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There is now a cough clinic somewhere in the country, many coughs aren't chest related so lost by most doctors who don't realise they can be caused remotely. Stomach reflux is the commonest alternative cause, but may even be a foreign object inhaled and stuck somewhere in or around her lung.
I only looked away for a day and have to carry on reading tomorrow as I was going to bed half an hour ago... Worth waiting for though and glad things are getting done without a hassle for a change.
Reply #581. Jun 03 10, 8:27 PM
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| lesley153
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I did ask if it might be gastric reflux, and she said no, but a few years later she was on meds for gastric reflux... and then a few years later they decided it wasn't that after all. The only other thing I knew about it was that it was worse when she talked for more than ten minutes, and it got worse in term-time, because she spent all day shouting at 30 seven and eight-year-olds.
I didn't know there was a dedicated cough clinic! I'll mention it if I ever speak to her again, which I shan't do if I have anything to do with it.
Funny that, I wanted an early night too. It's not going to happen, is it? |
Reply #582. Jun 04 10, 7:24 AM
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| lesley153
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Today Jonathan went to a party to celebrate his girlfriend's grandmother's 90th birthday. And I got the dates wrong.
The party was today, the 5th, which would have been my mother's 89th.
Her actual birthday is the 7th, which was Jonathan's father's birthday.
And Jonathan's birthday is the same as her father's.
Still spooky.
My nice gardener came today, and painted the inside of the front fence and one of the gates. He's going to do the side fence next. The people next door didn't need to talk about replacing it, because it looks better than it's ever looked or than I ever thought it would look.
He asked me if I have a cat. No, not any more. I have now! I have a window by the front door which I open when it's warm enough, because it lets in fresh air but not cigarette smoke. It's also letting in a neighbour's cat. He watched it jump in and out of the window a few times while he was there. That explains the crashing sounds!
I have done absolutely nothing today, and I'm bored silly (can you tell?), but I think there's a lot to be said for conserving energy. I'm going to conserve a bit more now. Goodnight all! :) |
Reply #583. Jun 05 10, 7:17 PM
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Deunan
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Goodnight, Lesley.
Reply #584. Jun 05 10, 7:35 PM
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| lesley153
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I owe a lot of people here an apology.
Over the last few weeks, I've found it increasingly difficult, and sometimes stressful, to keep up with personal messages, and I've just let them slide, muttering mañana, and going to bed. Just one more day... By contrast, I find public writing (like this) relaxing.
I'm sorry if that sounds illogical, and sorry to have left so many messages unanswered. I have just started writing replies, and hope I still have a few friends left to read them. |
Reply #585. Jun 06 10, 3:47 PM
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| Lochalsh
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Lesley, it makes sense to me that writing in this chat space would be easier for you at this moment than writing personal messages; the latter is a more nearly intense activity, or so it seems to me. I'm glad to hear that you're intent on conserving energy right now, for that will serve you well as you prepare for surgery and for your exploration of Antarctica (or whatever adventure pleases you) later.
As for friends: I think you don't have to worry about that. I, for one, am here, and I know I'm not alone!
Now, I'll have to find that "five-people-to-discuss-world-woes thread and tell you about my visit to the Clinton Presidential Library. It was a long, long drive, but well worth it. :)
Reply #586. Jun 06 10, 11:17 PM
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| Professer
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Lesley never will i ignore you no matter what, i need good firends like you about. When you feel able.
Reply #587. Jun 07 10, 1:54 AM
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| lesley153
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| That's a relief. Thank you both - I haven't got enough friends to be able to afford to lose any. |
Reply #588. Jun 07 10, 4:17 PM
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Squisher
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Don't worry about it Lesley, we understand! You certainly don't need any unnecessary stress right now. Do what's best for you :)
[[[{{{((L))}}}}}} --- that's a fancier hug for you today
Reply #590. Jun 07 10, 5:02 PM
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Squisher
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whoops, those hugs didn't turn out right! [[[[{{{((L))}}}]]]]
Reply #591. Jun 07 10, 5:03 PM
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| Lochalsh
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The song I posted is from 1971, not from the 60s. I obviously can't see clearly now. :(
Reply #593. Jun 07 10, 5:52 PM
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| lesley153
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| Oh wow - a mad flower, multiple hugs, and one of my favourite songs from two of my favourite artists - thank you. An embarrassment of riches! |
Reply #594. Jun 07 10, 6:51 PM
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| lesley153
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Met Sandy for lunch and picked up some food shopping and got a new watch battery. Good food, good company, and the last one for a while because she's going to America next week to spend three months with her daughter, son-in-law and five-year-old boy triplets.
Last time she went, she bumped into Will Smith in the airport. She thought he was familiar but couldn't place him, so she went over to him and asked him what he does. He put his arm round her shoulder, and said "I make movies, ma'am." Wonder who she'll get a hug off this time? A Russian poet, perhaps? |
Reply #595. Jun 07 10, 9:28 PM
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| Professer
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Is good to get out for lunch, my only desire at the moment is to get back to eating
Reply #596. Jun 08 10, 3:46 AM
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| lesley153
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A new watch battery wouldn't normally rate a mention, but this comes at the end of a two-year shaggy dog tale.
I bought a nice shiny new watch a few years ago, and got new batteries for £4 in a jewellery shop, or £3 from the man who works from his little caravan in the town centre and always has a queue of people with dead watches.
Two years ago, I took it to the local Timpsons, which is conveniently outside a big supermarket. Timpsons is a chain of shops that does things like key cutting and shoe repairs. Man of few words takes my dead watch, and brings it back a minute later, with a card with Timpsons printed on it.
"That's £10."
That's a tenner - WHAT?
"There's a lifetime guarantee on the battery."
I don't want a lifetime guarantee. I just want a new battery.
"What's your name?" and he wrote my surname on the card.
Supposing I lose the card?
"It's OK, we have a record of the watch."
I was tired and not really in a fighting mood or I would have asked him, nicely, to take his poxy battery out and shove it, but would that (or he) damage my watch, and I'd have to go somewhere else for a battery... So I meekly handed over my tenner and went away seething.
He might have conned me out of £10 but the long-term result was that he lost a customer. And I did wonder - how many people bother with replacement batteries now that digital watches are so cheap? how many people will manage not to lose the card? and how many people will even remember that they had the guarantee in the first place? So, a nice little earner for the shop, but at what price to my stress levels, and the Timpsons name and goodwill?
I kept the card in my wallet, determined not to lose it, whatever he'd said. And last Thursday, my watch said it was five o'clock all evening. OK, that means my first visit to Timpsons for two years. What will happen when I get there? If I ask for a battery and show them the card, will I get a lower quality battery because they know it's under guarantee? If I don't show them the card till they ask for money, will Man Of Few Words tell me it was invalid because I should have shown it to them immediately? or that the "lifetime guarantee" was a temporary promotion and they're not doing it any more?
I went into Timpsons, with watch, card, and Sandy, grateful that she was with me in case I exploded. A charming young man greeted us.
I'd like a new battery please.
"You can have a battery with a one-year guarantee for £x"(can't remember if he said £7 or £8 but it sounded like a lot) or a lifetime guarantee for £11."
I've already got a lifetime guarantee *waving card* and I'm glad you said that because the man who did it two years ago didn't ask...
"Oh no, that was wrong, he should have offered you the choice."
I can't imagine you have many people taking you up on the guarantee.
"About one or two a week."
Man Of Few Words said it didn't matter if I lost the card, because they'd have it on record. What would have happened if I had lost the card?
"No, you needed to show us the card. Records? No, we don't keep records like that!"
Where is he?
"He got fired."
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Gary, there is much to be said for letting someone else do the cooking for you, even if it's only a sandwich or a bag of chips. |
Reply #597. Jun 08 10, 7:21 AM
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satguru
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I was persuaded to pay an extra couple of pounds for a 5 year battery (no card, nothing in writing) as the back of the watch needed a jeweller to open it and rarely lasted longer than a year. Neither did theirs. Presumably they got commission for selling guarantees at Timpsons? Even a few extra pounds will make some people do whatever it takes to get it. Subhuman nature I think they call it.
Reply #598. Jun 08 10, 8:10 AM
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| lesley153
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So I am not alone - thank you. I had wondered if anyone else had been stung like this because, the more I thought about it, the more I saw it as a sting.
Perhaps you have to come north for watch batteries which last longer? |
Reply #599. Jun 08 10, 8:16 AM
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| Professer
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Well i buy my watch battery from a guy on the market £2.50 and they last between 2 to 3 years,
Reply #600. Jun 08 10, 9:33 AM
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