Nightly Goodnight Everyone

[Dot]

Good news, Got news today that our friends lost dog has been found, very dirty ans tired with a few ticks on her but ok. Don't have the full details yet but very happy it is back with her mum. HTFFBO has told us that Paul is home tomorrow. Deborah yes you are right re the implants probably why our man didn't even mention it but I might ask my GP next Friday . Today I got a copy of the reply to the Oncologists referral to the Dental clinic in which she (the female dog() has lied through her teeth. Now she has done it wait till I see my neck man next week Since when does a dentist over ride a specialist Oncologist and also my neck man ? Oh boy is she in for a shock. I spoke to the complaints dept of the dental assoc today to see if we can choose where we have treatment? Their answer was yes. Another thing she said in the letter was I do not need any treatment until April 26 when ordinary dentists say 3 or 6 mths for my condition. Anyway we shall see. G went to physio today and he said G's shoulder was in the beginnings of a frozen shoulder so another thing to take on. So sick and tired of illness's of every description, Still no rain. Off to the hairdresser and eye test tomorrow, never ending Watching Planet America on ABC just gets more confusing every time with this G. Ninja, . Brian is back on his pills as his breathing woes have come back again Hope everyone is keeping well and warm. Goodnight everyone x Goodnight David x

[T1 Terry]

Often wonder if it's the stimulator being fitted does the damage, or the damage was already there, the stimulator just stopped the pain that possibly would have killed the person well before the condition worsened to the point of crippling them ..... and they would still be suffering the on going pain .......

The other question is, was the pain stopping the patient from doing further damage by moving the joint that was pinching the nerve .... probably all things we will never know ....

If I was here for 6 mths or more, I'd see the specialist who did the nerve burn and ask if it was possible to simply cut the nerve rather than just burning it to make it stop carrying the pain signals ......

T1 Terry

[dream4red]

Oh Dot, the frozen shoulder is so painful. I did the physio's exercises as soon as she gave them to me and it did help ....eventually. Let George know that he has my thoughts. Thanks for your comments over there. I loved the ideas of a caravan place lending vans. Our local jayco dealer has been known to do just that for people in our club. Maybe our wait will be over by September... xxxx

We have had a few dramas here today. After having a minor trip on the stairs a few weeks ago, his nibs is complaining of a painful ankle. He had it xrayed Friday, so today, I was woken by our GP with the follow up phone call. Turns out that he has a tiny fracture at he front of his ankle. GP gave us a referral which he sent off to doc via email and sent me a copy on our email. That was good. We got to see the xray and results etc so he has confirmation that we did hear correctly that there is a tiny amount of damage. While I was checking this email, I noticed a file in the garbage folder. It was from the surgeon's office asking us to complete and return said form. It asked a heap of questions that were all covered by the referral and the only new ones were next of kin and health fund info. By the time I got my head around downloading the form, working out how to fill it in, save it and then how to make sure the form that I completed was the one sent to them. I had wasted an hour . How lazy of the office is this? I know that if his lordship had found that file, he would have ignored it and would not have rung the specialists rooms to tell them the answers. The worst bit is that after you fill in the form and send it correctly back, they will phone after the doc has "triaged it", to sort out an appointment. If we ever get to see this quack, I bet he demands another form to be completed in the waiting room before he will see his nibs. I am fed up with these privileged docs getting us to complete the sechetaries jobs before we see them.

This afternoon was our progress meeting. Boy there was a lot of fire and brimstone. Our roads are just becoming a permanent pothole full of extra deep ditches. After checking out the council's own webpage that lists when each road will be worked on, our town may see the roadteam visit in 2027-8. There won't be a need by then. None of us will still have cars that are roadworthy.

night night xxx

[Dot]

A tiring day today. Dyke cut then off to the eye mob Also did a hearing test and no change from last year to be bothered about, eyes not needing any new prescriptions so I went crazy and got the Elton John reading glasses and Kylie M sun glasses, The Elton John are quite out there but will take a week to get them Did a couple of loads of washing. HTFFBO said Paul is back home. Still no rain Lots of blossom starting to come out now. Q/ How do you get onto 7+ or what ever it is? Some of the BOB's are on SBS + so I have to wait until they are on Viceland. I'm off to bed now so goodnight everyone x Goodnight Bobr x

[dream4red]

Sorry Dot, have no idea about the 7+ thingies. I have enough problems with foxtel. A friend of ours is practice manager for an audiology mob. Her docs all refuse to even listen to anything from spec savers. They reckon that the slightest hearing loss will get them a sale and always of the cheapest nastiest products that are often a few years out of date. xxxx

Today the sun was shining intensely. So washing of sheets and towels all dried on the new clothes line. What a wonderful thing it was to behold and the clothes line worked very well.

Much of the day was spent sorting through a few large temu parcels that have been accumulating. I have started on the kids Christmas junk , like I do every July. It's really hard to find silly things that will amuse the grandkids (aged from 11 -21) . I have succeeded in some things I think. They usually get cash and a couple of silly cheap things that will give us all a smile and keep up spirits for the festivities. No wonder our world is accumulating micro plastics. The parcels all come with maximum plastic wrapping on outer and each individual thing as well as metres of sticky tape. For our soft plastic recycling mob, all sticky tape has to be removed. I am becoming an expert sticky tape remover.

Sorry Robert, I forgot to share the recipe for beef osso bucco. The meals that I make are usually big enough for us to have three meals (for the two of us). I started with 2 kilo of beef osso bucco meat. Cut each into three and leave the big bones in. Put them onto brown while chopping a couple of onions and garlic . Once browned, remove the meat and put it in slow cooker or oven dish. More oil in plan, cook off the onions and garlic (not browning) toss in 3 chopped carrots and 3 chopped zucchini. Chop small, not chunky. Throw in 2 cups of sliced mushroom cups . Once all the veg are hot, pour them over the meat. Add a dash of worchestershire sauce and a litre of chicken stock, to deglaze the pan. Some of that litre can be white wine, but definitely chicken stock. Once the bottom of the pan is looking clean, pour the stock over the meat and away you go. Oven at 160 degrees for min 3 hours or in slow cooker on high for 4 hours. If thickening is needed, cornflour and water mixed and added to the boiling stock, at the last half hour of cooking.
This made enough for two nights and another for the freezer for caravan meals. Enjoy.

Happy cooking and night all xxx

[bob r]

Nite Dot morning Dot

Bob

[RobertNotBob]

Morning all thank you Deborah sounds a good recipe, like the old beef style stews.

Suppose to be heading of today for a few night camping, trying every thing in the van to ensure they work. Filled water tanks and bleached to help clean. Can only empty tanks by running pump. Pump runs but no water pressure. Checked outside and know leaks so will be stripping pump today.

Every thing else is running well, oops need pump running to check hot water. Another day another problem who said retirement is easy.

Take care cheers Robert

[Greynomad]

When I was released from detention, sorry, discharged from hospital after nine months of daily chemo and only attended monthly for follow-up medication, I was unable to resume work, so became a Master of the Slow Cooker.

My specialty was Irish Stew… at a time when lamb chops were sensibly priced and affordable. (Mid/late 1990s)
One pot fed four of us for two meals.
Don’t do it these days…
1. Can’t afford the lamb.
2. Only two of us to cook for.
3. Vast number of more interesting recipes on Cookidoo, the Thermomix app.

[Shirley]

Does your Thermomix get a lot of use Ray would you recommend them.

Wow, daily chemotherapy for nine months was that intravenously Ray

[Greynomad]

Shirley,
Yes and yes.
Our Thermie (dubbed The Sous-Chef) is used at least once a day. Often it is busy three times in the day.
Today we used it to make soup for lunch, a chicken dish for dinner and a vegetable puree for the greyhound girls.
I have even mixed a cake in it! (Although my specialty is making any one of the Risotto recipes on Cookidoo, mainly when SWMBO wants a break from slaving over a hot Thermie.

I can thoroughly recommend the Thermomix. After our fast-approaching train journey we plan to update the TM6 (as seen on MasterChef, although not credited) to the new model TM7. It’s quieter, safer (insulated cooking bowl), less imposing on the kitchen bench and has 20 different modes of usage. The Cookidoo computer-guided menus are easy to follow and failsafe. If you’re interested, just search the interweb for Thermomix TM7. If you don’t want to outlay the $$$ for a new one, there are lots of other people who will advertise s/hand TM6 models as they update.

Re the chemo: I had a cannula permanently installed in each arm. They were replaced once a week to ensure sterility.
My arms looked like pincushions.
These days I have a self-healing “port” surgically placed under my skin above my left breast. Every time my chemo is due a specially designed companion needle is insrted through my skin to the self-healing pad on the port. The port feeds the chemo directly into my heart.
Much less painful and faster because the chemo is mixed into the larger quantity of blood.