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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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We bought some expensive vet grade manuka , because the vet wouldn't use it from a jar. Its been on since tues and it looks a bit better, the worst bit looks no worse certainly! Hurrah.....
They keep reminding me she isn't insured. Hurts atm of course, but adding up the cost of treatment over insuring her it still been the right choice....as long as we still had access to free money.0 -
Why use Manuka? Why not just an ordinary antibiotic?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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It seems so random - some let you do it all online, others want you to prove who you are in triplicate - sometimes even if you already have an account with them
What really annoys me is when they want you to send certified copies that cost a tenner a time :mad:
Not if you work in a college surrounded by teachers...;)
The randomness is a wierd one. For example, I've opened accounts with WBBS who check me out online, with no need for any ID or similar.
What are they checking (or not checking:eek:)?
I've not had too much trouble with online applications thus far tbh. If it becomes a pain, I just quit the application. If they're going to make it too hard, then I'll go elsewhere. The upside is that it is a lot more time effective than booking an appointment and going in to a branch.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
I don't mind winter, it just lasts a bit too long for my liking
Checked the thermometer yesterday around 6PM and it was 13 degrees here. Thirteen. Mid summer. Wonderful. :cool:
On a different note, we harvested our first toms this week.
They are quite small compared to previous years, but very yum yum.
Yeah, and?:pIt's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Why use Manuka? Why not just an ordinary antibiotic?
I haven't persoanlly read any research on it but my friend had manuka honey dressings after her cancer op last year and found it brilliant. I've long used honey from a pot for some things (for me...I use it as a facemask now and then and it is pretty amazing for my skin) and vets and surgeons who've used it seem to find it ''quicker''.
When I called the surgeon last week freaking over dog-dogs pressure sores he said he'd had quite a lot of success with it. My vets have never used it so I said we'd pay for it for them to have experience with to see if it helped dog-dog.
edit: ninky who used to post here also recommended manuka oil once. I've found some but actually I find the honey much better for my skin....I haven't tried it on an animal. I might try it on the horses feet though....it would be very expensive though, if it worked. (the persistant damp with the sugar rich grass is meaning thrush, which lots of horses have in their feet, is likely to be a problem. here, only my special girl has any at the moment, I might try on her.)0 -
lostinrates wrote: »We bought some expensive vet grade manuka , because the vet wouldn't use it from a jar. Its been on since tues and it looks a bit better, the worst bit looks no worse certainly! Hurrah.....
They keep reminding me she isn't insured. Hurts atm of course, but adding up the cost of treatment over insuring her it still been the right choice....as long as we still had access to free money.
I'm still in a positive situation with my cat.....the operation he has already had with the additional regular painkillers and the prospective operation he is still to have means I have paid far less in insurance than I would have done if I had had to pay for the treatment.
At the time of the first operation, I had paid £120 in insurance but had received £100 cashback...the first operation should have cost me £2000, his painkillers another £100, his physio/aftercare god knows how much (think it was in the region of £600) plus every year, he gets free vaccinations.
Thank goodness I took like of illness cover when he was 12 weeks old...severe double hip dysplasia is not cheap.
Anyway, coming to the end of a arrggghhhhh week....Arts week at the younger boy's school, which has meant early mornings, late nights and generally running around like a headless chicken with different pick up times and drop offs.
Middle son is doing music industry which meant us packing up his drum kit early on Tuesday morning to be at the school, unloaded and set up for 8.30am (the kit lives at my parents - less noise here
). He was already tired (as was I) after the trip to the Albert Hall and BBC studios on the Monday (had to be at school for 7am). Last night, we had to pack the kit up again, load it into the car and take it back to my parents after he had performed in a concert at school. Today he is at a recording studio, recording a cover song (by The Darkness - he is playing the drums) and an original song (he is playing rythym guitar), so a later finish again.
Youngest son is doing Art of reviewing and has been reviewing shops in the town, films in the cinema (watched two on Tuesday) and went to London yesterday to shop in Covent Garden and go to watch Warhorse. Unfortunately, the coach company let the school down and cancelled the coach but the school (to their credit), didn't just cancel the trip, they organised for the whole group to go up by train and tube it over to Covent Garden..pretty quick work bearing in mind they only found out when the coach was due to arrive at the school!
Youngest loved the day, feeling safer with the addition of eldest as an official helper who remembered the thing I used to do with him when he was younger and I was taking him to the bigger speedway events where there were a lot of people around and got youngest to hold onto to the arm of his jacket so that a) youngest felt safer and b) they didn't become seperated from each other. They both pronounced the show 'amazing' and 'brilliant' and youngest enjoyed his time in the Apple store (his latest obsession, anything Apple).
Expensive week though, basic cost was £110 for the two boys for the week (thankfully paid in instalments over the last few months) but with spending money, extra food and drink money, extra provisions for pack ups etc, extra fuel in my car for running extra school runs/different pick up drop off points, it has been a costly week.
Worth it though, they have both had an amazing week and learnt so much...even eldest has had fun as a helper (he has been in the helper role at his main school for their Arts week apart from yesterday when he was youngest's helper)...even if he did think making Victoria Sponge cakes and strawberry jam was going to be the worst thing on earth...he actually enjoyed it!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »I've not had too much trouble with online applications thus far tbh. If it becomes a pain, I just quit the application. If they're going to make it too hard, then I'll go elsewhere. The upside is that it is a lot more time effective than booking an appointment and going in to a branch.
Been trying to open a UK bank euros account recently. Bloody frustrating.0 -
When do they break up? Isaac finished last Friday....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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lostinrates wrote: »Been trying to open a UK bank euros account recently. Bloody frustrating.
Your real name isn't Elena Papadopoulos is it?Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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