Have you ever had a Sunday that felt nowt like Sunday ... ... felt strange all day and kept being surprised when Songs of Praise, etc, came on or I got my regular Sunday phone calls. I blame the close season, it's like a massive gap between Christmas and New Year
This was taken yesterday - the photographer had apparently waited for 3 years to take it Brilliant fotie, but three years . . . . I presume that someone was feeding him
Been to the dentists, With NHS can have a denture (one tooth) Or pay privately for an implant £3,500... perhaps over 12 months. I haven't got dental insurance but wish I had!
We've just been this morning, first time since we were told they were going private and we had to take a policy out with Denplan or pay the going rate for any work done. We took a policy out at the lowest monthly cost prior to being assessed this morning and that was surprise surprise instantly doubled. I came out feeling I'd been mugged and as they're aren't any NHS dentists in our locality feel we have to pay up. What do poor sods who can't afford it do? It's a stretch for us if I'm honest. The whole dentist thing is an absolute disgrace.
Missed my beer for the two weeks Doc said I could drink in moderation however I rationed myself to a pint a day and watered down white wine I didn’t want to mix a too much alcohol with my antibiotics back home now Double dose until Thursday see the surgeon tomorrow hope he is happy with the lmprovement
When antiibiotics first becam available, it was the American Military who first had them around 1944. Apart from the expected use for injured soldiers, they were found to be very effective at combating VD. The Medics, understanding that servicement frequently got drunk, visited brothels, then caught VD, came up with the 'NO ALCOHOL' rule. Sober soldiers were less likely to get caught again was the logic. And that practice stuck. Some sources say that yjere was no MEDICAL reasons backing it up. Curiosity has got me to doing a rather quick look on the net to see how much of this 'Urban Myth' might be true. Mixed results. But quite a few reports that alcolhol, in moderation, whatever that is, is ok, in terms of the healing process. The NHS Site lists the few antibiotics which react badly with alcohol, but for the rest it seems that the problems are trivial enough to suggest that the original story about trying to keep troops out of brothels, might have some truth in it. Personaly though, I follow the Doctors advice on this, JUST IN CASE. And I've never has the nerve to ask if ther is any justification for it!!!.
My daughter got a letter about 3 weeks ago cancelling her dental appointment and said they would be in touch with a new date. A letter arrived this morning saying her new appointment is the middle of April
We both need a descaling. The dentist doesn't do that anymore and we had to book the hygienist, next appointment November 4th....brilliant.
The Hygienist appointments are dearer than the NHS dentist at our practice - £30 - privatisation through stealth
Ours were dearer too before they went private and I refused to use them, I didn't think I needed someone fresh out of dental school to tell me how to brush my teeth as I've managed for over 70 years myself, our dentist used to descale them then. Now for our near £75 month we get two hygienist appoints per year thrown in, which is really nice of them. Mind if we're not going until November they'll have to get their skates on to fit our second visit before the end of the year.
It's a changing world Cumbrian, my mates wife just had her ears syringed - £80 an ear, our Doctors surgery don't do it any more. When she was telling my about it, I just kept saying pardon and cupping my ears with my hand, it went on for ages before she realised I was taking the piss Just shows you can hone all the tools but it doesn't make them any sharper
