(06-08-2023, 04:19 PM)JanW Wrote: Been a beautiful day here - been out to the park watching my granddaughter play hockey just finished in time it’s starting to cool down
I have been lucky to avoid the health system - only go to the doctor once a year to get my repeat prescriptions to continue but couldn’t keep my asthma under control - scared myself a couple of times then  I was feeling increasingly fatigued so decided the breathlessness might be my ticker .Waited 10 days to see GP - had all sorts of tests hearts good blood work all good - light bulb went off I remembered when I was 65 I received a lot of literature from Ministry alerting me to post polio symptoms that people were starting to experience - breathlessness fatigue muscle spasms which I have been having in my hands I thought it was from too much crocheting - several other symptoms I had written off as old age .So GP contacts the Ministry for me to go to the diagnostic clinic - funds were cut in April as part of the health restructure and the centre has been dismantled- there are hundreds of different inhalers I can try surely one will work - might start drinking stout my Mum used to have one a day for fatigue - who ever would have thought polio would come back and bite me after all this time .I am not a very good patient
No wonder the hospitals are all struggling everytime one of these idiots shoot each other they use up hundreds of health hours and people needing hips and knees and things wait even longer .It staggers me when I read people denying crime has not increased .This week supermarket crime stooped to a new low a young Mum was buying her lotto - her full trolley was beside her with her toddler in it - the gang recruit grabbed the trolley and took off out to a parked car - several people rushed to help so the driver got out with a metal pipe - they grabbed the groceries  and pushed the screaming little girl onto the road .But even though the gangs are out of control here we aren’t having regular gun fights like Auckland - we have only had two murders in the last 12 months Feel so sorry for the frontline police
Just picked broccolini carrots and broad beans for my dinner - have a couple of chicken sausages which will compliment my veggies
The first lambs have been born on my sons farm - it’s very cold down there so they all have coats on

(07-08-2023, 09:02 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: One of my neighbours is a bit blase about covid precautions and has been rather scathing about the way we make sure the shared laundry is surface cleaned and the machines regularly sanitised.

Guess who is down with covid and suffering rather badly.

A good reminder to us all perhaps?

(07-08-2023, 02:53 PM)kiwimade64 Wrote: I wish those that get covid who aren't vaccinated were refused treatment, Venetian.  Mean again, I know, but it also makes me so mad that they suddenly trust the medical profession with their recovery.  The doctors and nurses must be so frustrated with it too.

We've had the Furry One back to the vet as he is still plucking his fur out.  A higher dose of Prednisone and spread over five weeks this time.  We have spent a small fortune at the vets with this dog over the years.  Just as well we love him to bits. And I suppose up until this dog, we have gotten away pretty much scott free with pet health issues.