06-08-2023, 05:49 PM
(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
My Cousin had polio and is suffering now too.. She has a lot of problems but always says you cant kill the weeds.
My Uncle on my dads side had it too but he died. I think he was only near 30ish...
Amazing what they can do to help... if there is the money.
OMG that is disgusting re the woman and her little girl. They will probably both need a lot of help for the mental side of it..
Saw lambs on Thursday which was lovely to see. The farmer always puts them in the paddock near the road, closer to his house, to keep an eye on them I guess. Quite neat tho cos the lambs are at one end of a long straight and the Daffodils are at the other.
Made a Chocolate sponge, turned out good.. Ill make another one and swap a little more of the cornflour out for cocoa. I went easy cos the cocoa I use is quite dark, but I have room to move.
Had an idea to make Colleen a chocolate and cherry trifle and put a little custard on it instead of cream. That way I can use up todays test sponge as well.
They told me I couldn't, so I did.!!