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« on: Today at 10:58:57 am »
One of our lovely customers bought in some of her leek and pear soup for DH and myself. Earlier in the week she bought in some 'golden' soup, full of lovely nutritious ingredients. She is a truly lovely person. Many customers have also been asking for me which is very heart warming.
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« on: Today at 10:56:02 am »
Well done to your DD, KAtie. I got my stitches out today - 3 wounds and c. 15 or so stitches altogether. Everything is looking good. The surgeon is very pleased. I now am back in my moon boot and have individual wound dressings on as well as a compression sock which I can take off on Sunday at which time I can also remove the wound dressings. Still not weight bearing for another four weeks but the strict elevation directions have been lessened. I am beginning to start feeling normal again, but there is still a long healing process to go - months, not weeks! Maybe I will be back to 'real' normal in c. 12 months with luck and if I am good with my physio. 
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« on: May 13, 2024, 10:52:23 pm »
Lucky Probus ladies! I would love to hear how the vegan scones turned out.
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« on: May 10, 2024, 12:10:09 am »
That was an awful reaction to your flu shot, Cookie. Hope you are settling down again.
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« on: May 09, 2024, 12:15:02 am »
I have just about finished all my medication now, just the drugs for DVT which I will be on for another couple of weeks. I am very lucky, I have had hardly any pain so have lots of very strong painkillers that I have never used (maybe I could make some profit going down the road and selling them to unsavoury characters!). No, wouldn't do that.
I am surviving the lazy bit and will have a hard time when my life gets back to normal and I actually have to get up in the morning and go to work! At the moment even getting up and having a shower leaves me totally drained - not a fun sensation. DH has been fantastic, not only looking after me and dreaming up tasty food (I have totally lost my appetite) but also running the business - I couldn't survive without him.
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« on: May 06, 2024, 04:27:03 am »
I haven't tried netflix yet - I will probably turn to that in complete boredom soon! iview has been keeping me amused so far.
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« on: May 06, 2024, 01:04:30 am »
Thanks for your suggestions, K Atie. I have hired a few pieces of equipment, but purchased the knee scooter and a 'wedge' shaped pillow for elevation. Now it is just a matter of getting through the boredom! At this stage, the worst thing is that my essential tremors have got so much worse, I am hoping once all the drugs have worked their way through my system the tremors will tame down to being something more manageable once more.
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« on: May 05, 2024, 11:02:39 am »
Mab, you have certainly been having a hard time recently. Thinking of you and hopefully between you, your TMX and your dietitian you will be able to come up with nutritious and tasty meal alternatives.
I got out of hospital a few days ago and am coming off pain killers now as everything seems to be OK It took a few days to shake off the anaesthetic but I am coming right now. Still have at least 1 1/2 weeks in bed as I am not allowed to weight-bear on the damaged leg - I am not looking forward to the rest of the recuperation period.
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« on: May 05, 2024, 10:53:08 am »
Margaret, how do you make a pastie without using pastry then.
Judy I just make the pasties as normal for everyone and take the pastry off mine then chop up the cooked meat and veg in the tmx and add some gravy or sauce. A lot of mucking around but it works.
Could you use mashed potato for a shell?
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« on: April 30, 2024, 07:13:44 pm »
Cookie, I had a similar situation with Pepperplate, except they were looking to get me to subscribe. Luckily I had a chance to get on it and get my recipes off so I didn't lose anything. Off to hospital in a couple of hours. I spoke to my anesthetist yesterday (funnily enough, like our surgeon, he is a customer of ours and he commented that he had noticed me limping last time he was in the shop!), anyway, he said the operation could be 2 hours, maybe longer, and offered me the consolation that he would send me to sleep then when I woke up I would be cold, hungry and sore! Such an encouraging young man ... not  Actually, I have been stressing and anxious about the procedure the last couple of days, but he is a lovely guy with a good "bedside manner", and I actually relaxed as we chatted on the phone. I am sure he will take very good care of me.
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« on: April 30, 2024, 07:05:07 pm »
Heard on the weather forecast that there was a chance of rain in Perth, so glad to hear that it happened. Probably not nearly enough, but it is so good to at least get some to help the plants, the people and water reserves.
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« on: April 28, 2024, 03:07:40 am »
My knee scooter arrived yesterday - what fun - I could get into a lot of trouble with this zipping around the place. DH is concerned because I am so accident prone!!
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« on: April 24, 2024, 07:30:46 pm »
Unfortunately sleeping downstairs would not work for us - I would have to set up in the showroom and I don't think it would be a 'good look' when customers come in to find me lying down in bed  - the other option is the workshop - I guess the guys could use my bed for storage of items waiting for repair!!  My mind boggles at the thought. Cookie thanks for your comment re. the physio helping your friend with stairs. I will definitely follow through on that.
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« on: April 24, 2024, 07:26:20 pm »
Isn't it funny how different techniques can be so very different and change between us all - I found chopping onions/garlic at 3 or 4 (even for only 1-2 seconds) tended to leave me with a very wet mix and this cover worked really well for me.
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