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OMG!!! - poor Grizzly and poor Mrs Grizzly too! ... you both must have been so scared! ... ;oO ... ;o<And Mrs Grizzlygrump is quite right - don't you dare exert yourself today!
What a nasty shock, Grizzly! Hope they can sort it quickly.
Some Foods that can help towards lowering High Blood Pressure ...Bananas, Watermelon, Cantaloupe & Honeydew Melons, Garlic, Tomatoes, Skimmed Milk & Natural & Greek Yoghurt, Blueberries & Strawberries, Avocados, Baked Potatoes, Salmon & Tuna, Dark Leafy Greens, Lentils, Pulses & Beans, Kiwi Fruits, Mushrooms, Beetroot, Oatmeal ... and Dark Chocolate!
Lez wrote: "What a nasty shock, Grizzly! Hope they can sort it quickly."
Cheers Lez, I hope so too as I'm already BORED parked on my chair.
Cheers Lez, I hope so too as I'm already BORED parked on my chair.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Some Foods that can help towards lowering High Blood Pressure ...
Bananas, Watermelon, Cantaloupe & Honeydew Melons, Garlic, Tomatoes, Skimmed Milk & Natural & Greek Yoghurt, Blueberries & Strawbe..."
Thanks for that list suzy :)
The thing is, I already eat most of what is on that list, though not all at the same time :)
Up until a few days ago, I was having strawberry, blueberry, grape, pineapple and melon smoothies, blended with fat-free Greek style yoghurt as breakfast before going to work. I'd just swapped over to meal replacement shakes with some strawberries and grapes thrown in for good measure so I wonder if that change was a contributing factor to my episode?
As for scared, Mrs Grizzly was beside herself but I only got frightened when needles were being waved around - needles are the only thing that scare me more than dogs. Wimp that I am, I managed to put off the blood tests until tomorrow by saying that I felt I'd been through enough for one day.
Bananas, Watermelon, Cantaloupe & Honeydew Melons, Garlic, Tomatoes, Skimmed Milk & Natural & Greek Yoghurt, Blueberries & Strawbe..."
Thanks for that list suzy :)
The thing is, I already eat most of what is on that list, though not all at the same time :)
Up until a few days ago, I was having strawberry, blueberry, grape, pineapple and melon smoothies, blended with fat-free Greek style yoghurt as breakfast before going to work. I'd just swapped over to meal replacement shakes with some strawberries and grapes thrown in for good measure so I wonder if that change was a contributing factor to my episode?
As for scared, Mrs Grizzly was beside herself but I only got frightened when needles were being waved around - needles are the only thing that scare me more than dogs. Wimp that I am, I managed to put off the blood tests until tomorrow by saying that I felt I'd been through enough for one day.
It could suddenly be so High as to make you feel ill and then blackout for many reasons, Poppet, and some of them unfortunately could possibly be serious, and so you really must make sure you get it all thoroughly investigated and continue to take very great care of yourself ... x x xWhatever has/or is causing it though? - you still need to eat well without getting yourself too worried or stressed out about your overall Diet maybe being responsible. You have always sounded to me like you have a very healthy interest in Cooking, and in Food and Nutrition ;o>
I think that, if I were you, I would give the Replacement Meal Drinks a break though? - until you have had your Blood Tests and got sound Medical Advice on what might be going on with you at the moment. Real Food would seem to be the far safer way to eat right now than continuing with Shakes that are commercially created to be packed with artificial Nutritional Supplements.
P.S. ... I only posted the List, by the way, just to reassure you that you already eat extremely well with regards to High Potassium Foods ... and to also make you laugh that you can legitimately get away with enjoying having a bit of Dark Chocolate as well! ;o>
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Lez wrote: "What a nasty shock, Grizzly! Hope they can sort it quickly."Cheers Lez, I hope so too as I'm already BORED parked on my chair."
Don't worry, moving around and Exercise is a very good thing for folk with High Blood Pressure ... BUT? ... NOT until you have had all of the thorough checks and got all of your Test Results back first ;o>
I’ve had high blood pressure for about 12 years now. I didn’t have any symptoms, it was discovered during a general check-up. I was on 2 lots of pills until recently when I was in hospital and they found I have a slow heart-rate and knocked off one of them as it could lower my blood pressure too much.That list of foods fills me with horror - I loathe bananas, tomatoes, yoghurt, strawbs, avocados, kiwi fruit and beetroot. I’m allergic to salmon.
As I’ve said many times, I’ve been suffering from extreme dizziness for over 2 years but they say it’s nothing to do with blood pressure. Because of this I never get any exercise. I’m a lost cause!
christ, there's a lot of dizzy buggers on this forum, what with the foe also suffering such recently - to avoid high blood pressure i had all my blood removed and replaced it with 'cutty sark'! no less dizzy, but i don't care as much! parp! :)seriously, take care, the three of you!
My mum also has high blood pressure, well she did until her doctor prescribed her something (sorry, dunno what it's called!), to bring it down.....she was told it was just her advancing age! Cheeky &%?£@*!
Duke, assuming your mum was over 55 when diagnosed (cheeky of me, I know), she will probably have been prescribed either a calcium channel blocker - most likely amlodipine - or a diuretic - most likely indapamide. Lez was probably on one of these plus an ACE inhibitor (e.g. enalapril).Griz - how high was your blood pressure? (Obviously I don't expect you to answer this here if you don't want to.) As I expect you've been told by now, if your systolic (higher number) is consistently above 180 mmHg or diastolic above 100 mmHg you aren't allowed to drive an HGV or PSV until it's controlled. While you're probably in a rush to get back to work you have to let things get sorted first.
I hope you're feeling better for the short rest.
Gordon, I’ve always been on Perindopril but they stopped Bendroflumethiazide for which I’m grateful as not only is it a diuretic but I hated trying to pronounce it on the phone to the pharmacist!
Gordon wrote: "Duke, assuming your mum was over 55 when diagnosed (cheeky of me, I know), she will probably have been prescribed either a calcium channel blocker - most likely amlodipine - or a diuretic - most li..."She is well over 55 Gordon..as i'm 44! She been on them since just before her hip replacement op 3 years ago. It was for this op, that it necessary to get her BP down..but her doctor has advised her to continue taking them for the time being. I've no idea what her meds are..but only tiny little white pills!
Lez wrote: "Gordon, I’ve always been on Perindopril but they stopped Bendroflumethiazide for which I’m grateful as not only is it a diuretic but I hated trying to pronounce it on the phone to the pharmacist!"I try to teach medical students the importance of getting dabigatran dosing correct because the treatment for overdose is very expensive. As the antidote is called idarucizumab I should probably change tack and tell them they should avoid having to use it as they'll never be able to pronounce it.
Tech - Thanks for the good wishes; the taking it easy has been thrust upon me and enforced by Mrs Grizzly. Every time I even think about moving I'm greeted with "What do you think you're doing? - siddown!". She even threatened to tie me to the chair.
Under different circumstances........ :)
This morning I've managed to sneak downstairs, leaving my protector asleep in bed - she needs her rest too and I'm still capable of making myself a cuppa.
Gordon - I don't mind your asking; 1st systolic reading by the ambulance crew was 165, don't remember the diastolic, somewhere in the 90s, I think. In the hospital, the systolic briefly peaked at 181, when they were waving needles about wanting to take blood. Once that was ruled out, it dropped quite quickly.
No-one has said anything about the levels at which I can't drive HGV, but the basics of driver health were covered in our most recent CPC course a couple of months ago, so I've done my own checking. Regardless of the levels, I will now have to report this to DVLA, but will wait until I have seen the doctor before doing so.
Under different circumstances........ :)
This morning I've managed to sneak downstairs, leaving my protector asleep in bed - she needs her rest too and I'm still capable of making myself a cuppa.
Gordon - I don't mind your asking; 1st systolic reading by the ambulance crew was 165, don't remember the diastolic, somewhere in the 90s, I think. In the hospital, the systolic briefly peaked at 181, when they were waving needles about wanting to take blood. Once that was ruled out, it dropped quite quickly.
No-one has said anything about the levels at which I can't drive HGV, but the basics of driver health were covered in our most recent CPC course a couple of months ago, so I've done my own checking. Regardless of the levels, I will now have to report this to DVLA, but will wait until I have seen the doctor before doing so.
By one of those odd quirks that turn up in families, a friend has high blood pressure while her sister has low. Both need monitoring...Hope all's well soon, Grizzly.
Cheers, Isabella :)
I'm hoping that all's well sooner rather than later as I'm a really ungrateful grumpy patient. I don't mean to be but I just hate being unwell - in the past I've even dragged myself into work when I could barely walk.
I've managed to get an appointment to see the Doctor this afternoon, which surprises me - I was under the impression that it can take weeks to get an appointment with a lot of Doctors. Not complaining about that, though - sooner seen, sooner cured (hopefully) :)
I'm hoping that all's well sooner rather than later as I'm a really ungrateful grumpy patient. I don't mean to be but I just hate being unwell - in the past I've even dragged myself into work when I could barely walk.
I've managed to get an appointment to see the Doctor this afternoon, which surprises me - I was under the impression that it can take weeks to get an appointment with a lot of Doctors. Not complaining about that, though - sooner seen, sooner cured (hopefully) :)
Summer seems to be loitering around here - it's a bright sunny day with temperatures in the mid twenties and very little in the way of clouds, and just a whisper of a breeze.
I'm glad the air conditioning unit finally arrived - I've got it going at full blast and sat right in front of my chair :)
I'm glad the air conditioning unit finally arrived - I've got it going at full blast and sat right in front of my chair :)
Sorry, Poppet, I'm not finding myself to be so well again at the moment ... x x x ;o<On the plus side though, quiet time spent alone, I've searched the length and breadth of eBay for pretty and unusual Cards to stock up my Occasions Box - and I have found and ordered just about every kind of 3D Laser Cut Pop-Up Greeting Cards for (several years!) of future Birthdays, Anniversaries, Easters and Christmases at really good prices ;o>
They are all coming from China though and so it will be a good couple of weeks yet before they start arriving.
Anyways, enough about me! ... and more importantly how is you? ;o>
Sorry to hear that you're feeling under the weather, suzy.
Me? I'm alright - it's the rest of 'em! :)
Seriously, though, I'm much better than I was, and raring to get back to work. Had more tests yesterday including bloods, and I'm seeing the Doctor again tomorrow afternoon to see what he says. He signed me off until Thursday so hopefully I'll get the all clear for Friday.
It sounds like you'll never have to buy a card ever again, and got yourself some bargains too :)
Now I've managed to free myself from both of my protectors (Mrs Grizzly is at work and my Stepson has once more retreated to his room), I've been ploughing through some of the books on my Kindle app, and defied orders yesterday by doing the laundry - I can't and won't sit idle and expect Mrs Grizzly to do everything as well as hold down a full-time job. Plus, just sitting around makes me tired anyway, so I just took my time and didn't suffer for it, unless you include the earache when Mrs Grizzly got home! :)
How's your foot now? Did you ever get that x-ray?
Me? I'm alright - it's the rest of 'em! :)
Seriously, though, I'm much better than I was, and raring to get back to work. Had more tests yesterday including bloods, and I'm seeing the Doctor again tomorrow afternoon to see what he says. He signed me off until Thursday so hopefully I'll get the all clear for Friday.
It sounds like you'll never have to buy a card ever again, and got yourself some bargains too :)
Now I've managed to free myself from both of my protectors (Mrs Grizzly is at work and my Stepson has once more retreated to his room), I've been ploughing through some of the books on my Kindle app, and defied orders yesterday by doing the laundry - I can't and won't sit idle and expect Mrs Grizzly to do everything as well as hold down a full-time job. Plus, just sitting around makes me tired anyway, so I just took my time and didn't suffer for it, unless you include the earache when Mrs Grizzly got home! :)
How's your foot now? Did you ever get that x-ray?
Yeah?! ...still putting it off! ... yes! ... I know! - I know! ;o>My Dad has been ill on and off for over a month now ... my Mum has no Car at the moment as well ... plus it's sadly been all too easy to get hijacked and sidetracked by so many other far more urgent and serious things that invariably all happen at once.
I will definitely get round to it in the next week though - as nothing much has changed and unfortunately Pain Relief Medications aren't making any noticeable difference ;o<
Awww, I'm SO very glad that it all sounds like things are getting better with you, Poppet ... you really did have us all very worried about you, you know?! ... x x x
One of the many Cards that I've bought in this last week ;o> ...
the envelopes will be awfully lumpy and difficult to write on! :)
Write on the envelope before putting the card in - that's one problem solved :)
but i don't know who i'm sending it to!
Tech wrote: "but i don't know who i'm sending it to!"
No-one, if that's all the postage you've paid!! :)
No-one, if that's all the postage you've paid!! :)
good thing i didn't buy it then! :)
I've now got Cards for just about everyone I know and for virtually every kind of occasion too - and all from just 99p each up to £2 inc. p&p! ... so I'm an extremely happy bunny! ;o>
As I don't get to go out anymore, I also bought a really gorgeous handmade and personalised Card off eBay last week for M&D's Emerald Wedding Anniversary on the 28th. It arrived yesterday and I am just blown away and absolutely thrilled to bits with it! - I am SO loving online shopping and buying things off eBay and Amazon right now!!! ;o>
I haven't got the patience to spend too long looking online for anything and tend to be quite reactive, especially when Mrs Grizzly says "You know what we (I is what she's really saying) need?..."
I've tried telling her to have a look herself but all I then hear is huffing and puffing followed by "Oh I can't bloody do it!" so it's quicker to just do it myself and get the final approval :)
That said, I've treated myself to a set of cast iron pans to replace the ceramic pans that have been scratched to hell, and they've just turned up a couple of minutes ago. Lets see how long it takes Mrs Grizzly to notice them :)
I've tried telling her to have a look herself but all I then hear is huffing and puffing followed by "Oh I can't bloody do it!" so it's quicker to just do it myself and get the final approval :)
That said, I've treated myself to a set of cast iron pans to replace the ceramic pans that have been scratched to hell, and they've just turned up a couple of minutes ago. Lets see how long it takes Mrs Grizzly to notice them :)
To be honest, one of the very hardest parts for me of being so disabled now, is that I am pretty much blessed with all the time in the World on a daily basis to be my usual busy, practical little self in, to get to still try to live a useful and a meaningful life worth living - and yet I have virtually no-one else left in my life now, except for my M&D and the little hairy woofers, to be with and also nothing much left to me that I can actually manage to do anymore.Everything that I buy for us is just SO much cheaper online right now than in the Shops - even when including the p&p as well - and so I wouldn't choose to be buying most of it any other way even if I had the choice to be able to do so. It helps me somewhat to still feel like I am being useful in some small way to my family.
I do feel a little guilty sometimes in not supporting local Shops instead - but then again? - on our Dry Dog Food I save between £15 to £20 (on a 14kg Bag that lasts us around 2 months) just by always buying it online. And it gets delivered and even carried right up to the Garage Door by the Courier to just a couple of feet from where we store it ;o>
And I know too that I could have searched for many miles and many hours throughout the length and breadth of Greater Manchester and still not found any Cards that I like even half as much as the beautiful ones that I've just bought online ... and for such amazing prices.
It's been a very good week indeed for me in doing so much of our Shopping online ;o>
You don't get out anymore?
That must be a really hard adjustment, even if it was expected eventually. Just being grounded for a week has really frustrated me. I think I have managed to be really restrained there being as my car is sat right outside the front of the house, providing a temptation I have resisted.
That said, I'm happy enough to walk to anywhere around the village, and will be doing so later when I go to see the Doctor.
Mrs Grizzly took me to Sainsburys on Saturday as that's the closest supermarket to work and we tied it in with dropping off my sick note, but I wasn't up to much so we just grabbed a few bits to tide us over.
Yesterday, I bit the bullet and ordered shopping online for delivery today. Not only am I slow in the supermarkets, I'm also slow at putting together an online order - it took me nearly an hour and a half and I went back three times after placing the order with amendments :)
My only gripe with that is not having seen the fresh produce before buying it though I know I can send it back if I'm not happy with it.
That must be a really hard adjustment, even if it was expected eventually. Just being grounded for a week has really frustrated me. I think I have managed to be really restrained there being as my car is sat right outside the front of the house, providing a temptation I have resisted.
That said, I'm happy enough to walk to anywhere around the village, and will be doing so later when I go to see the Doctor.
Mrs Grizzly took me to Sainsburys on Saturday as that's the closest supermarket to work and we tied it in with dropping off my sick note, but I wasn't up to much so we just grabbed a few bits to tide us over.
Yesterday, I bit the bullet and ordered shopping online for delivery today. Not only am I slow in the supermarkets, I'm also slow at putting together an online order - it took me nearly an hour and a half and I went back three times after placing the order with amendments :)
My only gripe with that is not having seen the fresh produce before buying it though I know I can send it back if I'm not happy with it.
Grizzlygrump wrote: "You don't get out anymore?That must be a really hard adjustment, even if it was expected eventually. Just being grounded for a week has really frustrated me. I think I have managed to be really re..."
I do all my shopping online and have found Sainsburys easily the best. It’s very rare they send substitutes. Asda are useless, very poorly stocked. Tesco are unreliable - one time they hadn’t any leeks, chestnut mushrooms or Maris Piper spuds! The problem with sending stuff back is not having a replacement.
Sainsburys have a range of delivery prices, sometimes only £1 and you can also choose not to have bags. If you need to order online again, they’ll show you what you previously ordered which makes it much easier.
Ohhh, tell me about it!!! It promises to only be mere minutes yet it always takes me hours to simply put together an online Grocery Shop - LOL!!! - and I often drive myself completely crackers while doing it ;o>Referring to a saved Favourites List and to Past Orders really does help enormously, but still, I tend to take all day or even all night in repeatedly going back and forward and making change after change between getting other things done on and offline. I can be virtually OCD in my nature about getting things absolutely right and perfect and that also doesn't help me much either!
Mind you, I was always the same (and still am given half a chance) whenever I am out and about in actual Shops. I seem to wander off somewhere into a wonderful World of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and ideas all of my own, while trying to take everything all around me in ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
I try not to buy any Fresh Produce online unless it is absolutely necessary that I do so - because, thankfully, M&D can still get out for an hour or two most days and we all prefer for them to get that particular kind of shopping instore instead. Dad can barely walk so Mum usually parks him in an instore Café, does a quick Shop, and then they sit over a Coffee afterwards and read the Newspapers.
Lez;
Working for Tesco does make me slightly biased. Well, that and the staff discount card :)
What really frustrates me is finding that items on my favourites lists are either 'currently unavailable' or 'removed from range'. I'm then removing said items from my lists and looking for alternatives, costing me more time.
Todays' delivery has been good - the lad turned up 10 minutes early and only one item wasn't sent nor a substitute offered and I had to send back a Gala melon as it had a big soft spot on it.
Working for Tesco does make me slightly biased. Well, that and the staff discount card :)
What really frustrates me is finding that items on my favourites lists are either 'currently unavailable' or 'removed from range'. I'm then removing said items from my lists and looking for alternatives, costing me more time.
Todays' delivery has been good - the lad turned up 10 minutes early and only one item wasn't sent nor a substitute offered and I had to send back a Gala melon as it had a big soft spot on it.
I think it depends very much on the size of the local store, mine is only a couple of miles up the road and isn’t one of the huge ones.The one in Falkirk is a superstore and much bigger, but of course they supply from the nearest.
I hate it when supermarkets change things you’ve always liked - I always bought Sainsbury’s partbaked baguettes and petit pains but a few months ago they changed the brand and I don’t like them at all. They’ve also changed their UHT skimmed milk from the usual size rectangular pack which you snip with scissors, to a tall slim one with a plastic top (boo!) which won’t fit in my fridge door and I had to lower a shelf for it.
What I hate is pre-planning and filling up a Trolley with lots of all kinds of goodies that are currently on the most amazing Special Offers ... only to go back the very next day to find that all of the Offers are unexpectedly over, everything is suddenly now full price again, and my Order has almost doubled in it's cost! Not every Supermarket has got a clear Offer Date Period showing up against their Items - and Asda is definitely the worst of the lot on their playing around with their daily prices - prices that if you watch them carefully can actually change by going up and down again repeatedly by a few pence just from hour to hour?! ;oO
It seems to be a non-stop automated kind of a Price Match thing that they have going on with their Website? I know that almost all of the Supermarkets have got some small daily degree of flexibility on their prices - but Asda is the one that continually fluctuates in front of your Eyes and is the most obvious and most frequent offender ;oO
suzy;
Given what we already had in the house from Saturday, I limited the fresh to some smoked cod, pork fillet and some fruit. I had planned my monthly trip to the butchers for yesterday, coupled with a visit to another farm shop I'd spotted on my travels.
That'll have to wait until next week now :)
One thing I have no hesitation in ordering online is eggs - two of the Tesco stores round here (and one of the Morrisons) sell duck eggs which not only taste better, in my opinion, but are so tough that you almost need a sledgehammer to break them!
Not had even one of them arrive cracked and today was no exception - two boxes safely delivered :)
Dinner tonight will probably be the cod with mushrooms, rice, peas and sweetcorn. The pork will be used for a casserole tomorrow. Omelettes will make an appearance at some point :)
Given what we already had in the house from Saturday, I limited the fresh to some smoked cod, pork fillet and some fruit. I had planned my monthly trip to the butchers for yesterday, coupled with a visit to another farm shop I'd spotted on my travels.
That'll have to wait until next week now :)
One thing I have no hesitation in ordering online is eggs - two of the Tesco stores round here (and one of the Morrisons) sell duck eggs which not only taste better, in my opinion, but are so tough that you almost need a sledgehammer to break them!
Not had even one of them arrive cracked and today was no exception - two boxes safely delivered :)
Dinner tonight will probably be the cod with mushrooms, rice, peas and sweetcorn. The pork will be used for a casserole tomorrow. Omelettes will make an appearance at some point :)
In fairness to the Tesco site (no, I'm not on commission), if you pick something that's not going to be on offer on the day of delivery, it does let you know.
I haven't tried delivery from the other supermarkets so I haven't really got anything to compare Tesco against. Mrs Grizzly says that, as she delivers for Ocado she wouldn't ever have a delivery from them - she's seen how they pack the shopping!
I haven't tried delivery from the other supermarkets so I haven't really got anything to compare Tesco against. Mrs Grizzly says that, as she delivers for Ocado she wouldn't ever have a delivery from them - she's seen how they pack the shopping!
I quite like Iceland ... the prices are usually pretty good, I can always guarantee a Free Delivery Slot being available at almost every time that is on offer in this area, and all of the Delivery Guys/Girls are particularly cheery and friendly. However?! ... whoever packs the Bags up before loading them into the Van clearly has got absolutely no idea at all as to what they are doing and so unfortunately almost every Item tends to arrive (only usually slightly admittedly - but still annoyingly) bashed, or squashed, or dented - with any Egg Tray Boxes consistently put in upside down so that it is much harder to carefully lift them out and they are always at the very bottom of a heavy and fully-filled Bag too.
Morrisons are most definitely one of the best Bag packers and Deliverers to our Door - but they keep on reducing or being 'out of stock' on the range of Items they have for sale online and it has got increasing harder (and much more expensive) to arrange to get a Delivery Slot booked through them.
I started using Asda a couple of years ago because they were the only ones that ever offered a minimum of £25 to get a Home Delivery for around a £1 which was far more easily achievable for us on buying online the few particular Items that we liked from them - but they put the minimum Order up to £30 last year and now I think that it has gone up to being £40 - plus almost all of the Delivery Slot charges have dramatically increased as well.
Never been tempted with duck eggs Grizzle but I am now intrigued so will try them out if I can find them our local supermarkets seem to be going through a current shortage on some items with large gaps on most aisles ( sod's law prevails as it's usually what I am looking for). Never used online shopping though do use Iceland for delivery service for bulky, heavier shopping. Fresh produce I like to see what I am getting quality wise and I also find it annoying when the products you like dissappear and are almost impossible to find a satisfactory replacement despite searching every shop in the vicinity. The recent huge increase in fizzy drinks in particular is but one example, I am not a fan of diet or sugar free alternatives and though some own brands are acceptable their availability is a bit spotty. Still when you weigh it up it seems a bit insensitive to carp about it cosidering the plight of those less fortunate and underprivileged countries whose people endure deprivations on a scale unimaginable to you and me. I was recently left speechless with anger over the recent papal visit to Ireland when I learnt the cost of this venture to be in the region of twenty to thirty million pounds, a fact that to me seems totally incredulous though not unexpected given the double standards that are synonomous with both church and state in such matters. It is time these sanctimonious expletives started practicing what they preach!
Martin;
Until we moved out to Peterborough 12 months ago, I had never seen duck eggs in any of the supermarkets in Tamworth, where we used to live. We were getting duck eggs then from a local farm shop.
I must admit it was a pleasant surprise to find them in some of the supermarkets out this way :)
At £2.50 for six, they ain't cheap either, no pun intended :)
Until we moved out to Peterborough 12 months ago, I had never seen duck eggs in any of the supermarkets in Tamworth, where we used to live. We were getting duck eggs then from a local farm shop.
I must admit it was a pleasant surprise to find them in some of the supermarkets out this way :)
At £2.50 for six, they ain't cheap either, no pun intended :)
You'd have to be quackers to pay anymore!
I love Duck Eggs too. They have a much richer Eggier taste and a deeper colour to their Yolks than the more usual Chicken Egg - which also makes them an excellent though far more expensive choice for Baking purposes as well ;o>
The news from the Doctor is not what I was expecting - he is pleased that my blood pressure is DOWN to 161/109!!
I nearly fell off my chair when he told me my systolic on Friday peaked at 210. He has doubled my Amlodipine to 10mg, signed me off for another week and will see me again next Wednesday.
Bloods showed no problems with heart or kidneys, but I am in danger of becoming diabetic, so he wants me to attend a clinic to help me prevent this from happening.
I was feeling better 'til I went in there :)
I nearly fell off my chair when he told me my systolic on Friday peaked at 210. He has doubled my Amlodipine to 10mg, signed me off for another week and will see me again next Wednesday.
Bloods showed no problems with heart or kidneys, but I am in danger of becoming diabetic, so he wants me to attend a clinic to help me prevent this from happening.
I was feeling better 'til I went in there :)
YAYYY ! ! ! - Stockport has triumphed and come out on top ! ! ! ...The huge new Entertainment Complex by the M60 in Stockport (opened in November 2017) has been named as the 'UK's Worst New Building' ... WOO-HOO ! ! ! ;o>
The £45 million pound Redrock Development has won the ‘Carbuncle Cup’ after Judges of Business Design Magazine's 'Carbuncle Cup' dubbed it an 'absolute monstrosity'.
Redrock was firstly criticised by the Judges for it's grey, blue and red Patchwork Cladding which is so hard to miss when driving by on the M60. One apparently said: "I’ve seen better-looking Prisons"
The Magazine said Readers objected to the ‘awkward form, disjointed massing and superficial decoration, stating the building is made up of a series of boring boxes jazzed up with arbitrary angles'
“Urban regeneration can be a good thing,” said the Judges, “But when it becomes an excuse to foist bad Architecture on to struggling Communities in the cynical pursuit of an ‘anything is better than what was there before’ methodology, it simply recycles the resentment Regeneration it was supposed to redress.
The fact that there are multiple examples of this kind of garish, soul-less leisure shed Architecture in UK towns doesn’t let Redrock off the hook - it puts more of those responsible for our built environment in the Dock”
Other nominations for the Award that nobody wanted included Lewisham Gateway and Haydn Tower in South London, Liverpool’s Shankly Hotel and Beckley Point in Plymouth. The Buildings had to have been finished in the last 12 months to make the shortlist.
Stockport Town Hall hit back after Redrock was announced as the 'winner' ... the Council's Economy and Regeneration Chief, Kate Butler, said: “We’re very proud of the impact Redrock has had on our local Communities, exceeding all our expectations both in terms of a fantastic new Leisure Facility visited in its first ten months by over half a million people and the number of jobs it has created.
The thousands of people visiting every week to enjoy food, drink, entertainment and exercise are the true measure of its huge success. As with previous winners like MediaCity we know that it’s what’s inside that really counts and we encourage people to visit and experience Redrock for themselves”
Some Stopfordians have also stepped up to defend Redrock. Many said the Complex boasts the best Cinema to be found in Greater Manchester. The 10-screen Light Cinema has a Cafe-bar offering locally made Cakes, Beer from the Robinsons Stockport Brewery, and grub from the 'Lord of the Pies' which is also based in the Town Centre.
And my own personal opinion? ... well, it is actually far better on the inside than it is on the outside, but yes, it does unfortunately look and feel like we are regenerating Stockport with an 80's throwback to all things incredibly cheap, not so cheerful, and decidedly crap!
However 'crap' is now apparently considered by many to be an authentically trendy and fashionable retro look these days and Stockport has certainly excelled itself for almost a Century now in persistently spending whatever small (and large) fortunes it may beg, borrow, steal, or find somewhere down the back of the Council's Sofa on keeping and on perfecting this particular kind of crap look! ... and so I say ... "YAYYY FOR STOCKPORT!!! - WE WON!!!" ... ;o>
Grizzlygrump wrote: "The news from the Doctor is not what I was expecting - he is pleased that my blood pressure is DOWN to 161/109!!I nearly fell off my chair when he told me my systolic on Friday peaked at 210. He h..."
Awww, Poppet?! ... (*HUGE HUG*) ... ;o<
Well, it could always be so much worse, couldn't it? - you could have already gone on to develop Diabetes without even realising it. And I think that you need at least another week off to recover from the sheer shock of what happened as well. It was a very scary thing - and your Body is obviously trying to say to you that it doesn't feel like it can continue to cope with the way that things are with it right now.
It's far better to be forewarned and to have to take Medications and preventative action on this than to end up with having very limited or even no options or choices available to you to deal with much more serious and even life-threatening complications and consequences, isn't it? ... x x x
You really must concentrate on taking much greater care of yourself now ;o>
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Things, however, did not improve - I staggered to my car feeling like I was extremely drunk and managed to get myself in. The next thing I know was someone shouting "I've found him - over here!" and people swarming around the car, including Mrs Grizzly.
I'd been there for nearly three hours and had apparently phoned Mrs Grizzly to ask her to fetch me from work. When she got there no-one knew what she was on about as I had clocked off ages ago and that sparked a search of the car park.
End result?
I get carted off to the hospital for what I assumed was heatstroke only to be told that, after numerous and repetitive tests that I am suffering from high blood pressure. Mrs Grizzly has this morning gone and registered us with the local practice and I will be seeing the Doctor tomorrow to see how this is going to be dealt with.
Meanwhile, I have been remanded to my chair with my feet up and been told not to move or do anything.