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francagoestohollywood · 18/03/2008 13:17

Welcome!

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:45

You can always email the report and pics to your gynae in Italy for his opinion as well if you trust him more. If you ask they give you a DVD.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:45

storms on thurs? ffs! we have friends from the UK! I'm going to book the tour to the submarine in the museum of science then.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:46

Brangelina, I wasn't able to figure out how to go private for a scan in Exeter... my gp would have frowned...

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:46

Yes, bugger, I'd just written about it being OK and this horrible grey cloud popped up out of nowhere. Probably because washing machine is about to finish

Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:48

Ooh, you going to see the Toti? We saw it parked as it was being driven through. Storms? What storms? Am i going to have to move back to the UK?????

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:48

My friends blame me for having brought the UK weather with me...

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:49

Is it that hard to get a private scan in the UK? A friend of my sis had one but she was in Norfolk. I think you go and as at the maternity wing of the nearest hospital.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:49

I might give them a ring to see the toti, if storms are forecasted, yes. The Museo della scienza e della tecnica, is very nice.

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:50

I used to get blamed for that.

Oddly enough my mum seems to have to carried on the tradition (the bad weather one, no the blaming).

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:51

It seemed very hard in Exeter. I saw a private doctor only once in 8 yrs, pre-children, I wasn't registered with a gp yet and had a pelvic infection. I panicked and rang a friend who was living in the uk, she sent me to harley street where I paid 200 pounds for a visit

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:52

Otherwise you're gong to have to do all the centri commerciali. we went on Sun afternoon because there's a free train ride DD likes and I got a headache after just 10 mins from the heating (yes, really!) and this horrible noisy band they had on the ground floor.

Rosa · 27/05/2008 13:52

Check out www.eurometeo .com normally right for me. I asked about a scan in the UK . Sis is gp and she could get me referred by a colleague of hers however I would be a temp patient so not high on list. Can't do private in my neck of the woods. I would need to bring all notes etc and it just looked too complicated as I would need seeing / checking etc etc . However have discussed with dh and if prices of flights too high as its going into school hols will go earlier and pay for scan where I had it with dd1..It would work out cheaper. It was just that my doc said he would try and do in hosp for me 4 free.
No sign of clouds here... YET ! Can't put dark washing load out it will fade !!

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:54

who was living in London.
actually once I registered with gp she referred us to GU clinic, they were fab.

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:55

at 200 quid!

I think if you don't know the system it's quite hard. Same here when I first arrived, I didn't even know how to register with a doctor and just went to pronto soccorso if I had a serious problem. Now I know all the ins and outs and even used to advise my Italian colleagues who ahd always gone privately because they didn't know that it could be done publicly.

Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:56

Sounds like a good plan Rosa.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:56

you might have scan in bristol at bupa?

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 13:57

Where's Cod gone? Isn't she going to tell us what her DH's here for?

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:58

Yes, I was scared by the system. Which turned out to be pretty "easy" to navigate. Our surgery was lovely.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 13:59

Cod likes to be a mystery...

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 14:01

right I'm off to "preiscrivere" the dc to music lessons for next yr.
The definitive lists of scuola materna aren't out yet

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 14:02

Ooh, what lessons? I did quite like the idea of Suzuki violin but then wondered if it might be a bit too much. I'm thinking about ballet for DD next year, I must go along and ask at what age they start.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 14:06

no, this is apparently much better than suzuki. They have a propedeutica for children 3-5, and then for children 6-8 they can coose among 4 instruments (after a few times trying all of them) plus 1 hr of chorus. I'll email you the link.

can't book the toti, it's like booking an appointment with the pope... and minimum age is 8.

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 14:08

Grrr, it's probably like the cenacolo, I worked opposite it for 2 years and do you think I ever once managed to go? Nope!

Yes, do send me the link, it sounds interesting. I wonder if there's one like that in Monza.

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francagoestohollywood · 27/05/2008 14:09

will do it, I need to rush now

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Brangelina · 27/05/2008 14:09

OK, a dopo

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