Early Risers.

[Two_sugars]

Just before my annual diabetical checkup, I have to go for above mentioned toe tickle test, and have my eye retina checked for deterioration.

 

 

Goodnight  everyone, . . .sleep well.

 

 

John

[Ozexpatriate]

16 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

the purpose being to establish if there has been any loss of feeling in the toe which would be an early indicator of a circulatory problem

I get the impression that a loss of feeling in this particular toe at this particular time might be a welcome relief, but that is intentionally facetious.

 

Nor do I wish to diminish your point, toes are a good indicator of healthy circulation and symptoms (besides lack of feeling, like the dreaded pins and needles of diabetic neuropathy) are also indicators.

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

It is going to be another warm one today.  The temperature is due to rise to around 33°C today, with up to 39°C tomorrow.  Horrendous!

 

At the moment, it is quite pleasant though - so all windows in the office are open.

 

Have a good day everyone...

[woodenhead]

On a train to London and it’s not even 6am.

 

Rain has started but I only have to see the outside world for the minute or so it takes to get from DLR South Quay into the office.

 

I feel as miserable as the weather.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all, with fingers crossed to Lightengine and his mum,

 

Professor Oncologist does not give much away but yesterday he let slip that my hormone injections should have stopped working two years ago.  As I am due to have another one on Friday, this is not the most reassuring of news.  What is reassuring is that my PSA reading has more or less stabilised at 3 point something and if it does start to climb he has an armoury of weapons to unleash on me.  He asked me how much walking I do.  I was able to tell him that I will be on a 1.2 mile march in less than a fortnight and a 2 mile one the following week.  Thank goodness for Pride!  I am next summoned to the presence just before I go to Switzerland at Christmas.

 

I chanced to meet two former workmates in the street yesterday.  One had come to Bedford for a haircut.  Takes all sorts, I suppose.  The other told me that he is planning an 80th birthday party and that there is a threat of my receiving an invitation.  That’s quite a good incentive to keep on keeping on.  The buses were not having a good day, for one had expired at Tesco and had not been rescued by the time the one behind turned up.  Those screens on bus shelters which tell you how long you have to wait for a bus are a bit hi-tech for Castle Road in Bedford.  The absence of news of the next bus, and indeed the absence of the bus itself, is far from reassuring when you have a hospital appointment to reach on time.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[jamie92208]

Good morning from a rather warm land. It certainly got warm enough yesterday for us to venture into the pool for an hour. After tea we went for a drink with the friends who had been for dinner on Sunday. A good evening was had and we did eventually roll home.

 

Breakfast will be taken shortly then at 10.00 the dreaded dentistry starts.  Three appointments over the next fortnight.  

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl Inner temple hare,

On leaving work yesterday, water started falling from the welkin, more I think of the intense humidity, having had enough of try to stay up there rather than real rain.

 

After 6.5 hours solid sleep plus another hour on the sofa, I was eating breakfast when it started raining properly, Ben the terrified Collie bolted into his cage and hid, so there must have been some thunder somewhere, which I didn't hear.

When Time for his patrol came, he did come out however,  we went out into the rain, he charged around chasing the scent of the deer.. did what he had to do and ran back to the house leaving me 100 yards away in the rain..

 

It was steadily getting darker and wetter on the way in, street lights were coming on.

 

The rain and humidity make a difference to the measurements I make, there will quite a few strange ones today. This is why we work using long term predicted values, from a series of measurements rather than instantanious measurements.

 

Yesterday the partition men came in, the area the wall is being knocked down has a temporary partition 6ft out from the wall , steel framing and plastic. it butts end on to my room so I can see clearly into both areas. . It may seem strange using steel framing. But a couple of days ago I priced up building wooden shelving for the tin shed against steel shelving, steel shelving wins hands down on price.

 

Time to stroll down the long tunnel formed by the partition and the rest of the lab to the sound of rain on the roof..

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Very dull and dismal and was raining heavily earlier but it has stopped. Should be a mainly dry day with some bright periods and the chance of an occasional shower.

Didn't get around to posting yesterday. We were away for the day on Sunday and stayed overnight and had a very enjoyable time although I ate far too much.

This morning I too have to go to the dentist but only for a check up. Not heard back from the doctor regarding last week's blood test and X-ray so will follow that up later. The Knee is much the same and causing a lot of discomfort.

Hoping to get into the shed later for some more woodcutting.  

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

Edited June 25, 2019 by grandadbob

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Misty here so far this morning. 

Off to Castle Eden (once the location of Nnimmos Brewery and a little Railway Station) to watch the rain fall. Pah!

 

Dave, I have a sharp scalpel  or my Swiss Army knife at the ready to rid you of your toe lurgy 

 

I have to warn Sister and Nurse Drac to stay well away when they do the annual tickle test. I have very ticklish feet! Nearly launched Nurse Drac into next week first time she did the test.

 

Just a thought though, John, could Sandy do a cushion with Collies on for Debs???

 

Have a great Day everyone!

 

Baz

 

[Dave Hunt]

Thanks for all the sympathies, suggestions etc. about The Toe everyone. Baz, I may give you a ring so keep the knife handy.

 

Oz, I do tend to agree that once the diagnosis of ingrowing nail was made that it would have probably been a good idea to do something about it there and then. I did have one way back in my teens and the GP did the minor procedure on the spot but these days it has to be referred to the area podiatrist team and, as I posted earlier, they have a long waiting list - up to 3 months. What I didn't state in my previous post is that as a result of my GP's intervention yesterday I now have a podiatrist appointment on July 30th but in the meantime the situation just has to be managed by the health centre. Should the infection get a lot worse and call for emergency treatment, that would be another matter. For now, though, the best I can hope for is that the latest round of antibiotics will sort out the infection and that it doesn't turn out I'm diabetic.

 

Oh, and it's raining again.

 

Cheers All. Have a good day.

 

Dave

Edited June 25, 2019 by Dave Hunt

[tigerburnie]

Morning, blazing sunshine woke me over an hour ago so off to potter in the greenhouse for a bit and then into TOSH for some more laying of parallel bits of metal, have a good one all.

[roundhouse]

Good morning and as GDB says its been very wet in the early hours. I looked out the window and the shed security light was on. I must have changed the settings from PIR to nighttime on. After the short walk to ' work' I have now altered the settings so hopefully it will be OK tonight.Talking of ' work' I may have more on Monday when the last batch of sound decoder installations are collected. Hopefully by then I will have more of the furniture set up once it arrives. All network cables are now in the trunking but need to put the speaker wires in a better location before the final trunking covers are fitted.

 

This morning I will be off to a friends on the coast to help him set up his DCC system on his new EM gauge Scottish layout as a return favour for helping me start the shed walls. Its a large exhibition layout with superb Oban style looking buildings. Hes been working on it for many years in his larger sheds and is still a way off being ready for its first show but its going to be well worth seeing based on whats done so far.

[TheQ]

15 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

 

Can't we get away from talk of Boris anywhere?

Edited June 25, 2019 by TheQ

[Kingzance]

Mawning from a wet north Herts where sleep was interrupted by persisting it downs. Muggerteas consumed and just off to take car in for service then back and somewhat tied to house as various non railway modelling packages may arrive and need to be signed for. That may also provide an excuse to watch and panic over the sky-blue pyjamas against the green&gold pyjamas - have a good day Bill! 

Best to all, see you later.

[roundhouse]

Just now, TheQ said:

Can't we get away from talk of Boris anywhere?

Only just realised what was on the news when I took that photo and you have my sympathies

[southern42]

' Morning all from red dragon land.

Misty misty morning, here.

I received some pot plants a while back (three that were being thrown out from a certain diy store as they were doing poorly - lack of water by the look of it).  With a bit of watering, they came back to life beautifully in no time, but a couple of days without rain and, hey, two of them look poorly again.  I am thinking they are just a root ball and no compost.  I shall soon see as yesterday, youngest kindly got me a couple of a larger pots and some water retaining gel so I can hopefully bring then back to life again with some of youngest's compost before planting out in the garden.  I am holding back on this until the stonewaller has been and gone in a week or two's time.  

 

A bit of m*ddling also planned for later although, I get restless and impatient to finish thinkng it is summer and I should be outside / going somewhere nice...   I know, any excuse... 

 

Have a settled day...

Di Lema

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A bit late on parade this morning, I must have needed the rest. Thankfully Sheila had a good night's sleep, which she is still participating in at the moment. She mentioned earlier that the strapped up wrist is feeling much better today, so hopefully the worst is over. She's going to have some lovely bruises in the next couple of days. 

 

Off now to complete the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix, back later. 

[Sir TophamHatt]

Hooray!

 

Managed to secure a good price on a loco and coaches, which will be my first electric loco (even though I have no overheads!).

Arriving tomorrow.  The lucky lady doesn't know it's the same sort of loco we travelled on... although she didn't sleep very well on it so might be better not to tell her about it.

 

But I was very good and saved up by selling a bunch of things on eBay and Facebook, so managed to save up £395 over a couple of months.  Decided that was close enough so made up the difference.  But then just today I sold something else for £50, so I've done it!

 

Just got to wait for the 2nd decoder to arrive now

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The rain really hammered down last night but no evidence of thunder and lightening. Bright sunshine at the moment but very muggy so thunder and lightening is still possible. Tea has been drunk so its be back later.

[Simon G]

It is warm and close here today, but no rain so far.  Lawn has been cut, and while putting some of the cuttings into a compost bin, I discovered that it had been occupied by a nest of bees.  They weren’t too impressed with me disturbing them, so I quickly left them alone!

 

Most of the rest of the morning has been spent tackling the weeds that have invaded over the last 3 weeks.  More of the same this afternoon I suspect.

[The Lurker]

Greetings all from a cloudy and close, but dry, LBG.

 

I was having trouble rating people's posts yesterday but the problem seems to have gone now.

 

A visit to the hygienist and dentist this morning was accomplished without any trauma - and so best wishes to Jamie who has now started treatment for his fangs - and Younger Lurker's sports day has been cancelled in case it rains, two weeks in a row. Mind you it rained so heavily first thing the field will no doubt be soaked and the fear of children Falling Over being what it is these days, they took no chances. Younger Lurker is generally having a tough time at school at the moment but little changes in routine seem to give him the space to recharge his coping; it's a shame that the school SENCO is against those little changes - seemingly because they're not her idea.

 

I hope that Mrs Gwiwer has an upturn - and that Rick's medical reveals nothing untoward. And that all have a good day

[Tony_S]

Afternoon all.

 Warm here. Low 30s, this is normal, the heatwave starts tomorrow. However we are going on a trip to Switzerland tomorrow which includes a train ride. The excursion departs well before breakfast but Aditi has negotiated a couple of breakfast boxes from hotel reception. Being the kind of person who needs to know I have found the place the coach collects us tomorrow. “Opposite the Q8 garage next to the traffic lights near the front of the  hotel “. The bit that confused me was what was the front of the hotel but once I had determined that it was easy. 

Aditi has been swimming. I don’t like swimming and so haven’t been. 

 

Toes and feet. Aditi mentioned a foot problem to the diabetic nurse. She agreed that it should be seen to but to all intents and purposes there were no podiatry appointments locally. So she went to the chap who used to do her nails when first diagnosed with diabetes. Her nails were in poor condition then but since getting the diabetes treated and under control her nails are in good condition. He is the podiatrist for a Southend United but I don’t think he can be blamed for their performance! Not sure if a sports podiatrist would do ingrowing toe nails though. Has anyone suggested a bread poultice yet? Matthew was prescribed the modern chemical equivalent when he smashed his nail into his thumb. 

Tony

 

[Natalie]

5 hours ago, BSW01 said:

Good morning everyone 

 

A bit late on parade this morning, I must have needed the rest. Thankfully Sheila had a good night's sleep, which she is still participating in at the moment. She mentioned earlier that the strapped up wrist is feeling much better today, so hopefully the worst is over. She's going to have some lovely bruises in the next couple of days. 

 

Off now to complete the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix, back later. 

 

That sounds good about Sheila's wrist. I was thinking that maybe she has a # scaphoid as they are quite common in the circumstances described and tend not to be as painful or movement limiting as a colles # is.

 

Does she have tenderness at the base of her thumb and specifically in her anatomical snuff box.  This is located at the junction between the long bone in the hand for the first finger and the base of the thumb- it is covered by triangular section of skin. 

 

This was always a very difficult #  to identify on an x-ray initially and we would it treat as a # based on the history and examination.  This could result in having a POP applied from below your elbow to the knuckles but also including the thumb which would be maintained in an outstretched position.  This could also be achieved with a splint or a crepe bandage. Usual review would be bring back to # clinic in 2/52 and re-xray. It would generally take about 5-6/52 to heal.

I would suggest that if Sheila is still experiencing pain or it is limiting her movements or use of her hand then it would be best to get it checked out. 

 

Dave H- I have always had ingrowing toenails which cause infection.  Antibiotics are usually only part of the treatment and need to have cleared up the infection before any surgical intervention is attemped. This is to prevent any infection cross contaminating any surgery. It used to be usual to remove the whole nail but it tends to grow back in the same so tends not to be favoured anymore.  The replacement is a wedge excision where only the small section of nail which is ingrowing is removed and then a chemical is applied to the area and nail bed to stop it growing back. This procedure is done normally as a minor op under local rather than a full blown theatre case. Some gp practices do offer such procedured so it is possible that yours might do. If they suspect that you are diabetic as they appear to do this might impact on where any procedure may be carried out. 

 

 

[Ian Abel]

Chewsday moaning.

 

Quiet yesterday best I recall, just rolling along with work.

THEN, off to IKEA, flat-pack haven, mostly to look at various options the Mrs is considering for a number of things, cabinet handles near the top of the list, the new place has an "IKEA kitchen".

Ate there, as we were there, meh...

 

16 and sunny first thing, headed for 27 and a warming trend continuing with low 30s by the weekend and threats of thunderstorms - joy!

 

Carry on.

 

 

[lightengine]

I've had to adjust this joke as it was non pc.

 

An Englishman, an Englishman and an Englishman in a pub.

The Englishman said "England are the best 1 day cricket team in the World at present."

The Englishman replied "Yes, they are favourites for the ICC World Cup."

The Englishman agreed.

And they had a jolly good drink and they ............