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:hugs: Just be the big brave young man I admire and before you know it the fistula will be done. :)

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Hope you are ok Dill,

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Ditto.

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cheers all, but I don't feel brave. I guess it's just a case of having to do it, no choice!.

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There is always a choice involved, making the right choice is the challenge.

So stoically accepting that it has to be done and not running away is a sign of bravery my friend.

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Just be glad you can't see 'em coming. You know where I am if needed my friend.

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Yep all of them apply, that's him alright very succinctly put, but then after 40 years I'm so used to it, but I wouldn't swop him, bless him.:)

In Tescos this morning I asked if there was anyone serving on the tills, this was followed by a long discussion among the staff before one of them 'volunteered' to do it.:rolleyes:

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Yes l know exactly what you mean Tinky when one goes in early to the supermarkets and there is usually no one on the till and my partner generally comes to the point very quickly by saying well if l ain't served soon then l will leave the trolley here and go somewhere else and of course that usually stirs them into action pretty quickly we find.

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Bad vision in right eye for month due to haemorrhages and now having to get a Vitrectomy on it at the end of the month.

Not looking forward to it.

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Ouch. Good luck Stephen, and that is my worst nightmare. I hate my eyes getting touched, so when I have my retinopathy screenings I am always squeamish when they put the drops in.

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Went to see my mum in hospital the other day. She's not able to explain anything much and I hadn't been able to chat to a nurse or doctor on my previous visits and wanted to get some information on her condition so went up to the nearby nursing station. At least 10 staff were standing or sitting around doing various things, including laughing and chatting. Nobody made eye contact with me at all or asked if they could help, not even the 3 staff sitting just behind the reception desk who just carried on with what they were doing. Eventually an older woman came by from along the corridor and asked if she could help and then spent about another 10 minutes trying to find the ward nurse or a doctor for me to speak to. Luckily after about another half an hour I was able to speak briefly to a junior doctor who explained the situation very politely. I'd have been happy to wait but it would have been nice if someone had at least acknowledged I was there in the meantime.

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Hope something can be done for you Stephen , Nash

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Nearly had a heart attack today, when I found out because of a cock up by a previous employer, my tax code had been changed from 1100 L to 335 L. After a quick call, got it sorted out but it means I have lost nearly £100 in tax this fortnight that I can ill afford to lose.

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You should get it back.

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I was going to type that then I realised the date.:)

Could be you will need to claim it back when you do your 16-17 tax return.

So yeah, get it back but it might not be straightforward.

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We all moan or you could say We are getting it off our chest,

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Depends as not everyone earns enough to fill in a Tax return, i only do one because i went over the capital gains tax limit and i cant seem to stop the bloody thing now.

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in 48hrs time, I'll be a married man. But right now, the nerves now are almost uncontrollable.

Aaaargh

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I was told that once my employer receives my new code, it should be refunded on my first wage payment after they update it on their end. I was just cross because I had no communication from them, despite them saying we sent a letter in January, did you not get it? Er, if I had I would have called BEFORE today to sort it out.

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Just try to think of the wonderful days you will have as a forthcoming married couple and of course just remember who is the boss in your household and you won't go far wrong.;)

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All Best Wishes to you Both. Just enjoy your day, ;)

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Because the rest of your life is going to be miserable :D

Only kidding, have a great day and may your marriage be long and happy

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just over 24hrs now :Yikes: ... thank you all for the best wishes

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Grrrrrrrr

Just got a call from Gartnavel to say no anesthatists on the date of op so it has been cancelled!! :mad::mad:

Thankfully its under general anaesthetic so I will be out cold.

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Its got a 50% first time success rate so should hopefully be ok. Its at Gartnavel.

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I will be thinking of you tomorrow Mr M and wish both you and the future Mrs M all the best wishes in the world. :)

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Glad that week is over.

34 meetings in the week, 9 today.

Wine o'clock now....

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Wow! Sounds like a tough week. Enjoy your wine Hugh.

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Took my main camera out of winter storage today and there seems to be all kinds of cack on the sensor. Professional clean jobby or an excuse to buy a new camera body. hmmmm

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My bloody laser printer..... just when I need to print stuff off for my student loan deferrerment it doesn't want to play ball, ever loving piece of poop!

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So many moans. Been a long time so here goes.

Missing work, despite all I moan about it I am really missing being there.
Changing insulin, sucks because used to injecting once daily now once weekly.
Aspartame, thanks to the Government and sugar crackdown every drink I like has Aspartame in it, apart from the full version of Coke and Pepsi. Meaning I am stuck as to my drink choice.
Not going to Portsmouth today, because of the Aspartame situation I drank way too much and as a result suffered a REALLY bad stomach because of it.

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One of our best friends was admitted to hospital yesterday as he has been getting worsening abdomen pain lately so we are just hoping its nothing serious.

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Keeping fingers and toes crossed for your friend Den. Sis-in-law has been told she has cancer. :(

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l know its extremely worrying when loved ones and close friends are not very well and l hope and pray that your sister-in-law gets better soon Tinky as hopefully we will get a update about our close friend in the next few days as the Bank Holiday is slowing things down a lot as one can imagine in a hospital over this period.

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Let's hope so

Best of luck to her

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Hope all is well with your friend Den

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@ Tinky sorry to hear this and I hope and pray that they have caught it early :hugs:

@ den I hope and pray it is nothing too serious with your friend and out of hospital soon :hugs:

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I'm getting another fistula operation on Friday and that is one op I really hate!

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Good luck dilli.

And myself, well I am getting paranoid again about work. Nothing added to my schedule for May 7th onwards. I'm hoping it is due to bank holiday weekend meaning people aren't at work doing things like scheduling. However, I have a deep worry that I am being got rid of and they haven't told me.

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I thought you planned to leave as you hated it there?

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I was, but applied for literally 12 jobs a week since end of March and not heard a thing back from any of them. So much as I hate the workplace (job is brilliant, it is just the hours that I am sick of, among other things) I need the work otherwise I have no money.

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I feel your pain.

I'm not happy where I work, and need to leave.

I applied for a job, but was unsuccessful.

I will keep looking, but I cannot leave as I've just got a new car.

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Must pay the car, Hom3 ;)

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theCLAW is indeed terrified about tomorrow now :(

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Our thoughts are with you dilli as we are all thinking about you so good luck for tomorrow.:ghugs:

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<<<<hugs>>>>

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Best of luck Dilli and everyone else who's going through tough times at the moment. :tu:

My pet hate for the day? People who are so lazy they can't even bother to squash large items like cardboard boxes etc. when they put their rubbish and recycling out for collection. The result is overflowing bins/containers which look unsightly and tend to overflow littering the street and gardens. One of our neighbours is so stupid that he can't manage to follow the fairly simple recycling regime here and every week leaves refuse bags on the front lawn which contain waste food. Result? These bags get torn open by foxes every week and the contents then spread all over the place by them, local cats and the area's magpie contingent. At least he clears it up a day or two later but in the meantime it looks a mess and it'd be far easier if he did what everyone else manages to do and put his food waste in the secure containers our LA supplied for the purpose. It's mind boggling really.

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Sadly we got a phone call this morning from his wife and our close friend is in a ward receiving palliative care because he has been told that he has just weeks to live as he has terminal cancer.:(

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Hope you are ok Dill, So sorry to hear of your friend Den, such a terrible thing for a family to go through,

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We went up to see our close friend this afternoon nash and they are hoping to get him home to see out his last days with his loved ones but we found it very hard to keep our emotions in as he has been such a wonderful friend for many years now.

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[QUOTE=denphone;35895751]We went up to see our close friend this afternoon nash and they are hoping to get him home to see out his last days with his loved ones but we found it very hard to keep our emotions in as he has been such a wonderful friend for many years now.[/

It is a sad thing to do to try and hold in the sadness for their sake and you are not sure you are saying the right things, , Words do not come easy. Take care both of you, I will say a wee prayer for all concerned.

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Terrible news for you all, stay strong as his family are going to need you soon sadly

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[QUOTE=nashville;35895760]Near the end of our stay yesterday he actually seemed quite cheerful as we were talking about the football and some of the issues of the day but yes nash words do not come easy sometimes.

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[QUOTE=denphone;35895764]Difficult times Den. <<<hugs>>>

Every moment is so precious and the memories you and your friend's family have of the next weeks and days will mean so much to all of you in the future. We found that photo albums and music played a big role when we were in the same position. Those shared memories of happy times still bring back happy memories of our friend's last smiles and even laughter in what was a hard period to deal with.

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Next doors' garden is awash with horsetails and dandelions again. I wish he'd get a bl**dy grip! I have just applied weedkiller to 82 horsetail sprouts that have appeared across our garden boundary.

I gave him the necessary weedkiller and a sprayer, but he says he has no time to use them!

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The lazy sod is probably hoping you are going to offer to do it Taf. :rolleyes:

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The average is 2 green bags per fortnight around here, but one small family puts out 10 or more! All just chucked into the bags without crushing or folding.

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My niece told me she leaves school on May 5th, and only goes back to study for her GCSE :O

Only last week I was helping her to count.

Where have the years gone.

But in Dec/Jan I give her the account I started for her when she was 2 weeks old, and she doesn't know it exists or there is just under £3,000 in it.

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Hate to say it but I don't rate her chances of a C in maths then

Jokes aside it's a pretty cool gesture re the cash

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Ugh, I wish I had been able to land another job this month while I've been off (not for lack of effort, I have lost count of the applications I have sent out) because the management are taking the absolute Michael. I was put on a job for this Thursday, I was going to do it but then got a hospital appointment so cancelled it, in plenty of time too so I wouldn't be falling foul of the no show policy, and then when a week had gone by and not taken out I emailed the Area Manager, telling him I wasn't available to do the job. He took me out. Wake up this morning, and there's an email from the AM telling me (and a few others too) to confirm the job. AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH.

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I remember saying on a book, "how many dogs can you see", which she did find.

Over the page was a Autumnal scene, I said "How many leaves are there" :D, she replied in a looking over glasses look, "Uncle, do it properly".

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I'm trying to arrange things for my Mum and I just feel that I'm going around in circles and it is driving me mad, especially when people say I will call you back and they don't then you phone them numerous times throughout the day only to get out of office reply then the dreaded voice mail where they say I will call you back leave a message :mad:

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Yes it irritates us when they say they will call back and they never do weenie as to us and l am sure many on here including yourself are the same in when we say something we do it but alas a lot of us are of the old school where sadly nowadays some others are not like that.

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The sign "Think Biker, Think Bike" should be banned, especially when they overtake and are in my lane, coming at me head on.

As well as undertaking all the time on the motorway.

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That's why they do the ads though isn't it? To ensure people double check their mirrors for bikes as well as cars.

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I tend to stick to email wherever possible now when dealing with stuff like this. That way there's proof of when messages have been sent and how long it was before they were replied to. There's often very good reason to want to have written evidence of what has been said/agreed should a dispute arise later.

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All good now Osem just waiting for things to be approved for my Mum to get a ramp. The social work department have now done a site visit and been given quotes from companies they use. I was informed today that they do not see an issue giving my Mum's health, then hopefully it should not be too long for my Mum's wheel chair ramp to be fitted then we will be able to purchase a Electric Wheelchair for her at the moment a electric wheelchair is just not a option due to the weight of it and access.

In the time being we a looking at other options to make things easier for my Dad to push the chair up the driveway and a power pack for her current wheel chair seems a good option I found this on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheelchair-.../dp/B00IXHU6CE and I'm sure hubby will be able to fit this no problem plus it's a lot cheaper than the £700-£800 we were being quoted for it at our local mobility aids shop.

I'm just grateful that we have a department within the council that can supply wheel chair ramps as my parents driveway is very steep so we would need a zig zag ramp and the prices we were getting quoted was well out our budget.

I would welcome any feedback on this power pack maybe a member knows someone who uses something similar or has experience of using one themselves. What I am looking for is something that can be put on and took off with little effort as the wheel chair still needs to be light enough to get down two steps as it is my Dad who is 80 years old who pushes the chair.

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Glad you're getting it sorted weenie. :tu:

My pet hate for the day? Hacking wall tiles off!!! Grrrr...

Mind you at least I can say I stuck them on very well last time around I suppose. :)

I've got 3/4 of the old tiles off now, removed the old adhesive and made good the original plaster where necessary. I've left the area around the shower tiled for now so Jnr can use it up until the last minute. The tiles are coming end of next week so I'll be spending the next few days planning out exactly where I'll be putting them. It's been ages since I did any scale drawings so it was nice to measure it all up today and draw out the installation on paper for a view of what it'll look like.

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We saw our close friend today this afternoon for quite a few hours and he seemed to be quite chipper compared to 2 days ago when we saw him and we were just talking about old times a lot and it was nice to see even have a little bit to eat and drink as he is hoping to go to the hospice soon where hopefully his family can bring the beloved family dog to see him several times before he sadly passes away which is very likely to be in the coming weeks.

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Not sure if I can class this as a moan, but I will because IF it happens (a massive IF because I doubt it will ever happen) I will be having to stay away from home Sunday to Wednesday. We count ASDA, where they have several flow leaders (basically people telling others where they are going next, etc) and they have recently promoted one to a supervisory position and another has left for some reason, meaning they have 2 vacancies in flow leaders.

One of the managers who runs ASDA said to me in an email that my name was mentioned for one of the flow leader jobs. Whilst I would be daft to turn down what would be seen as a promotion, I don't really like the idea of being away for 3 nights, sharing a room with people I don't like. Ugh.

The final decision comes down to my favourite Polish manager, and she told me when I mentioned that ASDA were trying to take me that I wouldn't be moving to ASDA because Waitrose needs me. So I guess the moan there could be that I am not getting the flow lead job. Oh I am so confused and conflicted.

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Cat owners. i. e. 'we want a pet(s), but we don't want to look after or clear up after them' The owners are the one that need bagging up with a pile of stones and chucking in the river !

Just purchased some lovely sonic devices that should nicely fry little kitties brain :)

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Cats - The legal issues of trespass and fouling

What is the law relating to cats fouling?

There are no specific laws which relate to cats and fouling.

The law of trespass

The law relating to the trespass of domestic animals is contained in the Animals Act 1971. However, cats enjoy a unique position as the Animals Act 1971 does not apply to them. A cat cannot, therefore, in law trespass. As a cat cannot trespass its owner cannot be legally responsible for what their cat does outside of their property.

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For someone who espouses being caring and kind to others l would find that pretty cruel IMO.

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cats soon realise these devices are harmless and just carry on as normal leaving the person who purchased them sad and out of pocket .

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Chicken manure pellets scattered around drive our local cats away. Especially near the Kiwi Vine that they like to munch on as it has the same effect on them as Catmint.

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It is terrible waiting for a reply from people, Take Zcare Weenie

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We have been waiting in all day waiting for someone to arrive to do their yearly inspection of our boiler and no one turned up.:(

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Well that sucks :(

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Mine is I'm more lonely than I expected while natalie is away.

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We're still here to keep you company dilli.

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Don't forget you are only a message away captain.:)

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I don't know Smurf. Kitty got the fright of his life this afternoon when he toddled up the drive for his usual crap. Very satisfying.

Doubtless be'll soon get used to it, but a potato gun is the next surprise for him :) I think i'm being very humane tbh.

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cats just gone out for a dump he took his bus pass and ear plugs watch out :shocked:

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So Glad you are getting things sorted out for your Mum and Dad, Take Care of yourself too
Nash

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Did he take his umbrella aswell Smurf as I now have a water pistol aswell ;)

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my cat actually sits on the shed roof in the pouring rain for hours he comes in soaked ,i don't think he knows he's a cat .

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Thanks nash I have not been on much lately for one reason and other but your kind words mean a lot thanks once again.

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Cheers :)

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My idiot of a neighbour.

She cannot park a car to save her life.

She parked behind my dad's Zafira, and yes the cow is touching the bumper. The behind hers wasn't their when she pulled up.

Best of all their is a wheelchair in his boot.

The other week a guy left a space which his Ford Ranger 4x4 had been in, she parked her car half on the pavement.

She need to be made to retake her driving test or best of all banned.

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We went up the hospital later this morning to see our friend and sadly he is in a lot of pain as the supposed palliative care pain relief that was supposed to arrive early in the morning arrived 6 hours late.:(

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Sorry to hear this Den. My old man was on morphine patches right up to the end and these were changed every week so he had very little pain. Obviously the circumstances with your friend could be quite different but it might be worth finding out if he hasn't got these already.

If we're going to watch people slowly die in such circumstances the least we can do is give them all the pain relief they need. Luckily my dad's real suffering only lasted a few days but for some its far worse.

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I hate people who park like that! Let's just hope one day she parks like that only to find that someone has did the same to her and touched her bumper then she will be stuck till either the car in front/behind moves then and only then she will learn to leave space. Is that bad of me wishing this on someone?

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That sucks den, I hope he is pain free soon.

My moan is that I am seeming to be easily irritated by minor things that normally wouldn't bother me.

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Den I am so sorry that your friend was without his much needed pain relief, can the palliative care team not supply oramorph. I know the palliative care team my Mum has leaves my Dad a syringe of this to give my Mum if needed I'm sure it is 5ml but will check later on when I go back over.

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He is on one of those pain relief syringe drivers containing liquid morphine Osem which when it runs out makes a alarm noise which they knew would happen at a certain time and still he had to wait until someone arrived with some more 6 hours later as he needs it continuously because of the terrible pain he is in..

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Oh I see Den. That is appalling. If I were him and/or his loved ones I'd be wanting a backup supply provided. Is there no possibility of that?

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You would have thought there would be a back up supply but sadly there is nothing of the sort according to his family as his wife was extremely unhappy with what transpired very early this morning as anybody would be.

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I'd be tempted to get into my MP and the chief executive of the NHS trust or whoever else is in charge. Threaten to get the papers involved too. That shouldn't have to be done but it's what I'd do.

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I would imagine because it is morphine they won't leave backup supply, in case a. they are addicts who will use it or sell it (not that I am saying that den's friend or any of his family are, this is just a general answer) or b. someone knows somehow there is morphine in the house and they break in to steal it to get high or sell on for money.

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I'd have thought it'd be more to do with people overdosing or committing suicide than fear of someone nicking it. Anyway all the best to your friend denphone

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Yes l will certainly try to contact someone to make our views known Osem.

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Yes l suspect that is the case TD

Thanks TD and everybody else for your kind and thoughtful wishes for our close friend as its really appreciated at these very sad times.:tu:

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Sorry I have just reread your post den and never read it right so I just assumed your friend was at home under palliative care the same scheme as my Mum and that is why I posted about my Mum having this medicine at home. My Mum has what is called a just in case box and it exactly that just in case my Mum needs further pain management and I must it admit it gives us peace of mind as it was explained that often out of hours GPs have no access to palliative care medicines so this way my Mum has this medicine just in case further pain management is needed.

If I were your friends relatives I think I would be emailing The Patient Affairs Manager at the hospital and bringing what happened to there attention and what reassurances can they give that this will never happen again as this was extremely distressing for all involved and that under no circumstances should ever have been allowed to happen to anyone and especially someone under palliative care.