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I've had to stop wearing one for the time being because the skin behind my left ear is basically raw, I think wearing glasses again has set it off but I'm not due new lenses again for a couple of weeks. The fabric of a mask is always going to irritate it more than the plastic arms of my glasses and I'd rather not have it bleeding if I don't need to. I have had some sideways glances but thankfully nobody has said anything.
 
Lorcan said:
I've had to stop wearing one for the time being because the skin behind my left ear is basically raw, I think wearing glasses again has set it off but I'm not due new lenses again for a couple of weeks. The fabric of a mask is always going to irritate it more than the plastic arms of my glasses and I'd rather not have it bleeding if I don't need to. I have had some sideways glances but thankfully nobody has said anything.
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I’m sorry your ear is sore. Glasses and masks are a pain. There are things called ear savers if you were interested.
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weepweeps said:
I’m sorry your ear is sore. Glasses and masks are a pain. There are things called ear savers if you were interested.
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Unfortunately the psoriasis is all over my scalp, behind the ears just gets irritated because of the glasses, without glasses it wouldn't be causing this sort of irritation.
 
Lorcan said:
Unfortunately the psoriasis is all over my scalp, behind the ears just gets irritated because of the glasses, without glasses it wouldn't be causing this sort of irritation.
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Have you tried a thick cream or petroleum jelly behind the ears? You could try to dab a little on the end of the glasses so that it's a bit slippery. I have struggled with eczema in the past and found that thick, oily stuff helped a lot with irritation, especially when it comes to things rubbing up against the sore parts.
 
h.h.lovecraft said:
Have you tried a thick cream or petroleum jelly behind the ears? You could try to dab a little on the end of the glasses so that it's a bit slippery. I have struggled with eczema in the past and found that thick, oily stuff helped a lot with irritation, especially when it comes to things rubbing up against the sore parts.
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Cetraben and Doublebase. Honestly my skin's just in the middle of a flare up and it'll settle again in a couple of weeks, but I really needed some caffeine today and nobody else was free to go. Also I didn't want to talk to my neighbours if I didn't have to, I don't know if I could have dealt with it today. I'm sorted til Wednesday now anyway, hopefully I'll be feeling less mentally frail by then, heh.
 
Went in a pet store for clean bottles for boys, they had a small cage with piggies in and not a single strand of hay.. I feel awful because I tried to work up to saying something but couldn’t :(
 

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Rivervixen said:
Went in a pet store for clean bottles for boys, they had a small cage with piggies in and not a single strand of hay.. I feel awful because I tried to work up to saying something but couldn’t :(
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That’s so sad. They should know better.
 
Rivervixen said:
Feel absolutely awful I couldn’t bring myself to tell them, I tried and just stood there freezing 🙁
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Pulled myself together and rang them up and said I’d been in today and saw the Guinea pigs had no hay at all and was concerned, he said they get hay in the morning and then after closing and in between that they’ve just “eaten it all” can’t tell if I’ve done much good but I did express that they weren’t being taken care of properly, hoping it doesn’t fall on deaf ears but from my experience with them I don’t think they’ll care either way :(
 
Just got an email from my children's school. They said with all of the supply chain issues, they are having difficulty getting breakfast and lunch out and will need to cut back the amount of food. They also encouraged families, if possible, to feed their children breakfast and send in lunch with their children. I always feed my children breakfast before school so that won't affect us too much. But the thought that they are struggling with getting lunch is really awful. They said that they will make sure those that are getting breakfast and lunch assistance will have food.

I'm really over all the issues that covid has caused....
 
After several years, I finally had a diagnosis for my 'funny turns' as being non epileptic seizures from a neurologist at Airedale hospital. He referred me to a neuropsychologist but apparently they have rejected the referral due to me not living in the area so I am being referred to Preston hospital :( I rang my doctors surgery this morning to check that the referral had gone through to be told that it hadn't as they are waiting for a letter from Airedale. I rang Airedale to be told that they had written to my GP on the 19th October! I therefore ring my doctors surgery back to be told they haven't received a letter. Without that letter, I can't be referred and have no evidence of the diagnosis. On top of that, my support worker didn't show up this morning as arranged and my messages are going unanswered. I feel so stressed out :(
 
I’m so annoyed with myself. I keep stuffing my kitchen bin so full. Instead of emptying it when it gets full I keep on and on trying to get more in it. Why do I do it? Grrrrr. Stop it! 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
Claire W said:
After several years, I finally had a diagnosis for my 'funny turns' as being non epileptic seizures from a neurologist at Airedale hospital. He referred me to a neuropsychologist but apparently they have rejected the referral due to me not living in the area so I am being referred to Preston hospital :( I rang my doctors surgery this morning to check that the referral had gone through to be told that it hadn't as they are waiting for a letter from Airedale. I rang Airedale to be told that they had written to my GP on the 19th October! I therefore ring my doctors surgery back to be told they haven't received a letter. Without that letter, I can't be referred and have no evidence of the diagnosis. On top of that, my support worker didn't show up this morning as arranged and my messages are going unanswered. I feel so stressed out :(
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So sorry Claire, really hope they sort it out and you find out what’s going on. :hug:It gets so frustrating with all the chasing everyone! Hope you can relax a bit tonight and get some answers tomorrow xx
 
Claire W said:
After several years, I finally had a diagnosis for my 'funny turns' as being non epileptic seizures from a neurologist at Airedale hospital. He referred me to a neuropsychologist but apparently they have rejected the referral due to me not living in the area so I am being referred to Preston hospital :( I rang my doctors surgery this morning to check that the referral had gone through to be told that it hadn't as they are waiting for a letter from Airedale. I rang Airedale to be told that they had written to my GP on the 19th October! I therefore ring my doctors surgery back to be told they haven't received a letter. Without that letter, I can't be referred and have no evidence of the diagnosis. On top of that, my support worker didn't show up this morning as arranged and my messages are going unanswered. I feel so stressed out :(
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I hope the hospital can resend the letter to your doctors. Fingers crossed you get your referral ASAP.
 
Claire W said:
After several years, I finally had a diagnosis for my 'funny turns' as being non epileptic seizures from a neurologist at Airedale hospital. He referred me to a neuropsychologist but apparently they have rejected the referral due to me not living in the area so I am being referred to Preston hospital :( I rang my doctors surgery this morning to check that the referral had gone through to be told that it hadn't as they are waiting for a letter from Airedale. I rang Airedale to be told that they had written to my GP on the 19th October! I therefore ring my doctors surgery back to be told they haven't received a letter. Without that letter, I can't be referred and have no evidence of the diagnosis. On top of that, my support worker didn't show up this morning as arranged and my messages are going unanswered. I feel so stressed out :(
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How frustrating! I can't believe in this day and age doctors and hospitals are still relying on letters. I thought all NHS were supposed to be able to access your medical history so it should be as simple as updating your record or even slower, sending an email to your GP for them to update your record (I know it doesn't work like this but it really should and would be much more efficient).

Did you receive a copy of the letter? These days I believe you are supposed to receive a letter detailing your diagnosis and your gp will be cc'd in right at the bottom. If you have I would be tempted to take a copy in to your GPs surgery so you know they have it. If you haven't received one then I would guess the information was dictated and the secretary hasn't got round to it yet
 
Lady Kelly said:
How frustrating! I can't believe in this day and age doctors and hospitals are still relying on letters. I thought all NHS were supposed to be able to access your medical history so it should be as simple as updating your record or even slower, sending an email to your GP for them to update your record (I know it doesn't work like this but it really should and would be much more efficient).

Did you receive a copy of the letter? These days I believe you are supposed to receive a letter detailing your diagnosis and your gp will be cc'd in right at the bottom. If you have I would be tempted to take a copy in to your GPs surgery so you know they have it. If you haven't received one then I would guess the information was dictated and the secretary hasn't got round to it yet
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It's not quite as bad, but my GP and I had an argument a while back because the hormone clinic wanted blood tests, but the letter to request them took forever to arrive and the GP kept insisting that I couldn't get blood tests just because I wanted them, acting like I was simply requesting them myself. There's not a large window of time to get the tests done, so I wasn't impressed with the wait.
He also said it was illegal for him to order blood tests from me anyway because of the bottle shortage. It was a very weird conversation.
 
weepweeps said:
I’m so annoyed with myself. I keep stuffing my kitchen bin so full. Instead of emptying it when it gets full I keep on and on trying to get more in it. Why do I do it? Grrrrr. Stop it! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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My OH suffers this same "affliction". The cure? Let the Clearing Up Fairy notice and then it's magically empty! Do you have a Clearing Up Fairy?
 
Lady Kelly said:
How frustrating! I can't believe in this day and age doctors and hospitals are still relying on letters. I thought all NHS were supposed to be able to access your medical history so it should be as simple as updating your record or even slower, sending an email to your GP for them to update your record (I know it doesn't work like this but it really should and would be much more efficient).

Did you receive a copy of the letter? These days I believe you are supposed to receive a letter detailing your diagnosis and your gp will be cc'd in right at the bottom. If you have I would be tempted to take a copy in to your GPs surgery so you know they have it. If you haven't received one then I would guess the information was dictated and the secretary hasn't got round to it yet
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Apparently they have emailed but the emails aren’t getting through which is really bad. I didn’t receive a copy myself which is why I’m so stressed out as I don’t have the evidence of the diagnosis
 
Claire W said:
Apparently they have emailed but the emails aren’t getting through which is really bad. I didn’t receive a copy myself which is why I’m so stressed out as I don’t have the evidence of the diagnosis
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When my son was having hospital treatment at a particular hospital earlier this year, the GP kept saying they weren't updated. I went back and forward and eventually found that the hospital was randomly using the wrong email for my GP practice. Could you check what email address they've said they're using? It is exhausting chasing and chasing 🙄
 
Black piggies said:
When my son was having hospital treatment at a particular hospital earlier this year, the GP kept saying they weren't updated. I went back and forward and eventually found that the hospital was randomly using the wrong email for my GP practice. Could you check what email address they've said they're using? It is exhausting chasing and chasing 🙄
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:agr: I had a similar problem earlier this year. Apparently there is another doctor in the same city, with the same exact name (it isn't a common name), and same hospital system. Had to call and find out it was a different practice all the information was being sent to the wrong place. Hopefully this will all get sorted quickly for you.
 
Rivervixen said:
Went in a pet store for clean bottles for boys, they had a small cage with piggies in and not a single strand of hay.. I feel awful because I tried to work up to saying something but couldn’t :(
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Can you send them an email explaining you noticed they had no hay and the awful effects that that can lead to, particularly dental problems
 
Bill & Ted said:
Can you send them an email explaining you noticed they had no hay and the awful effects that that can lead to, particularly dental problems
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I did manage to ring them, they said they get hay in the morning and after closing but I didn’t believe him honestly, I told him I don’t think they’re being cared for properly but they seem to think it’s all fine :( I looked on the rspca site to see if I could send them anything via email or something but i can only find a phone number that is for absolute emergencies because of Covid, do you have any suggestions as to what I should do next? x
 
I had a conversation with someone several months ago now, where if one of us residents put a hole in the drywall then not only would we be paying for it but it was an immediate warning. No ifs, no buts. I remembered this last night during an absolute debacle where the fire alarm went off, nobody that was supposed to answer the phone to send security out to switch off what was a definite false alarm, so someone shrugged and went, "Well, the alarm's going off. Ring 999. It's not our fault nobody's answering the phone."

It took roughly 40 minutes to get through to the people supposed to be answering the phone and they gave the fire crew the PIN to get the office door key to get the key for the fire alarm out of the office. And because we were all in a mood by this point we didn't bother telling security they didn't have to come out then. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

So what does this have to do with drywall? Well, I left my phone inside when the alarm went off (took my tobacco and that outside, just the obvious essentials. All 6 of us in the building at the time smoke. Nobody else managed to bring a lighter) so I went back inside and called the people on call to ask why they just weren't bothering to answer the phone. This isn't the first time and I said a few weeks ago, what if it's an emergency, and here we have last night and them not answering the damned phone for 40 minutes. And I'm well within my rights to ask. And the lovely lady on the other end of the phone said, "Well, why were you outside? Who told you to stand outside?" Like I'm sorry but what do you think I'm going to do if the alarm's going off? I knew it was a false alarm from the start but that thing is deafening and there's no escaping it indoors. "Now you're asking too many questions. You need to stick to the same question. If you don't like it, complain to someone else in the morning." "Will do, thanks." And hung up and punched the solid wall because, well, drywall.

Complaint's been made because nobody should be that stupid. And I'm 99% sure my hand's still in one piece. One finger's a bit dodgy but I can still use it. There are much better coping strategies out there, but apparently I hit my limit yesterday. Sigh.
 
Rivervixen said:
I did manage to ring them, they said they get hay in the morning and after closing but I didn’t believe him honestly, I told him I don’t think they’re being cared for properly but they seem to think it’s all fine :( I looked on the rspca site to see if I could send them anything via email or something but i can only find a phone number that is for absolute emergencies because of Covid, do you have any suggestions as to what I should do next? x
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It's great you said they're not being cared for. Very brave! I've just googled Barnsley RSPCA and read the guidance. I'd say a guinea pig without hay and being sold to live that way, is in imminent danger, having had 2 dental guinea pigs. I'd be happy to phone the RSPCA number if it was me. They've always been very nice when I've phoned so even if they said they couldn't help, I don't think they'd be telling you off.

I'd emphasise the risk of gut shutdown and hay being 80% of their food.

If you PM me the number of the shop, I'd be happy to pretend I'd been in and noticed and say they need continuous access to hay, not mentioning you.
 
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