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Post by sherriebythesea on Nov 7, 2018 18:38:25 GMT
I’m so sorry you are having the voice issue. That happens to me when I have too much citrus. Feel fine but can’t talk. Good luck. Sounds like your job is lucky to have you
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Post by kathryn on Nov 7, 2018 18:47:20 GMT
I’m not a singer, but I rather suspect it’s the complete vocal rest you actually need.
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Post by Roxie on Nov 7, 2018 18:54:14 GMT
I’m not a singer, but I rather suspect it’s the complete vocal rest you actually need. I suspect so too. I’ve not called in sick at work since 2014, I HATE calling in sick when I am poorly so when I feel otherwise fine I feel 10 times worse about it. Love my boss though, he’s a ledge. He let me take loads of breaks from the phones today and set me on filing and helping the admin girl, so I could rest my voice, but then she needs work to do too and there’s not a lot more I can do! Hate this, I ain’t no sick note!
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Post by kathryn on Nov 7, 2018 23:33:56 GMT
Look, you are just not well enough to work. The bit of your body you use for your job has an injury.
The only way it will get well enough to work properly again is to rest it. The more you try to work with it injured the longer the situation will last. Take tomorrow and Friday off; read some books, watch some telly, do your Christmas shopping, go for some long walks. No talking. By Monday you’ll be well enough to work again because you’ll have had 4 solid days of rest.
If you struggle on at work tomorrow and Friday you won’t be properly well on Monday, and it will drag on next week.
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 8, 2018 16:09:44 GMT
Having a bit of a problem trying to convince Mr Tibs that the price tag on my new trousers is, in fact, in Polish Zlotys, not pounds sterling.
Current rate £0.20:1 Zloty - ie. £50 looks like £245.71.
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Post by stefy69 on Nov 8, 2018 16:31:26 GMT
Having a bit of a problem trying to convince Mr Tibs that the price tag on my new trousers is, in fact, in Polish Zlotys, not pounds sterling. Current rate £0.20:1 Zloty - ie. £50 looks like £245.71. Mental note to self, worth a try....
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Post by lynette on Nov 8, 2018 16:35:04 GMT
Having a bit of a problem trying to convince Mr Tibs that the price tag on my new trousers is, in fact, in Polish Zlotys, not pounds sterling. Current rate £0.20:1 Zloty - ie. £50 looks like £245.71. Mental note to self, worth a try.... Price tags to be removed on purchase. Never, never, to enter the domestic domain. Cc accounts can be a problem but you can prob get there first.
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Post by Roxie on Nov 10, 2018 1:48:09 GMT
My voice is almost back!! It’s at about 75%. I got sent home from work again on Wednesday and called in sick on thurs and today so I could get vocal rest. It’s been tough not speaking as I’m such a chatterbox, but it seems to have done the trick! Actually looking forward to work on Monday! Daytime TV suuuuuucks! Though I have managed to get a couple of afternoon naps in! 😁
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Post by ruby on Nov 11, 2018 17:11:47 GMT
Tired but happy after a very enjoyable 2 show day yesterday. Between seeing Rupert Young from the third row at Twelfth Night, and Ashley Day from the front row at 42nd Street, I've come over all unnecessary!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Nov 12, 2018 16:57:09 GMT
Yesterday started off so nice. Had to walk about a mile to get around queue for parade so I could get into Churchill War Rooms. More interesting than I thought it would be. Saw so much of parade also. Then off to Finborough Theatre for Bury the Dead. Really enjoyed it and such an intimate theatre.
Decided I would go by Leicester Square to pick up some noodles for dinner. Walking (legally) across the street with big group of people and POW, I'm on the ground. Some cyclist decided to go around a bus that was stopped for the light and just wasn't paying attention. He tried to pull his bike up and ended up the bike going one way and him going the other...right into me and another woman. Had to have some help getting up but people were so nice. He got out of there as soon as possible. People were so mad at him, and letting him know it. He's lucky he hit me before I got my noodles or I would have been running after him.
I thought "I'm going to be sore tomorrow" and was I right. Spent all day today at Westminster Abbey and now having a hard time getting around. Time for some more Paracetamol.
Have a few more hours to rest up and then Summer and Smoke. And interval wine.......
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 12, 2018 16:57:13 GMT
A screw fell out of my glasses. Cue more than an hour crawling round the carpet with a torch. Found it on about the fourth pass over the same patch of carpet. I swear there's some sort of carpet elf that steals fallen things and won't put them back until you've just about given up hope.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 12, 2018 19:52:15 GMT
sherriebythesea I don't know what it's like in America but far too many cyclists over here seem to believe that traffic lights don't apply to them so they don't bother to stop for red lights. We visited Ely cathedral today. We'd intended to spend a couple of hours there then visit Cromwell's house & have a walk round Ely. Four and a half hours later we left the cathedral & decided we didn't have time for anything else!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 21:24:00 GMT
Oh no sherriebythesea, I hope you feel better. I can highly recommend codeine. It's one of my favourite over the counter drugs. You might not be able to poo for several days but it's worth it. I sailed through a cracked rib on codeine. It's especially nice with a pink gin.
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Post by Roxie on Nov 12, 2018 22:22:40 GMT
Today, with voice nearly back, I went back to work. We were super busy as one of the other call centres was closed so By lunchtime it was nearly gone again, and I’ve developed a nasty cough so I made a doctors appointment and left work early with 20 mins to spare to the appointment.
Got to my car and IT HAD A FLAT TYRE!! Not a bit flat, like pancake flat, not driveable. So I had to summon an Uber to take me to the doctors, where they scolded me for being late and made me wait 40 mins till they could fit me in (I was 7 mins late!)
Docs then told me, NOTHING they can do about my voice, and it may take 2 or 3 WEEKS to run it’s course!!!
Had to walk home, then call the breakdown and get my dad to take me back to work and my car. Breakdown man then couldn’t get in the car park and had to walk down to me with a compressor and it was such a massive faff and I was FREEZING!!
Got home and had dinner now I can only rasp. Just 4 more days at work to go like this!!
I hate my life today. *massive dramatic sigh*
EDIT: just watching the news about the fires and thinking how much worse things could be. I don’t have anything to moan about really, just had a frustrating day and wanted to get if off my chest! I’m going for a little cry and a piece of cake and then I’ll be a ok!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Nov 12, 2018 23:46:42 GMT
Oh no sherriebythesea , I hope you feel better. I can highly recommend codeine. It's one of my favourite over the counter drugs. You might not be able to poo for several days but it's worth it. I sailed through a cracked rib on codeine. It's especially nice with a pink gin. Codeine? Over the counter? AND NO ONE TOLD ME THIS BEFORE?
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Post by showgirl on Nov 13, 2018 4:56:05 GMT
Oh no sherriebythesea , I hope you feel better. I can highly recommend codeine. It's one of my favourite over the counter drugs. You might not be able to poo for several days but it's worth it. I sailed through a cracked rib on codeine. It's especially nice with a pink gin. Codeine? Over the counter? AND NO ONE TOLD ME THIS BEFORE? sherriebythesea, I'm really sorry about the accident and being so late to say this. Also, though, I didn't think you could still get codeine OTC in the UK. Even if you can, I'd steer clear of it for the side effect Ryan mentions. I've been told the hospital pharmacist may prescribe this for me post-op, but I'm hoping to discuss alternatives or something which contains another painkiller to reduce the codeine content.
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Post by viserys on Nov 13, 2018 5:38:18 GMT
I've been importing Nurofen Plus or more recently the cheaper Boots version of Codeine + Ibuprofen from the UK for years as codeine is only available on prescription over here in the nanny state of Germany. Never had any side effects and it's brilliant for all sorts of aches. Everytime I'm in London I buy at least one package to take home with me.
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Post by alnoor on Nov 13, 2018 6:07:41 GMT
Am having a terrible time with Labrynthitis which has resulted in vertigo and complete hearing loss in one ear. Emailed Delfont Mackintosh as I wanted to change dates for a show. Their customer service was absolutely BRILLIANT. Made my day
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 13, 2018 8:00:03 GMT
You can get co-codamol over the counter. Mixture of codeine and paracetamol. The pharmacist will ask difficult questions but just look them in the eye and tell them your GP suggested it for a (insert your choice of short term painful condition). Their eyebrows will raise if you ask for more than one packet so don’t. You can get soluble ones, which is handy for dropping in a glass of..... water.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 13, 2018 9:03:29 GMT
The only question they've ever asked me about paracetamol/codeine is "Have you used these before?" ("Hell yeah! They're like, awesome, dude!" is probably not the best response.)
I'm disappointed that nobody has done the "Why are there no aspirins in the jungle?" joke yet. (Answer: because the shipping costs are prohibitive and the sales potential is essentially zero.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 9:15:23 GMT
My doctor told me to take codeine for non-specific back pain once. It gave me terrible nausea to the point that I decided I'd rather just be in pain every time I made any sort of below-the-neck movement including breathing, and I haven't taken codeine since. (I could probably pinpoint the exact date this happened, the doctor also said I should carry on my life as usual so I didn't bother cancelling my theatre trips, and luckily London Road surprisingly turned out to be brilliant enough to distract me from the pain for a while.) Hope you're beginning to feel better, sherriebythesea, your schedule is too exciting and full to be disrupted by one inconsiderate idiot.
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Post by viserys on Nov 13, 2018 9:30:46 GMT
I'm not above booking tickets for a football game based on the fact that the away team is bringing the hottest player in the league along. Second row, too. The mother's reaction to my choice of seats: "Oh great, that's the area where they sell chips".
Women shouldn't be let loose on football, I suppose.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 13, 2018 10:38:17 GMT
My doctor told me to take codeine for non-specific back pain once. It gave me terrible nausea to the point that I decided I'd rather just be in pain every time I made any sort of below-the-neck movement including breathing, and I haven't taken codeine since. (I could probably pinpoint the exact date this happened, the doctor also said I should carry on my life as usual so I didn't bother cancelling my theatre trips, and luckily London Road surprisingly turned out to be brilliant enough to distract me from the pain for a while.) Hope you're beginning to feel better, sherriebythesea , your schedule is too exciting and full to be disrupted by one inconsiderate idiot. Ah yes, a friend of mine also has that reaction to codeine. She had a slipped disc earlier on in the year and had to struggle through pre- and post-surgery on paracetemol alone.
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Post by Roxie on Nov 13, 2018 21:10:30 GMT
My doctor told me to take codeine for non-specific back pain once. It gave me terrible nausea to the point that I decided I'd rather just be in pain every time I made any sort of below-the-neck movement including breathing, and I haven't taken codeine since. (I could probably pinpoint the exact date this happened, the doctor also said I should carry on my life as usual so I didn't bother cancelling my theatre trips, and luckily London Road surprisingly turned out to be brilliant enough to distract me from the pain for a while.) Hope you're beginning to feel better, sherriebythesea , your schedule is too exciting and full to be disrupted by one inconsiderate idiot. Oh London Road was brilliant! I remember running super late for this and running full pelt along the south bank in the pouring rain not to miss the start. Totally worth it! And I’d dried off by the interval. Beautiful ending when all the hanging baskets came down from the ceiling.
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Post by Roxie on Nov 13, 2018 21:12:50 GMT
I'm not above booking tickets for a football game based on the fact that the away team is bringing the hottest player in the league along. Second row, too. The mother's reaction to my choice of seats: "Oh great, that's the area where they sell chips". Women shouldn't be let loose on football, I suppose. Normally, I’d get annoyed at this comment and my feminist hackles would be raised, but I was once at the football walking along the side of the pitch and the ball got kicked out and flew at me so I screamed and ran off, to the amusement of the crowd! So maybe you have a point, at least when it comes to this woman! 😂
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Post by Roxie on Nov 13, 2018 21:15:49 GMT
My doctor told me to take codeine for non-specific back pain once. It gave me terrible nausea to the point that I decided I'd rather just be in pain every time I made any sort of below-the-neck movement including breathing, and I haven't taken codeine since. (I could probably pinpoint the exact date this happened, the doctor also said I should carry on my life as usual so I didn't bother cancelling my theatre trips, and luckily London Road surprisingly turned out to be brilliant enough to distract me from the pain for a while.) Hope you're beginning to feel better, sherriebythesea , your schedule is too exciting and full to be disrupted by one inconsiderate idiot. Ah yes, a friend of mine also has that reaction to codeine. She had a slipped disc earlier on in the year and had to struggle through pre- and post-surgery on paracetemol alone. I’m fine with codeine most of the time, but occasionally it knocks me sick and there’s no real pattern, so it’s a gamble when I take it, whether it’s going to ease my pain, or have me reaching for a bowl. I tend to reserve it now for when my pain is so bad, being sick would be an acceptable pay off
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Post by d'James on Nov 14, 2018 0:11:39 GMT
Throat is killing me and I don’t know what pills to buy over here haha (other than paracetamol or ibuprofen).
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Post by viserys on Nov 14, 2018 6:03:59 GMT
I'm not above booking tickets for a football game based on the fact that the away team is bringing the hottest player in the league along. Second row, too. The mother's reaction to my choice of seats: "Oh great, that's the area where they sell chips". Women shouldn't be let loose on football, I suppose. Normally, I’d get annoyed at this comment and my feminist hackles would be raised, but I was once at the football walking along the side of the pitch and the ball got kicked out and flew at me so I screamed and ran off, to the amusement of the crowd! So maybe you have a point, at least when it comes to this woman! 😂 Oh, don't shoot me, most people here know I'm quite a feminist myself - and have been a football fan for many years, who's sat through many a dire game in a cold stadium and followed her team both to the depths of second league and to the heady heights of European football, where I've had the pleasure to meet another forum member even! We see one or two games each season at home (mother's a member even to allow earlier bookings), so it was firmly tongue-in-cheek. She "So what game should we go and see this year?" Me: "Hmm, we can go when Sandhausen comes, they got that Icelandic hottie every lady went gaga for during the world cup in summer" She: "Okay, will you book the tickets?" Me: "Yea sure, let's see... hmm, either second row or far away and high up? Well, second row then, be close to the pitch, see something of the fabled bloke". As for chips, this being Germany and true to cliche, you can get sausages everywhere in the stadium, but only one area has a place that sells chips , I'm amused she remembered. So it's all good, I'll also watch games without Icelandic eye candy, but I don't MIND it
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 8:19:07 GMT
Throat is killing me and I don’t know what pills to buy over here haha (other than paracetamol or ibuprofen). Go to the back of Boots or Superdrug where the pharmacy counter is and ask for advice. (Then, whatever they suggest, ask for the cheaper non-branded version. Exactly the same product, significantly cheaper.)
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 14, 2018 10:23:58 GMT
Ah yes, a friend of mine also has that reaction to codeine. She had a slipped disc earlier on in the year and had to struggle through pre- and post-surgery on paracetemol alone. I’m fine with codeine most of the time, but occasionally it knocks me sick and there’s no real pattern, so it’s a gamble when I take it, whether it’s going to ease my pain, or have me reaching for a bowl. I tend to reserve it now for when my pain is so bad, being sick would be an acceptable pay off When I want my pain easing, I let Kevin Coster take me to a baseball game. Never fails. And he treats me to a dog and a beer. 🙂
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