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| 5 February 2013 Back from the podiatrist... my feet are almost happy again. What makes me happier is it cost me nothing for the visit. Much as I complain about the politics in this country, at least we can get free care when we get to a certain age and with a doctor's referral. I never feel guilty about taking things for nothing from our government... they relieved me of my inheritance from my husband without any guilt (that's another story) ... so tit for tat!!! |
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| 15 February 2013 OK....... I'm screaming here!!!!! I went to FTP the Thursday Activities and my FTP kept asking for my password and when given it.... still wouldn't accept it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jason went to check the Artistry site............ it's been SUSPENDED!!!!!!!!!!! What else can bloody well go wrong???????????? I'm so sick of all these problems. I've sent an email to my host asking why. It would be nice if I had been contacted before this happened so I knew what was going on. Just had another chat with Jason... since the host is in the U.S. maybe they've been hit with a 'weather' problem... not sure which state it's in. He said if it's not back up in the morning (It's now midnight here) we'll phone them and find out what the hell is going on. If they dont have a damned good reason I'll be looking for a new host! ************** It seems that since Jason was the one who initiated the Artistry Account 10 years ago his is the main contact email address the Host has for the account. While we were asleep he received an email from them (their support section) advising that the account had been shut down because Spam Mail was being sent from the account. It must have been in cyberspace before we went to bed. He was asked to reply to the email... which he has. As soon as he gets a response he's going to ask for details. He tells me that even though I delete over 300 spammers (and ban their IP addresses) a month from their registration with Artistry.... they can still use our email address to send spam. This is so damned frustrating.... why don't these people get a REAL job?!!!!! |
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| March and April were a write off... too busy to fill in Journal!! |
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8 May 2013 |
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June was a write off... too busy to fill in Journal!! |
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4 July 2013 |
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| 19 August 2013 I was supposed to be going out this morning, but got out of it because when I put shoes on my left foot hurts like Hell. So wasn't in the mood for mucking around. I had to do grocery shopping over 2 days because I slept in on Saturday. Think the extra time traipsing around didn't help. I have a huge lump under my toe (next to the big toe)... don't know if it's a corn or a pressure lump... "never rains but it pours" with me. |
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| 29 August 2013 What a CRAPPY week!!!! First I couldn't work out why I wasn't getting any mail from my tubes groups... Checked it out... Yahoo said I was BOUNCING... not possible... I check my Gmail (where I get all the tubes etc) more than once a day. Then... when I tried to access MY GROUPS... the page wouldn't load! Spent the last couple of days trying to work out what we were going to do. Tried again yesterday... The page loaded with minimal information...NEW FORMAT.... no Files, no Calendar, no Databases.. COULDN'T EVEN OPEN MESSAGES.... GRRRRRR! Was uploading the page earlier today to show Jason what a mess Yahoo had created... Lo and behold the groups were back with all the relevant info. HALLELUJAH!!!!! Finally they listened to the 1000's of complaints and returned everything to normal |
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| 31 August 2013 It's Saturday here and I have grocery shopping to do... the way my feet are right now I know I'm going to be a wreck by the time I'm finished. I can't trust Jason to do it for me because I like to work within my budget and he just picks up the first thing (like with meat) and doesn't check prices. He would do it if I asked. |
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2 September 2013 |
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| 16 September 2013 I started on my room on Sunday... got 3 HUGE bags of clothes for St. Vinnies... some still had the price tags on them.. never worn at all. 10 pairs of shoes that are hardly worn and still in their boxes.... they will never fit me ever again. Jason and Jared are going to deliver them today for me. I was exhausted yesterday (Sunday) by 4pm PLUS we had no power for 6-1/2 hours (9am to 3:30pm) because power poles were being replaced... so I couldn't keep cool with either fans or air conditioning. The perspiration was pouring off me... window open.. no breeze. Jason made dinner. Imagine not being able to have a coffee for 6-1/2 hours!!!! *S* Went to bed last night with half my bed covered with things still needing to be sorted. I died!! *S* Still have some things to throw out so will be spending the day going through old papers, folders etc... a job I hate. BUT my floor is covered with boxes etc... they've got to go..... |
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| 18 September 2013 I'm back from my hiatus... would have been shorter if I was able to move faster... aaah.. the joys of getting old!!! Still have much to do with the 'tossing out' but will be easier from now on... the worst is over. We've been in this house for 32 years and for a long time there were 6 of us living here... amazing how much stuff we all collected over those years. This is the first time I've begun depleting possessions. Fortunately my home doesn't look like those on the TV show "Hoarders" (except for Jared's and Jason's room... *S*) so I have a head start on them.. (the Hoarders) *S* One thing that happened this week that filled me with hope was to do with Jared. (Grandson... soon to be 21).. I was so sure he was 'unthinking', full of himself and lazy. He is lazy when it comes to keeping his room tidy BUT somewhere inside is a different person. He saw me struggling, trying to put things on the shelf at the top of my wardrobe and OFFERED TO HELP!!! He's tall, so it's easy for him.... he towers over me. We talked.... he's doing some online course set up by the employment agency he's with so he can get a full time job. They are paying for it! They will also pay for him to get his driver's licence. He's also seriously thinking about doing some 'cash in hand' work for the parents of a friend of Jason's, who have a lemon orchard. They need help picking, washing, sorting and boxing. He'd have to stay with them (a 1-1/2 hour drive from home) but they'll provide all meals, a bed... and Jared likes them. He said he's seriously considering it to help out with the bills! I was stunned!!! "Where was this coming from????" This is nothing like the Jared I thought I knew. Bless him... he's growing up... finally!!! What I haven't told you is..... Jason (son) was retrenched on July 1st this year... so he's been without a job for 2-1/2 months. I've been worried how we were going to manage. He's been looking for a job but here in Hervey Bay most of the jobs are in the tourist industry, so he's not had any luck so far. He is on unemployment benefits but they're only a fraction of what he was earning. We've made it so far... and I have faith he'll come up with a job. We've never been in this position before. So... now you know why my head has been all over the place. |
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| 22 September 2013 I am off to the hospital in about an hour to see if they can do something about my foot.... no knowing how long I'll be there waiting, waiting and waiting some more. It's 6am here... they change over doctors at 7am... I'm hoping there won't be too many people waiting in ER.... wish me luck (I don't have much confidence, but I have to try). |
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| 23 September 2013 How did I go at the hospital????.... I was right to have no faith that I would get help! Got there 7am... no-one waiting.... off to a good start... I thought... Checked in at Triage.... fine... then had a 45 minute wait... can you believe it! By the time I was called there were around 5 other people waiting to be seen. For those of you who haven't followed my hospital trials and tribulations before, this next comment isn't because I'm racist... I'm not.... I am just sick of Indian doctors who haven't a clue.... Not one Indian doctor in sight the whole time I was there. I got a young Irish doctor... not that it made any difference. She took a quick look at my foot.... never touched it or checked it physically. Listened to my problem.... figured out I was upset (DUH!!!!) BUT decided there wasn't anything she could do for me. Said she'd go check with her "boss"... Her "boss" agreed with her and suggested she write a letter to my doctor informing her of their decision. I opened the letter when I got home to see what was said.... Dear XXXXXX, JAMIE XXXXXX presented to the Emergency Department at HERVEY BAY HOSPITAL on the 22 SEP 2013 at 7:05. The presenting problem was PAIN (NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE INJURY - LIMB / JOINT L) FOOT, ONGOING LAST 6 MONTHS PLUS HX OF ARTHRITIS, BEEN SEEING GP, PT STATES FEELS LIKE HARD LUMP UNDER TOE AFFECTING MOBILITY TO POINT CAN NOT WALK. The diagnosis was RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. (no kidding... what a revelation!!!!) Attended to for review of L foot. Hard pressure area under 2nd left toe, tender area was felt (not true... she never touched it) but no evidence of infection/ulceration. Patient keen for removal or solution. (you don't say!!!) Explained in absence of infection/ulceration there is little we can offer her today. She was notably upset about the ongoing effect of her illness on her mobility and independence. Please review accordingly and consider further investigation treatment options. I have advised orthotic review. (like I can afford $500 for special shoes...NOT!!!) Many thanks xxxxx REGISTRAR / PHO I was the one who told HER if it wasn't attended to there was a possibility of "ulceration" .... I needed something done before that happens. Maybe I should wait until GANGRENE sets in????? I told her when I walked it felt like I had a sharp stone under my toe... not just a "hard lump" because whatever is in the lump has spread to the bone area of the toe. I even had my X-Rays but she couldn't be bothered looking at them. If she had she would have seen what I was talking about. I also told her it was affecting my knees because I couldn't walk properly. She feigned sympathy.... So it appears that our lousy hospital system doesn't practice PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, which would be far less costly than taking care of the problem when the rot sets in! When I left I thanked her... and said (with a smile on my face... but I meant it) "....see you when I come in for knee replacements!!!" So, I was right... it was a waste of time. I was furious. You have to be screaming with pain before you get any action, which happened with my first ulcer and when I messed up my ribs a couple of months ago. Sorry this is so 'long winded'... had to get it off my chest. |
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| 30 September 2013 I've had a lost weekend with Saturday grocery shopping and no power for a great deal of Sunday. When the power came back on we had Jason's birthday to celebrate, so Sunday disappeared... POOF!!! Now I'm so far behind it isn't funny. |
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