Black Dog Gang 6

Hello everyone

Yes, definitely a funny day Joyce, I am having difficulty settling down to anything.

Hope all are doing ok. Hope your hands are not giving you trouble Annie x.

I have just been stood on the doorstep, its eerily quiet, with no traffic, what is nice though is I can hear all the birds very clearly. I think around this time is the nicest time of the day.

Wishing you all a peaceful evening and a good night's sleep without worry and pain. Love to all xx

Every day seems a strange day, nothing is as usual , not even this forum.

lavender my hands are so painful and hip and knee , wretched arthritis, I hang on to go to the loo because it is
so painful to walk. No idea when I will have the appointment
with the consultant.

How is your daughter?

annie I am so sorry you are in such pain. The hospitals are doing some telephone appointments now. It might be worth phoning the consultants secretary and telling her how much pain you are in. I realise they won’t be able to examine you by phone but perhaps they can give you something to help with the pain. Do you manage to sleep at night or is it painful then too.
I saw two green parakeets in the trees outside yesterday. Stunning colour but so similar to the leaves it was difficult to keep track of them.
joce glad you are ok.
lavender I love listening to the birds too. I often wonder what they’re saying to each other.
Sleep well all x

It is dreadful to be in pain annie - it just consumes every minute. I am so sorry that you are troubled with this.

Doodle can I ask where you are, Parakeets lovely.
Lavender it’s very strange we had a stroll round this morning no traffic no children just nature. We have more birds in our garden now than ever and we have always had plenty.
Night all sleep well..?

Hello Annie xx
I am so sorry you are suffering so much with your arthritis, could you have a word with the hospital (hopefully you will have more success than me) and explain the situation to them. It feels so wrong to me that all these appointments etc are put on hold because of this virus! You shouldn't have to be suffering so.
Sending healing thoughts to you Annie and love xx

My daughter is being cared for well Annie but seems very distressed about this lock down. She is in the good hands of the staff there who are wonderful.

joce in Berkshire but I think the parakeets actually come from parks in London. They have quite a few there. ?

Doodle how lovely..
Lavender so pleased they are looking after your daughter, bless still must be a worry for you...
morning Annie hope you are well..
Dawn hope you are ok...
every one else stay strong
Hugs for everyone ? ?

Hi all x

How is everyone?

lavender it is to be expected that your daughter find the lockdown stressful, many Male/female of all ages find it so,
thankfully she is being so cared for x

Joyce I am ok, hope you are coping with all the stress x

Morning all, hope you are all ok.
I’m struggling this morning hopefully it will pass.

Hi to all. The past few days have been a struggle. I just cannot seem to pull myself today and stop crying. I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel but mine seems to be stretched beyond belief. On Sunday I had a walk and sat on a bench.Before I realised it a woman was on the other side of the road asking if I was ok. I said yes thanks and she walked on. My face was wet with tears so no the wonder she stopped. It was so kind of her. The husband had a shouting spree at me and I held my ground but it left me drained for the next few days. Also I haven’t been to the shops but give him cash to get my food. He doesn’t get half of the stuff that I want so I must venture out this week. I do need to lose some weight but not by starving to death. Thank you for reading and sorry to burden you all with my woes. Stay safe my lovely friends.

Awww no whywhy I feel so much for you... you WILL get out of there soon, stay strong I know how hard that is. Maybe I don’t know because I was very young when I went though it, things are a lot harder as we get older.. it not nice being shouted at, do you know what if you switch of to him, I’m sure he will be the one that feels bad when he is on his own.. only then do they realise what they had.. and lost.. in a few weeks if not sooner you will be saying hello to you new happy life I am sure of that... God bless you ?

Hi all x

Joyce so sorry you are struggling today, are you weepy or
anxious, or both ? x

whywhy it must be so distressing for you, try to hold onto
the fact that you will soon be able to leave.

If I may ask ? Are you having any treatment from your GP ?

Never apologise here for saying how you feel please, we are
all here to share, support and understand x

Hello everyone

Sorry you are struggling Joyce and Whywhywhy, take care and sending love to you. Things will get better, let us hold on together.

Hope you are ok Annie and your pain is easing, and Doodle and all the lovely people on here.

Take care, stay safe, love to all xx

Hello all, yes Annie it’s a bit of both I think..how are you today

Lavender yes let’s all do it together we can do it I’m sure....
Sending positive thoughts to all ?

Hello all. Sorry to hear you are so upset why. These circumstances put a lot of strain on all of us. Keep focused on your plan and remember the longer it’s been the closer we are to being out of lockdown and you can move on to your new life. As others have said. Try to avoid your DH and keep safe x
joce I saw this in the paper today and thought of you ?. Hope it will bring you a smile.
chewy if you are still around. I have been thinking of you and hope you are ok.
lavender and annie how are you both? Hope everyone is getting by. It is hard but we will make it through.x

Doodle that really did make me smile lovely..

wishing you all a peaceful night sleep ??

You too joce and all x

Hi all x

How is everyone today ?

Morning annie I’m ok thanks. How about you? Sunny here and the geese are making a racket which I love. How are your hands this morning?

Sorry only read the last page after being away ill for the last couple of week.

annie sorry about the pain. DH should be having physio so the physiotherapist called him a couple of days ago to discuss what he could do at home. Can you call them? Not sure any suggestions help, you have probably tried them all.

Doodle I think I know the region you live in, lots of them there. They look so out of place but interesting.

So many of you under so much stress.

I have one big stress in my life but am also finding it hard not to anticipate the next thing to hit me. Just before we went into lockdown I had a quite severe pain in my groin. At the beginning of lockdown I went down with a virus followed by the black eye I told you about. A couple of weeks ago I became really quite ill, I lost 5 lbs in 10 days. Spoke to 3 docs, was put on the wrong antibiotic - not to be given to females or the elderly! Checked with pharmacist who said it was OK and was then violently sick over and over. It was the third doc who sorted it out, a school friend of DS who is a GP. He was so lovely and keeps asking DS how I am now.

This is all on top of a history of different things coming at me out of the blue. This is not a whinge, I actually feel quite positive today, it is simply a statement of fact. Bad stuff keeps happening to me and history is the greatest predictor of the future.

Morning all just been to doctors for my B12 injection. Talking to nurse they have not told them about scrub bags... I phoned and asked if our nurses would like some.. they have not been told, sad but came home made them 6 hopefully be enough... hope all is well with everyone today ?

Evening all, hope everyones ok it’s been very quiet today..