I hope you all had a good Christmas and are getting ready to bring in the New Year.
We had a great family time with thankfully no aggro. In an age where more and more our lives are dominated by supermarkets, we got our turkey from a Farmshop here on the Island and very nice it was too. Speaking of Christmas Dinner I am pleased to report that I found I could eat a lot more than this time last year.
Thankfully the snow has continued to miss us though it has by Island standards been quite cold. Somebody recorded a temperature of minus 8 going into Boxing Day Morning. Thus far our central heating is working(fingers crossed).
Since my last report I have had one acid attack only which served to remind me I must not get complacent. Strangely enough I woke up in the early hours thinking I was having another one and it took me a couple of minutes to realise I was having no such thing. I must have been dreaming.
Today(Monday) we are having a lazy day I am pleased to say. My next post all being well will be Tuesday 4 January.
Monday, 27 December 2010
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Days 571 to 577
I am having a break from preparing scripts for a review of 2010 for an on line Radio Station. It's funny how quickly you forget certain things, the volcanic ash cloud for example. Speaking of Radio, my guest last Thursday on Angel was a poet and photographer Sean Potter. He was an absolute delight. The Poetry he read summed up anecdotes about his life. I felt it was a good topic for just before Christmas. I have one show left on Angel this year and that is this Thursday (23 December) with some Christmas Music. You can hear this between 12 noon and 2Pm(Greenwich Mean Time) on www.angelradioisleofwight.moonfruit.com.
Away from shameless self promotion, I am pleased to report no acid attacks in the last week. I finished my anti biotics and went for another chest xray on Wednesday. I'll get the results during the week and will report in my next blog over the weekend. Otherwise I continue to eat well and feel fine. Now if only the weather was better. Once again on the Island we appear to have escaped the worst of the snow and ice but it is still bitterly cold.
So onward and upward towards Christmas we go. If I don't post an entry before have a wonderful Christmas.
Away from shameless self promotion, I am pleased to report no acid attacks in the last week. I finished my anti biotics and went for another chest xray on Wednesday. I'll get the results during the week and will report in my next blog over the weekend. Otherwise I continue to eat well and feel fine. Now if only the weather was better. Once again on the Island we appear to have escaped the worst of the snow and ice but it is still bitterly cold.
So onward and upward towards Christmas we go. If I don't post an entry before have a wonderful Christmas.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Days 565 to 570
We'll start with the good news. Jack is getting 3 school Governors awards for the best marks in the year for English Language, Literature and History. We are all very proud of him.
I did ring the patients association help line for a chat. They told me that the Doctor was right to reduce the drug strength on health grounds. They also said that the GP was wrong to mention cost. The Government wants to give all the fund holding to GPs and if money is tight I can see more problems particularly if patients lose trust in their Doctors on the grounds that they are looking at the money rather than what is best for the patient.
Mercifuuly I have been clear of acid reflux this week. However the rattle is back or rather it's back when I lie on my right hand side. This is strange not least because for a long time after the operation I couldn't lie on my left side as chronicled in earlier blog entries. So it was back to the Doctor a different one this time. Dr. Legg is pleasant but business like. She didn't listen to my chest but did say that the previous anti biotics were not strong enough. She has given me stronger ones and gave me a referral form for another chest x ray when the course of tablets has finished. As far as acid was concerned she said this is something with which I have to cope. When I left the surgery I felt more confused than anything else. There is a notice in the surgery that it's the patient's responsibility to contact the practice for the results of tests and x rays but if something abnormal was to show up that needed urgent action would that rule apply?
Curiously I saw Dr. Legg the following evening in another context. We went to see Emily in her school play(she was excellent by the way all bias to one side) and the Doctor was sitting in the same row.
My guest on Angel Radio last Thursday was a woman who has Parkinson's which is bad enough. However her experiences of getting to see a Consultant were not good. Angel Radio as a policy does not do political controversy but we felt her story was worth airing and she was at the end of the interview grateful for the opportunity. In the interests of balance I did contact the NHS Trust about waiting times to see Neurologists.
Finally on Friday we went to a concert of classical music given by an Orchestra put together by a man called Richard Studt who comes from Ventnor here on the Island. It was excellent. The event took place in All Saints Church Ryde. The accoustics there are first class.
More next weekend.
I did ring the patients association help line for a chat. They told me that the Doctor was right to reduce the drug strength on health grounds. They also said that the GP was wrong to mention cost. The Government wants to give all the fund holding to GPs and if money is tight I can see more problems particularly if patients lose trust in their Doctors on the grounds that they are looking at the money rather than what is best for the patient.
Mercifuuly I have been clear of acid reflux this week. However the rattle is back or rather it's back when I lie on my right hand side. This is strange not least because for a long time after the operation I couldn't lie on my left side as chronicled in earlier blog entries. So it was back to the Doctor a different one this time. Dr. Legg is pleasant but business like. She didn't listen to my chest but did say that the previous anti biotics were not strong enough. She has given me stronger ones and gave me a referral form for another chest x ray when the course of tablets has finished. As far as acid was concerned she said this is something with which I have to cope. When I left the surgery I felt more confused than anything else. There is a notice in the surgery that it's the patient's responsibility to contact the practice for the results of tests and x rays but if something abnormal was to show up that needed urgent action would that rule apply?
Curiously I saw Dr. Legg the following evening in another context. We went to see Emily in her school play(she was excellent by the way all bias to one side) and the Doctor was sitting in the same row.
My guest on Angel Radio last Thursday was a woman who has Parkinson's which is bad enough. However her experiences of getting to see a Consultant were not good. Angel Radio as a policy does not do political controversy but we felt her story was worth airing and she was at the end of the interview grateful for the opportunity. In the interests of balance I did contact the NHS Trust about waiting times to see Neurologists.
Finally on Friday we went to a concert of classical music given by an Orchestra put together by a man called Richard Studt who comes from Ventnor here on the Island. It was excellent. The event took place in All Saints Church Ryde. The accoustics there are first class.
More next weekend.
Monday, 6 December 2010
Days 558 to 564
Where is 2010 going? I only ask because the weeks seem to be rushing past ever more quickly.
In the last week I have had three acid night time attacks. There does not seem to be any pattern to it at all. I have already learned not to eat a meal too late but on some days a biscuit with a late cup of tea does no harm. On other days it clearly does. It may be this is something I have to learn to live with like so many other conditions. I am reluctant to go back to my GP in view of his comments about the cost of drugs. There is a national helpline which I may well contact to see if they can offer any advice. My weight by the way is unchanged from last week.
Otherwise the week has been dominated by the weather. For North American readers the snow, ice and temperatures are nothing new. However the average temperature in Britain for this time of the year is 10 degrees and when you have daytime temperatures of minus 2 or 3 and nightime as low minus 19 you can understand why things have been a bit chaotic.
Here on the Island we have got off fairly lightly. It started snowing on Wednesday Evening but overnight on Friday/Saturday it all but disappeared. It's till cold but the forecast is for it to get milder.
Fortunately I was away from Angel Radio on Thursday so missed having fun in trying to catch a bus.
That's all for this week. More hopefully on Monday.
In the last week I have had three acid night time attacks. There does not seem to be any pattern to it at all. I have already learned not to eat a meal too late but on some days a biscuit with a late cup of tea does no harm. On other days it clearly does. It may be this is something I have to learn to live with like so many other conditions. I am reluctant to go back to my GP in view of his comments about the cost of drugs. There is a national helpline which I may well contact to see if they can offer any advice. My weight by the way is unchanged from last week.
Otherwise the week has been dominated by the weather. For North American readers the snow, ice and temperatures are nothing new. However the average temperature in Britain for this time of the year is 10 degrees and when you have daytime temperatures of minus 2 or 3 and nightime as low minus 19 you can understand why things have been a bit chaotic.
Here on the Island we have got off fairly lightly. It started snowing on Wednesday Evening but overnight on Friday/Saturday it all but disappeared. It's till cold but the forecast is for it to get milder.
Fortunately I was away from Angel Radio on Thursday so missed having fun in trying to catch a bus.
That's all for this week. More hopefully on Monday.
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