[PlaneMan]

The Duke wrote:

What is a lapsed licence? I’ve never heard of such thing. My licence says it’s good until my 70th birthday iirc. With no claims bonus, they vanish after a 2 years laps.

I’d check that, they have to be renewed every 10 years because of the photo card element, in 10 years a persons face can change a lot.

[PlaneMan]

Download the Chrome/FF .exe on another PC, use that to grab what you want from ninite.

Edge is a pile of poo.

[PlaneMan]

doctoryorkie wrote:

Having their car crushed is too good for them: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38824924

Way to good for her, crush her as well.

[PlaneMan]

Thanks both.

Started the Methotrexate today, just as well there was nothing I needed to do for a couple of hours!

Felt absolutely knackered almost instantly then started feeling like I’d had a couple of drinks too many.   :wacko:

At least it’s only once a week.

[PlaneMan]

The steroids are definitely working, the swelling on my hands has almost gone, the pain is still there but because some of my fingers are no longer the size of thick sausages I’m not catching them on things anywhere near as much.  Not started the other meds yet, that starts tomorrow.

Sadly the cherry goop has done nothing, I’ll finish the bottle and leave it at that. It was worth £14 just to know if it worked for me or not.

[PlaneMan]

I hope it all works out well for you.  :good:

[PlaneMan]

It’s always worth having the most recent when the extra £ isn’t a huge factor. That applies to almost everything.

If you’re considering a chi-phone just check the bands it supports, not all of them support all UK network bands.

[PlaneMan]

Lenovo own Motorola  now, have for a little while.

 

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Still got my Master System, mk2 , Alex Kidd in miracle world built in.

[PlaneMan]

RSB wrote:

By that I mean a TV set from 70’s or Early 80’s, fake brown wood, little round knobs on the front etc…

My first console gaming was done on a set like that, Grundig IIRC, slide out drawer to tune the channels. I think the console was a Grandstand thing.

[PlaneMan]

Nice one, well done.  :good:

[PlaneMan]

Thought about doing that to my G5 when messing with the Yeelight bulbs, not really worth the potential hassle of misbehaving apps for me.

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The Talk Talk one works fine with any provider, don’t know about BT but I can’t see why it shouldn’t work.

[PlaneMan]

Thanks chief.

When I was seeing the hand therapist she gave me some sport type reusable ‘tape’  (more like flexible velcro) which seems to achieve the same as the gloves you linked to.

It never helped. TBH I think I’m one of those awkward gits where conventional medicine fails.

In fact I know I am.

Meds prescribed today are: Prednisolone, the steroid, reducing the dose by 5mg every 7 days (1 tablet).

Methotrexate, 6*2.5 mg in one day a week for 2 weeks and then 8 in a day for the last week .

Folic acid, 5 mg one a week, any day apart from the days I take the Methotrexate.

I had 12 forms when I came out of the consultants chambers, totally confused. If I didn’t have my family member near by I’d have just gone home and not bothered with the xray and meds.

It’s not the consultants fault, he had a sheet of at least 50 sticky labels which are my NHS identity, print a form, stick a label on, blood test ‘bags’ for 8 weeks, labels on each one and his copy for the records,  labels for every med for the pharmacy, in triplicate. I managed to get a slightly comfier crutch, this was 8 pieces of paper, all with at least 2 stickers on.

I’m very grateful to have the consultant I do, he actually seems to give a s**t. I did some ‘research’ before I met him and he’s been at the hospital for at least 12 years, it shows, knows everyone, pulls strings when they need to be pulled.

 

 

[PlaneMan]

You’ve probably done this anyway  but check through all the packaging, apparently they aren’t always where they should be.

[PlaneMan]

Saw the consultant again this morning, I have got arthritis in my fingers. Apparently it’s not as clear cut as it usually is but there’s nothing else it can be.  :unsure:

Got 3 different types of meds, one a steroid, can’t remember the others and I’m not home to check. Had to have a chest xray  as apparently one of the meds can cause issues with the lungs. Also have to have bloods done every 2 weeks for 8 weeks.

Also been referred to a surgeon, that might take months to come through.

Progress at last!

[PlaneMan]

I suffer from the over active mind and lack of sleep as well.

I find trying to stick to a sleep routine helps a little, not enough but anything is welcome.

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Every Screwfix click and collect order I’ve done in the last 3 or so years has needed the card and a PIN verification. It’s a mild irritant as the shop is closer to mum’s place than mine and most of the stuff is ordered for there.

With Tesco click and collect orders they just want to see the payment card and sometimes some other id so other people can collect the order if they have access to the card and their own id.

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No painkillers here, all that have been prescribed have no beneficial effect. Nor do anti-inflammatory meds.

I’m cycling when I can, doing mildly daft stuff on my fat bike causes way less pain than walking and gets the endorphins flowing. So less pain.

It’s a fine line though, one I’m still learning to recognize

 

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It’s an elbow crutch, not a great one as the physio department isn’t a walking aid center.

I’m exactly in the middle of the ‘notches’ for sizing, so I’m on the lower setting. When I see the consultant I’ve been advised to ask for a ‘note’ to see the physio team at the hospital, apparently they have a much larger range and style of aids which can be fitted properly.

I could feel the difference using the crutch to go back to the car, less pain.

I have to use my leg to weight bare though, I’ve been told if I don’t everything will get worse a lot quicker. So only use the crutch when necessary, in other words, put up with the pain to the point it really starts to get bad.

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