On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:39 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

Thanks everyone, it was cathartic to tell someone that I was worrying!?

All for nothing, Doctor just wanted to tell me that I had some bone loss in my spine which, since my bone density is good, is due to age & gravity!
?Phew.
Now if we can get through the catastrophic fires to have Christmas with daughter & family all will be good.
Hugs to you all
Beryl

On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:39 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

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Thanks everyone, it was cathartic to tell someone that I was worrying!?

All for nothing, Doctor just wanted to tell me that I had some bone loss in my spine which, since my bone density is good, is due to age & gravity!
?Phew.
Now if we can get through the catastrophic fires to have Christmas with daughter & family all will be good.
Hugs to you all
Beryl

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 6:17 PM, jacqui whittemore

<jackiechris.is@...> wrote:

Hurray for boring news!!?

- Jacqueline?

On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:39 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

Thanks everyone, it was cathartic to tell someone that I was worrying!?

All for nothing, Doctor just wanted to tell me that I had some bone loss in my spine which, since my bone density is good, is due to age & gravity!
?Phew.
Now if we can get through the catastrophic fires to have Christmas with daughter & family all will be good.
Hugs to you all
Beryl

Thanks everyone, it was cathartic to tell someone that I was worrying!?

All for nothing, Doctor just wanted to tell me that I had some bone loss in my spine which, since my bone density is good, is due to age & gravity!
?Phew.
Now if we can get through the catastrophic fires to have Christmas with daughter & family all will be good.
Hugs to you all
Beryl

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of beryl_cathro@...
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Ugh

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Thanks everyone, it was cathartic to tell someone that I was worrying!?

All for nothing, Doctor just wanted to tell me that I had some bone loss in my spine which, since my bone density is good, is due to age & gravity!
?Phew.
Now if we can get through the catastrophic fires to have Christmas with daughter & family all will be good.
Hugs to you all
Beryl

On Dec 16, 2019, at 11:33 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

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In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

-----Original Message-----
From: jacqui whittemore
Sent: Dec 17, 2019 3:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Ugh

Agree! Fingers crossed for boring news!!

- Jacqueline?

On Dec 17, 2019, at 7:30 AM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:

Not urgent is usually good. Fingers crossed.

Ann? McManus
Ann in PA

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On December 16, 2019, at 11:33 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

Not urgent is usually good. Fingers crossed.

Ann? McManus
Ann in PA

Sent from my kindle

On December 16, 2019, at 11:33 PM, beryl_cathro@... wrote:

In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

?

In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

On 17 December 2019 at 04:33 beryl_cathro@... wrote:

In the medical doldrums!
Have a pain in the side, doctor thought I’d pulled a muscle but sent me for chest X-ray. His receptionist just rang, he has the result & wants to see me but not urgent. Can’t get an appointment until Thursday. Will worry until then!

Saw the dermatologist this morning & had 3 probable skin cancers removed, one on my face. He pointed out that I have a swollen ankle which I should ask GP about.

Sigh

Beryl
(if you’ve read this far, thanks for letting me vent!)

Sorry about your woes, Jacqui. That's hard.

I was interested to hear that the cough with a whoop is going about in the US too. Lots of people in London have had it including my parents for about 2 months. My mother said she must not go to the doctor until she was completely better, even though she felt quite ill, which although public spirited was silly and led to a stroke on Sunday and Monday which we only discovered by accident when she called me using the wrong nouns for things which is not like her. She then picked up a UTI which made her quite delirious and I spent much of last night literally chasing her around the A and E department as she kept leaping off her assessment trolley. Finally after 9 hours (preceded by 3 hr wait for ambulance) they found her a bed on a ward. Hopefully they can get her to stay until tomorrow. Yesterday she discharged herself because "there was nothing wrong? with her" and promptly fell at home and hit her head on the bath. My dad at 88 can't deal with this sort of thing so I am here in London for the week, instead of in Geneva with DH. At least my luggage was already packed and the cat and dog were boarding from Monday anyway.

Hope everyone's lives settle down for the midwinter season

Jenny

On 10 December 2019 at 17:13 "Connie@..." <connie@...> wrote:

Wow! ?That is a lot to deal with. ? Maybe you could hire a little help for a few weeks to help lessen the load?

Hope you are all on the mend ? ?There is a nasty respiratory bug going around here. ? I literally had it from Oct 7 till Dec 7. ? This is the first week that I actually feel sorta normal. ? ?I sure hope you don’t have the same thing. ? It feels like whooping cough without the signature “whoop.”

Hugs

Connie

On Dec 10, 2019, at 11:23 AM, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:

The dogs are here to stay.? Marguerite had been put “in charge“ of taking care of them by my sister-in-law when dad was in the intensive care where they wouldn’t let her visit. It was a way for her to ?contribute to the fight to get him well.?

Not surprisingly, when we told her Dad was dying, she became extremely distressed about what would happen to them – as it was clear no one else cared to take them - so we gave her permission to ask?my Dad about adopting them.?

One of the big work challenges is that I was committed to 10 hours of new lectures at a conference this last weekend. Long story short, I finished the last PowerPoint the day before we flew out and had no time to rehearse anything.

In the meantime, because of his historical cancer/chemo, Andrew has the respiratory sensitivity of a canary. Marguerite brought home a little something from school which she immediately cleared but then he incubated it to extreme concentrations. Net result is he, and then she, got really sick. I started breaking with it the morning we were leaving town, but my immune system rallied to get me through my talks and our QFT on the trip this weekend.?

Now I’m back and sicker than a dog - horrible cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, you name it. However, as it often does, the world has smiled on me. I came home to the most lovely surprise from Ann - the perfect thing to wrap around my poor sore throat!! You all are positively the best. Mwah!!!

- Jacqueline?

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On Dec 8, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote:

I am glad you shared it with us. Sharing sometimes somehow lessens the grief or worry. I am sorry for your loss but I am glass your dad was able to be at home at the end. May he rest in peace.?

Ouch! about Marguerite. At least it was only 'almost' and not actually. It must so chaotic with the dogs. Can they be rehomed or do you want to keep them?

Grieving occurs in its own way and in its own time. Being busy does defer it. Lots of hugs for everything.

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 5:31 PM jacqui whittemore < jackiechris.is@...> wrote:

I am so embarrassed! Somehow I didn’t realize that I was responding on the list serve. Overall, we have more blessings than we can count.?

My father was able to achieve his goal of dying at home, and he did not suffer doing so. This truly was an example of the Holy Spirit moving massive numbers of people in unexpected and unusual ways, for which I will be forever grateful. (For example, a small hospice organization picked up the phone late Saturday afternoon to talk to a social worker - who I think was calling while off for the day - and agreed to take us on that night, with Dad arriving home by medical transport at 9pm. This stuff just DOESN’T happen!) So, really, I have nothing about which to complain.?

That said, we came back to our little home with Dad’s two little dogs in tow and me neck deep overdue on work deadlines. Neither is really house-trained, and both ended up having previously unreported significant medical issues. On top of all that, there are dominance issues with our dog, leading to Marguerite almost getting bitten in the eye - quite literally. (Yikes!)

We are getting it all worked out, and all will be fine in the end. Getting through the day is just logistically tough right now! (Grieving can wait till 2020. Lol.)

- Jacqueline?

On Dec 4, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote:

Hope all is well Jacqui and the situation eases soon

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:43 PM jacqui whittemore < jackiechris.is@...> wrote:

Sorry it took so long! Things have been kind of hard here.?

- Jacqueline?

On Dec 3, 2019, at 3:37 PM, Ann McManus < mcmanusab@...> wrote:

Wow! What pretty odd balls.

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Thank you!

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Ann in PA

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Jaya

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Jaya

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On 12 December 2019 at 13:53 jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:

Though still really sick, I am definitely better today than yesterday!?

One benefit appears to be coming out of my misery, though it isn’t always the most comfortable! Peace in the animal kingdom has its price, i suppose...?

After reflection, Cecil decided there actually wasn’t quite enough of me to split 5 ways so relocated into the chair. Thank goodness! Kind of hard to separate fever from overheating around this brood.

jacqui

On Dec 12, 2019, at 8:36 AM, mary_007usa via Groups.Io < sewgood5@...> wrote:

Hope you're turning that corner, Jacqui.? I can't believe you've been toughing it out without checking in with the Docs.

I don't look forward to that miasma heading South.?

So sorry you've been deep in the Really Rottens.

Mary.