The news of those poor starving children in Afghanistan really was awful. But there is frustration too - what can we do? On a lighter note - we did watch The Outlaws Dove and yes it does look as if it's going to be good. With Stephen Merchant at the helm we know we are in safe hands and that it will not be as predictable as the set-up would seem. It was good that one of the characters made the comment that all the other characters were a type - and that she was a type too. We will now see how none of those characters are the type they first appear to be.
Morning all. We’re still working our way through Lucifer. Not sure which series it is. Hubby is in charges of those things. (Find it all very confusing).🙄😁 Luckily, he quite enjoys sorting through the tv and computer.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Yes @didyw … we picked up on that remark too.
We did both the walls on Only Connect … given that both teams did too I suspect it wasn’t because of our superior brains …. although OH was particularly impressed by me getting the Beatles sequence exactly right 😇
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I saw the BBC 6 O'clock news - and no matter how vile and repressive the taliban may be, it's not the 'normal' peoples fault or the kids eh? How sad was that report? I can't see Afghanistan on DEC and that's odd as they're normally so quick to react.
As for mental health - what is going wrong in western society to create such a tidal wave of mental health issues? Is it just the west, or is the world suffering in the same way?
Morning all, reading through,my youngest son has rapid cycle bipolar amongst other things, when he had a crisis,I had to drive him to the ED, if we had managed to get see the GP he would ring ahead, say we were coming,I was there,saw and heard him do it. We would get there,no one was expecting us! No way he could sit in a waiting room full of strangers Once we got put into the paediatric patients room and forgotten about. He would be given some type of sedation,and then home. It took 10 years to get a diagnosis,which aparantly is the normal time it takes. Last time he saw a psychologist,she had a student in the room,he said he wasn't happy with that,she closed the session! I took him for blood tests a couple of weeks ago, absolute nightmare.
. They knew nothing about him,told him the bloods were for his medication, except he's not on any. Asked him what he does for a job,..... said they realised the pandemic made it difficult for people to go out or they got nervous,he told them he hardly ever goes out!
@Nanny Beach - what a nightmare. I am so grateful that my OH was able to get properly diagnosed and on the right meds through my health insurance which meant we could go private. But that service should be available for everyone. If you look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs the very basic needs we all have is for air, food, drink, safety, shelter, warmth, clothing in order to function. This is followed by security and safety. These needs are being eroded, through man-made and natural disasters, through the relentless waves of covid and other diseases, through economic mis-management by governments... It's no wonder more and more of us are suffering from mental health problems - I think we are nearing crisis point here.
Autumnal gales here. Feeling very sad after last nights News, strange how some days these things really get to you. No problems from yesterdays flu jab.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Hi @punkdoc .... I know how you feel .... when we were younger we thought we'd have sorted all that rubbish out by now didn't we ...
I've never had problems from a flu jab ... but I know someone who had a horrendous reaction just three hours later ... such a high fever with chattering teeth and shaking so much he had to lie down that his wife nearly called an ambulance ... by next morning he felt tired and weak but otherwise ok ... he saw his GP who said leave it a few years before having another one ... he did and has never had a reaction of any sort since. Whether it was actually the flu jab that caused it he'll never know ... but he's never had anything like it before or since.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm going to pop into the chemist today about the flu jab. I'll pay for it as I'm in the French system but the jab wasn't available until today and now I'm in Norfolk.
Why do I like roses? God knows, yesterday I was attacked and wounded by horrid, vicious, ungrateful Albertine.
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On a lighter note - we did watch The Outlaws Dove and yes it does look as if it's going to be good. With Stephen Merchant at the helm we know we are in safe hands and that it will not be as predictable as the set-up would seem. It was good that one of the characters made the comment that all the other characters were a type - and that she was a type too. We will now see how none of those characters are the type they first appear to be.
Yes @didyw … we picked up on that remark too.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Once we got put into the paediatric patients room and forgotten about. He would be given some type of sedation,and then home. It took 10 years to get a diagnosis,which aparantly is the normal time it takes. Last time he saw a psychologist,she had a student in the room,he said he wasn't happy with that,she closed the session! I took him for blood tests a couple of weeks ago, absolute nightmare.
If you look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs the very basic needs we all have is for air, food, drink, safety, shelter, warmth, clothing in order to function. This is followed by security and safety. These needs are being eroded, through man-made and natural disasters, through the relentless waves of covid and other diseases, through economic mis-management by governments... It's no wonder more and more of us are suffering from mental health problems - I think we are nearing crisis point here.
Autumnal gales here.
Feeling very sad after last nights News, strange how some days these things really get to you.
No problems from yesterdays flu jab.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I've never had problems from a flu jab ... but I know someone who had a horrendous reaction just three hours later ... such a high fever with chattering teeth and shaking so much he had to lie down that his wife nearly called an ambulance ... by next morning he felt tired and weak but otherwise ok ... he saw his GP who said leave it a few years before having another one ... he did and has never had a reaction of any sort since. Whether it was actually the flu jab that caused it he'll never know ... but he's never had anything like it before or since.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm going to pop into the chemist today about the flu jab. I'll pay for it as I'm in the French system but the jab wasn't available until today and now I'm in Norfolk.
Why do I like roses? God knows, yesterday I was attacked and wounded by horrid, vicious, ungrateful Albertine.