An interesting but quite tiring day as a surrogate patient. I had fifty minutes to memorise my symptoms, medications/dosages, family history etc. Eleven candidates had sixteen minutes each to question me and then present their findings to the two examiners in the room. There was a five minute break between each candidate, a 20 minute coffee break but no lunch break.
I did get £50 worth of shopping vouchers but the only GC on the list is Wyevales and we don't have one.
However there are other places where I can use them.
BL, hope your OH has a good result from his cataract op.
There seems to be a bit of a cake theme going on... ...I'll be making some biscuits to take to York on Thursday, when I'm on granny duties for a few days. My Dad had a recipe he liked to make when we visited (and we all loved to eat!), so I think I'll make those. They have treacle and lots of spice in, and break your teeth when fresh... good to dunk in tea though...
Glad you survived the "imitation patient" experience, Joyce! They ought to have fed you at lunchtime, though - or warned you to bring a sandwich!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I've just had a former client on the phone asking if I'll go " sort out the pergola" for her , so a trip to Somerset / Wiltshire borders is on the cards.
I looked after their garden in Sussex for 15 before He retired and they moved to their current home about 13 years ago.
The last visit involved a full cooked lunch, afternoon tea with home made cake, dinner at a very good "gastro pub" , some very , very good wine, overnight stay, full English breakfast , morning coffee with more cake, another cooked lunch then head home. ( some gardening was done between eating and drinking. )
LP - no, unfortunately, no bargains. All tat like kids' clothes and toys and lampshades, old plates but not vintage and so on and so forth.
The oven in the kitchen being busy with coq au vin, I baked my cake in the real oven in the annex which now smells wonderfully of chocolate cake. Coq au vin better than I expected (don't like meat textures in long, slow cooked casseroles) but if he wants it again it has to be in a restaurant. There are better things to do with a chuck.
Your day seems to have gone well Joyce apart from the lack of lunch, or even time to eat one. That would be a big black mark for me but then I don't do breakfast.......
Hosta - sounds like you have some fun lined up.
Busy - have to ask. Why not get the cataract sorted in France?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Thought someone might ask! OH hardly speaks French, he has the cottage in England, spends a lot of time there so is just English resident, NHS pays, even when he's in France, but that is the case for most ex-pat pensioners anyway. He was scared of having it done here, he likes his GP in England, felt happy about the hospital. If it weren't for me in France and all my children and grandchildren he would have moved back to England years ago. We aren't actually married, didn't seem worth all the red tape and family fuss. Now I'm going on, but the short answer is he wants it done in English.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hope it all goes well for OH Lizzie They say it makes a world of difference once its done. I wouldn’t fancy being in hospital in a foreign tongue either
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An interesting but quite tiring day as a surrogate patient. I had fifty minutes to memorise my symptoms, medications/dosages, family history etc. Eleven candidates had sixteen minutes each to question me and then present their findings to the two examiners in the room. There was a five minute break between each candidate, a 20 minute coffee break but no lunch break.
I did get £50 worth of shopping vouchers but the only GC on the list is Wyevales and we don't have one.
However there are other places where I can use them.
BL, hope your OH has a good result from his cataract op.
Home , having a cuppa and a bit of cake and it's only just gone 5.30.
Grey and drizzle now but at least it was dry throughout my deliveries.
There seems to be a bit of a cake theme going on...
...I'll be making some biscuits to take to York on Thursday, when I'm on granny duties for a few days. My Dad had a recipe he liked to make when we visited (and we all loved to eat!), so I think I'll make those. They have treacle and lots of spice in, and break your teeth when fresh... good to dunk in tea though...
Glad you survived the "imitation patient" experience, Joyce! They ought to have fed you at lunchtime, though - or warned you to bring a sandwich!
One more sleeve to set in then it's done ... I'll get some buttons when I go into the city on Tuesday.
Looks like everyone's been busy. I'm really tired now after my early morning
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just had a former client on the phone asking if I'll go " sort out the pergola" for her , so a trip to Somerset / Wiltshire borders is on the cards.
I looked after their garden in Sussex for 15 before He retired and they moved to their current home about 13 years ago.
The last visit involved a full cooked lunch, afternoon tea with home made cake, dinner at a very good "gastro pub" , some very , very good wine, overnight stay, full English breakfast , morning coffee with more cake, another cooked lunch then head home. ( some gardening was done between eating and drinking. )
LP - no, unfortunately, no bargains. All tat like kids' clothes and toys and lampshades, old plates but not vintage and so on and so forth.
The oven in the kitchen being busy with coq au vin, I baked my cake in the real oven in the annex which now smells wonderfully of chocolate cake. Coq au vin better than I expected (don't like meat textures in long, slow cooked casseroles) but if he wants it again it has to be in a restaurant. There are better things to do with a chuck.
Your day seems to have gone well Joyce apart from the lack of lunch, or even time to eat one. That would be a big black mark for me but then I don't do breakfast.......
Hosta - sounds like you have some fun lined up.
Busy - have to ask. Why not get the cataract sorted in France?
Thought someone might ask! OH hardly speaks French, he has the cottage in England, spends a lot of time there so is just English resident, NHS pays, even when he's in France, but that is the case for most ex-pat pensioners anyway. He was scared of having it done here, he likes his GP in England, felt happy about the hospital. If it weren't for me in France and all my children and grandchildren he would have moved back to England years ago. We aren't actually married, didn't seem worth all the red tape and family fuss. Now I'm going on, but the short answer is he wants it done in English.
I fell asleep on the sofa. OH came through from the studio and sent me to bed. Night night folks ... I have some missed sleep to catch up ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope it all goes well for OH Lizzie
They say it makes a world of difference once its done. I wouldn’t fancy being in hospital in a foreign tongue either 