General Chat

Neighbour just cut our front lawn. Lovely man.

'phone call from a friend (we go to the same computer class, and we're in the garden club), she's going out for lunch, then taking me to the shops.

I'm making a list of what we need, and what Himself will like... and I'm NOT buying any beer!

I've been answering the 'phone all morning (it's almost 11.45am), so I haven't had much "me" time....... I'm going to shut myself in the bathroom, then get dressed!

People are wonderful.

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How lovely that you have such support Scozz, hope you get/got the shopping done and managed to talk to your hubby, and find him on the mend.

Lizxx

Hope all goes well today :-)
What great neighbours you have When my OH had a heart attack I cut our grass ..neighbour came out with his mower saw me and ran inside and didn't come out till I was finished ..I just knew he would do that :-D

I'm sitting here watching the clock slowly move!

I'm waiting until 6pm to phone Himself. He should have been back in his room at 5pm, but I'm giving time for the staff to do what they have to do.

Shopping was...... interesting......... I kept meeting people who know us, all asking "where's the Big Fella?". All very shocked to hear how sick he is, I have to pass good wishes on to him from half the town. I'm glad I made a list (and remembered to take it with me) or I would have been distracted & come home without things.

I was so distracted yesterday by telephone calls I forgot some things I wanted to take to OH! Half way through finding stuff, the phone would ring. I've found them all over the place today...... underwear in the spare room, his talc in my bathroom, a comb in the kitchen.... the list goes on. I've got all those things (and more) in a bag in the kitchen. Hopefully he will be coming home and won't need them.

I meant to go to the hardware shop for the rope, but I forgot. That's the rope I'm going to tie him up with when he gets home, so that he can't get out and do "stuff".

Half an hour to go.

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Hi Scozz,
Glad to hear your OH is doing better.
You are lucky to have good neighbours.
Exactly 13yrs ago, days before his 41st birthday, my OH had a major heart attack.

All of my neighbours were fantastic.. They looked after our children, kept them overnight, they cut the grass and tidied the garden.
They offered to do the ironing! ( i used an ironing service)

A huge cabin bed was delivered for our youngest daughter's bedroom.... on that same day, our neighbours arrived, screwdrivers in hand and built it for her!

xxxx

'phoned Himself earlier.

He sounded happier, but very tired. Still coughing!

We couldn't talk for too long, because the nurse came in to unplug the antibiotic drip thingie, and I thought he'd be better off going to sleep.

I'm hoping he will see the specialist tomorrow or Sunday morning, to get the all clear to come home.

He said the hospital food is not so good (remember the line from Crocodile Dundee?.... You can live on it, but it tastes like ****). He's pretty good with the nosebag (so am I)..... he can't wait to get home and have a decent feed.

almost 9pm here....... I'm going to bed! With a drink, a couple of chocolate biscuits and a book. Forget the diet.

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grrrrrr!

As I've said, our friends & neighbours have been wonderful, all very concerned about Himself, and offers of help have been overwhelming.

Until ten minutes ago :-(

Her across the road! I've never really liked her, I think she's a user. She's conned neighbours into helping her with everything. She pleads poverty, but she owns her home, and has three or four other houses that she rents to people!

She rang our door bell......... before I could say anything, she asked if Himself was home, because she needed something done......... I didn't let her rattle on, told her he was in hospital. Oh, what am I going to do? I was stunned. Well, he's very sick with pneumonia & pleuresy. She then said... I know what that's like, I've just got over the worst flu ever. I let her have it! I don't think you can compare your flu with his pneumonia & pleuresy, he's doped up to the eyeballs with morphine and is in hospital!

She just looked at me. Walked off, saying I'll have to ask somebody else!!!

Our two immediate neighbours have been good to her, so has OH. One neighbour has cottoned on, and avoids her, the other mows her lawn, without as much as a cup of tea, forget being thanked for it. She just assumes everybody wants to do things for her.

Not any more! When Himself comes home I will be laying down the law. She can find somebody to do her "odd jobs" and pay them. She can afford it.

Selfish, thoughtless........ I won't say what I'm really thinking.

Thank goodness for the good neighbours & friends. <3

Selfish woman, shows how horrible she is when she is more worried about finding some other mug to help her than wish your man well. Maybe the other neighbours will realise at some point and leave her to it.

I do hope your hubby will be home soon so you can feed him up, but good luck with stopping him from doing what he shouldn't. My father was one like that, he wasn't supposed to be climbing about buy Mum came back from shopping one day to find him in the kitchen sitting on a towel - he had fallen off the ladder he had put against the apple tree........ right on to a piece of glass from the greenhouse! Nasty cut on his rear end that he couldn't really reach to do much with. My Mum really read the riot act to him, it wasn't long before the incident that he had had a heart attack! Men!

Keep looking after yourself,

Lizx

The neighbour's dogs don't like her either. They don't do anything, not even bark.

They sit when she appears, and stare at her. I just have to go outside and they're all over me, looking for cuddles. The big male dog thinks he's my protector. If a strange male person appears, the dog gets between me and the stranger! I don't think he'd ever do anything, but it's nice to know he's there. I forgot to say, the dogs are Staffies, big softies!

She's always asking the other neighbour to do things, and he's got enough to do. His wife has been ill for years with kidney problems, and she had a kidney transplant 6 months ago. That's the neighbour who cuts her lawn..... I wonder if she's ever asked him how his wife is?

there are people like that all over the world!

But thankfully, the good ones outnumber them


I'm glad to hear that himself is improving. Hope the docs sort it all out, and he gets home soon.

It doesn't look like Himself is coming home today :-(

The specialist's partner did the rounds yesterday. I don't understand all the medical jargon, but it's something about the camera they used didn't go far enough. They took biopsies, but they won't be tested until tomorrow. Whatever it is that's causing the problem is still there.

I 'phoned him about an hour ago, and he's still coughing like crazy.

Friends taking me to the hospital this morning.

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Sorry your OH isn't coming home today......and I wouldn't worry about the neighbour. What goes around comes around.

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Horrible woman, how unfeeling she is.

Hope all the tests are soon over and the problem solved, meanwhile hard as it is for your o.h. to be in hospital and not at home, he's in the best place in case he feels a poorly again or his coughing gets worse.

Take care of yourself and as my mother used to say, san fairy ann to that miserable scrounging neighbour of yours. Please don't ask what it means, I never did know!

Lizxx

Liz


I just had to google "san fairy ann"

It comes from WW1 ............... the British Tommy's mangling of the Franch language.


In this case, it apparently comes from ça ne fait rien, “it does not matter”, which became a British Army catchphrase in that war as an expression of resigned — or cynical — acceptance of some state of affairs.

It wasn't much used after the War was over .............. perhaps your Mum heard her father saying it???

Scozz ............


your OH is in the best place for him at the moment.

It's far better for him to stay there while they get all the tests done and the results in, than come home, and possibly have to go to the local hospital.


Meanwhile, you take care of yourself, pay no attention to that ignorant woman, but bless all the friends who are helping you.

LadyScozz you must be disappointed that hubby is not getting home but he is in the best place and hopefully they will get things sorted out, so while the doctors are looking after hubby you make sure that you look after yourself, as to that selfish neighbour don't concern yourself about her, she is not worth it <3

He's not good at all.

He wanted to get out of the room, so we went to the coffee shop. A short walk, and he was running out of breath. I made him slow down, and not talk until we got there. Sat in the sunshine for an hour, I think that cheered him up a bit. A slow walk back to the room.

He made me laugh, describing the "other" specialist, said he looked like Mr Bean, but with a pot belly. That made HIM start laughing, & that brought on a coughing fit.

It looks like he will be having an operation, to remove a teeny bit of lung. I don't know all the details.... will have to ask sis-in-law (nurse) if she knows anything.

I know he's in the best place. He's staying there for as long as it takes to get him well; no way is he going back to the local hospital, I wouldn't take a cat there!

This house is too quiet.

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pleurisy is so painful, it hurts to cough - had it many years ago and hope I never get it again

I'm sure with modern antibiotics he'll soon be on the mend and hope with you again - take care yourself - hospital visiting can be very wearing and you need to stay fit and well for when he's back with you <3 <3 <3

Scozz mate :-) <3 <3

Sending love and lots of caring thoughts to your poor hubby he certainly has gone through it lately and im sending you a special mwoochio as always.....

We are all here for you and never forget that :-) <3

Scozz, he is in the best place of course but can understand how much you miss him and want him home. Sending lots of good thoughts to him that he will soon be well and to yourself that you stay strong to cope with the worry.

When my OH was about 25 he had a small blister burst on his lung which collapsed it. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone. He was in hospital for 2 weeks with that. Not had a problem since thank goodness. His biggest moan when in there? He was not allowed to smoke. (He was in the R Navy and it was a RN hospital and that was an order.) So I can guess how painful it is for your OH. Best wishes to him.