louisebt Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Happy birthday Alex, I am glad your beautiful boy is ok too! Jayne we've been back and forth vets with Dj the chinchilla .. originally thought to be conjunctivitis but last week he was sedated, xrayed and had swabs taken... exotic vet rung last night, I was mortified, he has ecoli.. in his eye!... I may have freaked much to amusement of exotic vet who says its 1 of those things... I thought everyone would assume the poor sod is kept in filthy conditions but his cage is cleaned daily (he is a dirty lil sod)... we have some gel for his eye which is doing a great job so far.. I hope your little lad is soon better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 happy birthday alex xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Happy birthday Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Yantan, he see's the vet regularly and has regular blood tests/check ups... he does this sometimes but usually it is summer when he goes a bit bonkers, he has taken himself off to bed now, i will look at some supplements for him...that's what the vet will do anyway Alex, a very very Happy birthday to you, i hope you are having a special tea tonight!! Louise, our dex had an ecoli infection in his anal glands, was a real pain to get it to clear up...not a pleasant experience Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I've been on the phone to TalkTalk. I switched my broadband to them on 15th Jan. On fibre I was advised for my area I would be getting above what the maximum is (which is 38Mb), ie I'd be getting 39-40Mb. At the moment it's about 1.27. I know that they adjust it over the first 10 days or so which may make it variable, but that's just ridiculous. Anyway they advised there is a fault and they are going away to check it. It takes me back to the days when you used to have to wait half an hour for a page to download. Will wait and see what they come back with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hope they sort you out Merleodgs, i have been driven potty today with the firestick, it keeps stopping and buffering...it isn't meant to do that i don't think....i stopped watching at least 3 programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Sorry guys for going quiet on you - nope not in hospital have had an awful cold adding insult to injury so they wouldn't have taken me in any way, I'm just exhausted I'm on day 4 or maybe 5 can't remember now of little to zero sleep. I'm told I look absolutely awful - I had to be the designated driver/escort for Rob yesterday so he could have his annual endoscopy under sedation, as we were walking in we bumped into an acquaintance that assumed we were there for me and then coming out we bumped into Barita who I hadn't told about sid as shes got enough on her plate and she was shocked at the way I looked. She rang me last night to tell me she's never ever seen me look so poorly. Rob himself told me this morning that I am bone white but with fever patches on my cheeks and huge dark smudges under my eyes (I don't have a fever). Last night I yet again couldn't get comfy the gp has upset me no end by saying she thinks the night pain is probably trapped wind or ibs tbh I dont fecking care but its blinking odd that I've not really had any trapped wind or ibs BEFORE they found a 17cm mass in my pelvis! Whatever the feck it is it ruddy well hurts to buggery and absolutely nothing seems to ease it. I've given up just laying in bed tossing and turning trying to find a position that will allow me to sleep so now I get back up sit in here in the dark eating polo mints then trying again after 20 mins or so, repeat repeat repeat all night long - last night I did get about 90 mins of half sleep in my recliner chair in the lounge then I had an hour surfing the net before falling into bed at 6am and managing about 3hours give or take, tonight I'll just do the same, cut down on the tossing and turning and stressing and just head for the chair and hope that will work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Snow, if your GP thinks it is IBS, they should have given you treatment for that, when i had pain in my side they couldn't pin down she gave me buscopan to try and when that didn't work some other stuff, peppermint or spearmint tea is supposed to be very good for IBS, i have both...if you would like me to post some to you just PM me your address and i will be more than happy to send you some...odd though how if it is IBS it only affects you at night....bizarre on th subject of Drs, both of my parents are down there today and apparently our GP has just called in the other 2 doctors to a meeting...this doesnt sound good, i have a feeling she is going to tell them she is leaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Thanks griff I've ordered peppermint tea and windeze from Tesco which will be here tomorrow - I've also got a load of fresh fruit and yogurts coming,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 well i hope that something works for you Snow, not nice being in pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisebt Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 OOhh Kelly, i cant even imagine how that was for poot dex... Alex, is your wifi connection wireless to your pc or wired? I had this issue with BT, they told me the speeds were only going to be high if it is a wired connection SNow i really hope you get sorted asap and can be pain free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Moaning Louise it's wireless, but we're so close to the exchange here it shouldn't be that poor. My colleague who lives two minutes away had his installed a few weeks ago and he was getting 12Mb straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Happy Birthday Alex It took our fibre broadband from Sky a while to settle in and we did record some really low speeds despite being only a short distance from the exchange and about 200m from the control box. Even after that it was hitty missy on occasion but then I noticed an engineer working in the box one day and after that it got much more consistent. My last speed test showed 32.46mb. We are wireless too by the way. Snow how bizarre! I sympathise with the sleeping problem though as I went through that for another reason and ended up sitting in my armchair most nights just trying to get some rest. I can't understand why they haven't given you some pain meds. My GP tried all sorts with me, even giving me a couple of morphine tablets for when I got so exhausted from it I could at least get a blissful knock out. I hope you get are soon out the other side and feeling so much better. Right got to hit the shower as Ruby is making a norty full English for breakfast and I don't want to be late for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 I have got pain meds Marian - I take Naprosyn twice a day, Averil 3 times a day and 60mg codine every 4 hours as needed and it hasn't helped, she just wont give me anything stronger as she says anything stronger could potentially mask a deterioration. Thankfully my referral has come through - its still 3 weeks away but even so thats faster than I thought it might be. Last night wasn't too bad painwise but I still found it hard to get to sleep and last looked at the clock around 1:30am and woke up again at 3.30am but was only up an hour or so then back to bed until 8. It was the coughing which kept me awake last night rather than sid and I've got peppermint tea and windeze now which I'll have tonight before bed as I suppose its not inconceivable that sids causing air to get trapped. Happy birthday Alex xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 sorry I missed it. when she mentioned going into hospital, did she say how that can happen? can you go to A+E and say she said to go? the nice man who sold me my big scooter has just been, hes got one that folds up, so have part exchanged my big one for it. it was really comfortable and nice, but doesn't go full speed. see, I don't have to go out to spend money oo and could be fostering a disabled dog from Romania. shes been in foster for 2 years, not going out of the flat, so shes obese, not helping her back legs. if shes here I can get some weight off and she can find a home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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