Night Owls of Gransnet

Good morning. Another one who is drowsy but on going to bed is suddenly wide awake. I can hear an awful lot of traffic going by. Really strange at this time in the morning, especially as we are in Tier 3. It doesn't seen to be this busy during the day. I'm now going to try and get back to sleep for a couple of hours. Stay safe everyone.

Was thinking of trying to get back to sleep but all I can think about is liver and bacon with onion gravy.....mmmm, delish....

Brrr. Bit nippy this morning!
Hello Everyone. I keep losing my thread again, so I'll keep my messages short.

Sue, obviously I don't know where you are, but do you think that it could be busy because people are doing their shopping early, maybe.
That seems to be happening around here.

Hello Everyone.
Nanytopsy you must be tired being awake since three. I do hope you will allow yourself to have a nap later on.

You should all snuggle down under the bed clothes, whether it’s to read, listen to the radio or sleep. You deserve it!

Morning Marilla
How are you doing?

Morning Night Owls, I've been awake since 5am watching something on YouTube that a friend was in. It's dark and blowing a gale and I don't feel like getting up.

Hello Fanny,
Spoke with the consultant and to cut a long story short, key hole surgery is the best option. Just making decision as to private or NHS.
Other Grans were very supportive of going private on another thread.
I’m trying to be cheery but it’s an internal struggle!
How is your husband?
You seem to be quite busy on Gransnet this week! ?

Hello Marilla
Oh, I bet you are so pleased that you've got a way forward.
I'm not that I haven't seen your thread, I must have a look for it. Is it in Health?
I'd go private like a shot - but as I say, I haven't read your thread yet.

I'm going to wait until the new year and really badger them to find out what's going on with me.
However, I think that I'm developing a phobia about hospitals. I've already got agoraphobic tendencies, but now I'm terrified of picking up even a minor bug and passing it on to DH.

Thank you for asking about him.
His recovery is still incredibly slow. He is still very weak. I don't think that he is getting as tired as he was. And I've really got to feed him up, he is so thin, bless him.

Yes, I have been quite busy (very diplomatic of you! ).
The devil and idle hands!
Bad Fanny!

Did the consultant suggest anything regarding pain relief?

Fanny the thread is under Health and the heading is Update/Spinal surgeon.

Consultant has prescribed an anti inflammatory tablet. It’s a common one, can’t recall the name right now......sorry. I’ll find it shortly.

Should I send you a private message a little later about the rest of your message? I don’t want Grans to think we are hogging the thread.

Thank you, ok, that's fine!

Good morning Night Owls
Is anyone about?

Happy Christmas Eve everybody!

Hello again!
I have just watched the other nights Bridget Jones documentary about Helen Fielding.
No trouble getting to sleep, but my eyes are snapping open and I am so often wide awake around 4./4.30
The wild weather outside isn’t helping, as the front path lights are being triggered by the wind in the climbers up the garage wall or something. Heigh Ho.
Just remembered I bought some Horlicks last week so I’ll try that - but oh, the calories ??

Hi Maw!
I've been on chocolate Ovaltine for weeks now, I'll have to give Horlicks a try. I'm currently trying to fatten up DH, I'm sure that you can imagine the inevitable consequences of that I've become an expert on M&S biscuits for a start...
Where abouts are you Maw? I feel that I should know?
I read on another thread that Christmas day won't be going as planned for you, so sorry about that.

Feeding up husbands- oh yes Fanny I had to o that for over 20 years as DH had ulcerative colitis/primary sclerosing cholangitis all his adult life and particularly after his transplant in 1998 and then in the last few years of his life the weight would drop off him if he was poorly. At just under 6’ he was only 7 stone after the transplant. Because he wasn’t absorbing all the nutrients in what he ate I had to make sure he got maximum vitamins etc in everything I made.
So all home cooking not necessarily heavy, but usually of the hearty variety, full cream milk and yogurt, (never low fat anything) , butter /cream added to cooking, as appropriate, lots of homemade puddings e g rice pud, porridge and two boiled eggs, never one fir breakfast , sugar in tea - the works!
Unlike me, he was not inclined to snack so I would have to make sure he was regularly topped up with tea and biscuits too.
In fact all the things I was not supposed to do.
Talk about Jack Spratt!
At bedtime he would have (real) Horlicks made with (of course) full cream milk plus 3 lumps of brown sugar - that was about my calorie allowance for the whole day.
Not easy!

Morning Fanny! Been lying here for a while perusing the day ahead and playing the odd mind bending game. Just need to hear what Rufus is lunching on to kick start it !!

I’m in N Bucks, and yes, my plans for Christmas with my eldest daughter and family in Birmingham have had to be shelved as DGS (10) tested positive for Covid on Sunday . The other daughters live quite near each other in London, which, like me is Tier 4, but while I could at a pinch have driven down to one of them for lunch (but I am not sure of the legality) I could not have stayed and I didn’t want to have to drive home. They both had Covid tests to be on the safe side as they were hatching a Plan B. But having decided to stay at home I have got used to the idea and am working out how early I can start on the fizz.
Reading about how rife the virus is just about everywhere, staying put is the only sensible option.
And it is only one day.

Maw, my dad's similar to that, tall and very slim. And constantly cold!
If he were to get ill he'd have no reserves.
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the full fat milk aswell! And I'm not moving about, so I'm huge at the moment! When I was young I was ridiculously slim, borderline anorexic probably, friends say I just never ate. I think that I've completely buggered up my metabolism!
Morning Kim! No Rufus tonight, is it Christmas Eve now there, or is is Christmas day? I'm rubbish at stuff like that... I wonder what he and Freda are up to!

Mawit's never too early! There are no rules at all anymore as far as I'm concerned!
Is your Grandson ok, does he have symptoms?
Yes, it seems to be really kicking off now. Scary. I can't imagine what it must be like to be frontline staff, or even on the peripheries. It must be utterly horrendous.

^If Delia Smith was old, mad and fantastically untalented, she'd be a little like Letitia Cropley.

Dubbed the "Queen of Cordon Bleugh" by Geraldine Granger, Letitia has given the village such delights as Marmite cakes, lemon curd with ham and cheese, and a bewildering concoction of chocolate with cod's roe. Freddy Krueger himself could scarcely serve up a more terrifying feast.^

Just need to hear what Rufus is lunching on to kick start it

Kim I'm studying Letitia's menu. What I'm fancying might kick -start you out of bed, quicker than you thought possible
Are you near your en suite by any chance?
Merry Christmas!
OoRoo

Hello Rufus!
Ooh, Letitia Cropley sounds fascinating, I shall have a Google.
What day is it there? (Forgive my ignorance!)
Toodle pip!

You're a joy Rufus. Happy 'Whatever'. Cheers!

So it isChristmas Day Rufus!
Merry Christmas to you too!

^Chocolate and cod's roe!?!^