I am going to post the broken hearing aid to the clinic tomorrow and let them mend it or replace it. The hearing firm evidently hire the consulting room when they need it from the surgery and make appointments from the clinic. This privitisation of NHS services is so clumsy. I will stay home safe from traffic and falling over till it is sorted . Thank goodness for online grocery shopping. The Hearing clinic is not online but if I cannot get it sorted myself I have an email address for Action on Hearing Loss Charity. Don't worry. I have been widowed for 27 years so am used to looking after myself.
Aww bless you Marion and we are sure that you can care well for yourself, but you are a dear and valued friend who has earned our concern.Here to help and would gladly make a call on your behalf, x
As flowers said, I'm sure no one doubts your ability to look after yourself Marion - I've only been reading his thread for a short while but that's very evident . Just don't like to think of you being inconvenienced by a lack of joined-up-ness (!) on the part of the health service, especially if it affects your balance.
Good luck with getting it sorted, anyway .
No gardening here at the moment, just work and meetings and children etc. But can't wait to get back out again at the end of the week. The weather's turned very chilly this evening.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I have decided it is better to live in a silent world rather than risk being unbalanced to typing with no hearing aids in at all. Weather mild today again but cloudy. Good day to check what needs watering in the conservatory. Yes Verdun the sarcococca scents the whole of my fernery and bamboo grove. i am always amazed at how much perfume comes from one plant albeit one that is getting too big for its pot. I think this summer it will have to be moved into the garden proper.
Yes, it has its advantages, Verdun! No cold callers as I cannot hear the telephone ring and could not hear them anyway. A passing neighbour has taken my letter to the Post box (to save my legs, she said! Little does she know how much they are used!) but it did mean I was dressed for outdoors so did a safari round the snowdrops and crocuses and daffodils. Missed hearing the birds though as they usually greet me. I have had no balance problems while doing the household chores so plan on going out in the garden to fill up the green wheeliebin as it gets emptied tomorrow morning. Especially as the sun has just appeared - hooray.
Such a splendid day of gardening I had to take some pictures - nothing to beat snowdrops at dusk. The Tete a Tete daffodils under my sarcococca are just ope
ning their buds too and second crop of Iris reticulata.
such lovely pictures - have really cheered me up and so do your inspirational posts what a great attitude to life you have Marion. You inspire me in more ways than one.
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I am going to post the broken hearing aid to the clinic tomorrow and let them mend it or replace it. The hearing firm evidently hire the consulting room when they need it from the surgery and make appointments from the clinic. This privitisation of NHS services is so clumsy. I will stay home safe from traffic and falling over till it is sorted . Thank goodness for online grocery shopping. The Hearing clinic is not online but if I cannot get it sorted myself I have an email address for Action on Hearing Loss Charity. Don't worry. I have been widowed for 27 years so am used to looking after myself.
Aww bless you Marion and we are sure that you can care well for yourself, but you are a dear and valued friend who has earned our concern.Here to help and would gladly make a call on your behalf, x
As flowers said, I'm sure no one doubts your ability to look after yourself Marion - I've only been reading his thread for a short while but that's very evident
. Just don't like to think of you being inconvenienced by a lack of joined-up-ness (!) on the part of the health service, especially if it affects your balance.
Good luck with getting it sorted, anyway
.
No gardening here at the moment, just work and meetings and children etc. But can't wait to get back out again at the end of the week. The weather's turned very chilly this evening.
I have decided it is better to live in a silent world rather than risk being unbalanced to typing with no hearing aids in at all. Weather mild today again but cloudy. Good day to check what needs watering in the conservatory. Yes Verdun the sarcococca scents the whole of my fernery and bamboo grove. i am always amazed at how much perfume comes from one plant albeit one that is getting too big for its pot. I think this summer it will have to be moved into the garden proper.
Yes, it has its advantages, Verdun! No cold callers as I cannot hear the telephone ring and could not hear them anyway. A passing neighbour has taken my letter to the Post box (to save my legs, she said! Little does she know how much they are used!) but it did mean I was dressed for outdoors so did a safari round the snowdrops and crocuses and daffodils. Missed hearing the birds though as they usually greet me. I have had no balance problems while doing the household chores so plan on going out in the garden to fill up the green wheeliebin as it gets emptied tomorrow morning. Especially as the sun has just appeared - hooray.
Such a splendid day of gardening I had to take some pictures - nothing to beat snowdrops at dusk. The Tete a Tete daffodils under my sarcococca are just ope
ning their buds too and second crop of Iris reticulata.
such lovely pictures - have really cheered me up and so do your inspirational posts what a great attitude to life you have Marion. You inspire me in more ways than one.