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@hollydolly There are a lot of OTC pain patches on the market. The best one I've used is Thermacare...it has no odor. It definitely helps at night. They're made for backs, knees, elbows, shoulders...formed to fit whichever part of the body needs the help. IIRC, they can only be used for 8 hours at a time, but if you put it on at night and get up pain free in the morning, you should be good to go.

(ETA: @hollydolly ! I just thought of another one if it's available over there...called Bio Freeze and comes in a gel or a spray. No odor. Not greasy. And it works wonderfully well. A bit spendy, but for relief...how much is too much? LOL)

I worked this morning and now have two blessed days off. Woohoo! It's supposed to be sunny and cold tomorrow but warming up during the week. It'll probably be too cold to work in the garden:(

We had sNOw this morning, not enough to write home about, but it was very cold when I went to work at 6am...34...and still only 34 I was done at noon. Tonight? If the weatherguessers are right, it'll be around 20 tomorrow morning.

Annnnd...I'm not going to spring forward. I'm going to ease into Daylight time while I sleep. Springing is more than I can manage:LOL: If anybody cares, I loathe getting up in the dark.
 

hollydolly said:
bless you but the brace wouldn't work on me, my back spasms while I'm asleep most of the time... . Over the years I've tried lots of things, the surgeon has also tried lots and nothing has improved it.
My own GP at the practice will not over rule the locum because it's a legal thing in the Uk with regard to only prescribing addicting drugs for short periods.... a simple 5mg of Diazepam would keep me from costing the NHS a lot of money by having to now keep returning to the surgeon for some kind of answers... . It all makes no sense when the dosage is so low and it's doing good to a patient .. that they can just withdraw it because higher dosages are being abused by some people..
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See if your doctor would be willing to give you injections of the ibruprofen. or lidocaine.
Not sure how long they last.

Can't you go to another doctor that would be more sympathetic to your needs?

What's a locum?
 
Watered the back yard. Tried to keep these 2 dogs entertained, which is easy...as long as I'm around them.
Fertilized my 2 gardenia plants, that I've put in big planters between my magnolia trees.

Spray painted a couple of pots that the gardenias came in. They were black, now they're white. I will be putting them on my bedroom deck with some colorful flowers.
I'm really in to spray painting right now. Cheap and easy!

Cleaned the kitchen.
And just finished my dinner of Kung Pou Chicken.

Time to go check on the dogs.
 

StarSong said:
I think everybody's gas bill is higher than in previous years. Fossil fuel costs really went up this past year.
Sad to say, it looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better - assuming it does get better.

Some areas of my house are upside-down (funny how quickly that can happen) so DH & I will work together right after he gets up and has a cup of coffee or two. He's terrific about helping and the two of us work well together. Shouldn't take more than 30-45 minutes to straighten up.

I'll shop for our Christmas in March celebration today or tomorrow. Just family and my DIL's parents, so it'll be a small group of 12 plus an infant.
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I was thinking the same thing about fuel costs going up but some suppliers are much higher than the original one. Some suppliers try to get you to switch with 100.00 gift card from Visa but this one did not. After they give you 100.00 their charges are astronomical. I'm going to call my gas company and see what they can do. Even saving 15.00 would help me. I'm trying to watch my pennies...lol...makes me feel like I have some say and control in the situation of higher prices now. Thanks for your feedback.
 
Just doing a large load of laundry and chillin out to some music on YouTube. Trying to figure out what I'll eat tonight for dinner. I know it's late but I got up late today after a really good sleep. I felt so renewed and energized for a change. Have a good Saturday and weekend everyone!
 
@hollydolly, it’s too bad you can’t get Robaxacet, it’s designed for back pain. It’s an OTC drug in Canada. Americans used to drive to Canada to see the scenery and pick some up.

TBH, with the changes in your life lately, Diazepam should be prescribed as a mild sedative to help you sleep.

The locum doesn’t care about you, just how it might appear on her prescribing records.
 
dobielvr said:
See if your doctor would be willing to give you injections of the ibruprofen. or lidocaine.
Not sure how long they last.

Can't you go to another doctor that would be more sympathetic to your needs?

What's a locum?
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A locum is a doctor who works temporarily at a surgery or a hospital when they're short staffed ..

In our surgery they tend to be those who are uninterested in the patient....but because the senior doctor at the surgery is such an arse.. the good doctors all left one after the other.so we end up with locums, and it takes a month to get an appointment unless it's a dire emergency.

I cannot change Doctors.. we use to be able to choose any doctor practice that we liked regardless of where it was .. now we're only permitted to use the surgeries ( Doctors' offices) in our own town which are few, and no surgery in this are will accept patients who wish to change from another doctor in the area. The only way to get on a doctors list here in this area is to have just moved here, and not registered with anyone else.

I do have one other option and that is to pay to see a Private GP ... It'll cost me £130 per half hour appointment , and the prescription if he were to prescribe one would not be free as it would on the NHS for me now I'm over 60.. Instead, it would be £15 for the script which goes to the doctor for prescribing it... and £9.00 for each item prescribed.. so it's quite costly.. but I may have to go down that route if I can't find any other solution
 
Umm...it's 20F here (-6C)! That's a bit, er, nippy? Temp not supposed to get to 32 until around 11am so won't uncover the flowers until then. The sun's going to be out today and tonight's low only 30, which I think the flowers can tolerate. They're all cool-weather flowers.

I was as good as my word and eased into DST while I slept and slept until 7am which is *really* 6am. It was nice to just sleep as long as my Self allowed. All of the digital clocks were reset last night before I went to bed. There are two more that are old-fashioned battery-operated clocks with hands that I need to use a step ladder to get to.

After showering, dressing, tidying up, DD and I will probably do our weekly adventure to forage for food. Can you believe that manicotti noodles have been impossible to find? She reminded me that I work in a supermarket. Um. Yup...Kroger had three boxes of them. She was in the store a couple of days ago and bought all three! Reckon that should last into the late fall of 2222:ROFLMAO: Manicotti is probably on the menu for one night this week, maybe even tonight.
 
This day back in 2019 we belatedly celebrated my wife's birthday when we enjoyed Sunday lunch on a heritage railway. Those heritage railways are run mostly by volunteers. They are branch lines that were rescued from the closures of the 1960's. We went there in our vintage MG, the car drew quite a crowd, we too were regularly photographed but it would be difficult to upstage our lovely old car.
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We are dining at home today, but we are getting out and about again.
On Friday March 18th you will find us at Highcliffe to see:
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Always a great time with this band in residence.
Then a week later we will be at Verwood Memorial Hall.
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Verwood Rotary Charity Dance, featuring: Swing Unlimited Big Band.
26th March 2022 at The Memorial Hall, Verwood. It's good to get out,
even better when we get to meet our friends.
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As seen here at Bournemouth sea front, also back before the pandemic broke.
 
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horseless carriage said:
They are called Tortiglioni, Sainsburys stock them https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/de-cecco-tortiglioni-pasta-500g?utm_medium=cpc&catalogId=10241&productId=117036&utm_campaign=15424330555&storeId=10151&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjJDs94rD9gIVvGDmCh1pRQldEAQYASABEgKFePD_BwE&langId=44&utm_source=Google&krypto=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&ddkey=https:gb/groceries/de-cecco-tortiglioni-pasta-500g
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a yes those I know, but aren't they smaller than the ones GG was talking about ?
 
hollydolly said:
A locum is a doctor who works temporarily at a surgery or a hospital when they're short staffed ..

In our surgery they tend to be those who are uninterested in the patient....but because the senior doctor at the surgery is such an arse.. the good doctors all left one after the other.so we end up with locums, and it takes a month to get an appointment unless it's a dire emergency.

I cannot change Doctors.. we use to be able to choose any doctor practice that we liked regardless of where it was .. now we're only permitted to use the surgeries ( Doctors' offices) in our own town which are few, and no surgery in this are will accept patients who wish to change from another doctor in the area. The only way to get on a doctors list here in this area is to have just moved here, and not registered with anyone else.

I do have one other option and that is to pay to see a Private GP ... It'll cost me £130 per half hour appointment , and the prescription if he were to prescribe one would not be free as it would on the NHS for me now I'm over 60.. Instead, it would be £15 for the script which goes to the doctor for prescribing it... and £9.00 for each item prescribed.. so it's quite costly.. but I may have to go down that route if I can't find any other solution
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They sure make it difficult to rec've good healthcare. Sorry you're having to go through that.

I've already seen 3 doctors (all covered through my insurance) for my tummy problems. Two were my decision....then the doc sent me to the 3rd.
Funny thing is ...I got 3 diff diagnosis. Crazy sh+t.
 
@hollydolly You're right. Tortiglioni are much smaller than manicotti but bigger than rigatoni. Anyway, manicotti is on tonight's menu. After this is posted, I'm gonna make it and put it in the fridge so I don't have to bother with it later.

I braved the cold and took the frost blanket off the flowers. They're fine. I'd also planted a few snapdragons in another part of the garden that didn't get covered. They did fine, too.

DD just took me to get my hair cut. I'm now 10 lbs lighter :ROFLMAO:

A little later this afternoon, we're going to And That! a fun store in the US that's also called Christmas Tree Shops in other parts of the country. Just when I was wishing for a visit, DGD suggested to DD yesterday that "We take Gramma for an outing to And That!" Never know what we'll find there, but next week is St. Patrick's Day and Easter is coming up so there should be lots of stuff to look at. Not buy, I don't think, but there's no telling what fun stuff I might decide that I can't live without. Just browse. Mmhmm;)
 
Woke up to a “WTH” moment this morning. Ants had invaded my kitchen overnight. No, I didn’t leave crumbs or sticky puddles of honey on the counter. For some reason the little boogers honed in on my electric kettle of all things! There was a bunch drowned in the water inside and they kept popping out of different crevices every time I thought I had gotten them all. Very frustrating.
I’m normally an I-brake-for-butterflies kinda gal but when you mess with my ability to make coffee in the morning you are in trouble!
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Woke up to a “WTH” moment this morning. Ants had invaded my kitchen overnight. No, I didn’t leave crumbs or sticky puddles of honey on the counter. For some reason the little boogers honed in on my electric kettle of all things! There was a bunch drowned in the water inside and they kept popping out of different crevices every time I thought I had gotten them all. Very frustrating.
I’m normally an I-brake-for-butterflies kinda gal but when you mess with my ability to make coffee in the morning you are in trouble!
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Works every time and, I believe, not harmful to mammals.
 
hollydolly said:
A locum is a doctor who works temporarily at a surgery or a hospital when they're short staffed ..

In our surgery they tend to be those who are uninterested in the patient....but because the senior doctor at the surgery is such an arse.. the good doctors all left one after the other.so we end up with locums, and it takes a month to get an appointment unless it's a dire emergency.

I cannot change Doctors.. we use to be able to choose any doctor practice that we liked regardless of where it was .. now we're only permitted to use the surgeries ( Doctors' offices) in our own town which are few, and no surgery in this are will accept patients who wish to change from another doctor in the area. The only way to get on a doctors list here in this area is to have just moved here, and not registered with anyone else.

I do have one other option and that is to pay to see a Private GP ... It'll cost me £130 per half hour appointment , and the prescription if he were to prescribe one would not be free as it would on the NHS for me now I'm over 60.. Instead, it would be £15 for the script which goes to the doctor for prescribing it... and £9.00 for each item prescribed.. so it's quite costly.. but I may have to go down that route if I can't find any other solution
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That's interesting Holly.
A visit to my doctor costs me nothing because the medical centre I go to offers a “bulk bill” service. My husband goes to another medical centre who charges $84 for each consultation and receives a $38.58 Medicare rebate. Most doctors at my surgery are Indian or Asian and most doctors at his surgery are white Australians.
 
My Big Plan for today is to put the greenhouse together. I'll get started on it in a bit after throwing on some grubbies and tidying up The Hovel. Sometime this morning, DD and I will shuffle off to Walmart for the week's groceries. Now, y'all don't be hating just because there's excitement in my day...
 
i went on my early walk around 6:30, temp was 30 degrees, no wind was refreshing
This morning I have a dentist appt at 9,friend/volunteer driver from Canopy of Neighbors is giving me a ride. When I come home,will be calling the Canopy members I call every Monday
The rest of my day,try to take another walk depending on the weather, read NYT,local paper, play couple of games on my smartphone. After dinner, tackle daily NYT crossword puzzle.I usually finish Mon& Tues sometimes Wed.
 
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