Round up your ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties, the BESH are going to scare out the BFPs!

I can only remember three people's names, out of lots and lots who have handled me/looked up my vag over the past eight weeks, so I thought I probably wouldn't single anyone out, because really I appreciate everyone.

:o I do actually have some Provençal lavender field cards somewhere, aries.

I was just going to mention things like them making me tea and toast in the early hours of the morning when I came back starving to the ward, and someone holding my hand during mtx injections and before surgery (I didn't ask for this, obviously, because I am not a gurrl, but I secretly quite liked it) and always discussing everything with me very openly so I always felt very involved in my own care. Remembering my name and saying hello when i was back wvery week for blood tests. Umm, that sort of thing.

Oh Norf, that would be lovely! I don't think the make would matter at all - they would just appreciate the thought. How about something like a view, um, a Provencal field of lavender or something?

doesn't dry out like most lubes!

I think any thank you cards are luffly - just to hear you made a difference and that your efforts were appreciated is always encouraging. Tricky if you mention specific people. I guess where I work nurses and hcas get mentioned more than say Physios and OTs. What were you thinking of saying?

Oh and I can't check my own tests - it shows on the system which users have checked the results and when!

By the way, faith and sinky and anyone else who works in a hospital, I am writing a card to thank all the lovely people on the ward who've been looking after me recently. What makes a good thank you card? I'm trying to include specific things that people did that really helped, but is there anything that doctors/nurses particularly appreciate hearing in these cards? Or even, come to think of it, are there other people who never get thanked?

Gah.

That was meant to be [shocked].

:o Faith!

Ooh olive oil for thrush?! So trying that. also great for hand jobs but you didn't hear that from me

Loving the name change, feef!

Olive oil was for mending my thrush. And my pubic hair was indeed enviably glossy.

Mmmmmm, I'd love to give it a go, I probably need to get someone on a recommendation though rather than head somewhere cold.

Talking of woo / did anyone watch Russell Howard's good news last night? His mystery guest was an animal psychic! He took the Michael, it was brilliant :)

Hmm, stops UTIs you say?! I'm considering it to get on top of my abdo pain. I'd rather cut down the codiene if I can! My local uni does it at a discounted price! Like £20 a session instead of £40-odd.

Ps I have NC a bit :)

I think needling is fairly un-woo, at least as far as woo things go. I believe in my heart its the reason I stopped getting horrific utis

blimey you lot can talk!

I've had a bumper pack of OPKs arrive today but no conceive plus. I'm on day 7 so I'm tempted to start peeing on them tomorrow just for scientific purposes plus I just feel the need to start peeing on stuff because I haven't done that much lately!

glad your meeting went ok frankel

Ref needle people - is that not considered woo? I wanted to see someone to get some needle time but MATV is dead against it, he's such a skeptic but to be honest at this point I am willing to try anything. But then I also thought rather than spend the month on being prickled I might just keep it and have some more 1-2-1s with my pole teacher cus that's waaaaay more fun.

"worked", norf? What were you trying to achieve? Shiny, glossy pubic hair?

All this talk of olive oil and honey does fit theme well, though.

I've washed my foof with olive oil. Worked a treat, it did.

sinky, surely everyone in a hospital must check their own results? Or is it one of those things that everyone knows but must never acknowledge?

A friend of a friend swears by a needle lady who is pretty close to me (again, about £40 a go). Perhaps I should try it, just to satisfy my curiosity...

Hmm. Mine needle man is just round the corner, but does charge £40 a pop. I do wonder why I throw money at him, but, well, what else do you do eh?

I have drawn the line at the herbs which were another £40. For pond scum.

Didn't some mad woman actually say that she used organic honey on her bits on that thread ?

Interesting honey fact: you could live on honey and water, you know. And that's it. It contains everything you need. Superfood doesn't even cover it, though obviously you would need to be quite scrupulous about cleaning your teeth.

Re: acupuncture draf, there are those who swear by it. Former BESH say it has helped them, along with reflexology. Personally, the only person round her I would trust to do it lives 30 miles away and charges £45 a pop. So that's that o

23lb oats? Fucking hell, no wonder he's fast. How do they stop him bouncing off the walls?!

Well done all re appointments, counsellors etc. I'm still toying with the idea of acupuncture. Does it actually help?

Rie you need to tell the "washing your foof with soap or just water" thread your honey exploits.

How the fuck do they manage to arse up appointments so much? It sounds like the benefits system.

"You were supposed to meet us last week."
"Well no one told me."
"You were told two minutes before. That's you STRUCK OFF. Go and reflect upon your sins."

I tried the honey thing. Didn't work

You are supposed to shove it up your foof, right?

Well Faife, therein lies the problem.

I can check the appointment system. And theres no appointment. But... A letter from the fertility unit to my GP (that I've never seen) is there, but I can't open it as I don't have the right privileges. Also, while the appointment in August for the bloods/scan etc is there, only 2 of the 3 cancelled appointments from June/July are.

So, I can't see there is an appointment, but I can't guarantee I would, it might be on a different system (maybe.. You know then nhs..). But it leaves me in a difficult position. I've been told its been made and in the post, but they can't tell me when over the phone , and I can't come out and say I've been checking my own results etc.

What a tangled web we weave eh?

Allegedly only the 25+ Manuka honey is any cop. It comes with a £25 price tag too.

sink in April I received a letter printed 29th March, posted 16th April for an appointment 18th April. It arrived the afternoon of 18th April. The appointment was at 10.30 that morning! I got a DNA for not attending! Still waiting for a reply to my complaint to get it removed. I'd ring and ask them to confirm the appointment time --or can you check for yourself?!-/