Good Morning Saturday

Good morning all , quite bright here today , I think I am getting used to he hour change !
Dreading the run up to Dec , nothing on tv except the blonde fool
I have just read your update Gilly please do not feel that you are irritating , nothing could be further from the truth , we are all praying and hoping for a good outcome to your torture xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Good morning from Shropshire.
Thank you for all your kind words and good wishes.My husband has had his operation and the surgeon was very pleased with how it went.I feel so thankful for the skill of the surgeon and all the amazing staff involved in his care.It will be a couple of months before we know how much of a success it has been but any improvement will be good.
Marydoll,glad you had such a lovely day yesterday and dragonfly hope you enjoy your outing today.
gilly,we will never be irritated by your posts.I know I speak for many when I say I wish I could support you with more than words.I am sorry that the day nurse wasn’t very friendly.I hope that today is a better day for you and send you love,prayers and strength.x

Not a regular poster but just wanted to say that no one on this very lovely thread will ever be irritated by your posts gillybob.
Indeed we just all wish we could do more to help you through this dreadful time.
For now as always sending loving thoughts and prayers for the strength you need to see you through each day.
Take care.

Bless you Gilly. How I wish we could all help you more as reading your post today brought tears to my eyes. Continue to rant as much as you wish my girl. How any of us would cope in such a situation is beyond me. My prayers reach out to you both today.

Oh Gilly please, please don't think we'll ever become irritated by your posts. The first thing I do each day is check this thread to see if you've updated, and I keep checking until you do. I don't know what to say, there is nothing I can say that will help you, but please know that you are both constantly in my thoughts and prayers. If only I lived near you, I'd be by your side, holding your hand.

Good morning from a wet and windy Birmingham. I’ve been awake since before six, but am still in my dressing gown after a long relaxing morning reading the papers. I have two M&S caramel and cinnamon swirls to have with coffee, and not a lot to do this morning, so all is right with the world. Later two of my daughters plus husbands and two children are coming for hot dogs and a view of the fireworks from my balcony. The nearly three year old is frightened of fireworks, so she may be inside watching from the window with her daddy. I’m doing a spot of canvassing this afternoon. I hope it goes better than last time when I and the councillor I was accompanying were chased down a garden path by an elderly man waving his walking stick!

gillybob please feel free to rant away, you have every reason in the world to vent your frustrations, fears and anger, we are here for you

Aww Gillybob you’re certainly going through hell.
No words can make it feel any better but be assured that you and your lovely man are in everyone’s thoughts. Praying for a miracle for you!
B****r any stroppy customers. You have more important things to cope with.
Love and hugs to you and your family.
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Just read gillybobs post so sorry nothing more to say but we are all thinking of you. Not doing much gpheading for my kidney stone op on Friday can’t wait to get out of this pain. It will be 10 weeks since I took ill and was only supposed to have stent in 4/6 weeks so I will be so glad to get sorted.

Good morning from Aberdeenshire...it's wind and horizontal rain this morning so a quick whizz round the woods before going to a massive craft fair this afternoon. Hope to find a few nice things for Christmas presents and to find people who do classes in various crafts.
Shall watch a bit of rugby before going out...have suddenly become very fond of South Africa!
Have a good day

I know I can safely speak on behalf of ALL of us on this lovely, supportive, friendly thread gillybob when I say none of us will EVER be irritated by your posts. Don’t even think that way lady!

We truly care for you and you are both in our hearts and minds constantly. We are all cheering you on from the sidelines. x

Oh gilly. What can I say? You certainly don’t need an uncommunicative nurse and an unreasonable customer. Sending love and hugs which seem oh so inadequate x

Good morning from the NE coast where we are now entering week 4 of this living nightmare .

A very hard and upsetting day yesterday with yet another death on the unit .

No change with my DH except BP very high again (I asked why they have changed his BP medication from the one he usually takes but no real answers given......cost perhaps? ). Doctors again very reluctant to suppress the sedation to check brain activity as they have been doing . No definitive reasons given when I press for answers . I can’t help but feel that I am now being fobbed off left, right and centre .

Day time nurse wasn’t very friendly yesterday, one look as I walked in told me everything I needed to know . Going through the motions but very little in the way of smiles or conversation. It makes a huge difference to someone like me sitting there hour after hour, day after day. Never mind the night nurse was lovely .

How long can anyone go on like this ? Is this the new normal ?
Our small business is all but ruined, the lads and me really struggling to keep afloat. A nasty email from a customer yesterday (his job is finished he just wants drawings) almost pushed me over the edge and I felt like giving him a piece of my mind but I managed to hold it in.

Today is Saturday. So what ? It could be any day at all. The only good thing is that it’s easier to get a space in the car park .

Sorry for the miserable post (again) I really have nothing at all positive to say. Thank you all for letting me rant like this every morning. At what point does sympathy turn into irritation ? I can’t be far off now.

I hope everyone suffering ill health, upset or sadness sees some sunshine very soon and those enjoying happy times and holidays continue to have the best of times.

RIP David .

With love from

Gilly x

Good morning from east London, dull, windy and mild. I’ve been sitting doing a jigsaw for the last two hours; a choir friend passes on her ‘done ones’ to me which has ignited a childhood passion. Off to look at carpets again this morning, then popping in to see an old friend. Also need to finish off a couple of things for going away next weekend so will have to be strong and leave the jigsaw for now. Resurgam, my choir leader would advise ‘mime and smile’. Hope everyone has the best day possible.

Good morning everyone from a windy Malaga where it’s chucking it down! Didn’t expect that - we were sat on our balcony yesterday it was so hot, 29°C and I had Factor 50 on my face!

TV on now in the apartment with a cuppa, waiting for the rugby (10am here). C’mon ENGERLAND!!

Joining all of you this morning thinking of the gillybobs and hoping for better news.

Good morning from the S Welsh coast. The wind got up here at 2 am but has died down now where it is literally the calm before the storm - we have a yellow weather warning for wind and rain for the rest of the day. Some firework displays have been cancelled for safety reasons.
Good luck to England in the rugby, it would be good to see a northern hemisphere side lift the World Cup ( I have an English GF who hailed from Sunderland) ? ?
Thinking ofgilly and her husband, also Susan and her DH.
Have a good day everyone. Marydoll I love your posts, take it easy today after your day out yesterday.

Good morning Michael, Annie, and all.
It is raining here now. When I got up to make tea, there was a funny yellowish light, and I wondered if we were in for a storm.
Glad to hear you had a good day out yesterday Marydoll. I also love a good trawl round the charity shops, and usually manage to get something that I don't really want. DIL was here on Thursday and she also loves a charity shop, so we had a good morning, before they went home. I'll be round when the Spaghetti alle Vongole is on the menu!
Dragonfly, enjoy your shopping, but don't over do things.
Hoping that the Gillybobs are being looked after.
Have a good weekend one and all.

Goodmorning Mick and all from a breezy SE Essex.

Thinking of you gillybob

Morning all from a bright and dry South Notts.

It'll be feet up in front of the rugby very soon, kick off at nine but first my domestic responsibilities.

Oh dear resurgam you can't cough and sing at the same time.

Thoughts are with the gillybobs.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Dry at the moment in South Yorkshire but clouding over rapidly. DH is watching the rugby this morning and I am making a quiche for lunch. DS will be haring down the motorway after the rugby to get here just in time to go to football with his dad. I think it will be a case of grab a quick bite and go, so I don’t suppose I will see much of him! I will have a quiet afternoon ruiningworking on a painting. Have a good day folks ??

Good morning from an overcast NE.
DH up early and gone for the newspapers.
Quiet day for us as rest of family is otherwise occupied.
Spent yesterday sorting out boxes and bags of stuff from other home.
My thoughts are for gilly, sending my very best wishes for some improvement.

Pantglas2 but I don’t mind as we’re off to local bar showing the rugby and full monty soon, can’t wait!

Sorry, Im a bit of a lurker and don’t normally post but that did make me laugh ?

Good morning all from Glasgow, it's 10 degrees, which is a pleasant surprise.

I plan to do nothing today, apart from a few sewing jobs and making soup. (My legs are so short that I have to alter every pair of trousers I buy.) I'm pretty wiped out after yesterday, but I managed much better than anticipated. .
Hopefully things are looking up.

I had a lovely day out with DD yesterday. Usually, we are out at the crack of dawn, but I had decided that a go slow was the best plan.
DD drove to the Subway and we took the underground to a lovely Italian trattoria, where we had the most delicious lunch and absolutely devine cheesecake for dessert.
I also managed to buy jars of vongole to make my favourite Spaghetti alle vongole, they are unobtainable where I live.

We then jumped on the Subway one stop, (to save me climbing the hill), to the area around the university. I had a wee wander for an hour around the quirky shops and to DD's horror, the charity shops. It brought back memories of my student days there. The only difference was that I was always skint when I was studying there and couldn't afford anything in the shops!
There must be some very rich students nowadays, a dress in one of the charity shops was priced at £60! ?

My wee granddaughter was prescribed more steroids yester, so she hopefully she will feel much better today.

Best wished to Susan's husband for a speedy recovery, hoping that his op went well yesterday and also to Susan, who must be worrying.

Good luck with the rugby day, all who are fans. Enjoy!?‍♂️?

Keeping the Gillybobs and all my GN friends with worries and health problems in my prayers.
Enjoy your Saturday, whatever your plans.

Good morning from bright and breezy Leicestershire.

My DH is making the ultimate sacrifice this morning and taking me shopping then lunch. He will record the match and put his fingers in his ears so as not to get the result. After three days in feeling unwell I told him I had to get out today. That’s what love and 51 years of marriage do and I am eternally grateful.

gilly

Good morning all,grey and windy here not looking good.
My youngest DS is cooking an early birthday dinner for me tonight,he's a great cook but loves the chilli!better get the gaviscon out.
Thinking of Gilly and hope it's better news today,wishing you all a good Saturday.