Good Morning Saturday 7th January 2023

Happy Birthday Shazza and welcome to the 60’s club. Lovely photos.

MaryDoll - Wonderful to hear that you finally have some action at last. Well done to the trainee GP 👏👏 but how upsetting that your own GP didn’t do the second referral. So upsetting. Hopefully you’ll be able to pick up your meds on Monday 🤞. Take care x

Morning from a damp, windy S Hampshire. A very happy birthday to Shazza 🎂🎉🎈.
Granddaughter off orienteering this morning, practice for her Duke of Edinburgh, she’ll get wet.
Bits and bobs to do today.
Have a good day all 🦩🦩

Good morning all from rainy South Lanarkshire.

I’m delighted you had such a productive meeting with the GP, Marydoll.

Congratulations on the birth of your DGS Grannyfaraway.

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays Shazza.

It’s DD’s birthday today and we’re going over to spend the weekend with her children so that DD and SiL can have an overnight away. They seldom go out together far less have the luxury of a night in a hotel and we’re looking forward to spending time with our DGC.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 8° and wet. We've lost the wind though to some of you further south. Mick I think you said earlier that you wanted to lose weight. I wish I had self discipline to do it. Shazza a happy birthday to you today. I hope you have a lovely time. Marydoll I'm glad you had a successful meeting with the doctor. Enjoy your Turkish dramas! Grammaretto your house sounds very atmospheric.
Yesterday I got the usual weekly washes done and most of the housework too. I look at my windows and groan though. They look awful! I think I'll have to buy a Karcher. No matter what I use, they are smeared.
Today I'm nipping to Aldi soon as I'm having the boys later for a couple of hours. I'm looking forward to it as they are good fun. Santa brought new play dough to grandma's house and dgs1 doesn't forget it easily. Forty tubs of the blooming stuff! What was I thinking? I need my head examined. It'll be chaos but easily rectified once they go home. Chicken for dinner. Have a good day all.

Well done that trainee GP. At last Marydoll someone got the finger out. As for your pharmacy though, what a shambles.
Hoping your DSF is feeling better today Urms
Happy Birthday shazza. Beautiful scenery.

Happy birthday 🎉 Shazza still so young!
Beautiful photos.

I am very relieved for you Marydoll that you seem to be in the best possible hands now.
Stay well.

Happy Birthday Shazza 🎂🍷🎉

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a very wet South Yorkshire. That’s my daily walk down the tubes then. I managed slightly shy of a mile yesterday with only my walking poles. It’s coming along. DS is supposed to be coming down today, but he didn’t ring to firm up arrangements so I will have to wait and see. Agree with*Ash*, Mick. Speak to the GP about your weight loss.
Glad you found someone to get a handle on your health issues Mary; she’s a keeper!
Happy Birthday, Shazza🎂💐! Great photos!
Have the best day you can, folks!

Shazza wishing you a very Happy 60th Birthday! Enjoy your very special day..what a lovely way to celebrate! 🎉🍷🥂💐❤️

Good morning from S Lanarkshire, still dark and rainy.

A tidying and cleaning morning ahead before normal routine resumes on Monday, then a visit this afternoon to an older friend from the days when I used to deliver books from the library to people who were housebound. She is quite an example of positive and contented living.

Happy Birthday Shazza, I’m enjoying your holiday posts and pictures.

Wishing everyone a very pleasant weekend 🦩

Happy birthday Shazza🥳🍾🥂🎂

Good morning Mick and All.

Wet, grey and miserable here in south Bucks.

Your post Mary has brightened me up, I’m so pleased you got a proper consultation which you so deserve 👍

Good morning everyone from a wet and very windy south Hants!
Busy and productive day yesterday - finally managed to get myself some warm and comfy boots for dog walking and a couple of fleecy bobble hats. DH found some boots for himself too. Today will be a good day to test them out as they are supposed to be waterproof.
Hope MaryDoll, Urms’ DSF and any other poorlies are all feeling better today.
Have the best day you can 🦩🦩🦩.
Hugs and 🌻🌻 for you all x

Good morning from a mild, breezy Colchester. Rain forecast today.
Today's only plan is a trip to Lidl. Our weekends are much the same as weekdays except I have DS to feed and his laundry to do. We don't see much of him as he is either asleep or with his GF.

Happy Birthday Shazza and love to all 🦩 x

Happy birthday shazza. 🎂🎈🍸

Good morning everyone from Inverness, it’s mild and we’ve rain forecast but I don’t think it’s very windy here
I had a lovely facetime call with DS last night, they’re just back from a skiing holiday at new year, I always breathe a sigh of relief that no injuries were sustained. No plans yet for today, DH is feeling a bit achey so it’ll probably just be a quiet weekend for us.
A lovely post and so much to look forward to Granyfaraway enjoy your special times with your new DGS, a lovely name too
Good to hear you’re doing so well Ash
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from Shropshire.

The children both slept well although H coughed on and off all night which meant a disturbed night for us.He slept through it and is full of energy this morning.

Our day will be mainly Lego,kinetic sand and jigsaws.I have to take DGD to a party later.

Hoping Marydoll got some help from her GP and that Urms stepfather is feeling better after his transfusion.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Happy birthday, Shazza! It sounds as if you are having a wonderful holiday.
Beautiful photos.

I can imagine your embarrassment at having to get up and dance shazza
Enjoy your day. Wear your badge with pride - people will think he got the number wrong 🤣
Welcome to the 60s club.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders.
It's just getting light and dry for now.
I have friends coming around later including a student who wants to make a film in my spooky house!
I couldn't refuse though after years of being a film set for DS who is now a film producer, I am inwardly groaning.

Gingster I think your pie will be very much appreciated. There are plenty of strong young ones to do the heavy work.

I'll come back to read what you've all been up to
Wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning all from Glasgow, where it's currently 6°C. As Kalu has said, its very wet, on the way to the doctor's yesterday, we found the river lapping onto the road. It's been like that since last week. I'm a bit fed up with all the rain. Our garden is waterlogged and needing tidied up, but no chance, due to the torrential rain.

I hope Urms SF is feeling a bit better and AnnSixty, had a positive day at the hospital.
Grammaretto, many people are having cataract operations at the Golden Jubilee hospital in Glasgow. I have heard nothing, but glowing reports from friends.

Thank you all for your good wishes yesterday. I had a very successful, hour long consultation (totally unheard of) yesterday with a GP.
She was so concerned and shocked at my condition and lack of support, that she phoned the professor in Glasgow, who is conducting the research into my condition.
This is a long shot and I will probably be told off, but I'm going to try and contact him, she said.
She did get a hold of him and despite being in a clinic, he took the time to listen to her.
He offered advice on the unobtainable medication and asked her to email his secretary and to put me on his cardiac clinic list ASAP. I have won a watch!

It turned out that this was a trainee GP and she managed to do in ten minutes, which my surgery hadn't done in the last year, despite my frequent phone calls. I was in tears at both their kindness.

However, I was so upset to find that the second cardiac referral had never been done by the GP I spoke to last month. He has always been a wonderful GP for the last twenty years, but something has happened to him since lockdown, he is no longer the caring man I knew. I am so sad and disappointed in him.

On a plus side, the GP messaged my favourite GP, who had done a cardiac referral to the local hospital three months ago, updating him and asking him to keep an eye on me.
She was also concerned about my RA and advised me to phone my consultant and not wait for my next consultation.
I felt as if a great weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

On parking at the surgery, I had noticed that the pharmacy lights were all out at 3pm and a huddle of angry people waiting outside. When I came back over an hour later, the doors were locked and more people were waiting outside. This meant, I couldn't pick up my new prescriptions.
One woman told me that she had been back three times. The GP told me that there had been numerous complaints about this pharmacy.
The pharmacy closes at 5pm and is no longer open on a Saturday, but at 6.37pm last night, I received a text to say my repeats were ready!!!
They must have been working late to catch up on the backlog, but what about the people, who needed medication yesterday. What a shambles!

Today will be a day of doing nothing, a little sewing and watching Turkish dramas.
I didn't tell my children how unwell I was, (they are all stressed at work and worry about me), but DIL's father, our next door neighbour, bumped into DH in the surgery and DH proceeded to tell him how unwell I was.
He is a wee sweetie wife and cannot be discreet, so I suspect I will having visitors today!

I wish you all safe journeys and a pleasant day, whatever your plans. Healing vibes to all those in sick bay! 💐

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Some of the lovely views from yesterday xx

Thankyou Grandmadinosaur 🥰

Good Morning Mick and everyone from Madeira. We are in for a lovely day today.

It’s my 60th birthday today. My family decided to make it like New Years Eve in the late bar and were counting down till midnight. I had no idea my cousin in law had spoken to the DJ and I had to go up and dance and I had lots of attention which I get extremely embarrassed by. It was great fun though but we got in very late and I think there could be a few sore heads among our party today. I’m not sure who will get up for breakfast. My naughty hubby has got me a huge badge which he said I have to wear!

Today we are having a chilled fun and games day around the hotel just doing silly things together.
Yesterday we had an amazing trip around the west of the island the driver was very informative. There were lots of gasps of amazement at the staggering views.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone and enjoy any celebrations. Thoughts to those poorly or weighed down by stress. 🌻🎉

Good morning all from a very wet Black country.
Happy birthday Shazza🎂🥂 enjoy your day in such a beautiful place, many happy memories from our time there.
I do hope all hospital and doctors appointments were successful yesterday.
No plans for the day but friends from Redditch coming later, we shall go to the club and meet with our other friends, plus DH needs to renew his membership.
Well usual full English calling, will catch up later.
Enjoy your Saturday whatever your plans and may you all find some 🌞.