SCABIES. I'd heard it was on the rise, when OH was admitted to Scarborough hospital, someone muttered that they had scabies there. Weeks later, after holding and helping my darling man (who had an... ...
Well, OH has been hospitalised for kidney and heart failure. The first was causing fluid on the lungs and around the heart.... due to a UTI. Anyway, after his heart stopping (not a good time) it... ...
OH is in hospital. Nurses complaining that he doesn't do as asked. I discovered that his hearing aids weretotally blocked by wax, so he couldn't hear them. They don't seem to think it is their... ...
Right, you all probably know that MrJ2 was emergency ambulanced into hospital on 16/12 last year with v. serious pneumonia (he is 91). They then messed-up a catheter so he'd to be emergency... ...
So I click on the usual link and then I get 'Ummmm ... nothing found, (or words to that effect') try again.' So I checked and the link when you click - https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk has become... ...
We live next door to a row of 6 Housing Association dwellings. The Septic Tank for their 6 houses is situated immediately behind our garage. They have no access to it through high fencing, nor... ...
It was not a big fall. Yesterday, small dog stopped to sniff the low wall by the local pub and OH tripped over him, lost balance, banged his head on the last high bit of wall, lacerated his... ...
I'm 74, had pheumonia when a kid. Always had chest problems. Idiot me was a teacher and suffered repeated infections (up to 5 series of antibiotics in the worst winter) including investigations... ...
Please does anyone know why, suddenly, last night our TV could not receive ITV on the usual numbers. I've spent time today trawling through the 'Guide' and hitting every number attributed to ITV -... ...
Hi, I never have had to do this before, but I haven't travelled abroad since about 2019 so things may have changed. Just asking because when I went to Italy I used a French Euros card and it was... ...
A bit different, quite enjoyable, but there is a big BUT - did anyone else notice that in 'Rule Britannia' the line 'Britons never, never, never shall be slaves' was changed to 'Britons never,... ...
Some of you may remember that 6 yrs ago there was an episodend when my grandson attacked his mother and was found to be full of Cortisol. Things calmed down. He has ducked out of serious... ...
I've fought against it for years. Today OH and I had to go to Scarborough to do an essential bit of shopping. (He needed new pants from M&S.) We went and returned on the Park & Ride bus. My back... ...
This last 2 years I seem to have branched-out into poetry. I have never thought of myself as a poet, so already have 'impostor syndrome'. A few months ago, someone 'recommended' me to the High... ...
14A ..... or As You Like It? (2,5) I have T-/ O-D-R It has to be ''To Order' - or am I wrong..... bit stuck in Shakespeare after lunchtime meeting with Granddaughter who is reading Eng.... ...
For some reason there is no 'Answer' box on your post in Body & Soul about help to put on socks - so I'm driven to this. The device you need is called a 'Sock Aid'. OH has one and they are easily... ...
In mid-May OH's wet shoe slipped on the pedals of my car which he was manoeuvering in our drive. He accelerated straight into a concrete post and my car was declared a total loss. I was not even... ...
Right, my Writing Group have set a challenging task for a short story this week - the Norton-Disney Do-decahedron, specifically re. who made it, who used it and how? Short, fiction story required... ...