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Not doing a whole lot...watching tv, listening to Spotify, cooking, cleaning, taking doggie out.

Thinking of cleaning the bathroom floor but then again...it can wait... :D
 

StarSong said:
@hollydolly: Love both of your purchases! Could you find me a similar shirt with a penguin and iceberg theme, please? Black boots would be appropriate since emperor penguins have black feet...

Is this house closer to you than the rental she's in now?
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I might be able to find you one with penguins lol.... not too sure.... :LOL:

No the new house is an hour and a half from here... the rental she's been in since she arrived back in the uk in December is 15 mins away in the next town...
 

hollydolly said:
Thanks mi amigas @Aneeda72 . @Pinky @StarSong for your concern re my hospital tests... it's unfortunate that in the uK in an NHS hospital it's not unusual , in fact it's very usual to be waiting around for 7 hours.. once it was 12 hours for me, and at midnight they decided to admit me as a patient..

First I had blood tests.. then an ECG ( in between you have to wait a period of time till the next procedure .. then because of the pandemic no-one is permitted to just walk to the next Unit.. for example the Radiology suite, so the porter had to be sent for to take me.. then I had to wait until 2 patients on beds were taken in to have their CT scans.. then me, then a wait in the wheelchair until someone calls the porter to return me to the original department, where I get blood pressure taken.. then have to wait for the doctor to see me after first waiting 3 hours for the results to be sent to him of the ECG, bloods and CT scan... before he could discuss my malady, which in this case.. is the damage done by my fall back in November...

It caused some real concern because I've been suffering horrendous dizzy spells for weeks, literally unable to stand without holding onto something literally like I've had a couple of whiskeys too many .. bad headaches etc.. so finally I had to seek help.. and they thought perhaps I might have a bleed on the brain, or in fact there might be a problem with my heart being unable to pump blood to the brain .. hence all the tests..

Anyway they've come to the conclusion it's post concussion... something that can cause this trauma up to 3 or 4 months after the initial injury so they've given me anti -vertigo/dizzinessmeds and they seem to be helping already after just 2 days... fingers crossed they continue to help....
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@hollydolly .. good to hear the meds for vertigo are helping. My ex used to get vertigo from ear issues, and has had vertigo that had him literally crawling. It was that bad.
 
hollydolly said:
Thanks mi amigas @Aneeda72 . @Pinky @StarSong for your concern re my hospital tests... it's unfortunate that in the uK in an NHS hospital it's not unusual , in fact it's very usual to be waiting around for 7 hours.. once it was 12 hours for me, and at midnight they decided to admit me as a patient..

First I had blood tests.. then an ECG ( in between you have to wait a period of time till the next procedure .. then because of the pandemic no-one is permitted to just walk to the next Unit.. for example the Radiology suite, so the porter had to be sent for to take me.. then I had to wait until 2 patients on beds were taken in to have their CT scans.. then me, then a wait in the wheelchair until someone calls the porter to return me to the original department, where I get blood pressure taken.. then have to wait for the doctor to see me after first waiting 3 hours for the results to be sent to him of the ECG, bloods and CT scan... before he could discuss my malady, which in this case.. is the damage done by my fall back in November...

It caused some real concern because I've been suffering horrendous dizzy spells for weeks, literally unable to stand without holding onto something literally like I've had a couple of whiskeys too many .. bad headaches etc.. so finally I had to seek help.. and they thought perhaps I might have a bleed on the brain, or in fact there might be a problem with my heart being unable to pump blood to the brain .. hence all the tests..

Anyway they've come to the conclusion it's post concussion... something that can cause this trauma up to 3 or 4 months after the initial injury so they've given me anti -vertigo/dizzinessmeds and they seem to be helping already after just 2 days... fingers crossed they continue to help....
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Oh wow, I hope the meds continue to help. Seems like a lot of people want your medical system, but I gotta say I think ours, while expensive, is better because despite Covid we would have had these tests and results right away. However, wait time In the ER for the tests just as long.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Oh wow, I hope the meds continue to help. Seems like a lot of people want your medical system, but I gotta say I think ours, while expensive, is better because despite Covid we would have had these tests and results right away. However, wait time In the ER for the tests just as long.
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the NHS at source is a brilliant machine... and of course it's free, so it cost me absolutely nothing but time, to get a CT scan, blood tests, blood pressure, ECG , and hour of a doctors't time, and 2 nursing sisters'.. and also free meds...

However, because the NHS is very strectched, I more often use the private service which I pay for in insurance... but nowhere nearly as much as the US system would charge...

for example my last CT scan cost just £400 and that included my 15 minute consult with the doctor before and afterwards ..but to use the Private system you need to be booked in, in advance.. whereas with this latest problem of mine, I had to go to the ER...
 
hollydolly said:
the NHS at source is a brilliant machine... and of course it's free, so it cost me absolutely nothing but time, to get a CT scan, blood tests, blood pressure, ECG , and hour of a doctors't time, and 2 nursing sisters'.. and also free meds...

However, because the NHS is very strectched, I more often use the private service which I pay for in insurance... but nowhere nearly as much as the US system would charge...

for example my last CT scan cost just £400 and that included my 15 minute consult with the doctor before and afterwards ..but to use the Private system you need to be booked in, in advance.. whereas with this latest problem of mine, I had to go to the ER...
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Here a ct scan is 2500 for the scan alone. It’s highway robbery.
 
What Am I Doing Today?

I was up at 7:15, turned on my computer to see if the world was still spinning just so
on it’s axis. Went back to bed after breakfast for a couple of hours, read some, then
watched some tele my roommate had on. A wasted day, more or less. There were three
of us, Larry, Willie, and me. Now there are two. Larry King died. No cause of death was
listed but he had been hospitalized with covid-19 and he had lung cancer. Larry was a long standing broadcaster. Willie on the other hand is still making his music and smoking his
pot, still active, still busy. I on the other hand am just laying a round and hanging out.
Waiting I suppose, to die, wondering is this all there is. Maybe I should get a hobby or learn
to write or maybe become an alcoholic. There ought to be something I could do.
 
drifter said:
What Am I Doing Today?

I was up at 7:15, turned on my computer to see if the world was still spinning just so
on it’s axis. Went back to bed after breakfast for a couple of hours, read some, then
watched some tele my roommate had on. A wasted day, more or less. There were three
of us, Larry, Willie, and me. Now there are two. Larry King died. No cause of death was
listed but he had been hospitalized with covid-19 and he had lung cancer. Larry was a long standing broadcaster. Willie on the other hand is still making his music and smoking his
pot, still active, still busy. I on the other hand am just laying a round and hanging out.
Waiting I suppose, to die, wondering is this all there is. Maybe I should get a hobby or learn
to write or maybe become an alcoholic. There ought to be something I could do.
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Knit, or make rugs, or color, or paint, or a million other things. But we all start waiting to die as soon as we draw our first breath-it’s a human thing 😂
 
hollydolly said:
you just almost bankrupt yourself in insurance premiums to ''pay nothing'' :ROFLMAO:
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Agreed. I look at what's an acceptable risk, what the higher paying policies pay out versus what they cost, and insure from there.

Hubby and I have high deductible policies for home and auto. Not so with health insurance, but only because of Medicare. When we were paying for health insurance we went with high deductibles because it was far cheaper in the long run.
 
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When I went on my early walk around 6:50,wore long underwear for my knees. It was cold,21 but it wasn't windy,luckily most of the sidewalks had been shoveled /saltedwhich makes walking easier
My long walk this morning is to stroll to Walgreens{6 blocks from my apt building} need a couple of items,if I have energy I may walk home
The rest of my day,do daily 'word game' in Bflo News,read NYT,my book. After lunch,nap take afternoon walk,after dinner tackle NYT daily crossword puzzle
 
I'll try to have the results by this evening, Pepper. I won't hear from the doctor until tomorrow, but I can read the results on My Chart on line. Hopefully the nodes haven't grown. I feel ok in that department, but he said he heard a slight crackle when he listened to my lungs. We'll see. I'll let you know.
 
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