Generally speaking I find the thing I went looking for the time before but it hasn't worked this time. I can't find a replacement either. They all seem to be folding types. Herbs I was going to say if I see your DVD I'll let you know but I don't know what one looks like.
My mum, who's 95, has diverticulitis, typically her flare-ups occur every 6-8 weeks. A bowel care nurse advised her to avoid fruit pips and seeds, and it has helped, her attacks come a little less often, are a little shorter and a little less severe. Berries from the garden I rub through a sieve for her, cherry tomatoes are too fiddly but I slice bigger tomatoes and "fillet" them for her. This year I'm growing Jersey Devil, a "seedless" tomato. Not completely seedless of course, else what would you grow them from?
She has mebeverine, an anti-spasmodic drug, on prescription, and.starts taking that at the onset of an attack. (Spell check just rendered "anti-spasmodic" as "anti-apartheid"!) We have microwaveable slippers, and one of those held against her tum eases the pain. Sometimes the diarrhoea is uncontrollable, so we use square incontinence pads from Boots to protect her bed and chair. She also wears one inside her pants, folded into a kite shape. Much cheaper than buying the shaped pads. Sometimes her bottom gets sore, and the best antidote we've found for that is sudocrem.
That was my brother's advice @B3 as he offered to buy a replacement, Grandson's birthday is at the weekend and brother says I can't wait for one of my methodical, fortnight long searches to find it!
If I find that black hole and see your secateurs @Lyn I'll let you know mind you if I do find it I could be distracted by all the wonderful things that will be in it. The foxes get my gloves too but only the expensive ones!
I would worry about the frequency of these 'senior moments' if I could remember how often they occur
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I find that my brain has, over the years, consigned more and more of my activities to the subconscious 'autopilot' mode. As a result, I do much more without having to think about it, and as I don't think about it, I don't notice what I am doing and so can't remember doing it!
That's my theory, anyway, and I have to say, autopilot is very efficient most of the time, like when I find I've got to the SM without noticing anything since leaving home
Not so good tho when I go straight on from home cos I'm on autopilot. The road is too narrow to turn safely and go back and take the proper direction so I end up taking the scenic route.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Herbs I was going to say if I see your DVD I'll let you know but I don't know what one looks like.
She has mebeverine, an anti-spasmodic drug, on prescription, and.starts taking that at the onset of an attack. (Spell check just rendered "anti-spasmodic" as "anti-apartheid"!) We have microwaveable slippers, and one of those held against her tum eases the pain. Sometimes the diarrhoea is uncontrollable, so we use square incontinence pads from Boots to protect her bed and chair. She also wears one inside her pants, folded into a kite shape. Much cheaper than buying the shaped pads. Sometimes her bottom gets sore, and the best antidote we've found for that is sudocrem.
If I find that black hole and see your secateurs @Lyn I'll let you know
I would worry about the frequency of these 'senior moments' if I could remember how often they occur