I am really glad that I have a decent GP who laughs with me about my assorted health problems and suggested that I should get an secretary to collate and organise my appointments with the my selection of Consultants
He is of the opinion that I can be useful as a cheer upper of the surgery staff as well as keeping G in business as my pharmacist
I showed pictures of my canal barge type of roses I had covered things like a coal scuttle and assorted plant pots with to my friend J who is a trained artist who makes a likeness of things with two or three strokes of a pencil
She was thrilled for me that I had found something abstracted from a natural flower and that I was able to express my love of flowers in a way that enhanced something I was up cycling for sale at the craft group stall at the festival in the village
We sell cards and stuff we have made to raise funds for the next year of craft supplies
I love the âRoses & Castlesâ barge art, Twellsy, & I love upcycling/reusing âOrneryâ stuff to give it an Noo lease of life.
One really cannot compare the Health Services. The numbers here are so vast, & there is an distinct lack of âjoined-upâ thinking.
Like you, I have summat rare, although, of course, not nearly as rare as yours . I feel that I am well looked-after, but then I am perfectly capable of advocating for myself.
Itâs those who donât, & canât that I worry about.
I have had run ins with doctors who donât believe that I am really ill and that I have psychiatric problems manifesting as illness which I believe to be real
Until my lovely Bull asks how I am psychologically managing my warfarin levels to be wildly different from what they are supposed to be
That shuts them up quite quickly
Though since I had my full gene testing done and we have the report on computer I notice that I tend to be believed
I tend to be of the view that there are a lot of rare diseases so it is up to me to have facts and figures to hand so I can help the quacks out
My GP is of the opinion that we can deal with any problems that arise from poppy derivatives and sleeping pills if I end up with a problem from them
Meanwhile I happily swallow them when I need to and they help me to have control over my pain relief and sleep when I have problems getting to sleep
A local bird - no, not our esteemed Sparrer - has been practising its sheep imitations. Unless there actually was a sheep biffing about at an unsocial hour, I spose.
Male snipes perform a âwinnowingâ display during courtship using his tail feathers to produce a sound that sounds like the bleating of a sheep or goat and insome languages snipe are known by names that mean âflying goatâ or âsky goatâ.
You had me until then, Carinthia. Still, I had Heinz mulligatawny soup and a bread roll for my lunch and enjoyed it.
Weâll bee off to Berwick, tomorrow, for lunch with Family. Not the Embra lot, as they are a bit busy. As our oven went off, yesterday, and despite the earnest efforts of the landlord to put it to rights with a change of fuse, I donât trust the blighter and Iâll bee cooking on the hob and making courgette, garlic, shallot and rosemary fusilli with loadsa Grana Padano and fruit salad to follow. Not a beetroot in sight
Baxters used to make a lovely one too, & their Royal Game Soup was a treat that we used to share when Grandma either brought it, or left it out for us.
. I feel that I am well looked-after, but then I am perfectly capable of advocating for myself.
Cheers, Dunnock.