22 Foxhole East

f0xh0les

It seems I was right,  I need HRT, but first they had to scare the sh*te out of me, just in case. 

Now I have to find the person who will know the right combination of lotions and potions to sort me out.   Otherwise I am going to  have to cancel my 2 weeks of work in July,  unless they put me on the pill short term until after my work commitments are over in November - but that is still just masking the symptoms, and hoping it goes away on its own,  not sorting out the sodding problem. 

KajiKita

So glad that it’s not the C, but raging on your behalf that you have been made to suffer like this. 

I would ask the receptionist at the GP surgery who’s their specialist in women’s health or menopause. The one at my surgery was luckily the GP I am assigned to. She only works part time but sorted me out for HRT without ever seeing me, super efficiently via weight and BP checks with the practice nurses. I have never met this woman but she’s been an absolute life saver for me. Start muttering about needing to earn and not being able to work in your present state of health - that often seems to be a useful trigger too.

KK

greenbee

Thank goodness it's not cancer. It was good to get it checked out - this is coming from someone who doesn't have cancer purely because they caught a pre-cancerous situation early enough to put me on treatment to prevent it developing. I'm on three-yearly checkups and treatment decisions for the rest of my life - which is definitely preferable to the alternative. Good luck with the HRT. 

beanielou

That's a good result @f0xh0les.
Dire way to find out though.
Phew.

f0xh0les

So, back on the money news. 

DH has dropped his household contribution (aka The Housekeeping) by £300 as he is always skint for the last 10 days of the month.  This has nothing to do with his brown cardboard habit from the South American River Company.  Nope, not a thing ( bites tongue, wanders off, doesn't mention the large grey floppy eared quadruped  on the sofa).   So I told him to drop it back to £1500 as I should be earning on and off for the next couple of months, plus I plan to win big on the PBs   

All bills go out tomorrow and I should have just over £1,000 left as a budget for the first time in ages.  A lot will get shunted to savings, including the shiny new Holiday Fund Account.  I closed down all 4 savings accounts offering less than 1%, this week as they were annoying me.  Only have 8 accounts with the Hollyfax Bank now.  Looking quite sleek and streamlined. 

Managed to get into my C0v.Bank account, and filled it up to £10.  The ISAs look quite good - 4.35%.  I will keep that one active.

What the annoying waiting around for medical stuff has meant, is that we did not book to go away this half term.  Not even last minute.  Hopefully this is the last time I will have to put it off, and we will start to have things to look forward to.  DS3 is seriously narked we have not gone away.

In a fit of moneysaving excellence, I knocked up a pot of bendy veg soup, baked a batch of scones, and set off a pizza dough and foccacia which are  currently doing their thing on a hot water bottle in the kitchen.  Tonight's supper sorted without having to go shopping.   Bonus! 

From Monday DS1 has to go to the Employment Shop every day for the next two weeks.   Ha Ha Ha!  The JobShop is also recruiting, starting salary £27k.   If he does not have a job by the end of the fortnight I will totally despair of the wretch.  DS2 has 3 weeks left of A Level exams.  DS4 goes off for 5 days in Cornwall with the school in June, poor old DS3 gets a day at The Towers of Alt0n -  the school want £50 for the fun of taking him.  Can't say no.

f0xh0les

Just got off the phone with The Architect who is sending over the plans tomorrow. Yay!  Things are moving!!

slm6002

Not sure if any of DS's are the right age but my DD went away with NCS.  She got a holiday with a whole lot of other teens and then had to do a weeks worth of fund raising for a good cause.  Maybe worth looking at - wasn't badly priced and think it is nation wide.  Taught her a few things

f0xh0les

DS1 went and loved it,   DS2 absolutely refused to go anywhere near it.

KajiKita

8 accounts with the Hollyfax …. Just wow! 👏👏👏😊

Well done on the tongue biting ….. 😉 

Does DS3 understand why it is that you couldn’t plan to go away? Or did you not feel able to tell him?

Love the hot water bottle idea - genius! 😊🤩

KK

kerri_gt

It won't hurt DS3 to get a taste of 'not everyone gets to go away, this is what it's like for them'. I am also very envious of his day at the Towers of Alton.

We had DN and a friend stay recently, I dragged them both to the park of Thorpe (last took DN when he was 14 over 10yrs ago). They are 26 and 19....I think I tired them out as I merrily bounced from one ride to another in my element. 🤣 I don't often find willing victims to come with me 🤣