As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

susyrosy

lizzyb1812 wrote: »

Gave the dog her vet-prescribed diazepam (valium) today and went off to get her examined and boosted. What a disaster:eek: TB was fine in the carpark and waiting room but when the door to the consullting room opened and the vet stepped out she went ballistic. Same room and vet as last year.

It's a long story but, in brief, vet has mentally written TB off as the meanest thing she's ever seen and has implied that the lack of a physical exam doesn't matter as TB is unlikely to be alive much longer :eek:

TB did badly scratch the vet's leg, which I feel awful about - it's the first time she has ever done anything remotely like that. She's a soft pudding at home and a nervous, frightened thing in the big bad world. She's been seen by a behaviourist who agreed TB is a very anxious dog but only seemed to want to train her to heel etc - she already does all that stuff for me.

Anyway, a couple at the surgery recommended a behaviourist who had helped with their dog so I'll be contacting them asap. Obviously I can't go back to that vet's - TB is completely traumatised by the place. Even if she wasn't traumatised I wouldn't go back - I used to be a softie but these days I think twice before accepting as gospel the advice given by professionals. I truly do regret what happened to the vet but she couldn't tell the difference between the defensive response of a scared dog and the behaviour of an aggressive dog looking for trouble. She was even amazed that TB was perfectly fine and gentle with me (she only reacted when the vet approached).

I am NOT giving up on my dog

Sorry for the rant - it's fight or flight time and these days I choose fight

Lizzyb

My late dog was always terrified of vets, and used to be quite aggressive. He especially hated his feet being touched. I made sure he was put to sleep in his own home, and was sedated enough so they could give him the final injection in his paw without it distressing him. I'm surprised your vets don't realise what the matter is - it can't be unusual. My dog was normally a perfectly ordinary chap, whose only habit was barking at people coming to the door - a handy way of keeping dodgy characters away! You keep supporting your dog - he's just frightened, poor soul.

S x

scottishminnie

jackieglasgow wrote: »

scottishminnie I have a very very strong suspicion I know the sales assistant to whom you refer, I am :rotfl: at this and trying to tell my sister about it on the phone, who tells me she has tears of laughter rolling down her face. Thank you so much for that! If you haven't read elsewhere on the board, my sister's OH has just been diagnosed with cancer, and she is struggling badly with the news, so anything which makes her smile is heaven sent.

I can't begin to imagine how I would cope in her shoes so I'm delighted to have made your sister smile. I hope her OH receives good and effective treatment and has a good quality of life whatever happens.

Softstuff

jamanda wrote: »

Thanks. I like those. I'm vaguely thinking of something similar but a bit flatter - like they've been sat on. Finding them however......

The reason the light fittings are as round as they are is to fit the larger spiral energy saving bulbs. The very bright ones really are quite large, and we didn't know even with these light fittings whether they'd fit until we got them up. To have ones that look flatter you have to have a side piece coming straight down IYSWIM.

LARUMBELLE! Congrats! Hope work continues to be as nicey nicey! I'd be surprised if they didn't give you the pay you're missing, since they seem to be having rather a dramatic about face and are running scared. Fingers crossed.

So sorry to hear about your sister Jackie, hope everything goes as well as it can for her.

CRANKY40

LizzyB the person that we have our cats from is a vet nurse. When she visits us the cats love her....unless she has her work clothes on in which case the daft grey lump that lets itself be manhandled by the children becomes a growling angry grey fur mohican. It doesn't mean that the cat is dangerous, it just means she doesn't like the vets (the last time sister cat went to the vets, miss grumpy guts growled and hissed at her for four days after she came back too!).

I am still picking raspberries most days and have discovered a recipe for raspberry vodka that I might have a go at. The tomatoes seem to be growing well enough, and the beetroot and rhubarb look fine too. I'm another without a single apple this year. There was no apple blossom at all....

Oh, and I've lost another 1.5 lbs this week. Another 3 lbs and I will have lost the weight of my 6 year old son. I can't carry him at all these days so how on earth did I manage.

JackieG Thinking of you and your sister

jamanda

CRANKY40 wrote: »

LizzyB
I am still picking raspberries most days and have discovered a recipe for raspberry vodka that I might have a go at. The tomatoes seem to be growing well enough, and the beetroot and rhubarb look fine too. I'm another without a single apple this year. There was no apple blossom at all....

Raspberry vodka is wonderful stuff. Even my Mum who doesn't drink at all was swilling it down.

Our apple trees are breaking with the load of apples this year, hence my bottling questions earlier in the thread. Some trees like to fruit every other year.

redlady_1

Well, this has been a tough week. I have left the OH pretty much to it. Yesterday was the anniversary so him and the sisters went to see "tree". Unfortunately there was a burial going on so it was a bit traumatic for them all and brought back lots of memories. One of the sisters doesnt seem to be coping very well at all. Never having lost anyone I find it very difficult to understand as at the moment my family are going to live forever and I know I will just be devastated when reality hits.

Apart from that I have a confession - the Rohan sale started yesterday!! I love their stuff for casual wear and winter. I really shouldn't have bought anything but I did so that's that. More shifts at the pub required! I have also been investigating the possiblity of a decent suit, not just something from M and S but a really good one. Evenutally, like it or not, I will have to invest in one so I went to Austin Reed. Jesus!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Think I will wait for the sales. :rotfl:

Tonight I am having a very rare night out on the town and an even more rare girlie night. As I used to be a party animal and have turned into a hermit, I am actually quite scared! I guess a few vodas will sort that out :D

littlecal

((((((JackieG)))))) xx

GreyQueen

Good morning campers. Redlady, you are a terror; I am a Rohan-o-fan and now guess what I'm going to do and it's all your fault!:rotfl:

My cold is now one week old and contiunes to wheel out new and unpleasant variations. It's quite the nastiest I've had in years. I feel I've really wasted a week with no energy for anything more than my part-time job, eating and sleeping. What a drag.

My mobile's battery curled up and died for the final time yesterday and no amount of dunting (copyright Mardatha) has revived it.

I did manage to get a big pot of pasta-thingy cooked (one portion in me and 4 in the freezer) and found a piece of frozen salmon which I'd forgotten so have that out defrosting for tea tonight. I nip into Little Mr T on my way home from work most days to whoopsie-hunt and as a result know several of the cashiers to chat to; there's one guy who gently pulls my leg if I buy something without a yellow sticker. (:o Shocking, I know, but sometimes I pay the asking price out of necessity. Doesn't happen very often.:o)

Stressing it a bit at the mo as Mum's just been X-rayed to see if the pain in her shoulder could be the cancer come back and gone into the bone and she won't know the results til next Friday. Calling all good souls and speywives to send some good vibes, if you'd be so kind.

((jackieglasgow)) best wishes for your sister and her OH. I'm glad that the escapades which scottishminnie had in the hosiery department lifted her mood for a while.

Right, that's porridge eaten and there's a few other bits of t'internet to wander around before w*rk. Have a good day, y'all.

Softstuff

Sorry to hear about your Mum too GQ. Hopefully it's nothing serious. I'm reminded of something my oncologist told me about my leg, which was that cancer itself seldom hurts (the treatments for it are a different matter) and if you have pain it's something else. Fingers crossed here for her in any case.

There seems to be a fair few people here at the moment who have health issues or are worried about those who do, so big hugs to all in that situation.

taurusgb

GreyQueen wrote: »

Stressing it a bit at the mo as Mum's just been X-rayed to see if the pain in her shoulder could be the cancer come back and gone into the bone and she won't know the results til next Friday. Calling all good souls and speywives to send some good vibes, if you'd be so kind.

Sincerely hope all will be well for your Mum GreyQueen. I'll hold her in my prayers (if that's OK? - not everyone wants that)

Hard day ahead here too. Test results due for me today so I'll find out if it's likely I have coeliac disease. DD2 has been awake most of the night (I know this as I heard her pacing about while I couldn't sleep ) because her 2nd year university exam results are due out today too and she is more than OCD about her education. DS2 has his prom tonight and wants to arrive in style on the back of his Dads motorcycle and it's pouring with rain that looks set in for the day :eek: .......*sigh*

On the plus (and OS) side, I've just picked yet another colander full of raspberries - got so wet doing it I had to change all my clothes though. I've never had a crop like this - which reminds me thank you for the advice ref pruning them to all that replied either on here or via pm.

I also picked a huge bowl of mange tout which I will probably freeze as we go away on Sunday for a 2 week camping holiday and won't get through them all before then.

Keep meaning to ask if anyone else has read about the advice not to eat sprouted seeds because of infection risks? A colleague told me about it at work yesterday as she knows I like to do this in winter when there's not much growing in the garden. I haven't had time to google and investigate it myself yet but will do so when I get time.