Winter solstice

[Roehre]

Aye, the nights are fair drawing in!

Thank goodness

[JimD]

Time to close the curtains, bank up the fire and draw up the armchairs.

[Curalach]

Curalach
(How is Mrs C?)

The chemo has finished meantime but she is unwell with side effects which include extreme tiredness and nausea. I know it's a cliche but it really is one day at a time.
Thank you very much for asking.

[salymap]

The chemo has finished meantime but she is unwell with side effects which include extreme tiredness and nausea. I know it's a cliche but it really is one day at a time.
Thank you very much for asking.

I've wanted to ask too Curalach. All the best to both of you xx saly

[Serial_Apologist]

I've wanted to ask too Curalach. All the best to both of you xx saly

I wasn't aware, and wish to add my belated best wishes too, Curalach.

Also to yourself saly - we've not been in touch, nothing much exciting happening this year, is there??

[handsomefortune]

me too! i'm so glad you (and others) have posted curalach to send your best wishes salymap!

[salymap]

I wasn't aware, and wish to add my belated best wishes too, Curalach.

Also to yourself saly - we've not been in touch, nothing much exciting happening this year, is there??

Give it time S-A, Proms start next month.

[Serial_Apologist]

Give it time S-A, Proms start next month.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

!

Aye, the nights are fair drawing in

Thank goodness

There speaks a fellow hay fever sufferer.

[Curalach]

Thank you all for your good wishes and support.
Iain

[salymap]

If I may talk medical matters, my severe back displacement is definitely worse when cold and windy as it is now. Yet, when I was young, I thought various aunts complaining about their pains when the weather was bad was imagination. If you or yours have/had this sort of thing, how do you react to heat and cold?

[Serial_Apologist]

If I may talk medical matters, my severe back displacement is definitely worse when cold and windy as it is now. Yet, when I was young, I thought various aunts complaining about their pains when the weather was bad was imagination. If you or yours have/had this sort of thing, how do you react to heat and cold?

Same here, saly, but not anything like to the same degree as yourself unless I've been undertaking unavoidable lifting.

In my case the pain is located right on the spine, a couple of inches below the small of my back, and that by pressing the fingers of one hand hard into the tender spot whenever I am to move about, get up, sit down etc., this helps, and the pain is to some extent alleviated once I remove my hand. I also rub Mentholatum Ibuprofen Gel (available over the counter, expensive i think about £5 for 100g tube, mind) hard into the painful spot when at its worst - you know, whenever you wince at the slightest movement - and I find sitting as far as possible not bent forward with a covered hot water bottle filled with initially boiling water jammed between the painful spot and the back of an armchair in conjunction with the gel alleviates much of the trouble after a while. Give it time. The important thing is obviously some sort of covering for the hot water bottle - a cotton or woollen vest or tee shirt should suffice, and in my case a felt cover my mother stitched together many years ago, which needs ongoing repair work with thread and needle.

Hope this helps a little.

[salymap]

Thanks S-A, I was just thinking I shjouldn't have posted my woes when Curalach and his wife are going through a bad time, but pain is pain.
Mine is a dislocated pelvis tha the medics won't touch for fear of being sued. One day's digging and jumping on the fork, which put my back out.

DON'T DO IT. Don't put pressure on one side of the body; window cleaners who miss a step do it, runners who have one foot in the road and one on the pavement [so I'm told.] If I could save one person this trouble it would be worth going on about it.

Rant over.

[handsomefortune]

a dislocated pelvis ouch!

increased pain during cold and/or wet spells here in blighty, is precisely why so many chose to retire in the warmth of sunnier mediterranean countries just to get some pain relief and relaxation. so symptoms are definitely not down to 'imagination'!

i don't suppose the weather's about to get any better is it serial apologist?

[Serial_Apologist]

a dislocated pelvis ouch!

increased pain during cold and/or wet spells here in blighty, is precisely why so many chose to retire in the warmth of sunnier mediterranean countries just to get some pain relief and relaxation. so symptoms are definitely not down to 'imagination'!

i don't suppose the weather's about to get any better is it serial apologist?

It all looks pretty messy one way or another until Tuesday, depending on which part of the country you are. Looks tentatively like there might be a bridge of high pressure building then, but no heatwave on the cards.

Always carry shopping on both sides of the body - two bags are better than one!