Hurray Golf courses opening early April!

Thank you all for your help and good wishes for Alice. I've been on line and seen that they do not mention the type of reaction that Alice is having, only things where treatment is required for respiratory and allergic reactions but as I need her help so much I suppose I worry too unnecessarily

cheers, Nerys

Hi Nerys,

Both my wife and I felt quite ill for 48 hours after the jab, but then it stopped almost as quick as it started, and we have been fine since. Hope Alice feels better soon.

Stay safe, Graham93

Nerys Hope Alice feels well soon as you both need each other. Thoughts are with you both.
Rick

Good evening Nerys, sorry to hear of Alice's reaction to the vaccination, Caroline's friend over the road had the same issue with her jab it lasted for 4 days. So hopefully Alice will be back to normal soon, I hope so for both of you.
Stay safe sweet ladies, cheers Colin and Caroline.

Alice had her jab on Tuesday afternoon, and twenty eight hours on is still feeling really ill. Last night, it was a dreadful headache, today, all day, very tired and feeling dreadful. Says she never remembers feeling so ill. Just hope it doesn't carry on long, because, apart from hating seeing her ill, I'm none too good myself and depend on her so much for literally everything. That's being selfish, but unfortunately true, and as you've probably gathered, she means the world to me.

Nerys

That's great news, small steps lead to large strides. Keep going sir, well done.
Cheers Colin.

Ian,
Praises as prayers are being answered. 🙏

Do you use a walker, cane, or walking poles to keep you steady? How about ski poles...😉

Good News been to Physio and good news I am off of oxygen except at night.
Given a load of breathing exercises to do plus walking as I need to get my co ordination right after being bed ridden for 4 weeks😀😀
Steps are a problem at the moment

Hi Nerys That is good news. Only makes sense .
Rick

Judging by the way the SA Government is running at present we won't have herd immunity till 2025 due to lack of vaccine and the amount of vaccine sites. The Government is the only source for vaccines

My wife and I got our 1st Moderna vaccine shots (jabs) last Wednesday. No severe side effects for either of us just soreness at the injection sites. Having some issues with my right hand but I think it's a pinched nerve. Will see my chiropractor early this coming week and see if it helps (usually does). Stay strong and keep after your doctor to get the vaccines.

Looks a bit like brass monkey weather there Ron😁

JB

Pleased to say that Alice, as they regard her as my carer is to get her first jab this coming Tuesday.

Cheers, Nerys

Ian I do hope it is not 2022 for vaccinations.The world needs them as son as possible.
Rick

Keep the borders closed till we all are vaccinated.

Had to plug the car in last night was still a bit chilly & weather looks like it's going to warm up soon in Ontario the 85 year olds are booking vaccine appointments & all us over 70 my get it by May or June . I sure would like to get a Johnson & Johnson one shoot just to get it over with & I think mask will still be needed in stores also till maybe the new year ?

In SA it's winter around the corner and at the rate they are vaccinating might be 2022!

Spring just around the corner along with the vaccine. All good news.
Rick

Spring is coming to Ontario. Ron and Catharine on the shore of Lake Ontario,
Oshawa Lake View Park, last week.

It seems to me that we are all suffering from high blood pressure, it it the model boat building? I had a double bypass in 2000 and was put on BP medication, an ACE inhibitor, and have been on the same prescription from that day to this, 20mg. my BP is stable at the same rate as it was in 2000. I have a slow heart rate around 60bpm. I did try beta blockers but only stuck them for about 10 days, my motivation just went underground, just a cough with ACE tablets. ( Gets me a seat to myself on the bus!) Get well soon Nerys Geoff

It's all those schnitzengrubens and steins Doug, they'll do it to you every time,😂

JB

"Gave up the rest when I started feeling faint occasionally, checked my BP and realised it was too low. "
Same here Nerys ! 👍
😎

Yes, I had much the same with high blood pressure tablets a few years ago I was put on five , refused to take the beta blockers, I'd seen what they did to a friend, normal person to gibbering wreck in a few weeks. Doc was most annoyed/ Then I was down to four, decided that was too many. Gave up the rest when I started feeling faint occasionally, checked my BP and realised it was too low. Never told the doc, just stopped getting them.

Cheers, Nerys

"So, I've been experimenting and given it a miss on a couple of days. And what has happened, I've felt fine."
Tell me about it Nerys!
When I was first diagnosed with a high blood pressure problem back in 2008 I was prescribed 5 kinds of tablets! 🙄 Including Beta Blockers.
I fairly quickly determined that the Beta Blockers were causing a personality change, I wasn't my usual jovial self, far from it, and it started causing friction at work.
So I told my 'house doc' I'm not taking those any more. She phoned the heart specialist she had sent me to and he answered "OK. Kann er machen." OK, he can do that!
After that I only took 4 kinds of tablets 😐
Four years ago I changed 'house Doc'; first thing she said was 'You don't need tablet X'.
So I was down to 3 tablets 😀 And my BP has remained stable.
This year I decided to stop taking the diuretic tablets, cos they make me get up and P in the middle of the night 😠 Result; no change in my BP and I sleep much better 😀
So now down to 2 tablets am and pm and no BP problems.
Soooo, Rock on Nerys, and don't let the 'quacks' grind you down!
Cysga'n dda! 💤💤💤
Cheers, Doug 😎
Peidiwch â gadael i'r bastarau eich grilio i lawr !!😉

Doug, Not a lot of reaction from the quacking department I'm afraid. I told him that the new stuff made me literally sick and I wasn't going to take it, so he said he'd ring me at home to discuss it. He then went on annual leave, or so I have been told. Anyway, as I generally start off feeling well each day but as soon as I take my nine daily tablets, I feel ill and that often carries on for the rest of the day. So, I've been experimenting and given it a miss on a couple of days. And what has happened, I've felt fine. I saw one of the doctors tonight, never seen her before. Told her all about it and she said to carry on and she would ask another pharmacist to ring me on Monday.. We'll see what we see!.

Cheers, Nerys

Hi Nerys,
Any feedback from the quacks yet about your reaction to the new medication?
I trust you've told 'em 'I ain't takin' dat s**t no more.' 😁 and that you are feeling much better and livelier now 👍👍 A coupla shots o Grog would probably do you much more good!
Iechyd da 😋
All the best,
Doug 😎

Nerys.
Let us all hope you recover soon.
Regards Bill.

It's all that boat building exercise Nerys😁

JB

"I've lost about 3 kgs."
Shall we come and help you find it Nerys? 😉😂🤣

Aw shucks! Guess I'm in the dog house again! 😌..😁
😎

During the course of the time I have been on Dialysis, two and a half years, up until a month ago, I had put on nearly twelve kilos, but in the last month, with no change of eating habits, I've lost about 3 kgs. Don't say it must be more exercise because I can barely walk. Finding things to wear has become difficult, especially with non essential shops closed.

Nerys

Hi Doug and Colin
Gonna take a couple more weeks before I put on weight but at least I can taste food!😊😊

I trust a few days of home cooking has fixed that 'little' problem Ian 😋😉
😎

Well Ian, I've gone the opposite way, +20kgs and 2inches on my waistline.
It's a shame the wife's such a good cook.
Cheers Colin.

My pants are to big Just pull in the belt another notch😊

Glad you managed to escape Ian 👍
😎

Good to hear you are at home.Home is where the heart is.Stay safe.
Rick

Welcome back to the world Ian, carry on getting better. Best wishes Colin.

Glad to hear you are back home Ian, and hope your recovery with be complete in due course. Best Wishes Geoff.

Hi Ian,
Very pleased to hear that you are home, hope you didn't loose too much weight whilst on hospital 'food' I'm sure you will be able to make up for it now.

All the best, Nerys

So glad you are home. Take it easy, enjoy home cooking again.

Ianh,
I am glad that you are home and sorry that COVID caught up with you. I hope your recovery goes smoothly. We are still waiting for our first shots and My better half and I are not coming out of our hole until they are available... no matter WHAT the ground hogs in the attic say!

Ian.
Glad your home,here is to a full recovery ASAP.
Regards Bill🍷🍷

Hi Tora Dog,
Penalty for not wearing a mask in SA is ZAR 1500-00 plus a criminal record, But the greater ethnic group seem to ignore all Covid Rules!

I am now out of hospital after 4 weeks of which 10 days in ICU Not a laughing matter as I am now on oxygen at home trying to get over it!

"Ho hum, back in level 3 again tomorrow for a week, due to some moron going to work and other places when they were supposed to be in quarantine! These people should be put in a special isolation jail (not a fancy hotel) and left there for 6 months. Our feel good 'kind' PM asking everyone not to judge this family, you have to be kidding 'bucky', - these people are the ones dragging it out, making businesses close, loosing people their jobs etc. They seriously need teaching a lesson, big time!!!"

Over here the penalty for not wearing a mask(airlines are finally waking up)is a slap on the wrist. I have always wondered though, if an individual chooses not to wear a mask in public and infects someone who then dies. Isn't that manslaughter? Why isn't treated as such?
The saying is that the study of history helps to prevent making the same mistakes again., but it doesn't work if one does not study history or simply ignores it. An politicians out there reading this?🙄

Ho hum, back in level 3 again tomorrow for a week, due to some moron going to work and other places when they were supposed to be in quarantine! These people should be put in a special isolation jail (not a fancy hotel) and left there for 6 months. Our feel good 'kind' PM asking everyone not to judge this family, you have to be kidding 'bucky', - these people are the ones dragging it out, making businesses close, loosing people their jobs etc. They seriously need teaching a lesson, big time!!!

JB

Hope you 'escape' soon Ian 😮
Hang in there and GWS 👍
Cheers, Doug 😎

Ianh,
'Please not I can't comment on loss of sense of taste or smell😀 The reason being that I am eating hospital food! It has no taste'.
It isn't suppose to be eaten... it is for throwing at doctors and nasty nurses...🤣
I hope you are filled with home cooking soon!

I do feel for you Ian, I dread being admitted to hospital, I can't really comment on the food. In my present state I get a plastic cup of tea and a sandwich on each visit. No comment on the sandwich except to say that Alice makes me one to take in rather than eat theirs.. Most of all, I hate the beds, air beds, I can't hootch myself around in them, and after four hours of not being able to move around, turn over or doing anything else. I go mad. Luckily for dialysis I use a chair which in itself was never meant to be sat in, it's designer knew nothing of ergonomics but it is a few degrees better than the beds.

Nerys

Hi All,
Please not I can't comment on loss of sense of taste or smell😀 The reason being that I am eating hospital food! It has no taste
Seriously though I hope to be discharged by the weekend