aries

trottytrue . . . the story of a nurse failing to come back to your sister reminds me some decades ago of a nurse in South Australia who put a thermometer in my mouth, and said she would be back in a minute. Time went on, and after a quarter of an hour I rang the bell. Another nurse eventually came and said the other one had gone to tea, I had been forgotten!

In those days nurses would give back rubs, but when several nurses kept coming to do it, I realised that it was just an excuse to get away from other ward duties. One nurse gave me her life story. Another young trainee nurse told me she had a friend who could help me to get better, and the next day she came with this man and a couple of friends. Apparently he was a bricklayer who liked to dabble in hypnosis. It was a crazy and heavy situation and I asked them to leave. I then told the senior nurse on the ward what happened, she was shocked, and I didn't see the young nurse again.

michali

Aries, your story saddened me. I hope you can feel better soon as feeling unwell is so depressing and clouds how we see the rest of our life. My experience returning has been great but I still have stress about my husband's extension of his visa later this year. I have started having some medical issues and, although I cannot complain I still feel worried about getting a quick diagnosis if appropriate. I hope things work out for you.

Derrygal

I rarely come on here any more but try to catch up with the posts. Nice to see you posting again Trotty.


Aries - you certainly have had a lot of bad luck since you moved back and suffered some health issues. My mother always said "your health is your wealth" and in many ways that is true. Hope you get your health issues sorted out.


On the subject of nurses - sure there are bad apples in every barrel. However, I believe that the majority of nurses work hard and are dedicated to their jobs and their jobs are not easy. I know I couldn't do it. My youngest daughter is an Emergency Room nurse. She works 12 hours shifts finishing at 3.30 am and often drives home in snowstorms, thunderstorms, whatever the weather. She has a 7 month old baby and an almost 3 year old toddler. I'm sure that she doesn't get enough sleep. Yet she never complains - she is one of the hardest working people I know. This Friday May 6th is National Nurses Day here in the US - then the following week May 12th is International Nurses Day. I want to give a big "thank you" to all the hard working nurses out there. You do an amazing job and you deserve our thanks and recognition!

jasper123

Derrygal I Join you in your admiration and respect for all nurses, my Niece is in her early 40's and has been a registered nurse for over 20 years, she worked for years on the wards of of the largest hospital here in portsmouth and she said that it was very hard work, but rewarding too, then she got the opportunity to work in a smaller hospital here, in the Dermatology department, she likes that so much more, she gets weekends off and she works with a nice team of nurses and doctors,

trottytrue

When I had my big operation the nurses were so caring I only had one who was not very nice and she was a nurses aid.....My friend has been a nurse since the 70's and just retired...she dealt with premature babies...hard work....

Your health is the most important thing nothing else seems possible without good health. Sadly sometimes it takes doctors a while to decide what is actually wrong with patients...here in the US and the UK. They want you to have endless tests. My 96 year old half sister in the Uk has not been well so they want her to go into hospital to have an exploratory operation, she said no at her age that could kill her....its not as if they found anything on her cat scan..

A friend of mine who was due to return to the UK same time as me
was also was diagnosed with an illness so had to put off her return. She just this week went back home, I do hope it all turns out well for her. She is going to post once she gets settled....

trottytrue

Derrygal.....Nice to see you on the Forum again....we pop in and out....but its always a special place.those early years on this forum were always so much fun and so helpful. I often wonder what happened to many of the old ones.. I hope they are happy.....

aries

You've prompted me to check when I joined BE, and it was 10 years ago. Time seems to pass so quickly. However I haven't posted a lot.

This morning quite early I switched on the TV, and there was a Wanted Down Under programme featuring a family visiting Adelaide. I've always felt it is wrong to show a video of family and friends in England, often it causes too much distress for everyone concerned.

I had no thoughts of leaving family and friends behind when I sailed to Adelaide in 1960, it was a big adventure. I returned to England after 2 years and found none of my friends, they had all moved on like me. It is therefore important not to dwell too much on leaving people behind, they get with their own lives.

I was quickly back in Adelaide, and two years later my parents and a sister with her family emigrated to join us. They never regretted their move, but another sister who with her husband lived in many parts of the world, all work related, told me that our brother had been upset. He is still bitter all these years later, but he wasn't inclined to join us in Oz.

jasper123

Hi trotty,
nice to see you on here again, on the subject of health care, and trying to compare my health care experiences in America to the ones I have had here in UK, I would say in my opinion the UK is better, but having said that, sometimes we have to wait a while for specialists and operations, but it soon comes around and the treatment is done and normally done well, but it does depend hugely on where in the UK you live, some places are fantastic where others apparently are not,
In the U.S. I always got good treatment from doctors and hospitals ---- but even with health insurance did cost me a lot in deductibles and co-pays, and of course there was always the problem of finding out a particular prescription that was prescribed was not covered by my insurance, not even in generic form, so had to pay on many occasions the full pharmacy price for a particular drug which was in some cases hundreds of dollars,
So at least over here in UK it is so refreshing to have all this taken away from your everyday health care, its so simple here, and care free!!! and the best thing is you never get asked for your health insurance card for any treatment you get for anything.
Take care.
you are an inspiration to us all trotty!!!
Rodney.

Fish n Chips 56

I've spent a fair amount of my time in the care of Doctors and Nurses, I cant remember the last time one was nasty with me, They are always so nice but I'm always nice with them, I know they don't have an easy job, dealing with people is hard sometimes and the hours are long.

They are Good People helping those of us in need and I always appreciate them.

I for one will be thinking about the Nurses tomorrow and on the 12th of May.

jasper123

Well just finished watching the eurovision song contest and now the votes are coming in, as predicted the Russian performance was fab!! and in my mind hard to beat, but the two lads from the UK were not bad either,
The whole show was really great this year, and the graphic effects were out of this world in some of the performances, really enjoyable show indeed, and this year its being televised in the United States for the first time,
It would be very interesting to hear everyones thoughts on the show this year,
apparently any country can enter the contest now, Australia had a song this year too!!! ---- I think soon they will have to drop the eurovision name and call it something like the international song contest or something like that
well now I'm getting back to the voting ---- and so far guess what the U.K. ARE LEADING WITH 34 VOTES, but long way to go yet!!!

Fish n Chips 56

I hadn't seen any ads for it but figured Id look n see, its on the Logo channel as I post.

Huhhh Typical, some reason I cant get reception right now, we have an error code saying it will be available shortly, Right!!!... American TV has got worse over the years in my opinion...

Davita

News is was the winner...I didn't watch.

J.JsOH

Hi all. We didn' t watch Eurovision, the music doesn't appeal, but we are watching ITV tonight, Queens Birthday Celebration, some impressive horse shows, and Dame Shirley Bassey to come.

Perth

In preparation for our moving back, we made the painful decision to re-home our dog. We trained her to be a therapy dog for nursing homes and other medical centers, and then found the perfect family. The woman who is taking her is an occupational therapist, and her office is allowing her to bring the dog to work. She took to her new family immediately, and although it was heartbreaking to say goodbye to her after almost 8 years together, we knew we were making the right decision. Nevertheless, the only thing that calmed the tears today (for me, hubby was OK) was a nice cup of tea. You can't say I am not British.

feelbritish

Oh Perth it is so heartbreaking and my heart goes out to you. Glad she has settled with such a nice lady and she has a purpose which you gave her. You will be able to move much easier in the knowledge you do not have to search a home to take pets which can tie you down. When I moved in 1998 the first time I rehomed one of my dogs and gave the other to my folks to look after and I cried for days. The one I rehomed did very well with a gentleman who was retired and had just lost his dog. Sending you lots of hugs. You will find as you get closer to your goal you will have moments of major stress and self doubt but the excitement of coming home will get you through plus your friends on here.

We are very happy back home despite the odd moments of realising what we left behind was special too in its own way and we look back now with fond memories of another life on another continent. Being here in Britain even with its problems is where my soul belongs and after a little trip to the coast for a holiday, I have come to realise that I love our town and our house even though it is half the size of our Canadian one and was happy to be home.