Oct 2007: This little piggie ate lots of Christmas turkey.... all by themselves!

[alicet]

Thought this was appropriate given latest discussion and thought I would start a new thread before this expires!!!!

Inzi - I hope things get sorted soon, thinking of you all xxx

Inzi, Hope all gets sorted soon!!!

Floria So sorry about your friend

Muppet I think you need to speak to you DB and say that you don't want to cause any rifts in the family but this little girl is family as well and even if he doesn't feel he can see her for his own reasons then you would like to (if you do) and see how it lies with him. Maybe he will suprise you, !!

We are looking for another flat as this one has developed bad damp and the landlord wants to raise the rent to £1400 and we just can't afford it. I have one to view it is 2 beds same as this but only £800 a month so fingers x'd

That is a disgrace Inzi, really appalling and scary. I hope he is getting better care now.

Good luck with the flat hunting TLES - hope it isn't too stressful.

Dareh won't eat at the moment. Anyone else had this? He just refuses everything. Still BF's so at least he is getting something.

oh Inzi, you poor poor thing xxx The only thing I can say is that maybe it would be good to have a little chat saying you respect his wishes but are always here for a chat should he need too...

I remember having a conversation with my grandad and he said hr was tired and just wanted to 'go' I said I understood and that we would miss him so much. I still remember that conversation now and it was 12 years ago. Maybe he thinks he's saving you all from more worry but hasn't realised that you'll still worry? Maybe he's confused?
I think my grandad just wanted to tell someone as my nan just kept saying 'oh no you don't Bill...' and I really think he he was just so tired of being ill.

I must have been posting at the same time Inzi. I am so, so sorry. That must be so hard to deal with. I hope you are being really gentle with yourself just now. Thinking of you and your family.

Just popping in to say hi.

Inzi - thinking of you and your family. It is really difficult when a person you love is dying in front of you and there's nothing you can do. Keep coming on here and venting - I found it a real relief to be able to do that when C died.

Dal - glad the meeting with you mum went well (apart from the blip)

J20 - glad the nursery was good!

Going to my Welsh class tonight - first time since November as either the kids have been ill, or I've been ill, or I just couldn't be arsed!

Inzi - so sorry for you and your grandad - that's just awful, it must be so difficult for you and not knowing what exactly is wrong makes it even harder. I really hope you'll feel a bit better when you've seen him and talked to him. Take care of yourself.

Muppet - think the idea of a letter for the little girl in the future is a good idea. At least at some point she will know that someone was thinking of her.

DH is now recuperating. The surgeon has said it was a really tricky operation as it was very messy in there . So even though he had it keyhole he's been told to treat his recovery as though it was open surgery, so that means 4-6 weeks before he can pick up Anya. Ho hum. At least he's on the mend now. Anya knows something's going on - she's being an angel (not like her at all!)

Inzi - i am soo sorry about your grandad. I know what its like, my grandad pretty much went through the same thing a few years ago. Your grandad is being really brave and probably knows how upsetting this is for everyone around him. I guess all he can ask for is your love and support for him and your grandma.

I'm thinking of you.
I hope you and DD are feeling better soon too.
x

Crochet;Hope you have a good time at class tonight
WWAJC;Glad Dh is on the mend. Sorry that it is going to be a tough 4-6 weeks but how lovely that Anya is so sensitive and considerate ... long may it last.
Inzi; I'm so terribly sorry for your grandad and the whole family ... I hope the doctors can get him fit enough to tackle the tumour quickly...the medical profession really can work wonders these days... (Dhs grandad went in for a prostate cancer op and when they opened him up they found he was riddled with the disease ... they gave him less than 6 months even with chemo therapy .. 7 yrs later there is no trace of the disease!)
Muppet; I dont know what you want to do about your recent surprise, but if contact seems impossible at present the letter idea is lovely, and if you want to do more, perhaps something along the lines of what my cousin did when his ex made it impossible for him to have any contact with their 3 daughters... he opened savings accounts for each of them and put their pocket money in every week, their birthday money in on their birthdays, easter egg and christmas present money on the nearest day etc etc and sent it to them on their 18th birthdays so they could see that they had never been out of his thoughts...just an idea

Dh in France today and Alex is still teething/coughing/sneezing/not sleeping so I'm off to bedto get some shut eye while I can.

Oh Inzi I am so sorry. You know where we are if you need to talk.

Glad the op went well WWAJC. Hope the recover from it is straight forward and that you are not too tired out by not having him able to help out.

Inzi -So sorry to hear about your grandad. I hope there's something they can do. I'm thinking of you and your family ((hugs))

WWAJC - Glad the op finally went ahead, hope the next 4-6 weeks isn't too tough.

Floria- Hope you caught up on some sleep.

Muppet - That's a difficut situation with your bro's little girl. Sounds like being in touch with the mother will be hard if she so manipulative. I think the letter idea is really good, seems like you can't do much else at the moment without upsetting someone. Hope you get it sorted.

Stefka - Yes, I have had the 'not eating' thing, so so stressfull so my sympathies are with you.

With Dylan he usually goes off his food if he's teething or just about to come down with something eg: cold/bug etc.

Recently we put him on to his super high calorie milk, it is very thick and supposed to be complete nutrition. Anyway, he went totally off his food and was throwing up 1 feed a day.

It was too heavy for him and was filling him so much he didn't want anything else. We've started mixing it in wih his old milk again and now he's eating again and has stopped being sick.

Is Dareh bfing more than usual? just a thought, wondering whether he's filling up on milk and not getting as hungry? These are all just guesses, sorry if thats not much help.

Crochet - hope you enjoyed your class

Les- hope the flat hunting goes well and you find something soon

Mine - Hope you're doing ok

Alice - Sorry about the patient situation that upset you. I agree with everything everyone said, you did your job to the best of your abilities and couldn't have done any more. I can understand how it would still be upsetting though, as you say, you would be able to do your job so well if you didn't have so much empathy ((hugs))

ALERT Proud Mummy!!! - Dylan took his first steps last night. Dh put him down and he just walked forwards 3 or 4 steps, he did it 4 more times during the evening and at one point took about 6 or 7 steps

I know I haven't really updated you all on what happened with my parents, I'm aware it'll be hard to compact the day down so I won't ramble on and bore you all. I haven't got enough time to type it out now as I have a dentists app so will be abck on later with the story

Oh wow! First steps!! I am so excited about seeing Dareh's and am so scared that I will miss them.

Dareh has been feeding more but I am glad because at least he is getting something! He hasn't been that well and had a bad nappy so might be teeth too. His weight was checked last week and was fine so I guess I just need to go with the flow for now.

Sorry not been on much recently - I've tried to keep in touch but there never seems anytime to get on and actually write something!

Floria so sorry to hear about your friend - sending you big hugs xxx

Inzi also sorry to hear about your granddad... Sending you big hugs too. Sorry too about the cock up with the hospital - I am afraid this is one of the things that happens more frequently since the introduction of doctors working shifts as there is very little continuity for patients - this is rubbish for them and also as a doc makes it harder for you to stay on top of what is going on. Not excusing it just trying to explain...

Dal glad things went OK with your mum and I'll look forward to hearing more when you get a minute...

Muppet I think the idea about a letter and also Floria's excellent suggestion of a bank account (she will be able to see you have been thinking of her over a long period of time too with that, even if the amount of money is only small). I can understand why you feel you have to choose but also think its a bit unreasonable of your brother to expect you to have nothing to do with her - is there anyway you could explain to him how you would like to get to know your niece and see what he says?

Hello to the rest of you! Think I have caught up with most of the news but sorry if I have missed anything... I am thinking of you all but unfortunately rl is getting in the way! Off to do some tidying up now before friends come in about 20 mins!

Well, I have some non-contact time, and I cannot be bothered to do any work ...

I'm feeling really sad - we found out today that one of my students (year 11, so he's 16) has a brain tumour.
Why do things like this always happen to the nice families? His brother and sister are involved in the Amnesty group at school, and the whole family have been really supportive of the school.
He's having an MRI scan today to see if they can remove it, and he's had a stent put in to remove pressure.

Sucks, absolutely sucks.

I can't even go home and hug my children: I have parents' evening tonight, so I won't be home until they're both in bed

crap, crap, crap, crap crap!

Crochet that is awful, I am so sorry. That poor boy and his poor family. Look after yourself.

crochet that is just awful. Just your worst nightmare isn't it? Big hugs xxx

crochet that is just awful. Just your worst nightmare isn't it? Big hugs xxx

Alicet - hope you got the tidying done and enjoyed seeing your friends.

Crochet - Thats truly awful about your student . I hope it can be removed and all turns out ok.

Crochet = That is really sad news

I am really sad today too, its 4 years today since I lost my dad to a chest infection with underlying leukemia that they only found out about 3 days before he died.

LLL - Sorry you are feeling so sad today . I can imagine that must have been an awful and shocking loss... we're all here if you want to talk about it. (((big hugs)))

Inzi - I am so sorry, I don't know what to say other than look after yourself. I really hope that the doctors can sort your grandad out.

Dal - well done to Dylan with his walking. He'll be running around loads now before you know it!

Alice - hello! Glad you are ok.

Crochet - sorry to hear about your student. Hopefully it can be treated ok.

LLL - hugs to you - hope you're looking after yourself today.

Just wanted to pop on to say hello - must go and do chores now... .

Another cr*p night so off to bed while I can but had to say

LLL (((big hugs))) honey I wish I didnt know how you feel, you have all my sympathy

Inzi (((big hugs))) for you too. No words of comfort, just hope that your grandad gets stronger and they can do something for him

Crochet; it is so unfair about your student ...I totally understand your desire to go hug your los...I dearly hope it is operable. (Incidentally my gran had a brain tumour aged 49 in 1963 ... benign, but discovered so late it paralysed her right side...they couldnt remove it all and gave her 3-5 yrs to live ... she died of bowel cancer 35 yrs later aged 85!)