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  #351  
Old October 27th 06, 12:20 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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Hi

First of all thanks for the cards, he's really cheered up by them (Jo I
love the polar bear! And Randy and Dennis your cats are lovely!)

That social worker that caused such grief? I called her yesterday
because she is supposed to be coming today and as I have some bills to
pay I wanted to know when, only to find she is on a course...or annual
leave....in fact no-one seems to know where she is only she isn't
there! Luckily they have arranged for another one to come or I could
have ended up taking another day off!

Dave's doctor has now told him that medically speaking he is all clear.
Also if he continues to make progress at this rate, he could be able to
walk next week and possibly (Doc's looking into it) if he can walk the
distance from bed to loo etc (our flat is quite small) he might be able
to be discharged home and have physiotherapy at home for the stairs and
improving his walking distance.So in theory he could be out next week
or the week after and skip the rehab unit

In theory....

Physio also pleased with his progress..

So why did I arrive last night to find him close to tears?

He's been put back on the ward. They needed the side room for Paul
(He's just been told the cancer has spread to his lymph nodes, not the
best news anyone could give you, they were going to put a feeding tube
in and teach him how to use it and discharge him today to go home and
start chemotherapy. Now he has to wait to see the surgeon possibly
Monday and the feeding tube came out so he's dreading having that put
back in) so Dave is back on the ward. Back in that overheated, noisy
ward where he finds sleep is out of the question and the air is so
stifling when he first went back he couldn't breathe for half an hour.
And they didn't do his dressing change today, which they have to,
someone said they would be back to do it and never came back

And they've been very silly...

He's in the last bed on one side. There is no room at all for him to
move or do physio. As it was I barely had enough room to position the
chair, which they are saying he can't have because there isn't room. He
is casting covetous looks at the last bed on the other side, which
because there is a sink between it and the next bed, has generous floor
space. His physio wants him to sit on the chair with his legs resting
on the bed as much as possible to strengthen his legs and Thursday he
managed 76 minutes and 33 seconds (They were impressed he knew exactly
how long- he was listening to an album that is exactly that length!)
and today....He doesn't have room to do it. So he's fretting this will
send him back to square one.

Drastic measures were needed! I managed to get him on the chair and yes
he's got a valid point if that wall had been six inches nearer the bed
I wouldn't have been able to get behind the chair to brace it so he
doesn't slip when he's between the bed and the chair. As it was I had
to breathe in and have the handle of the chair sticking quite painfully
in my stomach. On the other side of the bed, the side table can't be
moved back as it would immediately collide with the table by the next
bed and he's already cracked his knee on it several times. And once he
was on the chair I barely had room to turn it round and had to drag it
in a way that made my right knee express it's unhappiness (A worry. If
it gets so bad I can't manage stairs then I can't go to work, which is
not good, I haven't been there long enough to get sick pay so that
would be a financial worry I don't need and Dave wouldn't be able to
get out as much as he does if I couldn't push the chair)

Anyway he cheered up once we were outside, he is fairly sure when his
consultant or the physio sees the problem they'll sort something out.
(I was pretty amused when we read his notes- well if they will leave
them where I can reach them. According to someone the first day he went
out he was taken out by his "Mother". Actually it's not amusing, it's
someone making that old false assumption disabled people can't have a
normal relationship with a non-disabled person of the same age! And I
do note I am always referred to as his "friend"- never his "partner"-
apart from once or twice and every time its "Lovey" who does that. She
is starting to grow on me even if she does still have a patronising
tone of voice)

And as he said "It's better than when I was on the ward last time- at
least now I can get out a bit" So we sat in the gardens and chatted for
a bit until it got too cold and we had to go back in. He has an
appointment on Tuesday with the footwear service to measure him for
something that will support his feet and hopefully keep them warm! He's
looking forward to that (amazing how important simple things become!)
because it's at Mile End Hospital so it's a "Day out". First time in
over 5 weeks that he'll have gone further than the "Sam's"

I left him and popped in to see Paul who isn't alllowed off the ward
alone so as morale officer I escorted him to the gardens for a couple
of cigarettes- he says (and I agree) it's nice to get off the ward
even for a couple of minutes

9.30 this morning the social worker and the occupational therapist came
in. They were only in here 15 minutes tops! I think on seeing that the
place was clean and tidy they weren't on the offensive after all Dave
had originally refused to let them in and said the place needed cleaned
so they were probably expecting a tip. They still offered a "Blitz"
clean even through the place is spotless! (Apart from a carpet that
needs shampooing but I told them I had the stuff and if that didn't
work I would hire a machine or replace the carpet)

The Occupational Therapist cracked me up in the bathroom he asked "Is
that cat food?"

He was pointing at the litter tray! He also seemed confused we kept the
tray in the bathroom and food and water in the kitchen until I pointed
out "You wouldn't want your dinner served in the toilet would you? Same
with cats"

Anyway they tell me according to their records, Dave will be in rehab
next week and to top it all- he'll be assigned a new social worker and
OT when he gets there. This is just a preliminary visit so they can
report to the new team who may have to visit themselves so more time
off work for me! Apart from that they think a chair could do with being
a bit higher (The same reason his physio got him a new bed- she said if
the bed is too low he's using most of his energy to get off it so when
he stands he's already tired but with the higher bed, it's almost no
effort to get off it and he can use the energy for standing) and the
bathroom might need some adjustments but it's all down to what residual
problems if any Dave is left with. Had real problems getting through
their head before this happened
Dave didn't have any problems walking, sitting etc.

Oh well, bills to go and pay, then Dave to see after that I'm going for
the farewell party at my old place (it closes Tuesday, some people got
jobs but 5-6 from admin and a lot from nursing and paramedical staff
are being made redundant). The management are holding a soiree with
wine and canapes from 5-7 with the chief exec as the guest of honour.
As you can imagine, feelings aren't too charitable to a man who
brazenly admitted he told managers to lie when people asked about the
closure (at least one person turned down a job offer 3 weeks before
they announced the closure because she asked her line manager if there
was any truth in closure rumours and was told we were safe!) even most
of the doctors aren't going instead we are all going to the pub! Much
more fun and suits me as I can see Dave from 2-7 instead of 2-4 and as
the weathers not too bad in the afternoon we can stay out a lot longer-
lunch in the "Sam's" is on the cards

Bye for now

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

  #352  
Old October 27th 06, 09:24 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Stormmee
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*delurk*, take the cleaning if they can offer it where you can get it, 2
reasons, more clean never hurts and it makes you seem more cooperative,
*relurk, Lee, who knows all about social services
Lesley wrote in message
oups.com...

Hi

First of all thanks for the cards, he's really cheered up by them (Jo I
love the polar bear! And Randy and Dennis your cats are lovely!)

That social worker that caused such grief? I called her yesterday
because she is supposed to be coming today and as I have some bills to
pay I wanted to know when, only to find she is on a course...or annual
leave....in fact no-one seems to know where she is only she isn't
there! Luckily they have arranged for another one to come or I could
have ended up taking another day off!

Dave's doctor has now told him that medically speaking he is all clear.
Also if he continues to make progress at this rate, he could be able to
walk next week and possibly (Doc's looking into it) if he can walk the
distance from bed to loo etc (our flat is quite small) he might be able
to be discharged home and have physiotherapy at home for the stairs and
improving his walking distance.So in theory he could be out next week
or the week after and skip the rehab unit

In theory....

Physio also pleased with his progress..

So why did I arrive last night to find him close to tears?

He's been put back on the ward. They needed the side room for Paul
(He's just been told the cancer has spread to his lymph nodes, not the
best news anyone could give you, they were going to put a feeding tube
in and teach him how to use it and discharge him today to go home and
start chemotherapy. Now he has to wait to see the surgeon possibly
Monday and the feeding tube came out so he's dreading having that put
back in) so Dave is back on the ward. Back in that overheated, noisy
ward where he finds sleep is out of the question and the air is so
stifling when he first went back he couldn't breathe for half an hour.
And they didn't do his dressing change today, which they have to,
someone said they would be back to do it and never came back

And they've been very silly...

He's in the last bed on one side. There is no room at all for him to
move or do physio. As it was I barely had enough room to position the
chair, which they are saying he can't have because there isn't room. He
is casting covetous looks at the last bed on the other side, which
because there is a sink between it and the next bed, has generous floor
space. His physio wants him to sit on the chair with his legs resting
on the bed as much as possible to strengthen his legs and Thursday he
managed 76 minutes and 33 seconds (They were impressed he knew exactly
how long- he was listening to an album that is exactly that length!)
and today....He doesn't have room to do it. So he's fretting this will
send him back to square one.

Drastic measures were needed! I managed to get him on the chair and yes
he's got a valid point if that wall had been six inches nearer the bed
I wouldn't have been able to get behind the chair to brace it so he
doesn't slip when he's between the bed and the chair. As it was I had
to breathe in and have the handle of the chair sticking quite painfully
in my stomach. On the other side of the bed, the side table can't be
moved back as it would immediately collide with the table by the next
bed and he's already cracked his knee on it several times. And once he
was on the chair I barely had room to turn it round and had to drag it
in a way that made my right knee express it's unhappiness (A worry. If
it gets so bad I can't manage stairs then I can't go to work, which is
not good, I haven't been there long enough to get sick pay so that
would be a financial worry I don't need and Dave wouldn't be able to
get out as much as he does if I couldn't push the chair)

Anyway he cheered up once we were outside, he is fairly sure when his
consultant or the physio sees the problem they'll sort something out.
(I was pretty amused when we read his notes- well if they will leave
them where I can reach them. According to someone the first day he went
out he was taken out by his "Mother". Actually it's not amusing, it's
someone making that old false assumption disabled people can't have a
normal relationship with a non-disabled person of the same age! And I
do note I am always referred to as his "friend"- never his "partner"-
apart from once or twice and every time its "Lovey" who does that. She
is starting to grow on me even if she does still have a patronising
tone of voice)

And as he said "It's better than when I was on the ward last time- at
least now I can get out a bit" So we sat in the gardens and chatted for
a bit until it got too cold and we had to go back in. He has an
appointment on Tuesday with the footwear service to measure him for
something that will support his feet and hopefully keep them warm! He's
looking forward to that (amazing how important simple things become!)
because it's at Mile End Hospital so it's a "Day out". First time in
over 5 weeks that he'll have gone further than the "Sam's"

I left him and popped in to see Paul who isn't alllowed off the ward
alone so as morale officer I escorted him to the gardens for a couple
of cigarettes- he says (and I agree) it's nice to get off the ward
even for a couple of minutes

9.30 this morning the social worker and the occupational therapist came
in. They were only in here 15 minutes tops! I think on seeing that the
place was clean and tidy they weren't on the offensive after all Dave
had originally refused to let them in and said the place needed cleaned
so they were probably expecting a tip. They still offered a "Blitz"
clean even through the place is spotless! (Apart from a carpet that
needs shampooing but I told them I had the stuff and if that didn't
work I would hire a machine or replace the carpet)

The Occupational Therapist cracked me up in the bathroom he asked "Is
that cat food?"

He was pointing at the litter tray! He also seemed confused we kept the
tray in the bathroom and food and water in the kitchen until I pointed
out "You wouldn't want your dinner served in the toilet would you? Same
with cats"

Anyway they tell me according to their records, Dave will be in rehab
next week and to top it all- he'll be assigned a new social worker and
OT when he gets there. This is just a preliminary visit so they can
report to the new team who may have to visit themselves so more time
off work for me! Apart from that they think a chair could do with being
a bit higher (The same reason his physio got him a new bed- she said if
the bed is too low he's using most of his energy to get off it so when
he stands he's already tired but with the higher bed, it's almost no
effort to get off it and he can use the energy for standing) and the
bathroom might need some adjustments but it's all down to what residual
problems if any Dave is left with. Had real problems getting through
their head before this happened
Dave didn't have any problems walking, sitting etc.

Oh well, bills to go and pay, then Dave to see after that I'm going for
the farewell party at my old place (it closes Tuesday, some people got
jobs but 5-6 from admin and a lot from nursing and paramedical staff
are being made redundant). The management are holding a soiree with
wine and canapes from 5-7 with the chief exec as the guest of honour.
As you can imagine, feelings aren't too charitable to a man who
brazenly admitted he told managers to lie when people asked about the
closure (at least one person turned down a job offer 3 weeks before
they announced the closure because she asked her line manager if there
was any truth in closure rumours and was told we were safe!) even most
of the doctors aren't going instead we are all going to the pub! Much
more fun and suits me as I can see Dave from 2-7 instead of 2-4 and as
the weathers not too bad in the afternoon we can stay out a lot longer-
lunch in the "Sam's" is on the cards

Bye for now

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs



  #353  
Old October 28th 06, 07:51 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
polonca12000
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Lesley wrote:

Hi

First of all thanks for the cards, he's really cheered up by them (Jo I
love the polar bear! And Randy and Dennis your cats are lovely!)

That social worker that caused such grief? I called her yesterday
because she is supposed to be coming today and as I have some bills to
pay I wanted to know when, only to find she is on a course...or annual
leave....in fact no-one seems to know where she is only she isn't
there! Luckily they have arranged for another one to come or I could
have ended up taking another day off!

Dave's doctor has now told him that medically speaking he is all clear.
Also if he continues to make progress at this rate, he could be able to
walk next week and possibly (Doc's looking into it) if he can walk the
distance from bed to loo etc (our flat is quite small) he might be able
to be discharged home and have physiotherapy at home for the stairs and
improving his walking distance.So in theory he could be out next week
or the week after and skip the rehab unit

In theory....

Physio also pleased with his progress..

So why did I arrive last night to find him close to tears?

He's been put back on the ward. They needed the side room for Paul
(He's just been told the cancer has spread to his lymph nodes, not the
best news anyone could give you, they were going to put a feeding tube
in and teach him how to use it and discharge him today to go home and
start chemotherapy. snip
Bye for now

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for Dave and Paul, and hugs for
you, Lesley,
Polonca and Soncek

  #354  
Old October 29th 06, 12:37 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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Stormmee wrote:
*delurk*, take the cleaning if they can offer it where you can get it, 2
reasons, more clean never hurts and it makes you seem more cooperative,
*relurk, Lee, who knows all about social services


I won't take them up for two reasons. The first is that those cleaners
did a cracking job and all that needs to be done now is some paintwork
and doors could do with a wash and I've already started on that and
half finished it and the carpet needs some stains removed and I've got
to shampoo that but it's not a big job with the right stuff.

Secondly I only just started a new job, like less than 3 weeks ago and
whilst my new boss is being very nice about sudden requests to take the
afternoon off so I can link up with someone to talk about care plans or
let cleaners/social workers in I don't want to push my luck! If I was
still in my old job I wouldn't have any qualms about asking for the
time to let the second clean be done but as it is I want to save
requests for leave in case anything major comes up say the new social
worker/OT want to visit, in fact I'm hoping the next time I ask for a
day or two off will be because Dave is coming home!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

  #355  
Old October 29th 06, 01:55 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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polonca12000 wrote:
Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for Dave and Paul, and hugs for
you, Lesley,
Polonca and Soncek


Thanks

Update- I'm going to come clean we're all adults here and I hope no-one
will be shocked.

Infections are a problem with the ward, Dave's had two stomach
infections in 3 weeks and Paul's now banned from the ward in case he
gives the bug to everyone else (or possibly in case he and Dave manage
the Great Escape- for this reason Escape Commitee meetings have become
a clandestine affair- more me liasing with Paul and passing messages
between the pair of them)

And what did I get?

Head lice...

I'm just glad my mother's not around, she had an utter belief only
"dirty" people got lice and if she was still around and found out about
it well I might be 50 next year but she'd demonstrate I wasn't old
enough to avoid a spanking! And whilst I know lice don't favour dirty
hair and anyone can get them I've still inherited from mum a real sense
of shame and disgust at this! Asking for the treatment was for me on
par with a 16-year old boy having to buy condoms! It doesn't help the
chemist doesn't keep the stuff with all the other hair treatments so I
had to ask the assistant "Where do you keep the stuff for treating head
lice?" I confess I told her it was for a friend's little girl but I
don't think she believed me

Anyway I treated it so I'm no longer itchy.(Had to wait for the social
workers to go, spent most of their visit trying not to scratch and
praying something wouldn't crawl off my head!) Where did it come from?
I think it was a week or so ago it was raining heavily and when I
slipped into the shower room to use the loo (Visitors are only supposed
to use one toilet, for which they have to get a key from the staff and
sometimes you can't find a member of staff so those of us in the know,
use that loo) and there was a towel there and I dried my hair off.

Seriously yesterday one of the nurses was saying her head was itchy and
Dave said it might be lice and she refused to believe him, she then
opened a supposedly "clean" towel and Dave said "Look", "Dust mites"
she insisted looking at the four or five wriggling things. The Nursing
Assistant who is older and wiser than someone who just got out of
training (Nursing Assistant's are often easier to get on with and have
much more common sense than some of the nurses. There are one or two
nurses who give the impression they'd be too busy writing out a care
plan using the Roper model to notice the patient had wet the bed
because they were too busy writing to fetch a bedpan!) said "No head
lice".

It's now agreed Dave has bites over his legs and back but he's supposed
to be reassured that as they are head lice and die away from the head
even if they do bite he hasn't got them in his hair. One nurse who
asked not to be named for fear of reprisal from managers said it's a
common problem and at any time, some nurses and patients will have head
lice and what really needs to be done is to treat everyone but they
don't . My theory which she agreed on is that some manager worked out
if we wash stuff for y time at x temperature at costs z. So if we
reduced y and x, we also reduce z. And there's some acceptable
cost-benefit ratio regarding the number of head lice that survive when
we reduce x and y.

For me the utter worse bit was remembering when Paul came into the side
room and said "I've just been told. It's cancer" without thinking I put
my arms around him and our heads touched so I had to do the decent
thing and tell him he might have head lice from contact with me. It's
rather on par with having to tell someone you might have infected them
with a "social disease" for me. Luckily he took it well...

Anyway Friday was okay, we were too late to get dinner at the "Sam's"
but we had a beer and a chat. Then Dave said he had best get back as
the physio comes at 4.00 so we rushed back but she'd come at 3.30 and
left a note saying she hoped he was off having fun and she'd do a
double session on Monday (Dave flinched at that!) but there are some
exercises she's shown him that I can do with him so we did half an hour
of those anyway

Btw, Dave has finally claimed the alcove bed! He spotted that as the
prime bit of real estate on the ward the first day he was in and when
he learnt from Sean it was going to be empty on Friday he appealed to
the nurses pointing out he needed the extra space for physio and the
chair and they moved his bed while he was out. It's just what he
wanted, it's almost semi detatched from the ward so it's quieter than
being on the main ward and he's sleeping pretty well now he's in there
but unlike the side room he gets more social contact- although it does
include the least popular man on the ward...this guy has a Walkman,
which he plays non-stop at night, which is harmless enough but he will
sing along, very loudly and very badly until 2.00am!....Dave said much
as he'd never wish being stuck in here on anyone, he rather hoped Simon
Cowell ended up in the next bed. I get the feeling if the guy turns up
dead it will be like "Murder on the Orient Express" ie "Which one of
the other 10 patients killed him?" "They all did!"

Left at 6.30 and went to the leaving do at my old place. Nice to see
everyone (apparently so few people went to the official party the
management were still drinking at 11.30! They got booze in for 100+
people and maybe 30 turned up! And a lot of those stayed for as many as
they could neck down before coming to the unofficial party) but sad in
a way because they're all such good friends. Most have been offered
something , a handful are genuinely happy with their new jobs (even
promotions), some are borderline happy with their new jobs ie they got
the job they wanted but it's on a site which is more travel for them, a
few are doing the same job on another site, a lot have taken the jobs
to keep money coming in until they get something else and one nurse
point blank refused to take the job they considered an "Acceptable"
offer thus losing her redundancy it was in oncology and having lost her
parents to cancer she couldn't face working there.

The building is being let to the private healthcare sector in January
and will open maybe August or a little later next year. A lot of us are
saying we will apply when it does, perhaps get the old crowd together
again...don't know if we will

Saturday we missed lunch again (with the result I have a Papal
dispensation to collect Dave between 1 and 1.30 today so we can as I
said "Not just for him. I haven't had a hot meal since last Sunday
because by the time I leave him it's after 8.00 and I can't eat that
late or I don't sleep. Right now I feel like I could murder a Chinese!"
I had to explain to Olga (who is Chinese) I didn't mean I wanted to
kill an oriental person but she's still giving me funny looks!) but we
sat about for a bit. Dave actually saw a louse fall off his shirt! Then
we had to go back because he needed the loo (His target this week is
even if he has to be wheeled to the toilet door is to be able to get on
it on his own. Reckons there will be screams of ecstatic bliss coming
from the toilet when he does! He hates having to ask for a bedpan
especially with some of the nurses he regards as friends)

I went to see Paul and when I got back Dave was asleep so I said if he
wanted to sleep fine but maybe he should use the bottle first as he'd
said he wanted it and he wouldn't want to have an accident. Suddenly he
started crying saying he wanted to go home and see the cats! (He's even
asked if it would be possible for me to bring them down in a carrier
but they won't let me) Then he settled down again, he says it gets him
when he's half asleep or sometimes when he can't sleep at night
(Through he is now sleeping better probably because all the things he
has to do like physio and getting out are knackering him) but he calmed
down and we went out for a walk for a bit then went back and he settled
down for the night.

And thanks to Sam and Magic Mood Jeep for the cards. I've seen the
"Everything I needed to know I learnt from my cat" before but he hadn't
and we both agree that Sarsi's motto has to be "When in doubt cop an
attitude"

And off I go again

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

  #356  
Old October 30th 06, 01:17 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley
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Lesley wrote:

I've worked out the Walkman guy is not right in the head. I mean
seriously,,,,

There's an old lady on the ward whom I sometimes talk to and tonight
when I was leaving (We had a good day when I got there Dave was sitting
in the day room watching the free telly because they wanted to make his
bed then we had an excellent lunch , watched West Ham beat Blackburn
(As I say we are not that into football but West Ham is a local team
and people in the pub were cheering them on so it was a good
atmosphere) and Paul has managed to keep most of his food down for 2
days now! Though our attempt to organise an Escape Commitee meeting was
ruled out by one of the camp guards ie nurses who caught Paul trying to
sneak out. He doesn't like being in a sideroom!) she was sitting there
crying and I asked what was the matter? And she told me a few hours
before she was told she had a "growth". So I was trying to talk to her
and this guy says "I've seen you on the ward before...you visit someone
in there?"

"Yeah my partner"

So he says as how he is "entertaining" the ward with his singing and I
bite my lip (I heard his redintion of a Janis Joplin song earlier! It
had its uses- got Dave off the ward faster for a start!)

Then he starts saying to the lady "Wouldn't it be nice if there really
was a Paradise? A nice place where we could all dance and jump?"

Then just as she's smiling he says "But there isn't there's only cold,
darkness and oblivion"

I'm too polite to deck the guy I would say that's one of my
faults....the next minute he's dancing around the front of the hospital
screaming "I'm free!"

Someone may kill him tonight...all I can say is "I didn't see anything"

Okay he's plainly got mental problems he boasted that he was in because
he tried to slash his ankles. I think perhaps he should be somewhere
else but for now he's stuck on the ward

Anyway the lady begs some fags off me

Which is why I am starting a new charity! Fags for patients! Somehow I
don't think the Charities Commission will approve it

I seem to end up buying the odd extra packet just so she can have some
and Paul can as well, it's well and good they shouldn't smoke but
given what they are going through I can hardly say no....

Paul explained it for the last couple of years due to his diabetes
getting worse he has not been able to work so he's had social security.
Now when you go into hospital the Social say as the NHS is now feeding
you, keeping you warm etc quite reasonably you don't need so much money
so they reduce your money to 15 pounds a week!

A sum which hasn't chnaged for 10 years or so!!!

Now 24 hour access to a TV costs 3.50 or half if you are pensioner but
its still an expense
(and its's not really 24 hours once you put the card in it starts
ticking away if you only watch something interesting for 3 hours the
next morning you don't have 21 hours left)

Dave for example likes diet coke it makes it easier for him to drink
the dreaded zinc, which as Tension pointed out he has to do to heal
faster (Today he's been told he's doing real well on that) and also as
he likes the taste it keeps him hydrated (after all the fact that he
gets offered small cups of soup or coffee a few times a day does not
add up to the recommended 2 litres without which I could not survive if
I were in his position I'd spend my money on Volvic!) but if he only
had 15.00 a week then with each bottle costing 1.05 he' d have spent
7.35 of his pittence just on fluids!!!!

And what makes it worse is some people like the lady in question have
no-one to even collect the 15.00 so she's been left with nothing!

The system is mad

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Old October 30th 06, 01:24 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Lesley" wrote in news:1162167431.468716.200930
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Now 24 hour access to a TV costs 3.50 or half if you are pensioner but
its still an expense
(and its's not really 24 hours once you put the card in it starts
ticking away if you only watch something interesting for 3 hours the
next morning you don't have 21 hours left)


In the hospital where I used to work, they made tv free around 1980 or so
- it turns out the nurses were less overworked if the patients could
watch the tube. It only makes sense, anyway. If there's anything that
can take your mind off your pain, you should be given that.

Chak

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Old October 30th 06, 01:47 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Chakolate wrote:
In the hospital where I used to work, they made tv free around 1980 or so

- it turns out the nurses were less overworked if the patients could
watch the tube. It only makes sense, anyway. If there's anything that
can take your mind off your pain, you should be given that.

Hi Chak

These days they don't care as long as they make a profit out if it! The
people that do the phones ask if you'd would like to take advantage of
their free service where they will free of charge call everyone you
know to tell them your number on the ward

They don't tell your nearest and dearestthat it costs 49 pence a minute
until halfway through being put on hold through

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Old October 30th 06, 04:17 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 29 Oct 2006 04:55:38 -0800, "Lesley" wrote:


polonca12000 wrote:
Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for Dave and Paul, and hugs for
you, Lesley,
Polonca and Soncek


Thanks

Update- I'm going to come clean we're all adults here and I hope no-one
will be shocked.

Infections are a problem with the ward, Dave's had two stomach
infections in 3 weeks and Paul's now banned from the ward in case he
gives the bug to everyone else (or possibly in case he and Dave manage
the Great Escape- for this reason Escape Commitee meetings have become
a clandestine affair- more me liasing with Paul and passing messages
between the pair of them)

And what did I get?

Head lice...


I am sorry to hear about this - it would make me feel squeamish and
embarassed too - but at least head lice are relatively easy to get rid
of. I once ended up with a leg infection after one of my heart
catherizations; on another occasion, I caught a hard-to-get-rid-of
yeast infection after sweating heavily due to pain.

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Old October 30th 06, 09:18 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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both good points, and if they are visiting they will see it is clean
ongoing... Lee, who has read your story and all six cats have been purring,
now I really must relurk...
Lesley wrote in message
ups.com...

Stormmee wrote:
*delurk*, take the cleaning if they can offer it where you can get it, 2
reasons, more clean never hurts and it makes you seem more cooperative,
*relurk, Lee, who knows all about social services


I won't take them up for two reasons. The first is that those cleaners
did a cracking job and all that needs to be done now is some paintwork
and doors could do with a wash and I've already started on that and
half finished it and the carpet needs some stains removed and I've got
to shampoo that but it's not a big job with the right stuff.

Secondly I only just started a new job, like less than 3 weeks ago and
whilst my new boss is being very nice about sudden requests to take the
afternoon off so I can link up with someone to talk about care plans or
let cleaners/social workers in I don't want to push my luck! If I was
still in my old job I wouldn't have any qualms about asking for the
time to let the second clean be done but as it is I want to save
requests for leave in case anything major comes up say the new social
worker/OT want to visit, in fact I'm hoping the next time I ask for a
day or two off will be because Dave is coming home!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs



 




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