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[Doctor Gollum]

98% of passengers through T5 don't bother.

Including those getting their CDC mandated pre departure tests on the way to check in... 

[Varche]

I would say it is about fifty fifty here in Spain. More with masks in shops than without.

You still see folk on their own in a modern car, wearing a mask.

It is the hayfever season so that might be skewing the situation as sufferers always used to wear masks outdoors before Covid.

[Rangie]

Thanks Lads .
There have been some pretty dark days since early April.
It brought home to me the fragility of life and how quickly it can all change .
We planned retirement for years and she took early retirement last October .
It was all supposed to start this year but will now have to wait .
I just look for small , very small , improvements as often as possible and hope for the best .
I say this in all sincerity , reach out to your wife or partner , give her a big cuddle and tell her you love her , because ..........

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Very sorry to read about your wife Don,we count our blessings each day, life can be so unfair to some folk who have worked all their lives and make plans for their retirement & have it snatched away in an instant , pray that she makes a full recovery. We both still wear our masks in supermarkets etc

[Olympia5776]

Thanks Lads .
There have been some pretty dark days since early April.
It brought home to me the fragility of life and how quickly it can all change .
We planned retirement for years and she took early retirement last October .
It was all supposed to start this year but will now have to wait .
I just look for small , very small , improvements as often as possible and hope for the best .
I say this in all sincerity , reach out to your wife or partner , give her a big cuddle and tell her you love her , because ..........

. 


Very sorry to read about your wife Don,we count our blessings each day, life can be so unfair to some folk who have worked all their lives and make plans for their retirement & have it snatched away in an instant , pray that she makes a full recovery. We both still wear our masks in supermarkets etc

Thank you ....

[ronnyd]

Sorry to hear that Olympia. We never know what is around the corner for any of us. Hope things improve for your good lady mate.

[BazaJT]

Best wishes to your good lady[and yourself of course]for her recovery.Stroke recovery can be a very slow process especially at the beginning with the occasional surge in improvement,but the human brain is an incredibly adaptable thing with such as learning to write with the "wrong" hand being seemingly easily achievable.Not being able to speak and/or not recognizing people is common at the beginning but both those abilities normally return fairly quickly.Take each day as it comes,some days there will be perhaps a tiny improvement,some a greater one and some days no improvement at all but it's all part of the process so if no improvement is seen for a while it doesn't mean nothing is happening,just that the brain is adapting to the latest improvements and "updating" for a better way of putting it.

[STEMO]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

[ronnyd]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

Just remember, death is natures way of telling you to slow down.    Seriously Steve, at least you've done something about it. Give the Amlodipine, which i'm also on, a few days to kick in and don't take your BP too often or it gets obsessive. Good luck.

[STEMO]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

Just remember, death is natures way of telling you to slow down.    Seriously Steve, at least you've done something about it. Give the Amlodipine, which i'm also on, a few days to kick in and don't take your BP too often or it gets obsessive. Good luck.

Cheers, Ron 

[Olympia5776]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

Well , that's a salutary lesson for you Steve .
I naively believed that strokes were as seen in the recent "FAST" TV ads ie visual and immediately apparent.
It was only after Sheilagh had been diagnosed as having the first two strokes that I did a search and shamefully discovered that I could tick every box on the numerous symptoms that were described .
High blood pressure , extreme fatigue ,poor balance and slow walking , nausea and sickness , loss of hearing in one ear (that she incorrectly diagnosed as a build up of wax ) short term memory problems and slight disorientation and most of all high blood sugar levels ( she has type 2 diabetes. ) .
I was very angry with myself as although I wasn't aware of all the symptoms she was experiencing I had been of some of them and had insisted that she see a Doctor, which thankfully I arranged.
She had an MRI scan after being admitted to hospital and it confirmed that at that point two " events " had occurred unfortunately the third and worst took place 10 days after her admission .
My point of this post is to alert you all to the reality of the symptoms of stroke over the albeit welcome , but rather misleading , signs given in the ad. campaigns .
I was unaware of the truly devastating effects that this dreadful condition brings and can only urge you all to question and consider every "odd or unusual " feeling you have when you get on in years .

Steve I too have had to reassess my diet and regime eating less and better and dusting down the most expensive clothes hanger I have , ie the treadmill ...and using it gently but regularily .
Good luck ,stick to it as it has to be worth it . 

[STEMO]

Done my 5K treadmill already, Don. Lovely in the woods this morning. Trouble is, doggie is also getting old, 11 now, and she has trouble at any more than 'strolling' pace. Still, better than sitting on my arse watching morning tv.
The act of being out and about in the woods is also beneficial, I'm sure the birds singing and the sun shining through the trees is enough to lower your BP on it's own.

[Rangie]

Done my 5K treadmill already, Don. Lovely in the woods this morning. Trouble is, doggie is also getting old, 11 now, and she has trouble at any more than 'strolling' pace. Still, better than sitting on my arse watching morning tv.
The act of being out and about in the woods is also beneficial, I'm sure the birds singing and the sun shining through the trees is enough to lower your BP on it's own.

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Probably the best exercise for anyone walking, you're doing the sensible thing Steve, gentle exercise & taking heed of what your body is telling you.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

Should be roughly 120.

The figure your long-suffering wife had of 90/65 is probably slightly too low. Hypotension I think they call it. Better than too high though for obvious reasons.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

..... How many of you are still wearing a mask out and about? 

I haven't worn a mask for months now, but nothing wrong if you do.  After all there are a lot of folk out there with health conditions that clearly want to avoid catching a cold let alone Covid and believe that masks offer protection.    I'm just curious that's all. 

Yesterday going into Tesco, I passed a woman in her late thirties with two kids, a boy and a girl both about 7 or 8 years old. The woman was wearing a gasmask type mask with two filters and both kids were wearing the neoprene masks with the little breathing hole/filter. The little lad was getting a bollocking from his Mum because he kept fiddling with his mask and taking it off etc. 

I first thought that she was totally ridiculous, but did reflect that there might have been good reason for masking up like that.    I suspect though that she is in fact a ridiculous woman and is damaging her kids with her Covid paranoia! 

Thoughts? 

Can't speak for the woman but kids that age are unlikely to have serious health issues of a respiratory nature.

Her kids may grow up being 'excessively fearful'.....

[Rangie]

Not wishing to steer the thread away (much), I've been feeling a bit 'under the weather' lately. Nothing specific, just the odd headache, occasional tingling in places that really shouldn't tingle. Anyway, last night I remembered that I had a blood pressure monitor in the cupboard and thought I'd check it. Jeez......191/89. That can't be right, surely. Do it again.....189/87. Nah, machine must be fooked, try it on wifey...90/65. Shit.
So I phone the docs at 8 this morning, told the receptionist what it was about and, bingo, an appointment this aft. You usually need a letter from God to get an appointment, so that didn't cheer me up at all. At the appointment I was half expecting/hoping that I was wasting his time. But, no, same high readings. He said they were dangerously high and left it at that. Gave me Amlodipine 5mg, one a day and I have to go back in 10 days.
When I got home and googled those readings I shit meself. Phrases like 'high risk of stroke' certainly make for sober reading. So I've taken it upon myself to start a new, healthier regime tomorrow, I hope I can stick to it. I can't bear the thought of putting Mo through what Don is going through, it would be emotionally and financially ruinous.

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I had my yearly check with the diabetic nurse about 6 weeks ago my BP was 140/80 which has always been spot on unfortunately we have a whole bunch of just finished training nurses who want textbook figures , her comment was that it's borderline high , total crap in my opinion I'm type 2 with absolutely no problems she even mentioned that I may have to go on insulin injections, got to return in August after a blood test, but I have no intention of going onto insulin & will inform her that it's my body & my decision.