The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Its here this afternoon, we've been out for a walk, or should that be a push, helped my Good Lady into here wheelchair and we went down the Onestop for some bits and pieces. My Good Ladies assessment went well this morning, we aired what was bothering us and had a serious discussion about them, we've just got to see if anything changes now.

 

[pawl]

The world is in some state. Article on the news saying they think GPs are going to carry on hardly seeing any patients face to face and do more telephone appointments. How on earth can you tell what someone is like over the phone. I thought skin pallor and general demeanour were important in diagnosing things. It's getting beyond a joke

I could not agree more It took ten weeks before she got face to face with the senior partner at the practice and it was only after I told Mrs p to insist on having a face to face consultation as she has pitting Edema of her ankles she was seen within an hour.and a scan carried out within two days Results showed a tumour between the ovaries Surgery took place ten days following diagnosis
The first of the consultations
were telephone consultations The first diagnosed back pain as a pulled muscle The accompanying frequency was a possible urine or kidney infection Acute constipation was met with take Senacot
The hardest part was getting past one of the receptionists.
I had to play hard ball with this lady by telling her that I am a retired nurse and what were her qualifications to carry out triage over the phone and was she aware that symptoms in women in the area of the womb and ovaries may be a warning of something sinister as proved the case.Following Mrs p referral to hospital and consultant gynaecologist surgeon her treatment could not have been better.
I don’t mean this as a criticism of former colleagues who I have the greatest respect for.It is the problem that telephone consultations present in diagnosing more serious symptoms and getting that contact with the GP depends on which receptionist you get
Sorry I didn’t mean ramble on

 

[welsh dragon]

I could not agree more It took ten weeks before she got face to face with the senior partner at the practice and it was only after I told Mrs p to insist on having a face to face consultation as she has pitting Edema of her ankles she was seen within an hour.and a scan carried out within two days Results showed a tumour between the ovaries Surgery took place ten days following diagnosis
The first of the consultations
were telephone consultations The first diagnosed back pain as a pulled muscle The accompanying frequency was a possible urine or kidney infection Acute constipation was met with take Senacot
The hardest part was getting past one of the receptionists.
I had to play hard ball with this lady by telling her that I am a retired nurse and what were her qualifications to carry out triage over the phone and was she aware that symptoms in women in the area of the womb and ovaries may be a warning of something sinister as proved the case.Following Mrs p referral to hospital and consultant gynaecologist surgeon her treatment could not have been better.
I don’t mean this as a criticism of former colleagues who I have the greatest respect for.It is the problem that telephone consultations present in diagnosing more serious symptoms and getting that contact with the GP depends on which receptionist you get
Sorry I didn’t mean ramble on

The Drs surgery is slightly biased in these parts. If you don't want to be holding on until you get fed up and put the phone down, then phone the Welsh phone number and speak in Welsh and bingo, they will answer right away.

 

[Dave7]

Well that filled a hole.
Very tasty if I say so myself

 

[Dirk]

Is he named after me, or some other Colin?

I thought you were named after him?

 

[Dirk]

 

[gavroche]

I did a 38 miles return ride to Prestatyn early this afternoon and had a puncture on the way back, my first in at least 2 years so no complaints.
It was nice that two cyclists stopped to ask if I needed anything. I didn't, but thanked them anyway.
I usually carry two spare tubes with me but somehow, I only had one on me this time so I was hoping to make it back safely and I did.
When I got home, I checked how much pressure one can put in the tyre with a small hand pump. The answer is 80 psi in my case so I pumped it up to my usual 100psi right away.
My next ride is now on Wednesday to see the TdB on the Great Orme.

 

[pawl]

I don't think I've ever been in a weatherspoons.

You didn’t miss much

 

[PaulSB]

I've had three online consultations for my injured finger - severed tendon - following the initial face to face. I found it worked well and saved both myself and the nurse I saw a lot of time. I think it's a question of finding the balance. It may be we need to get used to an initial face to face but for many routine things follow up can be online, telephone etc. I've another one tomorrow.

Beautiful day walking in Yorkshire, eight miles in glorious, warm sunshine. It got very sweaty. The strangest thing happened. At the end of the walk we decided to drive down to Riddlesden foe a drink before we went our separate ways. As we drove down in to the village I had this huge sense of having visited before. I recognised the road, pub, the very distinctive electronic swing bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool. Everything. I got it eventually but it took me 15 minutes. The pub was on the route of the Tour de Yorkshire sportive I rode 6-7 years ago. I stopped at the shop next to the pub to buy bananas.

 

[ColinJ]

I thought you were named after him?

That is one ancient arachnid then!

[Checks...]

Young T. domestica spiders hatch from the egg sac and grow to maturity within a year. Male numbers peak in the summer months of June and July, indicating mating typically occurs during this time. The males usually die in autumn soon after mating and rarely live for over a year. As with most spiders, males of the species are often consumed by the females after mating. Females regularly survive the winter and into the next year, provided they find a suitable sheltered area to winter, and may produce a number of egg sacs. Females that dwell indoors typically live for over one or two years on the same web, with some T. domestica females reportedly surviving for as long as seven years in rarely disturbed and temperate places (attics, basement or cellar parts, storage rooms, etc.).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica

 

[classic33]

I've had three online consultations for my injured finger - severed tendon - following the initial face to face. I found it worked well and saved both myself and the nurse I saw a lot of time. I think it's a question of finding the balance. It may be we need to get used to an initial face to face but for many routine things follow up can be online, telephone etc. I've another one tomorrow.

Beautiful day walking in Yorkshire, eight miles in glorious, warm sunshine. It got very sweaty. The strangest thing happened. At the end of the walk we decided to drive down to Riddlesden foe a drink before we went our separate ways. As we drove down in to the village I had this huge sense of having visited before. I recognised the road, pub, the very distinctive electronic swing bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool. Everything. I got it eventually but it took me 15 minutes. The pub was on the route of the Tour de Yorkshire sportive I rode 6-7 years ago. I stopped at the shop next to the pub to buy bananas.

What else did you expect.

Did you get bananas today, instead of a drink?

 

[PaulSB]

What else did you expect.

Did you get bananas today, instead of a drink?

I wouldn't expect much else.

Lemonade and lime for me as I was the driver.

 

[Tenkaykev]

The world is in some state. Article on the news saying they think GPs are going to carry on hardly seeing any patients face to face and do more telephone appointments. How on earth can you tell what someone is like over the phone. I thought skin pallor and general demeanour were important in diagnosing things. It's getting beyond a joke

I was surprised to get a letter from my consultant on Saturday. When I opened it I realised I’d been “cc’d “ a copy of the letter that she’d sent to my GP following our chat last week. In it she suggested that a face to face appointment be arranged, so I'll pop in to see the receptionist on Wednesday, as conveniently the GP Surgery is next to the Library and I have a book to return.

 

[PaulSB]

Would that be along the Roman Manchester to Ilkley highway?

I can't answer this I'm afraid though I have tried to find out this evening. Our walks are circular based on including a visit to one of the Stanza Stones, so today we parked about two miles from and above Silsden and did an eight mile loop which included a visit to the Dew Stone. I know on some of our walks we have walked the Manchester to Ilkley Roman Way but this is coincidence rather than planned. I think the Stanza Trail from Marsden to Ilkley is based around where Simon Armitage wanted to place the stones rather than follow a pre-existing route. They are all placed along the Pennine Watershed because the theme running through each poem is a form of water.

Today was the Dew Stone. I really loved this poem and reading them on the moors is quite inspring:

the touchy fuse-wire of parched grass...
one spark enough to trigger a march on the moors by ranks of flame.
Dew enters the field under cover of night, tending the weary and sapped,
lifting its thimble of drink to the lips of a leaf...
here where bog cotton flags its surrender.

 

[classic33]

One for the drivers on here.
Name the UK's shortest motorway, and give it's length.