How Was Your Day?

[SpacedX]

10 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

I’m 55% sure I saw Lembit Opik in The Cradock

Perhaps this guy's giving it another go?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7225930.stm

[RonnieTodger]

4 hours ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

He’s a Leicester fan isn’t he.

Yep. No sign of the cheeky girls there though. 

[Daggers]

Made some new chums today

 

 

[FoyleFox]

Confirmation today of my already known place in the family pecking order. 

Parents came to visit, with gifts 

Dog: 2 x bone chews.

OH: box of fruit sweet treats.

Me: Parents No Claims Discount form for scanning.

 

Lovely 🙄

[Daggers]

Life is hard. 
 

 

[goody2028]

Finally managed to get Gervais tickets this morning. 

[Crinklyfox]

Another worrying NHS incident.

 

I have some problems with my eyes, all part of ageing, and had vitreous detachments in both eyes in 2022.  Yesterday I had another problem, with a spot first appearing near the centre of my vision which developed into a fiery curved line that spread.  This was like the symptoms of the vitreous detachments I had previously experienced but I was worried as I thought that once the detachment had occurred there could not be any repeat so I called 111.  After I eventually got through I was instructed to go to my nearest eye hospital (which offered a 24 hour service) within one hour but to call them first.  I made the call and told them that I would be attending as instructed but was told not to as they didn't have any doctors that evening.  The nurse on duty carried out an assessment on me by phone and advised that it was possible to have more than one occurrence of a vitreous detachment in an eye, that was the likely cause and that my symptoms did not indicate anything more urgent such as a retinal tear.  They would have a doctor who could see me after 1100 the next day, I should phone them in the morning if I wished to attend.

 

My symptoms eventually subsided as the detachment completed so for me the outcome was OK but I can't help being concerned at a hospital operating with no doctors on site.

[brucey]

5 hours ago, Crinklyfox said:

Another worrying NHS incident.

 

I have some problems with my eyes, all part of ageing, and had vitreous detachments in both eyes in 2022.  Yesterday I had another problem, with a spot first appearing near the centre of my vision which developed into a fiery curved line that spread.  This was like the symptoms of the vitreous detachments I had previously experienced but I was worried as I thought that once the detachment had occurred there could not be any repeat so I called 111.  After I eventually got through I was instructed to go to my nearest eye hospital (which offered a 24 hour service) within one hour but to call them first.  I made the call and told them that I would be attending as instructed but was told not to as they didn't have any doctors that evening.  The nurse on duty carried out an assessment on me by phone and advised that it was possible to have more than one occurrence of a vitreous detachment in an eye, that was the likely cause and that my symptoms did not indicate anything more urgent such as a retinal tear.  They would have a doctor who could see me after 1100 the next day, I should phone them in the morning if I wished to attend.

 

My symptoms eventually subsided as the detachment completed so for me the outcome was OK but I can't help being concerned at a hospital operating with no doctors on site.

Eye doctors operate a little differently than other doctors, as most urgent eye issues can wait until the next working day to be seen. There are generally very few eye emergencies that absolutely require earlier attention within a few hours, in these cases they would have an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) on call that can come in from home.

 

111 is run by non-specialist staff who follow a set algorithm for recommendations, so by nature the algorithm is very cautious so as not to miss anything serious. But it sounds like your symptoms and history were typical enough for a detachment, that the specialist triage nurse was reassured that an urgent assessment was not necessary. 

 

 

Edited 10 April 2023 by brucey

[The Bear]

Detached retina is the only one I've heard of that needs urgent care. 

[Bryn]

8 hours ago, Crinklyfox said:

Another worrying NHS incident.

 

I have some problems with my eyes, all part of ageing, and had vitreous detachments in both eyes in 2022.  Yesterday I had another problem, with a spot first appearing near the centre of my vision which developed into a fiery curved line that spread.  This was like the symptoms of the vitreous detachments I had previously experienced but I was worried as I thought that once the detachment had occurred there could not be any repeat so I called 111.  After I eventually got through I was instructed to go to my nearest eye hospital (which offered a 24 hour service) within one hour but to call them first.  I made the call and told them that I would be attending as instructed but was told not to as they didn't have any doctors that evening.  The nurse on duty carried out an assessment on me by phone and advised that it was possible to have more than one occurrence of a vitreous detachment in an eye, that was the likely cause and that my symptoms did not indicate anything more urgent such as a retinal tear.  They would have a doctor who could see me after 1100 the next day, I should phone them in the morning if I wished to attend.

 

My symptoms eventually subsided as the detachment completed so for me the outcome was OK but I can't help being concerned at a hospital operating with no doctors on site.

 

So you were given telephone advice by a trained opthalmology nurse who told you you didn't need to worry and they were right?

 

It's rare for an opthalmologist to be on site out-of-hours. There is always one on-call for emergencies such as penetrative orbital injuries, but most other issues can either be dealt with in A&E or can be booked into eye casualty the next day.

It sounds like you received an acceptable standard of care.

[Guest Col city fan]

Currently holidaying in a lovely beach front hotel in Lanzarote.

The weather is gorgeous, just had a bit of bbq and lounging on the sun bed on our balcony overlooking the Atlantic

Bliss 👍

[moore_94]

Came home from the office to work from home for the afternoon

 

Just got a phone call advising some guys just drove onto our yard and started nicking a load of the scrap metal before being scared off

 

ffs last thing I need on a Friday 

[Raj]

Had a week in Menorca returning last night to the  cold and torrential rain today.

Central heating on this morning...

Great here isnt it....

[The Bear]

2 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Came home from the office to work from home for the afternoon

 

Just got a phone call advising some guys just drove onto our yard and started nicking a load of the scrap metal before being scared off

 

ffs last thing I need on a Friday 

I used to work for a brewery on a yard with an open gate to the road,  I was loading pallets of beer onto trailers for export. 

 

One afternoon two lads just strolled into the yard, jumped up onto a trailer and started throwing packs of beer down. God knows how they thought they were going to carry them all, or how they were going to get away with it on a busy afternoon with several blokes working on the yard. 

 

They got accosted by a couple of lads and the coppers came and took them away. Completely off their tits they were! 

[MPH]

Someone help me out with this….

 

 

[The Bear]

24 minutes ago, MPH said:

Someone help me out with this….

 

 

It's a magic trick aka an illusion. 

 

 

Here to help 

[The Bear]

Only kidding. 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/toptalent/comments/pvdav5/this_nextlevel_magic_trick/

[StanSP]

The alert shit me up a bit

 

Thought my phone was going to explode. 

[Legend_in_blue]

7 minutes ago, StanSP said:

The alert shit me up a bit

 

Thought my phone was going to explode. 

It hasn't gone off here!  

 

It just did, 5 minutes late.  In fact mine did, followed by another 1 minute later and the third... nothing. 

 

This govt are a shambles.

Edited 23 April 2023 by Legend_in_blue

[MPH]

I hate insurances companies. Just had to send two faxes at work of about 40 pages each and they had to be dead on the money without a singles mistake  or the claims would be rejected. Total claims were worth  $500,000. The pressure!

[FoxesDeb]

7 minutes ago, MPH said:

I hate insurances companies. Just had to send two faxes at work of about 40 pages each and they had to be dead on the money without a singles mistake  or the claims would be rejected. Total claims were worth  $500,000. The pressure!

Who is still using faxes?! 

[The Bear]

Just now, FoxesDeb said:

Who is still using faxes?! 

Americans. 

[FoxesDeb]

Just now, The Bear said:

Americans. 

But why?!  

[The Bear]

3 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

But why?!  

Because they are about 20 years behind technology wise with business, banking, etc. 

 

For example employees often still get paid by cheques which they have to take to the bank to cash. 

Edited 2 May 2023 by The Bear

[MPH]

2 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

But why?!  

that’s what the insurance company requires.  We have to send them records and the way they want that done is by fax. For what it’s worth, it’s the only part of my life where o even hear the word fax or even see one.

Edited 2 May 2023 by MPH