Breaking Through, Travelling On

rtandon27

Welcome back KC!

How nice that you found the letters from the au pair years!

beanielou

Good to hear from you.

Watty1

What a nice find

misscousinitt

Just catching up KC and sending love and hugs...difficult times...

But what a fantastic find in the form of the letters.

Take care of yourself.

MCI xx

earthgirl

Great news about the letters. Not so good about the flimsy credit card security!

maddiemay

Just popping my head around the door to send good wishes, sadly thee seem to be several people on these threads going through the same thing at present, made so much harder when living a long distance away, I remember the arrangements and the travelling being so difficult and frustrating.

Take care.
MM

Karmacat

Hello maddie, thanks for coming by

And oh my, I haven't been on for a few days: RT, beanie, Watty, MCI and earthgirl too - thank you, lovely to see the posts.

It's awful being so far away, it's true. There's a constant procession of people through the house - carers, nurses, GP, and even a social worker today - supporting my brother and sister in dealing with this mob, all of whom are genuinely helpful and well intentioned, is the best thing I can do.

I think the problems, and there are many, come because the system's been tinkered with for years - we have 3 types of nurse visiting, I think, as well as the doctor _pale_ so while I'd theoretically support rationalisation of the management structure, I'm sure that would be taken as an excuse to cut services, and that's not something people on the frontline can cope with.

Anyway, I've been doing what I can behind the scenes - online research for national policies that affect us, finding a local-to-them NHS dentist, buying a needed computer mouse, setting my old laptop up, with a very old flash drive to back up what's written. The drive is only a gigabyte, but since it's for writing documents, that'll be enough.

Also been buying for me - I nearly got sucked into a consumerist angle over Black Friday, but I pulled back in time, and bought what I needed - a little incinerator! It will take the trunks and branches of the laurel (as well as everything else ) and as the laurel foliage is the toxic stuff, it will be fine.

My go-bag is ready packed, I can be out of here in half an hour.

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beanielou

Remember to look after your self too xx

edinburgher

Just flying through KC, but wanted to say that I'm thinking of your Mum and family, take care

Cheery_Daff

Aw KC ((((((()))))))) Sounds like a difficult situation all round. Glad there's something you can do to help xxx

In other news - an incinerator! Most useful :j

Take care xx