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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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No, just being matter-of-fact about it. DW's hand was important to her, and she was in pain, but the road casualty people were clearly in much worse shape. I suspect we chose our evening for our A and E visit quite badly.
With hindsight, Lydia's idea seems sound.
The thing is sometimes you do not have much choice. As you said your wife was in pain and it was important to her...and it was Friday night.
I would agree with Lydia's approach where you can do it. There is often less medical cover in ED in the evenings and at weekends/BH . This may be due to poor planning in some cases but down to the supply of available Drs as it is an increasingly unpopular specialty.
Last Bank Holiday Monday night a GP call out to my friends elderly mother would have resulted in a late night admission. The GP and my freind and her mum all agreed that she was safe enough at home and would be admitted in the morning, so that is what they did.0 -
I would agree with Lydia's approach where you can do it. There is often less medical cover in ED in the evenings and at weekends/BH . This may be due to poor planning in some cases but down to the supply of available Drs as it is an increasingly unpopular specialty.
My mother (who usually works in Radiology) has been staffing A&E for the last few months on these times, and they've got a huge shortage of AHP's that want to go down there too.
I'm going up for an ultrasound later, so will probably see her whilst I'm up there
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No, just being matter-of-fact about it. DW's hand was important to her, and she was in pain, but the road casualty people were clearly in much worse shape. I suspect we chose our evening for our A and E visit quite badly.
Booze and cars and inexperienced drivers are a bad combination. Actually any permutations of these is a bad combination
I don't know how it compares with other hospitals TBH, which is odd as I worked in one. We're probably closer to St Helier now which is, or seems gigantic.
With hindsight, Lydia's idea seems sound.
When I was a child, from our hill, St Helier stood out in the distance, not far from the horizon as a huge, shining white collection of buildings, completely in contrast to everything else.
I thought it was a princess castle for a very long time. I went there to visit someone when I was 18, maybe. Not a princess castle but bulky, with dirty, flaking, greying paint. Please tell me it changed.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Here's to increasing progress and certainty. Hope it helps life feel a bit easier x!
Thank you. It's been a long time, but it finally feels as though the end is in sight. Hi Spirit! Good thanks
Had a chance meeting with the Slavic girl. It was pretty much fine,
Sounds good. Hope you have another good day today. 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 -
Oh, and apparently I'm very rare. My barrister had searched for previous cases of claims for compensation when somebody died in an accident that was somebody else's fault, while having got a decree nisi but not having got their decree absolute, and could only find one.
At least in theory a decree nisi shouldn't be an issue since by definition it isn't binding. You're still married until you're not. But it would be an interesting argument at trial - where 'interesting' means the lawyers get more money.
It'll be good when it's all sorted out - won't it?“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
The more I hear hospital tales from down South, the more I think there is a definite North South divide, but in the North's favour.
When Mr Bugs had to be rushed into hospital one evening mid week, he had a four room bay to himself, three or four people popping by in the hour I was there, to check the heart, ask questions, take bloods. Then smoothly whisked away to a ward. Very reassuring.
Don't think I'll pop over there on a Friday night though, to check if it's the same:eek:.
Good to hear that you sound brighter masomnia.
Today will be spent mostly trying to get some cargo to France; it's only been 6 weeks of trying and being knocked back - it's getting very dispiriting. It's normally easy, but one of the peculiarities of our freight, is the numerous restrictions, licenses and permits that are involved, along with not being able to go direct. I'll never get paid for all the work that's gone into the failed attempts either:(.0 -
At least in theory a decree nisi shouldn't be an issue since by definition it isn't binding. You're still married until you're not. But it would be an interesting argument at trial - where 'interesting' means the lawyers get more money.
It'll be good when it's all sorted out - won't it?
The question of whether you get the statutory bereavement bit for losing your spouse has already been decided by a judge in 1997, who ruled on a case in which a nearly divorced wife was killed in a road accident. He said that because it was purely statutory the husband was still entitled to get it, regardless of the decree nisi, for the reasons you mention.
Otherwise, it actually makes assessing the value of the family's financial dependence much easier, at least in cases like mine where it's the nrp who's died, because how much maintenance the person was going to pay had already been negotiated in writing so is very clearly quantifiable and easy to prove.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 -
5 exams and 50 miles down (50 miles of school/exam runs since Tuesday mid morning, in reality, it is much more as he had exams last Thursday, Monday and first thing Tuesday morning!).....too many to count to go.
Day off from the exam running around today, just the nice simple drop off (talk to school), collection run of the mill day.
He is coping ok at the moment apart from being very very tired, although he did have a stressy outburst on Tuesday night.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 -
5 exams and 50 miles down (50 miles of school/exam runs since Tuesday mid morning, in reality, it is much more as he had exams last Thursday, Monday and first thing Tuesday morning!).....too many to count to go.
Day off from the exam running around today, just the nice simple drop off (talk to school), collection run of the mill day.
He is coping ok at the moment apart from being very very tired, although he did have a stressy outburst on Tuesday night.
Glad you and he are managing so far, Sue.
Are you going to have a problem affording all the petrol? Because if so I'll chip in to help, and maybe some other NP will too. 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
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