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Post by questa on May 25, 2021 0:49:06 GMT
Tod, sorry about your mother. There are many conditions where gastric feeding is used. It is not a disease but a method of delivering nourishment to someone who can't swallow. I think of cancers, damaged throat from smoke/chemicals/burns/lacerations etc, neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, parkinsons etc. Psych disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Some may be short term to build up nourishment and some need it permanently. In Asian countries a common way to try to commit suicide is swallowing dangerous household chemicals. Not only is it painful and not often successful, but it damages the mouth and throat so that tube feeding is necessary for life. There are lots more but this is off the top of my head...
'Matron' is now called the 'Director of Nursing' in most places. It lacks the 'shiver down the spine' effect when she calls you to her office, doncha think?
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Post by questa on May 25, 2021 0:06:10 GMT
I awoke this morning to the strains of "Don't think twice, it's alright" being played on our public radio to mark Bob's 80th. This song was almost the anthem of my wanderings at that time...'gave them my heart but they wanted my soul'...aah
Happy 80th birthday, Mr Zimmerman, Sir. Thank you.
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Post by questa on May 24, 2021 13:09:37 GMT
I set a pan of water on the stove to make hummingbird syrup Made from fresh local hummimgbirds I presume?
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Post by questa on May 24, 2021 13:04:40 GMT
One way to tell the difference is with Parkies the hands will shake when they are not doing anything, but give them a task...carrying a cup of tea or threading a needle, the tremor will pause awhile. Essential tremor has the hands still at rest but lifting a cup brings on the shakes, therefore the observance of Trump using both hands to drink would make him more like Essential Tremor which could be any of many causes.
Tod, thanks for bringing out an often found statistic. Most patients do not actually die from Parkinsons. Through the course of the disease infections, specially lungs and urinary tract are the causes of some deaths. As the muscles in the trachea lose tone there is a risk of choking. As with many people there is the complication of fractures and needing surgery. Statistics say the life span is reduced but better management now has nearly closed the gap.
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Post by questa on May 24, 2021 6:47:22 GMT
My HP is going bonkers as well. It won't print from the computer but if I send the material to my friend"s phone and he sends it to my printer...no troubles. I got a complete rude run-around from HP so When I did their feedback questions I let them have both barrels. HP are cheap and nasty here...less than $40 for the new printer and the ink is $60. And the new machines are sold with minimal ink in them..Grrrr
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Post by questa on May 23, 2021 22:56:03 GMT
We all get shaky hands as we become less juvenile (I'm waging war on "age" ) There are many neural disorders that first show as tremor...it is thanks to Michael J Fox who has put Parkies on the map so that GPs will look for it early. It is good that your loved one was caught early so that the progression can be slowed down. How to talk to him...just as you would anyone else. There will be bad jokes from his co-workers as they support him to the hilt and keeping up with family in UK will be a help. Getting tired and slower in movement are the main problems at the start-up. Early onset does not have the complications of getting old mixed up with the basic disease.
The UK end of the family will have to adjust more so than your relative. He will have a band of 'siblings' to rubbish him when needed and care for him on bad days. Feel free to give him my phone number if he wants to contact me. I feel like I know him anyway...
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Post by questa on May 23, 2021 5:50:26 GMT
The 5 day test at night (pink ball) is coming up. We have no comid 19 here. Want me to make bookings for you before the rush?
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Post by questa on May 23, 2021 0:39:28 GMT
NB I wrote "scholarships" ... plural, but Lagatta's mixed business idea is good.
What made USA the richest and most powerful country in the world? Slavery provided the labour with no cost to the country. Now the descendants of those who made their fortune and lived the good life should be taxed to repay the debt they owe to those who were the unpaid or lowly paid.
Another source could be those who keep their fortunes "off-shore" which I consider to be 'theft from Country'.
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Post by questa on May 22, 2021 1:36:42 GMT
Oh Whaty, You are really having a tough time at the moment, aren't you? I think that many of us are dealing with "The Black Dog" at the moment and I blame the horrors of fear, and helplessness of the comid-19 situation for much of the unhappiness that surrounds us now. Some wounds heal slowly and no matter how fast or slow, they always leave a scar or tender part inside us. We learn to live with this. Then along comes some more unhappiness (Usually referred to as "Shit")and the wounds open up again...more pain, with new tears mixing with the old, then gradually the wounds start healing, the tears dry away (This bit can take millennia) and we become "back to our old selves again". How awful! Who would want to come back to an older self? Better to think about how those wounds that are healing again and we are becoming braver, wiser and stronger selves. And don't worry about pills...safer than too much wine!
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Post by questa on May 22, 2021 0:15:44 GMT
Back in the "olde tymes" when I walked the wards Patients having eye surgery were not allowed to have flowers in their room, pepper on their meal tray. and anything else that could make them sneeze. If you could see the immense skill and delicacy that the ophthalmologist has for inserting a series of stitches and realise that a sneeze would wreck the lot, you could see why this was a good rule. Do they still do it?
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Post by questa on May 21, 2021 8:24:02 GMT
Gee, I thought I'd be the only one who remembered it! I have always had a soft spot for Sir Francis and his chutzpah.
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Post by questa on May 21, 2021 0:41:21 GMT
That tree has the look of an Ent Absolutely! I hope people are kind to him and not draw attention to his presence. If he gets well known some fool may hurt him.
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Post by questa on May 21, 2021 0:21:08 GMT
Really K2? what is there to to say? A terrible wrong occurred...one in a litany of terrible wrongs, in many countries and many times. This one has the difference that there are eyewitnesses brave and long-lived enough to demand recompense for the injustice of that time. A "Sorry" is not enough for the deeds that were done, however as the deprivation of education is one of the main regrets for Viola Fletcher, maybe a series of scholarships in her name would redress this.
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Post by questa on May 20, 2021 23:07:32 GMT
Elizabethan era. Spain v England... "Now Drake was playing a rubber of bowls When news of th' Armada came. 'Well they must wait their turn, good souls' So he turned and finished the game"
(Drake knew the tide was against him. A few hours later he launched his fleet and won.)
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Post by questa on May 20, 2021 0:45:26 GMT
I've spent all my life in glasses. 60% vision Right and <10% Left without them but with them I pass all the tests.
However, in my dotage, my L retina is fraying at the edges and having trouble focusing as quickly as the R which leads to the occasional blur of double vision as Lefty catches up.
It is only a millisecond and the two specialists have signed off OK to drive but I feel sorry for my poor retinas...they have worked so hard and seen so much wonder. Now, when I have time to see at leisure, I may be deprived of their former abilities.
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Post by questa on May 20, 2021 0:12:24 GMT
Let them eat Turkey
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Post by questa on May 18, 2021 14:03:47 GMT
Please, Teacher, What is Schengen?
Mark, this is the second time I have bailed you out of some dusty border jail. Do be careful!
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Post by questa on May 18, 2021 0:08:07 GMT
Bali is the place that attracts all types of tourists from the disgusting ozzies in the south to the serious art and dance students around the hills. The footpaths are narrow the women come from the market with large baskets balanced on their heads. So...who steps off the curb to let the other pass? I always do, and get a flick of the eyebrows which says "Thanks".
Usually the Swiss do but most of the Euro mob barge along pushing others out of the way. Brits are looking around but don't see the woman until they get tangled with her, but apologize. Merkins will stand back but then carry on about the condition of narrow paths and women having to carry heavy stuff on their heads.
The real test is how visitors react to being stuck in gridlock traffic jams!
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Post by questa on May 17, 2021 4:27:50 GMT
It all started when in WW1 Lawrence was told to gather the warring Arab tribes into a fighting force to take out the Turks. He was told that in return for their aid they would be given Palestine as a homeland. This he promised them in the name of the British King.
Unknown to him the French and British weasels Picot and Sykes had drawn up a map dividing Palestine between those 2 countries, creating Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and all the now Middle East.
When Lawrence was awarded a VC he declined it saying that he couldn't take it from the King whose name he had dishonored. At the Treaty of Versailles he wore his Arab prince's clothes to draw attention to the injustice being done.
Post war, the Arabs tried to fight for their lands while the Anglo-French had a new problem. The destruction of Europe in WW1 had sent thousands of Jews walking across Europe to reach their Holy Land. The newcomers were better farmers and soon the Arabs were selling their lands to them.
There was a military problem as the Arabs tried to get their lands back after it was carved up in the Sykes-Picot agreement. The British had years of skirmishes in Palestine.
One of the "causes" of WW2 was the outcome of the Versailles Treaty. Germany was hit with totally impossible reparation costs that added to the shame of defeat. The Jews were already moving to Israel or other countries so they carried the blame and the holocaust.
The Israelis had built up their Kibbutzim and a strong defense system. At the UN meeting in 1945 they asked to be admitted as a full member. Communal shock, guilt and pity led to their acceptance and subsequent military actions.
As Israel got stronger it made its own laws and rules and ignored any directions from UN There are scores of requests, warnings, fines and sanctions that the UN has issued against The State of Israel, but they are ignored. The rest of the Middle East should be more developed as it has better lands and oil revenue, however the corruption and graft of the princes is holding their countries back.
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Post by questa on May 16, 2021 23:33:52 GMT
I'm assuming you're not part of the late night bar scene. Surprisingly, this made up my mind...In early June I am travelling the 800km and back trip for the national motorsport event I have been involved with for 50+ years. This means mixing it with teams from all over Oz and NZ and many parties and opportunities for sharing each other's viruses. Must go and phone clinic...thank you all for your help.
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Post by questa on May 16, 2021 13:00:44 GMT
Advice please...I will get my vaccination next week. If I Go to my GP I will have no waiting and no closeness of other people but I can only get A-Z. vax To get Pfizer I would have to queue for ages at the only place in the city where they doing them. Hours to wait and then I have to convince them to use Pfizer which they are trying to keep for the under 50s
We have no active cases of the disease, just a few O/S travellers doing time in our medi-hotels as they have shown positive. What to do?
Or I could wait for a few weeks and get my preference when the crowds have smoothed out.
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Post by questa on May 16, 2021 12:20:01 GMT
I read it as permission for us to breathe through the rectums of the animals.
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Post by questa on May 16, 2021 4:48:28 GMT
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Online Female Location: South Australia Send PM Reply #17 posted 3 hours agoQuoteEditPost OptionsPost by questa on 3 hours ago There was more in Tod's post, and I had a few lines typed when this borrowed 'puter took off like a startled rabbit and zipped off about 5 pages of garble before I could stop it. I tried to undo it and saw all the posts disappear into oblivion. Hence the distress. I have removed my sackcloth and ashes, but will will avoid sending messages, posting etc until I get my old PC back.
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Post by questa on May 16, 2021 0:57:50 GMT
There was more in Tod's post, and I had a few lines typed when this borrowed 'puter took off like a startled rabbit and zipped off about 5 pages of garble before I could stop it. I tried to undo it and saw all the posts disappear into oblivion. Hence the distress. I have removed my sackcloth and ashes, but will will avoid sending messages, posting etc until I get my old PC back.
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Post by questa on May 10, 2021 23:55:09 GMT
You only need 20 minutes of sunlight on arms per day to get enough Vit D Keep face, neck and ears covered as they turn nasty. My face is spotted today from last week's freeze-offs.
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Post by questa on May 10, 2021 23:40:56 GMT
Another way to handle "giving advice" that is of a personal nature is to say "I don't like giving advice but maybe I can help you clarify the issues you are concerned about..." and summarise what they say. Phrases like "Sounds to me like you are feeling unsure/ angry/ sad/ etc" will often get the person to make their own decision.
And here is me giving advice of a general nature, as they say.
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Post by questa on May 10, 2021 5:37:14 GMT
Another word that is fairly common but has a satisfying contemptuous overtone is recalcitrant.
A few years ago the member countries of ASEAN (SEAsian countries) got bogged down when Malaysian leader was being uncooperative. Paul Keating was Oz PM and a man who could use words beautifully. At a press conference when asked if progress was being made he dismissed the question, "Oh he is just being recalcitrant" The Malaysian PM just about went apoplectic...another good word
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Post by questa on May 8, 2021 13:12:13 GMT
Hi Tod2 Thanks for you info re Botox. The information will be very useful as I tread the track.
The dreams you describe are common for Parkies but not from the root cause. When healthy people sleep their limbs come into a sort of paralysed state so they don't go thrashing around. From an evolution point it saved the person from predators if they were asleep quietly. For some these mechanics do not work properly and you sound like this is you. From my own experience it wasn't nightmares as you have, but just quietly getting out of bed and roaming the house doing chores. I get confused if I get into half awake mode. one piece of brain says 'go back to bed. The other says 'make the bed'.
You have seen your doctor...Did you get a referral to a sleep specialist? I have had injuries while sleepwalking. I am of the opinion that many Parkies have wild dreams but this is not being talked about much. I first told my doc about mine at least 10 years before I showed any PD symptoms. I think it might be a good idea to ask your doc to check you out for PD to eliminate any possible connections.
Please remember I am not saying you have or will have PD. I am no expert and I have not found any back-up research. Good luck and sweet dreams.
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Post by questa on May 8, 2021 2:03:28 GMT
I use fresh bean sprouts and toss them in last with just enough folding to heat them...I like scrunchy. I havee not read this recipe as photobucket has decided it is not fit for my eyes. Can you re post it please?
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Post by questa on May 8, 2021 0:25:25 GMT
Each State in Oz has its own system but they all come down to... At 60 you get a pass that gives you free passage between 9am and 4pm and weekends and Public Holidays. This covers trains, buses, and ferries (Sydney uses them a lot).Out of these hours you have to pay full price in Sth Oz
If you catch a train from the Blue Mountains or North Coast a couple of hours sees you in Sydney. Take a local bus or train to Circular Quay then a sight seeing ferry around the Harbour.
Reverse process home and you have had a day out for free.
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