The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

weenancyinAmerica

Over here, you would be involved in a lawsuit for damages. My brother-in-law's mother died from asbestos and his family received a settlement to pay off all of the medical bills and a little left over. She was a secretary in a school - and the asbestos was in the paint and walls of the building. Several people became ill from it who worked in the front office. My neighbor died from emphysema - and he was a tailor. They said it was all of the filler in material and the little pieces of thread. You never know where you might be exposed to something. But if I were you, I would check to see if there are any lawsuits involving your illness, even ones over in America, that might be used to get you additional funding for health items and living expenses. They want "coincidences" reported to the health departments to keep it from happening to others as well. 

jwil

The decluttering is coming on really well

Sun_Addict

You're doing amazingly well with the decluttering. 

I'm glad your condition is finally being taken seriously despite the unpleasant scans. When Mr SA has his brain scans he has MRI contrasts with Gadolinium, he hates having it done. 

Onebrokelady

dawnybabes said:

I’ve always found my results on the nhs app before I hear from the doctors 🤣🤣

I need help decluttering, can we hire you ? 

That’s how I found out I was ill in the first place but it took about a month for those results to come through. If I had the energy I would hire myself out. Decluttering is now a weekly challenge to see what items I can offload onto the unsuspecting public on marketplace. I never thought I would get rid of a bag of random trolls I found in the loft but there you go 😀

Onebrokelady

weenancyinAmerica said:

Over here, you would be involved in a lawsuit for damages. My brother-in-law's mother died from asbestos and his family received a settlement to pay off all of the medical bills and a little left over. She was a secretary in a school - and the asbestos was in the paint and walls of the building. Several people became ill from it who worked in the front office. My neighbor died from emphysema - and he was a tailor. They said it was all of the filler in material and the little pieces of thread. You never know where you might be exposed to something. But if I were you, I would check to see if there are any lawsuits involving your illness, even ones over in America, that might be used to get you additional funding for health items and living expenses. They want "coincidences" reported to the health departments to keep it from happening to others as well. 

Hmmm it’s not as litigious in the uk though. There are cases where people can actually prove they have been damaged by certain things but I’m not sure if I will ever know what caused this. I will mention the link though 

Onebrokelady

jwil said:

The decluttering is coming on really well

I’m on a roll 😀

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

You're doing amazingly well with the decluttering. 

I'm glad your condition is finally being taken seriously despite the unpleasant scans. When Mr SA has his brain scans he has MRI contrasts with Gadolinium, he hates having it done. 

Yes I’m relieved they are testing me thoroughly.
 I’m aiming for a mostly empty loft and the big spare room just to have a bed in it ( it’s got a built in wardrobe)  and the little spare room will just have my walking pad. I’m using the walking pad in front of my patio doors at the moment so it’s in my back hall, I like it there because I can watch the squirrels and birds while I’m walking 😀 it folds flat and just tucks away in the corner so it’s not in the way but if I put it in the spare room I can leave it down on the floor instead of having to fold it up.

Onebrokelady

Today I went to visit my mum. I haven’t told her exactly what’s wrong with me just that I have scars on my lungs and that I have to stop working but today she said my sister reckons I’m not telling her everything because I’ve waited so long for an appointment  so she’s now worried 😡 I told mum that I know what’s wrong with me but I don’t know how bad it is, any way I said she can tell my sister what is wrong if she wants to so I wrote it down for her. I’m not telling my mum that I might not be here in a few years because what’s the point, I’ve now given my sister the information she craves so she can look it up and she can do with that what she wants. If she chooses to be stupid and cruel and tell my mum then that’s her problem. DD2 thinks mum should be told so she knows why I might not be able to help out sometimes but I think it’s enough that she knows I’m ill she doesn’t need the stress of anything else.

After Mums I went food shopping and also bought some more Pernaton Gel to see if it will help my joints. I’m having an early night tonight because I have plumbers coming early tomorrow to sort out my bathroom sink and the toilet. The sink just needed a tap originally but the taps won’t come off at all so the sink is being replaced and the toilet had two cracks in it that have been ok but they could break so I’m having that replaced too then while they are here they’re going to mend the leak under the kitchen sink, would normally do that myself but I haven’t got the inclination to even think about it. Those three plumbing jobs have been on the list since last year and I will be relieved to get them done. I will then be able to paint the bathroom again and lay the flooring that I bought. I’m not doing anything with the bath because it will cost too much and apart from a couple of chips there’s nothing wrong with it. I do want the tiles done but will have to wait until I’ve saved up some more money for that.

MY current house jobs are to finish my bedroom so I can move back in,then I can lay the small piece of carpet in the small spare room, finish the bathroom then I can paint my kitchen . Once the kitchen is painted that will be the whole house decorated. I’m also doing bits of the garden inbetween those jobs. It’s taking forever because I don’t have the energy to do it all at once unlike I used to. Oh I forgot the loft will also be empty so I can get it insulated then the house will be suitable to be sold 

Humdinger1

Trolls in the attic @Onebrokelady? I thought they normally lived under bridges? Full of admiration for you, keep b*gg*r*ng on love Humdinger xx 

Nannyglasses

You are doing really well with your decluttering. I don't even know where to start with my house