Grannylorraine
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Oh Colin! Hope things are looking up now. The one consolation is you probably saved your dad from scalding his mouth if he had taken a slurp straight away. Who would have thought chicken soup could be so dangerous. Big, careful, hugs. XxSo… last Friday I inflicted a second degree burn on myself thanks to rather hot chicken soup and a thumb that somehow managed to bathe in it whilst serving it to dad. Pain like I’ve never experienced previously. Huge burn blister covering the uppermost half of my thumb almost totally. Yesterday the blister was starting to turn black so fired off a message to the GP surgery.
Was in there for 9:30am and then dispatched to a specialist clinic where I sat until 3:30pm before having a whacking great needle inserted in my thumb, fluid drained out of the blister prior to then deciding it was going to be cut open and they were going to root around in my thumb to remove burnt bits.
They did their thing and coated the burn site in a sort of clear plastic liquid that set semi hard but leaves a rather interesting crater in my thumb. Now of course I’m like a little boy again and utterly fascinated by the hole in my thumb and can’t stop poking it every now and then.
Been awake on and off all night watching results come in and now off to the gym.
Sorry to hear this news Tina. Keep strong.Good morning. 6.4
I see my Plaid lad has retained his seat, which is good. Plaid have also taken Carmarthenshire and overall have returned 4 MPs. For the rest it is basically Labour wall to wall plus one lonely Lib dem....A 56% turnout and 18% voted Tory to no effect with just under 17% voting Reform. I loath first past the post but for once I am glad we do not have proportional voting system. The fascists, as Carlos pointed out, would be in charge if we did. Shows how little history some of our population have taken in.
News not very good on daughter's front. Apparently its the wrong sort of cancer - I don't have a more scientific descriptor yet. Anyway we are to buckle down to 21 - 40 weeks of chemo, an operation and then radio therapy. They are deciding on whether to move into Oxford (better for Rowan's education and less driving) or stay in current village where they have more social support. If they decide on Oxford then its me for a grannie annexe as selling current place will release enough capital to provide a home for all of us and an on site Grannie can provide an extra pair of hands for the boys. So I am interviewing a house painter today as I cannot face spreading acres of Sandtex. Fortunately the inside is pretty freshly decorated so I'll just have a bit of decluttering to do. Good thing I was brought up as an RAF chlld - I'm a moving house expert!
Hope everyone has a good day and our new government concentrates on education, NHS and housing.
Nice to see you back.Just in from the cold after being away from here a long, long time. Sorry 6.8 first thing this morning and diabetes group meeting yesterday to get me back on track! Two major medical problems over the years which have been a battle.
I will try and be more active and I might need you guys help to get me back on track.