Sorry to deviate from medical matters but this sentence in Tripps's link: At Compo's funeral, she grabbed Eli by the arm and pretended to be blind in order to avoid giving money to a collection outside the church reminded me of something I read recently about a church. The man said that the wealthy toffs all sat in the gallery and the hoi polloi had to stay on the ground floor. Asked how they kept the rabble from entering the gallery he said `We place someone with a collection plate at the foot of the stairs. That works.'
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
While we were away in Cornwall my relative in her 80s who now lives in sheltered accommodation had her influenza and covid booster jabs. She quickly became very ill with diarrhoea and vomiting and was taken to hospital. The family didn't want to spoil our holiday and waited until we returned before telling us. She's OK now, thank goodness, and the doctor suspects it was due to having the two jabs together. She's always OK with her influenza jab and didn't have problems with the two original covid ones. We don't know whether her booster covid was the same `brand' as the original. Of course, there's the possibility that it was coincidence and a gastro bug rather than unconnected with the vaccines. I don't know if the medics did any tests for infections. (I suspect covid and jabs are often being used as a quick but possibly incorrect diagnosis under present conditions.)
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
"I suspect covid and jabs are often being used as a quick but possibly incorrect diagnosis under present conditions."
It wouldn't surprise me if you are right Peter. No reason at all why it couldn't be a coincidental gastro bug.
I'm glad she's OK now.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
This will be for only a small number of people but it will be a wonder drug for them - and the methodology will be further developed for other diseases...
`Gene silencing medicine transforms crippling pain' LINK
`An innovative type of medicine - called gene silencing - is set to be used on the NHS for people who live in crippling pain. The drug treats acute intermittent porphyria, which runs in families and can leave people unable to work or have a normal life. Clinical trials have shown severe symptoms were cut by 74% with the drug. While porphyria is rare, experts say the field of gene silencing has the potential to revolutionise medicine.'...
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
Did my ears deceive me or did I hear Sajid Javid saying that new anti viral drugs at present under trial could be a way of relieving pressure on the NHS? He seems to be totally ignoring the advice of the experts, the people who have the job of running the NHS who say they are at a tipping point and winter hasn't started yet.
Have a look at THIS BBC report. In particular look at the picture. Modern cameras can be so precise, we are treated to a view of Her Majesty's teeth, the crooked ones and the filling in the bottom and what looks suspiciously like a false top set.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
I was studying her teeth earlier Stanley and was quite surprised to see that she still has her own bottom set. I think just the front ones up top are false.
She's got a better gobful than I have! But I suspect they've cost more..... Did you spot the filling gleaming at the back right hand side.....?
[Nice to know someone else looks at these things....]
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
I had a text reminder yesterday for my go in the MRI scanner next Thursday. I have been online and booked my train tickets for Leeds. Different to last time as you cant get printed tickets unless you pay for next day recorded delivery which costs £7.50!
My return journey only cost £6.20 so I opted for eTickets on my phone. I had to get the trainline app for my phone and create a trainline account but it seems to work OK. My outbound and return tickets are already sitting there with their Q Codes for each leg ready to rock.
My appointment is in the morning so I have opted for the 9.17 train to Leeds which will get me there for just after 10am. That will give me plenty of time to walk up to City Square and find the right bus up to St James's. I will need to time it so I get there for about 11.30. I have booked the 15.15 return from Leeds which will give me chance to get back down from the hospital and get a bit of lunch.
I realise that it's a personal fault and something to do with age but the complications of that journey frighten me to death. Same syndrome as when I chucked my driving licences in, after all those years on the road I was frightened of traffic! Well done Ian!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
I won't bother driving to Skipton and parking up either. I will get Sally to drop me off for the train. If you do park you can get a couple of quid back if you buy your tickets at the station. Not applicable to me as I already have the electronic ones bought and paid for. I'll get the bus back from Skipton if there is one in good time.
I didn't mention that if you buy online you do have the option of using the ticket vending machine at the station, you need the order reference and to let it see the same credit or debit card you used for the purchase and it spits out your tickets. Too much hassle, I have seen folk struggling with that in the past. I will trust the technology, apparently over 90% of travellers use the eTickets now.
PanBiker wrote: ↑23 Oct 2021, 09:34
I didn't mention that if you buy online you do have the option of using the ticket vending machine at the station, you need the order reference and to let it see the same credit or debit card you used for the purchase and it spits out your tickets. Too much hassle, I have seen folk struggling with that in the past. I will trust the technology, apparently over 90% of travellers use the eTickets now.
Saves on paper too. I very rarely have a paper receipt, my bank pings me a message for any transactions and the majority of the bigger shops provide an online receipt.
Graham - you are in my thoughts and I wish you the best. Grim news - thanks for letting us know the situation.
Come back - if and when you are able.
You are one of the good guys.
Thanks and fond wishes from Tripps.
Born to be mild Sapere Aude Ego Lego Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
I think that's the saddest but most courageous post I have ever seen on the site. It conceals some desperate weeks fighting for breath but not complaining. All I can do is thank you for being such a good friend and whatever is coming down the track, I hope it is peaceful, Goodbye Mate...Big hug from Stanley for both of you.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
It's fully endorsed by Stephen Fry and Jay Blades (from The Workshop) so it must be a good thing. Their first campaign was on Mental Health. Just think about that for a moment - Stephen Fry endorsing a campaign on mental health.
Chris Whitty is in charge - he doesn't have much to do now since Covid is all over. Beyond comment.
Born to be mild Sapere Aude Ego Lego Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
David, thanks again for alerting me to this. I see it is officially part of 'levelling up' and launched on October 1st. (Very quietly I must add.)
Forgive me for being cynical but I mistrust anything that relies so heavily on restating a bunch of bleeding obvious truths. As for Fry and Blades I don't have much time for either of them. I'm afraid this looks to me like another front on the public offensive to persuade us all that a bright new future is dawning if we can just get over the initial hurdle of an living in an economy that has been managed to death by governments who have concentrated on one thing, enabling the rich to get richer. The only people who are really caring for the poor are old fashioned organisations like the Rowntree Foundation and the Salvation Army. Don't expect that to change any time in the near future.
Oh, by the way, notice that any improvements will be down to people improving their employability or moving home. So if the initiative fails to produce the miracle it promises we all know who will be to blame.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Tripps wrote: ↑27 Oct 2021, 09:41
It's fully endorsed by Stephen Fry and Jay Blades (from The Workshop) so it must be a good thing. Their first campaign was on Mental Health. Just think about that for a moment - Stephen Fry endorsing a campaign on mental health.
OMG!! I wonder if I can sneak into one of those Bezos moonshots?
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
We're the lucky ones Peter. Mother Nature will take care of our future shortly and relieve us of any worry or responsibility! As I say so often, it's my grand children and great grandchildren I think about. Note that I don't say 'worry', we had problems as well like Hitler and the atomic bomb but somehow managed to survive, I have no doubt they will as well.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
