Good Morning Saturday 26th September 2026

Thank you kitty and Marydoll, lump in throat now.

Good to see you’ve stuck with us WalthamstowinWaiting (do you mind if I abbreviate you to WiW? it’s so much quicker!)

So many posters over time have joined, been welcomed, then ditched us after all! 😮

Haste ye back luluaugust and all the best in the meantime. 💐

Good morning, Michael12 and all!

Michael12, the beers sound like a good idea to me!

I had a brilliant day off work yesterday, just bumming around, spending time at the waterfront with a flask of tea, did some colouring, and reading Twins of Evil by Shaun Hutson - a new novelisation from the Hammer films.

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I had a sniff around the charity shops yesterday, didn't buy anything except a bunny mug for £2.00. Right! That's it! I MUST STOP BUYING MUGS!

I live alone, so there's no reason to have zillions of them, and I also have 3 in the bedroom for my fridge and kettle in there! There are also 2 mugs made by a local potter on my drinks cabinet!

Not had any newly recent PhD Bimbo moments!

I made friends with the most gorgeous little pet rabbit yesterday! She's in a pet pushchair because of disabilities and can't walk as she should be able to, so she's strapped into the pushchair. She's called Beady because of her beautiful little eyes, and she's SOOOOO adorable and fluffy!

Customers are coming in. See you later.

MD you put up with such a lot, you are such a wise and stoic person. So much unfair pain

My DD is also a dental surgeon and she did my extraction, we have a professional relationship as dentist/patient

I did get the standard advice sheet but there are some extra snippets that I picked up that have been most helpful and I have passed those on in my posts. The dry socket rate is 2-5% btw

My pain disappeared a few hours ago, no painkillers are needed now and my healing is excellent and quite quick. I did gentle salt water rinses after 24 hours, just tilting the head and open mouth to drain

I think the main things are not to use a straw and not to have more than lukewarm in the mouth and no fizzy drinks., ibuprofen was essential for my pain and I always made sure to get something into my stomach, to protect it somewhat. That pain disappeared too. Plenty of real rest, while the body works hard to heal. Sleeping slightly upright reduces pressure in that area too

Jaxjacky try not to be petrified, the procedure itself is painless. Be sure to rest afterwards and your mouth will feel better quite soon, take a day at a time

Session with the hygienist shortly and am still reeling from the fact that it will cost £91! Would reduce my attendance to twice a year but know that I make a lot of tartar and am desperate to hang on to my remaining teeth. My sympathy to Karma and anyone else with a painful mouth - at least I only have a pain in the wallet.

No other plans for the day - the washing is out, the garden tidy and there is nothing I have to do. Good thing I have plenty to read, including a much praised new book about Thomas and Oliver Cromwell. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries await.

Morning all. fgt I read everyday but as I go nowhere and do very little I don’t know what to write 🤣 ah yes, went out for lunch yesterday with my friend and very nice it was too.
Hope those in pain get some relief and those with problems find resolution.

Good morning Mick and all. Cloudy with a streak of blue sky here in East Lothian. I confess I am a little envious of those with warm weather in the south - it is what the summer should have been. It is a pleasant enough temperature here but I am wearing the first layer of winter clothes.

We had a lovely guided walk yesterday for National Rivers Day. Two experts from organisations involved in restoring river quality and in flood management pointed out various features along the route and I learnt so much about the problems caused by build-up of silt etc against weirs and the effects of past actions ‘straightening out’ rivers for industrial or agricultural purposes. The walk leaders and the other attendees were very supportive in their patience while DD manoeuvred her wheelchair along and around the more challenging bits of the route.

Baubles, Jaxjacky and anyone else having dental extractions, I have had several molars removed over the last few months. The most recent one healed very quickly and the others more slowly but without any severe pain - nothing a few paracetamol couldn’t control. I did get an infection in the first one but a course of antibiotics sorted it out and I think it was because I kept forgetting to do the salt rinse. I had a sheet of instructions from my dentist about avoiding hot drinks (but only for the first 24 hours) and not drinking through a straw etc. Now I am impatiently waiting for a new plate that will fit properly 🙂

I have been reading and typing to the usual joyous sound of the Saturday rugby matches outside. I am always glad when the spectating family and friends have dry weather!

We are planning a few days away in the campervan next week. Heading north-east to the Moray coast - Findhorn and pretty villages and harbours to the east.

Thoughts with all suffering whether in mind or body 💐.

baubles

Thank you kitty and Marydoll, lump in throat now.

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A very late morning all from West Oxfordshire. It is a beautiful day and OH is in the garden cleaning a couple of his bee hives.

This is my third attempt to post! Even though I was saving the messages as I went along they still vanished.

Ripley the cat is alive and well. She didn’t come in for her dinner last night which is unusual. She and Milo are 16 and hardly go anywhere.

Have a good day.

Just to say to those who suffer with heart burn, years ago when I was pregnant and had heart burn, the midwife recommended sips of cold milk. It works and I still use it now if required.