Been out since 15th here I think, just had to wait a few extra days to get the really good seats I love.
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Wife needs to get surgery on her angle to remove a staple they used to fix it when she got hit by a car 30+ years ago. it has caused her pain for many years and it has caused a open wound for months. she could not believe the doctor kept asking her if she was sure she wanted it removed. she could hardly put a sock on it. and shoes that touched it were out.
well she goes in Wednesday but they wont allow me go on in with her this time and she cant have anyone come in to help her after. they would also not let her use the Lyft even if I was there. So now we need to find her a ride. last time I was able to go in and that was with more of a pandemic then we have now.
well she goes in Wednesday but they wont allow me go on in with her this time and she cant have anyone come in to help her after. they would also not let her use the Lyft even if I was there. So now we need to find her a ride. last time I was able to go in and that was with more of a pandemic then we have now.
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so its pointless for me to go with her as I cant go in and both of us would be on the Lyft Unless I drop her off on the tandem (now that would raise some eyebrows) this will be the first time I was not waiting for her after surgery.
Did they make any suggestions as to how she should get there if you can’t take her and she can’t hire a car?
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nope. but we always take lyft to such things. getting her home is the fun part since you never know exactly when your going to leave.
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I'm back to work after a three-day weekend. But I have another coming up this weekend. So two short weeks in a row.
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Heading out to Hilton Head for the rest of the week. Going to see if I remember how to play golf.
Hear the "clucking mad" golfing joke yet?
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Just checking in. I've been busy with work, and stuff in the garden. Did get out on Sunday for the day to watch some football and eat out (eventually). The first pub we went to (TJ's bar and grill didn't do food. I'd suggest a name change.
The second pub didn't do beer. No deliveries had been in. Asked if they did food. The barmaid said they did, but weren't very good.
Third pub did. It was ok.
Long and the short of it is, if you go to Lemington for a meal out, better do your research!
The second pub didn't do beer. No deliveries had been in. Asked if they did food. The barmaid said they did, but weren't very good.
Third pub did. It was ok.
Long and the short of it is, if you go to Lemington for a meal out, better do your research!
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Empty shelves in shops are one thing, but pubs out of beer........ouch. Wince.
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There's an article in today's The Washington Post which addresses this issue, and the blame is mainly on the increasing shortage of truck drivers and, yep, that can be at least partly attributed to Brexit..... The whole COVID-19 thing sure as heck hasn't helped matters any!
The trucking industry estimates that the U.K. has a shortage of more than 100,000 drivers. Britain’s logistics industry has said Brexit — and the pandemic — led to many European truck drivers leaving the country. Others have quit the industry citing low pay and grueling hours."
Apparently the gas shortage has played a major role in all of this, and now various other items are coming up short, including carbon dioxide to create carbonated soft drinks, plus numerous other products that are now not on shelves in British stores. Brexit has done you guys no favors, eh?!
But the beer....the ale....that shortage is definitely wreaking havoc around the country!
"Fears of a national beer shortage emerged earlier this month as some pubs reported they were running low on pints of Carling and Coors. British tabloid The Sun dubbed the crisis “LAGER-GEDDON” while some pubs encouraged drinkers to try new tipples during the crisis.
“We are experiencing some supply problems,” a spokesman for pub chain Wetherspoon said, as experts blamed the lack of Britain’s beloved pints on the truck driver shortage which resulted in delivery inconsistencies and Brexit which spurred trade barriers."
"What’s the impact of Britain’s truck driver shortage?
Even before the gas shortage, certain food and drink items were already limited due to supply-chain issues sparked by Brexit in 2016 and exacerbated by the more recent global health crisis. A lack of truck drivers to deliver goods has been a major contributing factor.The trucking industry estimates that the U.K. has a shortage of more than 100,000 drivers. Britain’s logistics industry has said Brexit — and the pandemic — led to many European truck drivers leaving the country. Others have quit the industry citing low pay and grueling hours."
Apparently the gas shortage has played a major role in all of this, and now various other items are coming up short, including carbon dioxide to create carbonated soft drinks, plus numerous other products that are now not on shelves in British stores. Brexit has done you guys no favors, eh?!
But the beer....the ale....that shortage is definitely wreaking havoc around the country!
"Fears of a national beer shortage emerged earlier this month as some pubs reported they were running low on pints of Carling and Coors. British tabloid The Sun dubbed the crisis “LAGER-GEDDON” while some pubs encouraged drinkers to try new tipples during the crisis.
“We are experiencing some supply problems,” a spokesman for pub chain Wetherspoon said, as experts blamed the lack of Britain’s beloved pints on the truck driver shortage which resulted in delivery inconsistencies and Brexit which spurred trade barriers."
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It seems to me that they would make an exception for someone who is visually impaired when it comes to saying that no one can be with them right from the start, no one can be there after the procedure, etc.! That is ridiculous. Can anyone (clinical staff, facility security, whatever) officially do anything if you are standing out on the sidewalk beyond the lobby doors or on the driveway outside the hospital or outpatient surgical center proper, or perhaps even on the street just beyond what is designated as hospital/clinical property?
As for the situation regarding transportation both to the hospital and back home afterward, I can see how the medical staff feels that this isn't their responsibility, it's the patient's and family's -- and, sure, it is, but in this situation where the patient is visually impaired AND when the family (the two of you) rely on transportation such as Lyft or a taxi, it seems to me that they would not be able to dictate to you and your wife how she will be transported to and from the hospital and who can/cannot accompany her.
Family...... What about your daughter or son and family who apparently lives in your area? (I know you have a grandchild but not sure whether this is through a daughter or a son). Could your (sighted?) daughter or son (or sighted son-in-law, daughter-in-law? ), assuming that they have a car in their family and that at least one of the adults can and does drive, be the one to provide transportation that day, both to the surgical center/hospital and back home? Even if it means taking time off work or figuring out child care for a few hours so this situation can be managed?
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last time I was able to wait for her but that was another hospital. but it would be pointless waiting for her as they said she could not take a lyft. pretty sure our son in-law will be able to pick her up. we have always been able to use the lyft. but had to have someone with us. she has access to a medical transportation service but since she does not know when she will need it it wont work. I should have bought an adult size trailer to attach to my bike (G)
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Those medical transportation services are great -- IF someone knows exactly when they need to be wherever it is that they are going and everything can be nicely schedule. Yeah, that doesn't work out so well for situations such as being picked up after a surgical procedure at a hospital, as even once someone has their discharge time scheduled, it still could take another hour or two (or worse, longer!) for the medical transportation vehicle to arrive to pick them up. Those sorts of systems work really well when one has a specific schedule both coming-and-going and can plan ahead accordingly, but otherwise, big FAIL.
For a while I was on the board of an organization which serves the visually impaired and others in the DC area, and when we had our quarterly board meetings, the visually impaired members were often so frustrated because either they arrived way too early for the meeting because of the MetroAccess schedule and prearrangements with the service, or were late for the same reason, and more than once another (sighted) board member and I waited with one of our visually impaired members for a while after the meeting had already finished up because the MetroAccess vehicle had not yet arrived to pick them up even though they'd sent a message with the estimated time of the end of the meeting. These members of our board were trying to maintain their independence, but wow, at times it was just so frustrating for them to get from Place A to Place B and back again! Some of them had family members who provided transportation, but other did not or the family members were unable to help out at that particular time. A few times other (sighted) board members with transportation who happened to live in somewhat of the same general vicinity were able to give someone a ride home, too, but that didn't always happen since we were from four different local jurisdictions around the area.
That's good that your son-in-law will be helping out with this outpatient surgical situation, then. Can he take Mrs Foofer Doggie to the hospital, too, drop her off after ensuring that she has someone who will escort her to where she needs to go, and then later when she is informed that she will be discharged, she can call him and call you and he'll be able to get back over there (with you along for the ride, too, of course!) to pick her up and drive her to your home? That seems like the best, safest, most comfortable solution all the way around -- keeping things in the family, keeping things out of the realm of public transportation such as Lyft, etc., etc. (and I can understand the medical staff's leeriness of Lyft), using a safe, comfortable and private means of transportation, your son-in-law's car, rather than you taking her home on your bike!
For a while I was on the board of an organization which serves the visually impaired and others in the DC area, and when we had our quarterly board meetings, the visually impaired members were often so frustrated because either they arrived way too early for the meeting because of the MetroAccess schedule and prearrangements with the service, or were late for the same reason, and more than once another (sighted) board member and I waited with one of our visually impaired members for a while after the meeting had already finished up because the MetroAccess vehicle had not yet arrived to pick them up even though they'd sent a message with the estimated time of the end of the meeting. These members of our board were trying to maintain their independence, but wow, at times it was just so frustrating for them to get from Place A to Place B and back again! Some of them had family members who provided transportation, but other did not or the family members were unable to help out at that particular time. A few times other (sighted) board members with transportation who happened to live in somewhat of the same general vicinity were able to give someone a ride home, too, but that didn't always happen since we were from four different local jurisdictions around the area.
That's good that your son-in-law will be helping out with this outpatient surgical situation, then. Can he take Mrs Foofer Doggie to the hospital, too, drop her off after ensuring that she has someone who will escort her to where she needs to go, and then later when she is informed that she will be discharged, she can call him and call you and he'll be able to get back over there (with you along for the ride, too, of course!) to pick her up and drive her to your home? That seems like the best, safest, most comfortable solution all the way around -- keeping things in the family, keeping things out of the realm of public transportation such as Lyft, etc., etc. (and I can understand the medical staff's leeriness of Lyft), using a safe, comfortable and private means of transportation, your son-in-law's car, rather than you taking her home on your bike!
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What doing today? Oh i dunno, reminding myself not to burn my Cleveland Indians hat but only because they're not going to be the Indians any more after their name change takes effect next season. Otherwise they finally made it about as close to perfectly mediocre as it's possible to get, at least in the American League.
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Birthday dinner with a good friend. Keeping the sizes of gatherings down to be unfriendly to covid-19 and the number of dinners up to be friendly to me. Hopefully not aging a year per dinner.
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Getting my first ever CT scan today. My neck x-ray showed a lot of damage and problems. Hoping we can avoid surgery. Glad it isn't an MRI, that's like being put inside a coffin. My first time dealing with anything spine related and it's scary AF.
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I don't mind the scan so much as the contrast dye, when they inject it into me my heart races like crazy so instead they have to mix it into a couple of pints of water and I have to drink it down then wait 45 minutes. Fun stuff.
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No one has yet mentioned me needing a contrast dye so I'm praying I get to escape this torture.
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