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  • QPR10
    QPR10 Posts: 4,839 Forumite
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    :rotfl:you had me for a bit, i was wondering where this was heading

    Where ? Its a true story shame I had no witnesses
  • purdita
    purdita Posts: 3,003 Forumite
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    Morning all
    Lovely new thread FK :T
    Does this one allow me to join the mushroom club?


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    I picked it last year and the one next to it is a regular sized (not button) mushroom from Sainsbobs
    My husband says he will leave me if I don't stop shopping......... God I will miss that man.
  • QPR10
    QPR10 Posts: 4,839 Forumite
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    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    Just had a phone call from the hospital, they have cancelled taking mum over to Bournemouth a routine eye appointment today. She is now having an MRI scan in the next hour. Obviously more going on than was first thought. :(

    You must be so worried but its good to get these investigations done rather than being fobbed off. Good luck Tiny's Mum
  • nikkilala_2
    nikkilala_2 Posts: 9,872 Forumite
    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    Just had a phone call from the hospital, they have cancelled taking mum over to Bournemouth a routine eye appointment today. She is now having an MRI scan in the next hour. Obviously more going on than was first thought. :(

    Big Hugs to you:(
    And just want to say thank you to everyone for all your lovely comments and stuff for Auntielala:o
    Beware!!!! Glitching is addictive:rotfl:
  • madmuppet5
    madmuppet5 Posts: 5,575 Forumite
    QPR10 wrote: »
    I was sitting downstairs quietly with one of the cats watching the news.


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    Shin: Device for finding furniture in the dark :p©
    Elite 11+ fundraising total for Make-a-Wish £682 :j:A
  • Tinyshoes
    Tinyshoes Posts: 29,014 Forumite
    Bananababe wrote: »
    Thinking of her and you tiny shoes
    altojack wrote: »
    Hi Tinyshoes, Sorry to hear that mum has to have and MRI, such a worry I know. My fingers are crossed for you and mum :A

    Thanks guys, I know that she has done very well to still be with us 5 years on from secondary cancer diagnosis. I noticed her temperature was up again yesterday after week of and including intravenous antibiotics. They did say it was a bad infection and were trying to find exact one. I'm wondering now whether anything do to with the rods she has to support her spine. I guess immune system is not at all what it should be. To be honest she has suffered enough, actually welling up here. Sorry to bring the new thread down. :o
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    hugs to tinyshoes i hope things get sorted for your mum

    FK sorry no offence about your story intended i jus thought their was going to be some kind of fungi pun at the end
    SPC~12 ot 124

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  • Best_price
    Best_price Posts: 4,602 Forumite
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    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    Thanks guys, I know that she has done very well to still be with us 5 years on from secondary cancer diagnosis. I noticed her temperature was up again yesterday after week of and including intravenous antibiotics. They did say it was a bad infection and were trying to find exact one. I'm wondering now whether anything do to with the rods she has to support her spine. I guess immune system is not at all what it should be. To be honest she has suffered enough, actually welling up here. Sorry to bring the new thread down. :o

    I hope everything will be ok for your mum. It sounds like she has been through such a lot. I hope she has the strength to fight off this infection.

    Thinking of you :A:A:A:A:A:A:A
    You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~John Wooden 154/06/270
  • Snap-ant
    Snap-ant Posts: 15,944 Forumite
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    :)

    :o Finally caught up :o

    Thank you to everyone who wished us a good holiday - it worked :T it was amazing :D

    From the taxi arriving on time, then catching the ferry with 28 seconds to spare :eek: loads of roadworks & cones on the A55 :( we were all watching the coach clock & the signposts to Holyhead & mentally working out how fast we would have to go :)
    Stopped in Newry on way to Carrickfergus - found some gorgeous Ralph Lauren floral cotton shorts in TK Maxx but we didn't buy them as thought we could get them in another TK Maxx - no such luck :( Waving Hi to Elite in Newry ;);)
    Did get a Portmeirion plate from the Exotic Botanic Garden range :D:D

    I personally recommend that you go & visit the new Titanic Exhibition. For a start the building is unique. We arrived for a 'tour' but we were early so we were allowed to go 'free range' so pleased as it took us 2½ hours to explore the 4 floors. There is a 'ride' through the steelworks. A film of the wreck. A glass floor over the 'wreck'. Lots of interactive stuff to do. Marvellous. Do book a morning tour as when we finished the place was heaving. Oh & the Cafe Bistro has the biggest cakes I've ever seen :drool:
    We had a boat trip around the dockyard - again superb :D

    Took an evening stroll to a Mr T Extra & it was overwhelmingly HUGE :eek::eek::eek: I was in awe. I can see how the Elite can get such fab stuff as it had everything. Only managed to get some Sarah Smith 40 wipes packs.
    :T Oh I did get Bensons Titanic Teabags to bring home for everyone. They were £4.99 in Titanic Store & Tourist shops but only £2.29 in Mr T's :D:D:D
    Discovered 'Fifteens' & Tayto crisps :j:j
    The Giants Causeway was definitely the 8th wonder of the world. Incredible. Saw someone fall & be taken away by ambulance :eek::eek: it seems this is a daily occurence as people don't wear suitable footwear :( Also I didn't realise there would be so so many other visitors on the Causeway :o:o What the summer must be like - more people than rocks :rotfl::rotfl:
    On thursday we caught the local bus into Belfast & did a sightseeing open top bus tour - brilliant except it was raining & cold but Fourp & I sat it out in our Titanoraks :D
    :) Also went up into the Dome - what a view :T:T Huge thank you to the NI Elite for all the helpful tips that I took with me ♥
    Primark was tidy :eek: not a thing on the floor :T

    Hotel was lovely & food fab - we came second in the Hotel Quiz night & we had a free bar every night with constant pints of dreamy Guinness ♥

    (photos on my FB)
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  • magsmorris
    magsmorris Posts: 317 Forumite
    thinking of you both (know you will be worried) take care
    love
    mags:A


    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    Just had a phone call from the hospital, they have cancelled taking mum over to Bournemouth a routine eye appointment today. She is now having an MRI scan in the next hour. Obviously more going on than was first thought. :(
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