We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Ready for the next stage!

Options
1356745

Comments

  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Poor you i have had it till they sorted it. It is very tiring. I hope it is sorted v soon. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 30 August 2020 at 6:02AM
    Hope you had your blood test ok yesterday. Do you have to go back to the GP for the results & sort out treatment? 

    I didn’t know until recently that drinking lots of tea & coffee can affect iron absorption. Hope you get it sorted & are feeling better soon.
     

    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • riotlady
    riotlady Posts: 442 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks guys, they're gonna give me a call when they get the results as the doctors are doing as much as possible over the phone at the moment. 
    August summary:
    - Cut our grocery spend from £458 (July) to £291 
    - Cut our eating out + takeaway spend from £220 to £80 
    - Added £1371 to savings!!! (some one off income in there as I got paid for my most recent placement due to covid, alas we can't save that much every month or we'd be laughing!) 
    - Earned £35 from surveys
    - Lost 3.5lbs 
    So happy our food spending is back down to a level that I'm comfortable with. I think for September I'm going to try and track no spend days- not counting automatic payments that come out of the bank as spends, but I will count food shopping and other "essential" shopping because honestly top-up shops are my weakness xD 
  • Fantastic cutbacks on takeaways & food 🤗 & that’s a great amount saved !! Well done on the weight loss too. 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Really well done on the savings and cutbacks. Good luck at the drs. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • riotlady
    riotlady Posts: 442 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Receptionist from the doctors called and said everything’s ok but can she arrange a telephone appointment with the doctor for me tomorrow as blood test results are back. Hopefully that sounds like “we have found something but you’re not going to die” which is about what I was aiming for xD

    Mini riot is in nursery this morning but pulling her out this afternoon to go feed the ducks with my mum and granny, who’s up visiting from Surrey :) Then tonight I’m going to lie on my best friends sofa and eat pizza- gonna utilise her nhs discount for some dominos. 
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 3 September 2020 at 7:01PM
    Good news i hope and you will soon be having treatment to get you back full of beans. I bet mini riot is enjoying her nanny visiting. Have a good weekend.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • riotlady
    riotlady Posts: 442 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well the call with the doctor was not as fruitful as I’d hoped. Apparently all the main things they were checking are fine- iron level, blood sugar, thyroid- but quite a few random things came back low. So I’ve got low platelets, too much water in my blood, inflammation and slightly decreased liver function. So now I have to wait two weeks and do the test again to see if any of those improve, and in the meantime I’m stuck lying on the sofa being useless!

    No spend day today, first of the month so far! Popped along to my mums for tea as it’s my granny’s last night before she goes home. Tomorrow I’m not doing ANYTHING as all these outings have really taken it out of me and I could hardly move this morning. 

    Apologies for being a whinge, I’m sure I’ll feel better about it all in the morning!
  • No need to apologise. Just try and rest as much as possible. I’m glad your mum made tea and you got to see your granny before she goes home. 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Keep resting they will find out what it is and hopefully sort it soon. Good luck it is not nice for you at all you have my sympathies. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.7K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.4K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.7K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.8K Life & Family
  • 256.8K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.