Message from Rosemary

[Barbara Davis]

Rosemary is having trouble with her (character-based) browser and asked me to apologise for not being here.

She also asked me to tell you that Lexi, the pregnant Shetland pony she has been telling us about, had a beautiful baby pony a couple of days ago - and it's a boy. Mainly black, he isn't quite as high as Rosemary's knees, and is probably going to be called Ollie. It's an adventurous little one, already exploring the stable yard with Mum tagging along behind.

Barbara

[Andrew MacLean]

Barbara

Please tell rosemary that we are delighted to hear of the safe (if belated) delivery of a new shetland pony. If you are in touch with her, ask when we'll see the photos!

Andrew

[Barbara Davis]

I'll certainly pass that on, Andrew. As for photos, I know people have been taking them and she was waiting to see them herself, so no doubt we'll see them in time.

[space_cadet]

Please pass on my love and best wishes x

[Barbara Davis]

Thank you, space_cadet. I will indeed. Things appear no better, unfortunately - she's still having problems.

[Barbara Davis]

Rosemary asked me to send you her thanks and best wishes, space_cadet.

[Andrew MacLean]

Barbara

Please tell Rosemary that we all miss her and look forward to her return.

Andrew

[Barbara Davis]

I passed on your message and she shared your feelings, Andrew.

But there is hope. She has had a reply from the providers of the specialist (text-based) browser she uses. The problem appears to have been a faulty router at their end, and they are getting it replaced. Fingers crossed!

[Andrew MacLean]

I'm not sure that I even know what a 'text-based browser' is! Nonetheless I am glad to know that we'll be back in touch with Rosemary soon. The forum has been quiet without her.

Andrew

[rosemary johnson]

Hallo everyone!
thanks for your best wishes, aspersions of noisiness (!) and to Barbara for posting th eupdates.
My own computer is fine - except that for the pastapprox 6 weeks it has simply not been ale to connect to the public browser service I've been using - I issue the telnet command and it sits there trying to connect and never gets through.
Frustrating in the extreme..... I've now been in touch with the system manager, who has said they've had various problems, and suggested various things to try - one of which is to go to their home web page and follow the link to the telnetting into lynx browser service.
SO' I've had to power up another browser I've got which I don't like at all and doesn't seem to work on ost of the sites I want to use, and get to telnet to the normal browser through there.
I've arrived, though the interface leaves much to be desired - like any indication of which link the cursor is currently sittin gon, so which link will be activated if I try to follow it. It's been , errrm, interesting, when I guess wrong.
News of other matters from here:
Ollie (the SHetland foal) is now nearly 6 weeks old and is groowing taller, stronger and sturdier. Not that much taller as he is only a SHetland (!!) but bigger than he was. He is utterly adoraly cute, and is a very adventurous little fellow, exploring his way into everything mostly mischief.
He started off mid-brown with the fur under his belly and down his legs beigish. He's now going black like his mum, starting witht he fawn bits under his tum. He started by looking as if he'd done a belly-flop and got covered in bruises. He now look slike he's been working as a pit pony and got smudged liberally in coal dust, and his little face looks like he's been down the pub and got in a punch-up - black eyes, sockedin the jaw, bopped inthe nose.... but it's just the black fur coming through.
Duke's feet, meanwhile, are still giving cause for concern. We vary between hope adn despondency.
Other news:
THe good news is that, at long last (!!), I've got to see the person who I hope is the right one to sort out why the dose of steroids they gave me inthe eye op has so completely f... up my hormone system, so I seem to have become allergic to my own
allergic to my own steroid hormones. (sorry, editor a bit hit and miss).
I went to have blood tests taken, 5 tubes of them. Then saw consultant, who asked lots of questions, examined me, and ordered another raft of tests.
I apparently have - or had whenthe blood samples were taken - low levels of iron and vitamin D (! - after being out in the field in the sun and fresh air) and quite high levels of a hormone called ACTh, which is the signal to make more steroids. So he doens't think it is Addison's disease, adn wrote "?Cushings" on the test request form.
I am very busil hoping it will be something definite they find wrong, as then it may be possible to do something about it. - whereas what do you do about a verdict of "Your're just hypersenstivie to yourself"?
Next appointment in a few weeks when all the test results are in.
The less good nes is that they badly need to find something amiss that can be dealt with - I've been feeling ever more ill, unwell, permanently ehausted (muscular weakness, I mean) and lacking inthe energy to do anythign much - sometimes I've only got home fromt he tube station by telling myself I can't sit down in the middle of the High Street and give up moving.
)HOpe hti s is legible. looks awful on screen!)
I've just got a new pony; sometimes I've been wondering if I'll survive long enough to see him in harness and pulling a carriage!
The other not so good news is that I am still being batted about from pillar to post y the neurologists trying to find the right department to sort who ar ethe appropriate peoople to try to eal with the brain damage left by th anaesthetic. I am wondering if those are actually steroid-reated too, though, as withthe hay fever and idge bite season getting worse, and the steroid weakness getting worse by the day, and all the other symptoms, so does the memory recall. And though the seasickness from not being able to process unepected motion sensationsis sporadic, I still gethte feeling it isn't far away.
Ihave also had the STUPIDEST!!!!!! maginble letter fromt eh cheif exec of A Certain Hospital, tellin gme my consultant did what she did and send the stupid letter to be ex-ex-GP she did, because I'd said x,y and z to her .... except it is all a load of complete tosh, because I said NOTHING OF THE SORT!!!!!!!!! - and if she thought I did, why of earth didn't she SAY SO?!!!! -the "Run that by me again, did I hear that right? becasue she certainly didn't.
I am absolutely LIVID!!!!!!! -a nd also despairing of getting any sense out of that place. I really don't want to o there again,and am wondering whether to try to get referred elsewhere - once my change of registration to a new GP goes through - or not to bother......... if the wretched thing rejects, it rejects, and thre's nothing they can do about it as I can't tolerate the drugs.
Meanwhile, I have signed on with the new GP's practice that has recently opened - having decided the last change was a Big Mistake - from the tone of voice of the local NHS complaints team when I mentioned his name, I'm far from the only disatisfied customer they've had complaining to them - and my local councillor says he nearly killed his (y councillor's) wife!
eanwhile meanwhile: did anyone else get a question asking for the experiences and opinions about their latest outpatients department at A Certain Hsopital????
I was stunned to discover I'd been randomly selected to get one of those!!!!!!! - have filled it in with anyting but complimentary commetns nnd ended up aying NO I would not recommend it.....
Trole s ---- where to go that's better?
OK, enough ranting for one day.
Is that enough noise added back for one day, Andrew??!
Rosemary