General Chat

Woke up this morning to something gently patting the windows, looked out and we've got the first smattering of snow, sun is trying to get thro, and it looks like snow is melting, more forecast for tomorrow.

Got me snow shovel and wellies boots at the ready. :-D :-D

Good for you ShelleyRose, if you like that sort of thing LOL

Roughly what part of the world are you in, so that I can gauge if it is coming my way. LOL

Be careful, and take care

Julia in Derbyshire

Hi Julia,
I live in West Lothian, Scotland, and yes I love to look out on the snow when it's new, not when it's been walked all over,last winter was awful, it lasted too long. Hoping we don't get the same this year!

Hope you escape the bad weather,
Best Wishes,

ShelleyRose x

keep it were it is till littleman breaks up from school pleaseeeee, x

Slight fall last night in Aberdeen but cleared this morning,
son lives in Elgin and it is lying there. :-)
It doesn't bother him as he flys off back to Africa on Wednesday.

Emma x

We have been told we would have snow in W Yorks this weekend but it has only hailed so far, it's cold enought though. Hope it's not as bad as last year.

Caz

Sorry Julia,
But I think the snow's heading your way tomorrow!

I think you are right ShellyRose. Just heard the weather for tomorrow.
Rain, sleet and snow showers.
Not affect me much, as I am making Kitchen curtains tomorrow and not going out. LOL

Julia in Derbyshire

no dont send it down the country we dnt want it yet :-\

Hope it stays in Scotland & doesn't travel "over the border". I'm due spinal surgery on 15th but if bad weather hits & people keep falling over in the snow & ice, breaking their hips, my surgery will be cancelled.
I've already got my snow grippers to go on my shoes.
To quote one of my all time favourite tv programmes "let's be careful out there"......

Hey Ladyin Red
hope your surgery goes ok. I just had my gallblader out 5 weeks ago and am recovering fine, had my first glass of wine tonight with my dinner ,havent had any alchol since I took bad in May.


ShellyRose
I'm down in Hamilton,South Lanarkshire, Scotland, we had several snow showers today, Hope it doesn't lie as we are suppose to get the builders coming tomorrow to take down our old porch and lay new the foundations before Christmas, then come back and build a new brick porch in the New Year,

Keeping fingers crossed they get the work done, as it was suppose to be started in October but we had a lot of changes to the plans, might be lucky yet, who knows

Evening Rose & All we have got snow tonight in SW scotland ,Take care on the road folks .Barbra .

Morning All from a very icy part of Derbyshire. Understand from local radio that where young grandaughter lives further up, in what is a beauty spot, and tourist trap in the summer, they have snow.

FIONA, I read that you had your Gall Bladder out in May, and I am glad to see that you are doing well.
Would you please be kind enough to tell me how and when you first started with this problem
I am not being nosey, and have a good reason for asking you such personal information.
Sorry, but I am still having troubles with the PM, or I would have asked this off the board.
Many,many thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

Morning

We have snow now just about an inch or so, still managing to get around still no phone call from builders YET!!!!!

Hi Julia
No Problem, don't mind discussing it at all.
Firstly I had my Gallbladder out on the 2nd November (it will be 5 weeks this WED since operation,
anyway, My husband says as long as we have been married which is 32 years he has always seen me taking Gavis*on or some other form of indigestion relief, never eat pastry or fatty foods as long as I can remember, about 5 years ago I went to hospital for an ultra-scan (for another problem) during this test they told me I had gallstones, at that time no other action was taken as I was having no problems with them. For the last 2 years I have had Helicobacter infection on and off and then in this May I seem to be taking Gavis*con more often than usual, went to see the doctor and told him I was having a lot of heartburn and acid, then in June after my daughters Graduation I was really bad with pain and nausea, I put myself on a low fat diet, , I went back to doctor told him my symptoms, and he referred me to the NHS hospital but it was going to take 12 weeks before an appointment , so we decided to go private that was at the end of August after lots of different tests they said it was Gallstones, so that was that into hospital , had the Gallbladder out and have never regretted it,
ok it takes a few weeks to be able to get back to being properly mobile and eating normally , I still get very tired, but am told that it take a while to get my strength back. and I have lost weight
but I am now able to look forward to Christmas and eating all the goodies and putting some weight back on,

I am only 4' 11"and normally weigh seven and a half stone, but have gone down to 6 stone 5ibs

Julia If that’s your problem I would seriously consider the operation it will make a new woman of you, anyway the pain you have with Gallstones is awful,

OH YES- BY THE WAY I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THE GAVIS*ON BOTTLE SINCE THE OPERATION

Best of luck
Fiona

Frosty out this morning in Aberdeen but no snow so far.
We are not going to get away with this for long. :-D

Emma x

i live Derby..we never get it where i am..just a sprinkling :-( i love snow too!!

Psalms when it hits Aberdeen your welcome to visit. LOL

Emma x

Snowing heavy now dont think will be going out today
Take care all of you .xx

gold im soo jealous..thats it..im moving to Scotland!! lol x

Hello again Fiona, thanks for coming back to me. You are going to laugh or cry by the time you read this, so I'll start at the beginning. Hold on to your hat.
I was always a very small 'sickly' child, but nothing really untowards, though I had my appendix out aged eight.
Almost six years ago, I was suddenly attacked by this tremendous pain across my middle region. The OH, who was painting the kitchen ceiling at the time !!!!, took me to the outpatients at a local hospital about 4 miles away. After waiting what seemed a life time, I saw a doctor, who thought it was (for some unknown reason), peritonitis. He ordered an ambulance to take me up to the big city hospital, as they could not deal with me there.
I was diagnosed as possible Gall Bladder problems.
For the next 2 1/2 years I was in and out of there every 3/4 months with extreme stomach pains. Eventually after that time, I had my Gall Bladder out, I think. Maybe it was just the Gall Stones, as I have never been able to get to the bottom of it.
Just after two weeks at home, I was back in hospital, with the same problem. And to cut a long story short, they were baffled as to what was causing the pains. I have had every scan possible and an Ultrasound.
About this time last year, they decided it was ' Sphinture of Oddi Disfunction', and by then, I was in and out of the hospital every few weeks. My longest period at home throughout all of this, has been about 9 weeks.
During June,this year, I had a Botox injection into this gland, which is actually the bile duct, which can cease to function properly after a Gall Bladder job. A few days later, I was back in hospital again, and I would go through a process of say, 3/4 days at home, and then 3/4 days in hospital.
This carried on all this summer..
I was at the clinic of my consultant about 10 days ago, and the latest theory is:-
1, the Botox injection missed the bile duct.
2. there is something being obstructed by other body parts.
3. the Gall Bladder was not dealt with properly, originally.

The outcome is, that I have yet again to have a MRCP scan, and a liver function test.
I have to say that, I am on a daily dosage of pain killers, to 'get ontop of the pain' as it is described. Also, if the pain starts, I start to dose myself with oral Morphine. When, going through the day, and having taken two doses of the Morphine, and the pain is getting no better, I know it is time to call for an ambulance, so they can give me IV Morphine, and then take me into hospital, for more Morphine.
The ambulance HQ, are so used to me ringing them, that I only have to say my name, and describe the pain, which is well over the benchmark of 10, and a crew is despatched with the Morphine, and Entinox ,on board. They know me so well.
It has to be said that my hospital bags, have been packed, and at hand, for 6 years, this coming Easter. I so wash the nighties worn when in the hospital, and re pack them, to be at the ready.
When I am in hospital, all they do is get the pain under control, with loads of Morphine, and send me home after 3/4 days, but I have stayed for as many as 6 days.
The last time I went, only the other week, I had chest pains, which gave cause for concern, and I was taken into Rescus.before being moved on. When I had had the original op. I had a heart attack, so any signs of chest pains, gives cause for alarm. Also I am type 2 diabetic.
To say I am fed up with it all, is an understatement. Maybe it is our hospital, I don't know, but I have met other women suffering with the disfucntion, something they do not understand when admitted to A & E. I have to have a chest x-ray every time, to see if anything has burst.
I am now under a Professor, who is supposed to be the world's top expert in this field.
If I want to go out, shopping etc, I have to wait a while in the morning to see how much daily pain I am in. I never leave home without a bottle of Morphine, and a mobile phone to ring for an ambulance.
It certainly did NOT, make a new woman of me, though I did lose 3 1/2 stone, and have put back on a stone. My legs, when I looked down at them, looked like those of a little girl, and though I am only 5', the weight loss was giving the OH some worries. At times, I also have a yellow tinge to my face.
So, laugh or cry. I have to laugh, if I didn't, I certainly would bleddy well cry.

Many Thanks, and Take Care

Julia in Derbyshire