Old Style Ways and Poor Health part 2.

pollyanna_26

mardatha wrote: »

Tink I tried to go GF and I got really odd symptoms when I ate shop bought GF bread and cakes - I think some of the odd ingredients they put in them are not good.
I have just stopped eating anything with flour in. And stopped all sugar apart from honey. I just need some energy, this constant exhaustion is driving me mad.
And I wasn't all that sane to begin with..

Well if your only sugar now is honey Mardymar we'll await the demise of the jelly baby companies. No more biting the heads off and offering us leftovers.


If we could buy energy life would be much better. If somehow we could bottle it the world would be our lobster Mar! Although there are meds , lots of things like physio,and other helpful things. Sheer exhaustion is the difficult one to manage. Reading the info leaflets in meds the possible side effects seem to include all the conditions the meds are supposed to relieve.


I find trying to keep track of everything in day to day life exhausting in spite of diaries etc and having safe places for things I need from time to time. Exhaustion whether from lack of sleep, pain or too much to do so no chance to pace is a frequent annoyance. Everything I organsied so I know where things are etc . Brain fog descends and irritation takes over.


All the diaries paperwork etc work really well most of the time but not on bad days.


I mentioned elsewhere I'm on a different laptop now after the final demise of the Dell. I lost a lot of stored items and bookmarks including my Mackintosh Rose. Searching Glasgow Rose , Mackintosh Rose or Charles Rennie Mackintosh brings up far too many images but I think I've found the original image and dd has stored it on this laptop in the hope it will go to the new site next week.


However I came across the Charles Rennie Nackintosh Rose a number of times and I can't believe I didn't know it existed. I've had the Geoff Hamilton rose and other memorial roses in the garden for years along with beautiful climbers and standards. I get a catalogue here every year from David Austin and he actually did all the flowers for eldest dds wedding so no idea how that passed me by. Not very MSE so shall be muttering Martins' Mantra today though I doubt it will stop me giving in.
pollyxx

mardatha

Funnily enough I've been looking at gardening websites and groups this morning, I will look for the Rennie Mac rose.
I lost all my stuff too when this laptop crashed on me and I had to reset to factory settings.
I sleep well at night Polly, my problem is staying awake all day lol not getting to sleep at all.
Off to feed the RV now xx

pollyanna_26

Sadly after a few rescues the Dell was beyond help. I was haunted by the memory of Ming Vase:D It might save on hairdressing costs but otherwise not a good look


I love all things Mackintosh. I'm not really a jewellry person but do have some silver brooches and bracelets with the mackintosh rose. Also have a letter opener I fell for for the look of it . It's proved very useful opening all the envelopes and lives next to the landline so it's one thing I never lose track of.


I'm glad you're sleeping at night, the mix of medical conditions you have probably don't help the day time exhaustion.


The roses from David Austin are mainly the old fashioned ones with lovely scents. The ones in stock at the moment are bare rooted so can be planted now. I've often bought the ones in pots in garden centres . They're in distinctive dark green pots and are a different season than winter for planting.


I have fond memories of the Mack and the Glasgow tea rooms and after the 2nd fire got quite maudlin at the thought I may not

be alive if they manage to do a third restoration. Cue a lot of eyerolls from the family.


No feeding the RV suspect bacon. I doubt either of us are up to digging and hiding the evidence at the moment.


I've just noticed all the typos in my reply to Tink. I need a brew.


pollyxx

pollyanna_26

I've been having a think Mar and actually manged to dig out my garden diary. The potted rose can be planted all year round. I've checked it on the DA site and there's a lot of info on there. If you read The Basics of Growing Roses page you will see only waterlogged, frozen or drought conditions aren't suitable . I'd forgotten they are grown on longer before going on sale unlike a lot of others.


Very exposed and windy conditions mean careful siting. So maybe near the bungalow or any bit of shelter available. Fleecing them in winter may help. As a last resort invite the sheepies in from the field to form a windbreak.


This has been prompted by remembering a trip to Dobbies in Braehead many years ago when eldest dd was living up near Stirling. It was a few days after Christmas and we both found a few DA roses we'd been lookinf for.. Hers are still going strong in Yorkshire as are mine here. We get really strong winds off the Irish sea here and the ones I have in big pots are moved to the side of the arbour in bad weather although there've been times I haven't had the energy to do so and they've been ok. The climbers and ramblers are left to get on with it and have survived although they're on very tall fences and grow over the arbour. I still had some white roses on the climbing Iceberg at the end of November.


I know we've been winding each other up over the last few years on the Fence with Heffalumps and Patios but now you've said you've been looking at garden sites I'm wondering if your recent mention of garden flags was a serious post rather than another wind up.


Are you making the garden easier for you and the RV since his heart op and your own difficulties? I can talk about gardens until the cows come home ( or in your case end up in the freezer :rotfl:)


I've needed to adapt things myself from the time consuming original layout so happy to talk gardens.
pollyxx

mardatha

Hmmmm... gardens and patios... verrry interesting subject.

mardatha

I have got some Austin roses Pollywolly, got them cheap as bare root and plonked them in the garden. Our back hedge of Rosa Alba we planted while it was snowing and they all came on fine. I've got the David Austin Mary Rose as Mary's my name. I got one called Mum something or something Mum, and I treated myself to a really gorgeous apricot one that I've forgotten the name of now I do like roses.

caronc

Good to see this thread continued - thanks polly:)
My PIP was reassessed in November, no change on the award but slightly more points. I did feel this time the assessor had a better handle on fluctuating conditions which made for an easier interview.
2019 was a bit of bumpy year in my personal life and 2020 has started on a similar vein but thankfully I feel more in control of my condition and have got a lot better at acknowledging when I can/can't do things in myself which although doesn't change anything is helpful from a well-being perspective.
It's too early in the year here to do much in the garden but I have plans:D (and plenty of seeds :rotfl:).

pollyanna_26

mardatha wrote: »

Hmmmm... gardens and patios... verrry interesting subject.

Maybe we shouldn't go there Mar. I do remember your name is Mary. It's my middle name.


When I moved here in the mid seventies I filled the front garden with roses. Just the usual everyday ones. They were constantly full of black spot, rust and all sorts of disease si I dug them up and planted the garden with heathers and miniature conifers which was a bit of a trend locally then. A few years later I went for evergreen shrubs and perennials with seasonal bulbs and it's pretty well stayed the same since. The birds love the winter berries and nest in the hollies and viburnums each year so also something to watch on dark winter days.


It was a few years before I started mixing roses with the flowering evergreens, perennials and bulbs in the back garden and the only problem has been geenfly or blackfly. I grow the old fashioned pot marigolds from seed saved from the previous year and they attract hoverflies who along with the birds make short work of the aphids.


I grow a lot of violas in large pots and they provide a lot of colour in different seasons . The winter flowring ones are a welcome sight in the shorter, days. I dead head each seasonal variety and they come back to life for their following season. Letting the odd plant go to seed means seeds to plant for more plants to come. Very mse.


I'm trying to stay awake for Casualty. Along with my disability friendly big button landline phone my never missed an episode record earns me the old biddy title from certain offspring. I remember the young Charlie Fairhead arriving for his first day and meeting Duffy. I'll probably sniff a bit and shed a little tear after tonights episode.
pollyxx

pollyanna_26

caronc wrote: »

Good to see this thread continued - thanks polly:)
My PIP was reassessed in November, no change on the award but slightly more points. I did feel this time the assessor had a better handle on fluctuating conditions which made for an easier interview.
2019 was a bit of bumpy year in my personal life and 2020 has started on a similar vein but thankfully I feel more in control of my condition and have got a lot better at acknowledging when I can/can't do things in myself which although doesn't change anything is helpful from a well-being perspective.
It's too early in the year here to do much in the garden but I have plans:D (and plenty of seeds :rotfl:).

It's very good to see you back here caronc. I never did manage to keep up with your thread though I have lurked from time to time. Think I was a bit traumatised by forgetting to buy flour each time I went shopping. I can't even remember if it was for dumplings or yorkshire puddings now.


It's good to hear your PIP assessment went well. After her first dla to pip assessment by an experienced former nhs nurse ( who's now gone back to her nursing career) dd was awarded enhanced for both DL and Mobility. Her first none paper for esa was with an nhs dr and that went well too still in SG.


Her more recent face to face at a centre seemed fine until I requested a copy of the assessors report which was an utter work of fiction. I was preparing to request a mr when the descision makers report came through the door. Enhanced for both again and huge relief all round.. I've seen so many times online that dms usually go with the assessors report. This one didn;t she explained the reasons for her award and detailed the medical history and reports from those involved in dds care plus medication etc. I'm hoping the assessor wont be assessing anyone ever again.


I hope things settle in your personal life. It may be dark and dreary at the moment but the days are getting a bit lighter in the morning and stretching out a bit. No doubt we'll be comparing tomato seedlings in the months to come.
Take care

pollyx

cornishchick

hello peeps.
its been a while. I gave myself a year off work and lived off my savings and small widows pension while I finished my studies , only having a placement and studies made my life easier and as a result my health feels a little more stable. The fibro and whatever it is feels better controlled , but now my savings are low and I need to get back to work and build them up again.
so popping in to say Hi to those who remember me and hello nice to meet you to any I don't