'supporting each other through really tough times'

stiltwalker

Glad you wandered over OMO - welcome aboard.

Well I think true humanity is still a day or two off yet but I am starting to feel much better now. Cough is down to an occasional hack and head only feels slightly fuzzy.

Kidcat - so feeling your painkillers thing - had to take major strong painkillers a few years back and phoned a friend (I only had a mobile with very little credit at that point and friends and family knew they had to call me back to get more than 30 seconds out of me!) I then struggled to explain that he didn't need to call me back I wasn't on the mobile I was in errrrm, ummmmm, ohhh, one of those boxes on the street - you know the red ones!! and I'd put a pound in the doodah, you know!! Completely lost the words - was quite scary as it was the first time it had happened to me, but realised later it was the stronger painkillers the GP let me have every so often so I could actually do stuff occasionally!

I've even felt too poorly to peruse my new OU stuff which arrived on Friday, may manage a little look later.

Hugs where needed.

Uniscots97

How is everyone? Logged onto tarot but its quiet. I'm grateful for the extra money, made about £60 this week. Yes it would have been nice if it had been more but I'm guessing people just don't have the money to spend.

Been out all day, went to see my Gran and OH's sister. OH had a waver as we passed the burger place, as we usually on a sunday will stop there before heading through to see family. When I explained that us stopping for a burger each week was costing us equivalent of what it costs for his mobile he was shocked. ....I think he was more willing to listen after he decided last night (after me making chicken steaks, dipping sauces, savoury rice and garlic bread for dinner) he wanted a skyscraper burger and chips. It arrived (he had to borrow money off me..... yes me that hasn't got a job at the moment i.e. little income.... to pay for it), when it arrived he saw you actually got chips with it anyway and he said it was horrible. Told his he'd just wasted £8 and he agreed. Yes he'll pay me back but he's at least seeing now how much money he's wasting...... well hopefully he is.

Tomorrow is my interview and tonight I've sent off another application. Fingers crossed I really need a job soon. Not looking forward to OH going back on night shift tomorrow.

daz378

i have a similar sense of unease at times , im a carer for local authority and they have started moving me about, my duty of care means il try best for clients , sometimes hard to adapt to situations you havent encountered before.... coupled with this is the constant threat of redundancy and partly hoping for redundancy , to try something new..... prepping helps counter these feelings , visiting family and even the odd pint helps balance things out, hope you all have a good year

GreyQueen

:T Best of luck for your interview tomorrow, unix.

aliasojo

I've just found this thread omo. What say you and me go buy a job lot of st john's wort and we'll share?

Seriously though, I understand both how you feel AND your point about how sometimes reading too much here can make certain feelings worse.

I thought eBay was a lovely place where lovely people made pin money by selling off their children's lovely clothes until I started reading the ebay board. I now eye things up warily and automatically assume I'll get a non paying bidder/shrill bidder/abusive bidder etc etc. I hunker over all my wordly goods whispering 'they wont get you my preciouuusssss' (whilst looking bug eyed and mad). :rotfl:

I didn't do that until I visited the eBay board. :whistle:

I've been very fortunate that although I've had run ins with some of the not so nice folk, the vast majority have been very very supportive and kind to me and I have no reticence in saying that talking to them has pulled me through some bad moments. This is generally a nice place to be if you just need a chat or a shoulder.

Worrying about things is very very normal, especially in today's economic climate. I think some of us do worry at the extreme end of the scale and it's not healthy to keep doing so but it's hard to just stop. If you still feel like this after a bit, I do think it's worth seeing your GP for a chat.

Try not to focus too much on it all, although I do realise how easy that is to say and how hard it is to do. x

Uniscots97

Thank you GreyQueen, I love lady birds.

Possession

Good luck Unix.

I quite fancy waking up with snog tomorrow. As long as it isn't with Timothy.

Softstuff

GreyQueen wrote: »

Softstuff, I have orthotics in both shoes due to developing shin splints which became agonising; I have commonplace foot probs which are easily-corrected. They really do help. Got mine via a GP referral to an bio-mechanics clinic. NHS of course, don't know how such things are organised in Oz. Before I had them, I had some improvement with off-the-peg ones from Boots. Brand name Orthoheel.

Thanks for the info, it's reassuring to know they work, though I think they'll be a bit surprised when I tell them what they're correcting. As for how it works here, there's a podiatrist locally and I think I can go and just pay. I suspect there is a medicare version where I could pay less (for the visit, though I suspect the orthotic would be the same charge), but frankly I see so much of my GP that sometimes it's worth paying a little bit more and avoiding a visit to him, not to mention a waiting list. I think the last specialist we saw privately, after rebates cost us about $40 more, yet we saw him within a week instead of within 6 months with a trip to Brisbane, so overall, more economical.

All that said, I'm still hoping to do without it (by building surrounding muscle), but that may or may not be possible.

kezlou wrote: »

softstuff - take a rest hun, your doing really well. I spoke to my partner and said the same thing. He said just do a brisk walk or a jog. Then have a run a week later.

Thanks Kezlou. I'm walking this evening.

Kidcat, that sort of transporting day sounds agonizing. I sympathise, but don't have a useful suggestion I'm sorry.

Hi Own My Own, welcome! Have a virtual slice of cake and cup of tea.

Katieowl, I've used marscapone as a pizza topping previously, sort of plopped on in chunks. Another recipe I had was for salmon pasta, stirring a tin of salmon through marscapone, tomato puree and a bit of water over the stove until smooth, then add the pasta.

elizabunny wrote: »

Thanks Softstuff for the info about the book.:T It looks good! I need to do something, as this back thing is getting the better of me at the moment. I have had lots of problems for 20 years, but this last few weeks it has really got to me. I seem to be going one day forward and two back all the time:(

It really does work. Someone asked me how I can think of jogging after bulging 2 discs, but as long as I do my exercises my back doesn't bother me at all. Heck, I can zumba with it, so it must be good.

Good luck for the interview Unixgirl.

And Fuddle, there's nothing quite as nice as waking up to a snog!

wondercollie

Had several SHTF moments lately. Not really bad ones but more like ARGGG.

Survived the holiday with the husband, just. Left Jamaica at 27C with a lot of humidity to arrive back to -26C with a windchill down to -35. Talk about shock. Then our son who was picking us up couldn't get near the airport due to taxis and we had to run the outside with no parkas and two suitcases to jump into the truck.

I really don't want to travel with husband ever again. Maybe on separate flights but going through duty free and security and just sitting near him on the plane, no.

Worked yesterday and came very close to wanting to assault a patient. 21yo with stupidly induced medical crisis. Did I mention he's also a convicted childabuser and drug dealer who is manipulative as all get out? My shift finished at 1500 but due to work SHTF wound up going into his room at 1530 to tell him that specialist staff were coming down to sort out a piece of equipment. I was wearing a coat and carrying my bags. He then proceeds to tell me to fetch stuff from his locker. I aksed him if it could wait until the specialist had been in because I was done for the day and on my home (the request was for a book). He basically said get it you Fn B. I told him see yah. He'd been walking up and down the ward all afternoon and the shift change staff were coming into his room on their round.

I was offered a job but the shift pattern was lousy. But they want me to work relief, so I'm really waiting for that phone call.

I really hate people some days.

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Hey WONDERCOLLIE Hugs and lots more hugs, tomorrow is another day and the hugs will still be there, Chin up pet, you'll be fine, Cheers Lyn x.