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Cheerful Dragon Posted Feb 18, 2013
OK, now I'm grumpy because I mis-spelled 'here's' as 'hears'. Should have done a preview.
IF YOU'RE GRUMPY AND YOU KNOW IT, SIGN UP HERE
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 18, 2013
IF YOU'RE GRUMPY AND YOU KNOW IT, SIGN UP HERE
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 18, 2013
IF YOU'RE GRUMPY AND YOU KNOW IT, SIGN UP HERE
Cheerful Dragon Posted Feb 21, 2013
This morning I phoned my optician to make an appointment for an urgent eye-test. I was calling from about 9:20 and nobody answered until 10:00. According to their website, they'd been open since 8:45. I need an early appointment because my eyesight deteriorates as the day goes on (my eyes get tired, apparently). The soonest I can have an early appointment with the optometrist I want to be seen by is Saturday 2nd March.
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Jan 12, 2014
Well, it's the best part of a year since anybody has had a grump. I'm here to let people know that there are still portions of P.U.D.D.I.N.G. out there, and we're still grumpy and proud.
First minor grump: the move to Pliny, although great in many ways, has made a complete Horlix of the P.U.D.D.I.N.G. front page. The layout generally is all over the place, and as for the old list where you could visit a portion of P.U.D.D.I.N.G...!
Now a major grump. Men of a nervous disposition (or possibly just males generally) look away now. For several years now I've had really heavy periods, bad enough to cause serious anaemia. Some time ago tests showed I have fibroids. After months of medication to try to reduce the flow (with limIted effect), I was referred to a gynaecologist. I was put on to more medication, which doesn't seem to be working, and was told that the only alternative is a hysterectomy. I've checked the NHS website and there are other surgical options that aren't as severe as a hysterectomy, but I haven't been offered any of them. This isn't the first time this has happened. According to the NHS website, removal of bursae is a recognised treatment for bursitis, but when I asked the rheumatologist about treatments I was told to keep taking NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen). It feels like another example of the NHS postcode lottery - the NHS recognises certain treatments, but you're lucky to be offered them.
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