Lived Experience Forum

[Owlunar]

Thanks @tyme 

I have to find my way into the chat - last week I couldn't - hopefully the new instructions will help.

I still can't use my phone which would be easier - my phone is okay - it accepts my user-name when I log-in but I have forgotten my password or I just need a new one - and it will not accept my gmail address - which it doesn't need.

We all have days that don't go well - I know this and it's okay - I have had dinner and feel a lot better - perhaps there are days that draw glitches - 

Thanks

Owlunar

[tyme]

Super @Owlunar . I'm over there waiting for you.

Fingers crossed.

[SmilingGecko]

@tyme if you wouldn't mind could you provide the link to tonights chat please?

[tyme]

https://client.chatwee.com/popout/5fe12dcb78c130638b151232

This is the page where you sign up and log in. It is on a separate platform called Chatwee.

The login is different to forums 🙂

See you soon!

[Shaz51]

hello @Owlunar saw you logged in tonight on peer chat xxx

@tyme 

[tyme]

Hi @Shaz51 @Decadian @SmilingGecko @Owlunar @Appleblossom .

How are you all?

[SmilingGecko]

Hello @tyme just working out how to cut my food budget as looking for ways to save. With Woolworths Everyday Rewards you can sign up to something called Everyday Extras. I worked out if i did one big shop per month would save quite a lot on my food bill. You also get 3x booster points.  Everything is getting so expensive

[Owlunar]

Hi @SmilingGecko 

You are right - everything is getting expensive - it's a huge problem - I'm glad you are managing to do bigger shops each month and get reward points - or extra points.

I shop on-line at Woolworths - I am happy for the service - mostly I get what I want and to save on the delivery cost I shop about every 10 days mostly and use the 5 hour window which is the cheapest. This works for me - I live alone and find that extending my time between shopping means I use everything and waste nothing - this is better than when I had assisted shopping every Friday and with COVID I had to get someone else to do my shopping for me and that often resulted in strange mistakes - 

It's better for me to do it on-line.

All the best - I hope you have a good night

Owlunar

[Owlunar]

Hi 

  @Zoe7 @Shaz51 @outlander @Emelia8 @Appleblossom @Hams @Anastasia 

@TAB @Historylover @greenpea @Snowie @Meowmy @EternalFlower @Judi9877 

@Clawde @chibam @Smiling_Gecko @Tonys

I had a bad day last week - my medication is often a problem - it's just a case of getting on one script at a time - my specialist is great about it.

I saw him today - I had another treatment on my shoulder - the same one I had last

week and that was working well - three close together is the idea so I have another one on Thursday - I have to touch wood when I say it but things have been much easier with my shoulder recently.

I saw my daughter when I was at the Pain Clinic - she is in a lot of pain too - she is having some kind of treatment I haven't heard about so I started to read her form - I gave it back to her - I will give her a ring tomorrow and find out what's it's called and look it up on the internet. I want to know everything - she is not like me in that respect at all. I think I got the whole family's quota of curiosity genes.

On Saturday I had my 5th COVID shot - the weather was hot and unpleasant - I was glad to get taxis without any bother - the vaccination was okay - no waiting - I had a great chat with the man sitting next to me - I saw a pair of little girls - identical twins -about 3 years old - going in for their shots and they didn't cry - brave little girls - I told them so.

I had a phone call from the practice manager at my doctor's clinic about the GP who didn't want to write me a script for pain killers when my GP was on holidays - she was great about it and thanked me for bringing it to her attention - she has spoken to two other doctors I can see if my GP is unavailable and that is a safe sort of feeling I have that I am not likely to get a lecture from either of those doctors - both of whom I have known for a while. I asked the practice manager a question: if a doctor doesn't want to write a script what doesn't s/he just say "No" without the need to try and belittle a patient? - personally I am hard to put down but I didn't like his attitude - it was unnecessary. The practice manager is going to ask the doctor concerned about that. This is good news.

I have a busy week - tomorrow I am having my eyes checked - my glasses most likely won't need changing - the frames need adjusting - I have been fine reading with my old glasses for the last few days so the focus is okay. My family has a strong history of macular degeneration and I need to have this tested every year. I have been for years - my Dad and my uncle have passed now - they had both lost their sight - my sister has it too - I haven't been in touch with her for years - she's younger than me and when I did see her - she seemed to be peering at things - not good. It's best to have genetic issues checked.

Tonight is rather warm and certainly windy - I like the wind - on windy nights I can hear the gum tree a couple of blocks away - it sounds like surf - I like going to sleep hearing it

All the best everyone - I hope tomorrow is the best day it can be for you

Owlunar

[Owlunar]

Sometimes my daughter breaks my heart - I really love her so much - since her teens I have not interfered in her life - I let her go - even though I knew some of the things she was up to were not the best.

She did grow up to be a responsible person - she has insisted on her privacies - still - she hasn't been too keen to allow me mine - and I do have a few - I feel okay about that.

I am concerned about her multiple health issues - I really want to know - and I feel really worried about her - she doesn't want to share - she feels I am being nosy - and she can feel like that - I am just curious medically and personally - and she is entitled to feel that way - as am I really.

Of course - there have been things in the last couple of years that she has harped on about some of my stuff - it hasn't been easy - I only chipped her off once.

It really hurts - I am deeply worried about her and keep that concern to myself - she doesn't want to talk about it - that's fine. She probably needs some tough love - I will leave her to it.

That's really hard - I gave my son tough love and he died - which can happen - doing it again is a really deep pain. I will leave my daughter to it though - she can be so touchy - and I am really not.

I feel really unhappy - and I would be just as unhappy if I had never asked.

Owlunar