hanging my head in shame

worried_jim

firesidemaid wrote: »

hello! i'm going to be boring now, since this is the mse site!;) i would never pay for anything without trying to use a loyalty card PLUS checking my receipt!?

in asda if they overcharge you (it was about 7p last time:D), they give you a £2 giftcard!

in tesco, if they overcharge then it's double the difference. after telling you they still take ANY coupons, that was a blip - they don't anymore! i was gutted yesterday, BUT the DTD made up for it. i was overcharged on apples (refund 44p) and then realised they had charged me £1.00 for some reduced 5p bubblewarp (£1.90 refund-wahoo!).

anyway, hope you are doin ok?

p.s. always order my egg mcmuffins and fillet-o-fish's without the cheese - it's horrid anyway and adds 4g fat!

It's You ! :rotfl:

worried_jim

Back at the Dr's yesterday, took my "sample". The nurse tested it there and then, I wasn't expecting that, I thought that they would have to send it away. She said straight away that the glucose was very high (I had fasted for 12 hours but thought about saying "yeah, I've just had a Coke and a Mars bar in reception") and also there was lots of protein present as well. She went to speak to a Dr and came back to book me back in for tomorrow to see a Dr again, although they won't have the blood results by then.
Had my brakes fixed at the garage yesterday another £165 down the drain, although the car does stop now and finally quit my other job last night, I will work till next weekend then I am done. I have had a look at my finances and I think I will be no worse off- he was gutted and nobody spoke in the shop last night at all. Already I am dreaming about finishing work at 5.30pm and going home for the evening like a normal person and not having to spend all day Sunday waiting for 5.30 to roll around and going to work. This month my mortgage has gone down form £715 to £455 now my old fixed deal has ended and I am on the svr.
French film fans, I have just finished Mesrine, again with the superb Vincent Cassel, those who are unfamiliar with him may have seen him in Oceans 12 and 13 and was also a voice in Shrek (I guess the French one ) and truly great film and made all the cooler by being French. Maybe with my spare evenings I could do French- now that is a brilliant idea !

MrsPorridge

Hi Jim - glad you went to the dr. Keep us posted.

Good news on giving up your other job!

datostar

worried_jim wrote: »

Back at the Dr's yesterday, took my "sample". The nurse tested it there and then, I wasn't expecting that, I thought that they would have to send it away. She said straight away that the glucose was very high (I had fasted for 12 hours but thought about saying "yeah, I've just had a Coke and a Mars bar in reception") and also there was lots of protein present as well. She went to speak to a Dr and came back to book me back in for tomorrow to see a Dr again, although they won't have the blood results by then.

Sounds very much like Type 2 Diabetes. I was diagnosed with it about 16 years ago - same symptoms, excessive thirst especially at night, up and down to toilet, tiredness etc. If glucose is showing in a urine test then the blood level will be quite high for it to 'spill over' into the kidneys. I was initially treated by diet and exercise and managed to keep it down with that for about 5 years then went on to oral medication. Still on it and well under control. If it is diabetes you will have to be careful about weight and diet.

Jo4

worried_jim wrote: »

Back at the Dr's yesterday, took my "sample". The nurse tested it there and then, I wasn't expecting that, I thought that they would have to send it away. She said straight away that the glucose was very high (I had fasted for 12 hours but thought about saying "yeah, I've just had a Coke and a Mars bar in reception") and also there was lots of protein present as well. She went to speak to a Dr and came back to book me back in for tomorrow to see a Dr again, although they won't have the blood results by then.

It does sound like the classic symptoms of diabetes. If it is diabetes you'll get to see the doctor more often so it can't be all bad! :rotfl:

worried_jim

Subject: Passport Application

This was actually taken from a passport application, a member of staff
copied it, as it made her laugh all day


Dear Minister,

I'm in the process of renewing my passport but am at a total loss to
understand or believe the hoops I am being asked to jump through.

How is it that Bert Smith of T.V. Rentals, Basingstoke has my address
and telephone number and knows that I bought a satellite dish from them
back in 1994, and yet the Government is still asking me where I was born
and on what date?

How come that nice West African immigrant chappy who comes round every
Thursday night with his DVD rentals van can tell me every film or video
I have had out since he started his business up eleven years ago, yet
you still want me to remind you of my last three jobs, two of which were
with contractors working for the government?

How come the T.V. detector van can tell if my T.V. is on, what channel I
am watching and whether I have paid my licence or not, and yet if I win
the government run lottery they have no idea I have won, where I am and
will keep the bloody money to themselves if I fail to claim in good time.
Do you people do this by hand?

You have my birth date on numerous files you hold on me, including the
one with all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30-odd years.
It's on my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last four
passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've
had to fill out before being allowed off the planes and boats over the
last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done
every ten years and the electoral registration forms I have to complete,
by law, every time our lords and masters are up for re-election.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, I was born in
Maidenhead on 4th March 1957, my mother's name is Mary, her maiden name
was Reynolds, my father's name is Robert, and I'd be absolutely
astounded if that ever changed between now and the day I die!

I apologise Minister. I'm obviously not myself this morning, but
between you and me, I have simply had enough! You mail the application
form to my house, then you ask me for my address. What is going on? Do
you have a gang of Neanderthals working there? Look at my damn picture.
Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to activate the Fifth Reich for
God's sake! I just want to go and park my weary backside on a sunny,
sandy beach for a couple of week's well-earned rest away from all this crap.

Well I have to go now, because I have to go back to Salisbury and get
another copy of my birth certificate because you lost the last one AND
to the tune of 60 quid! What a racket THAT is!! Would it be so
complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the
issuance of a new passport the same day? But nooooo, that'd be too damn
easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over the
place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some !!!!!! to
confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture - you know ... the
one where we're not allowed to smile in case we look as if we are
enjoying the process!
Hey, you know why we can't smile? 'Cause we're totally jacked off!

I served in the armed forces for more than 25 years, including over 10
years at the Ministry of Defence in London. I have had security
clearances which allowed me to sit in the Cabinet Office, five seats
away from the Prime Minister while he was being briefed on the first
Gulf War and I've been doing volunteer work for the British Red Cross
ever since I left the Services. However, I have to get someone
'important' to verify who I am - someone like my doctor ... who, before
he got his medical degree 6 months ago WAS LIVING IN PAKISTAN...!!!

Yours sincerely,
An Irate British Citizen.

miggy

The above is brilliant Jim!
Sorry I haven't been around for so long (things happened, as they do) but I decided to pop in and find things have been happening to you, too. Good to hear you aren't stuck with the other job any more, and that you've been to the doctor. I hope they can be of help soon and you can begin to feel more yourself.
I'll be back to see how you are!

worried_jim

Back at the Dr's this morning 9am for my results. Test showed all the usual suspects plus blood in my urine. She sent me straight to hospital.(shat myself). At the hospital by 10am to the acute medical unit were they talked about getting a bed for me ! Waited for an hour then went to A and E for another hour where some one did shat themselves in reception although I wasn't in the laughing mood. Then the brilliant NHS kicked itself into gear and I had another glucose blood test with a really friendly nurse, another urine test and I started to relax a bit. My BP is great and my lungs are fine but she said that a Dr was going to come and do another blood test for gas -no laughing at the back- I thought "why is a Dr doing a blood test?". He walked in said hello followed by "I am not going to lie to you, this blood test can be unpleasant as I need to take blood from an artery deep in your wrist. (I swear to God I am never eating chocolate again and I hope Kraft shut down Cadbury).
My wrist is still aching now- it wasn't really that bad- until he started moving the needle around in my wrist to get the artery.
Next I saw the diabetes nurse who has given me loads of stuff, its like Christmas. I definitely have diabetes but they are unsure weather it is type 1 or 2 at this stage and I have to go back on Monday for loads mores test/stuff.
To get me through the weekend I have been given insulin injections so I don't end up in A and E in a coma- just had the first one and it was straight forward, but still a novel experience dropping my trousers and injecting myself.
I've had better days.

GeorgeUK

Just make sure you don't do that again on the train Jim. For some reason, they don't seem to like you doing that.

Sorry to hear the diagnosis, but at least you now know what it is and will hopefully be able to manage it okay. I know what you mean about the wrist - had that myself and driving back from the doctors, all those gear changes...

Hope you're doing okay Jim.

Jo4

Was the needle in the wrist for ketones? At least you know now why you were drinking so much. Did they give you a blood glucose monitor?

I remember a few years back I had to go to my hubbys Christmas party with his work colleagues and their partners/hubbys/wives. Apparently because I was so well dressed they thought I was rather posh until I took my injection in my arm at the dinner table. The majority of them didn't know I was diabetic. The lady directly opposite me, who was a teacher, asked why was I taking an injection. I said I was diabetic. She asked did I mind taking injections I said no. She asked if my hubby could give me my jags I said he could as he loved playing doctors and nurses with me. That was quite some ice breaker. After that they all spoke to me and commented how well my hair, jewellery, dress, shoes and bags looked.

At least now when you know what is the matter you can deal with it.