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[Songbird]

Was at the GP today getting another couple of  skin spots checked. I've been like blooming Poirot, scrutinising my whole body after having a basal cell carcinoma removed in November. It turns out it is seborrhoeic keratosis (easy for me to say!  ).  Apparently very common in "older people" said the young buff GP  ....
What he did say was that fluctuating oestrogen can cause this in women. Bloody menopause again 

[CLKD]

How's your Mum Songbird?

Up earlier than usual 
After breakfast into town: both had a haircut; Screwfix, Waitrose, B&M - we know how to live 
Light lunch
Sorted bird feeders

🔥 lit.  Feet up.  Daily paper to read.

Was your GP reassuring?

[Songbird]

Thanks for asking CLKD. Mum is slowly getting there. Carers have withdrawn as she's coping better. Just needs to identify which foods are going to cause diverticulitis flare-ups - it's nasty!
My GP was good actually. Thankfully, that skin condition is benign so all good 👍

[CLKD]

Is there a dietician available to talk to your Mum Songbird? 

I could sleep.  So, so tired. 

[jaypo]

Thanks for asking CLKD. Mum is slowly getting there. Carers have withdrawn as she's coping better. Just needs to identify which foods are going to cause diverticulitis flare-ups - it's nasty!
My GP was good actually. Thankfully, that skin condition is benign so all good 👍

Songbird,keep her away from anything likely to stick in the diveticulae,so no seeds,like in bread etc,my last flare up was because I'd eaten a snowball (the sweet kind,not the frozen    ) and it was the desiccated coconut that did it

[Songbird]

Geez, that's interesting Jaypo. She loves a snowball too 

Actually yes, CLKD, dietician is popping out to the house next week so that will be useful. So far, chocolate has been identified as a no no for her. God, I'd be devastated 😫.
Doing all the walks with the cockapoo today (he expects 4 walks a day 😲) as OH feeling a bit off so I'm getting my steps in for sure

[jaypo]

We'll do not let her eat those,it's crazy what can set a flare up off, had two flare ups last year,3 lots of ABs,blimey I was poorly,there is a website giving you all the info for diverticulitis,poor thing,at her time of life,having to worry about what to eat   
Just booked my teeny weeny chihuahua into the vets to get spayed,week Thursday,omg I'm going to be a nervous wreck   

[CLKD]

Oh I hated it when any of ours was away at the Vets even for grooming 

I've had half a 'wispa' and now my guts are rumbling  [see my thread on Cadburys]

That's good that your Mum is being advised Songbird.  mayB enquire if 'live' foods would suit ....... even something soothing like 'actimel' to ease the digestive tract.  Let us know how she gets on!

Fed wil birds - that's it until mid-morning.  Kitten kept me company, upsetting the wren. Criky that bird can nag 

[CLKD]

Up earlier than usual 

Spent a long time on the toilet   

Had my shingles jab at 10.45, then into the shops for 'stuff'
Home for light lunch [pork dripping on new bread]

Fed wild birds

Yesterday began sorting through boxes hidden in the spare room  - now I have to find places for it all 
If I can get lots from 5 boxes into 3 that will be a start - charity shop here I come!

Fire lit.  Feet up.

[CLKD]

Out of bed, breaakfast
Into town to buy 2 sympathy cards 
Looking for small items to send Mum for Sunday as well as Easter.  Hard work when she won't realise what's happening ...... [why did the care home have a 'valentines'
day    ].  They are all over 70 

Home for a cuppa by the ponds, planning.  Laundry on.  Must change into gardening jeans and Get On!

[jillydoll]

Cleaned from top to bottom,  even cleaned the windows.
Just the shower to do.
Coffee first tho.

[CLKD]

I clean from top to bottom every night in the bath 

More weeding done 
Cuppa in the sunshine
Feet up now on here

Oh laundry to sort   

[Songbird]

Geez, all of the sayings that my old granny used to come out with are all coming true, like..
"Old age doesn't come itself!"
Off I went for an eye test today - I wasn't due until next year but felt there was a change in my right eye. The back of the eye scan showed a small macular hole (which affects central vision). Thankfully doesn't cause blindness but may need surgery!

[CLKD]

It's all or nowt!  How's your Mum?

There is a macular degeneration support group if you want to have a lookC.  What did the opthamologist suggest, watch and wait or get onto a Waiting List?

[Songbird]

It's a monitoring situation for now, CLKD. I've to go back in 6 months. Apparently NHS won't look at you unless it's really bad! Geez, I'll need to wait until I'm walking into lampposts before they see me 🤪.
Mum's doing quite well thanks 😊.  The dietitian told her she'd have to eat a bit more and to include cakes! Geez, she's happy about that