Huia, I hope you got on o.k at the doctors. And that you have fun trying to find your cousin on FMP.
We will be good whilst you are busy.

Ann, I know you had new glasses not long ago, but it sounds like you need to go back and get your eyes, checked again.
How the heck could you have missed the car having been taken by T. LOL
Mind you, we get so used to things being in one place, and when they get moved, it takes a little while for our brains to adjust to the fact that they are not there anymore.
I have been reading your thread about your car alarm. Blimey Mrs, I think I would chuck the thing through the window,if it keeps draining your battery.

Hi Sylvia. Like you, I wouldn't bother to buy another generator, not if you can hire one at a reasonable price.
Thank goodness the insurance people have got their backsides into gear pretty quickly.
You will miss having the cabin,if you do decide to sell it. It has been your little haven for quite some time now hasn't it.

Well girls, we drew at darts last night 3-3 and lost the pairs 2-1. My friend Eve and I lost for the first time in eons, but hey thats the way the cookie crumbles.
It's been another bitterly cold day here again today. I did go for a quick coffee with my friends this morning, but it was to cold to stay out for very long.

I will try to get on here tomorrow,via my sons laptop. Only this little baby is going in for a check up at the lappy hospital.
Son's laptop is not as easy for me to use as this one is, so fingers crossed for me.
Take care one and all. Love Mo xxx

Good evening, ladies, apart from Marie (good morning) and Sylvia (do I hear snoring?).

I have made some finds on FMP (on the censuses), regarding 3rd cousins or whatever, and will be spending quite a bit more time there, although I have a docs appointment this afternoon for a weepy eye.

Behave yourselves while I am gone.

Huia.

Sylvia, fingers crossed that it all works out with the insurance. Maybe the thief did you a favour.

No jobs for T today, he played golf this morning but had to wait until late to tee off so didn't get home until 2.30. Apparently he tried to take my car this morning as he usually does for golf (it is kept in the garage so doesn't get iced up while his is outside) it wouldn't start. I have a very complicated alarm that if it is set and the car not driven for a couple of days it flattens the battery. It is a real nuisance. Anyway he took his. And the strange thing is I didn't notice he'd taken his, it is parked right in front of the house and the kitchen is in the front. I also walked out past where it would be to the shops and didn't notice. Must have neen walking round with my eyes shut! Good job it was him who'd taken it!

Hi Sylvia, just missed you. Good news, about the insurance for the generator. Good luck with your claim,hope it is all sorted soon.

It's cold here too, Alun said that the temperature was -5 this morning, not as cold as it was in December but cold enough.

Hope all is well with J and her family. Sending hugs and kisses to MJ.xxxxxx

Love, Sallie.xxx