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How to understand what nurses say

December 23, 2009

Do you Triage your laundry?
Some nurses speak ‘medic-speak’.  You may not understand them.  But, as in all jobs, those that work in a sector have their own way of describing things.
But their ‘in-speak’ can have its own words – hence one nurse who told a colleague “I am Triaging the laundry” .
Translation:  she just meant [...]

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Latest money-wasting idea from NHS

December 18, 2009

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New Number to Call
Latest gimmick from Dept. Health is to provide us with a new telephone number for medical questions.
111 – or ONE ONE ONE.
This isn’t for emergencies – that is still 999.
111 is for people to call who want advice about a medical problem, and to take pressure off 999 – because [...]

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Good news for chocoholics!

October 21, 2009

Make sure it is 70%    Wikipedia

GOOD THINGS ABOUT CHOCOLATE
There is plenty of information on the web about chocolate – not all of it bad!
A fellow patient has just sent me the following:
‘Dark chocolate. Okay, there’s nothing in it that relieves stress, but when only chocolate will do, reach for the dark, sultry kind [...]

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Finding presents for friends who are ill

September 30, 2009

IDEAS FOR WHAT TO GIVE AS PRESENTS
This is friendly advice for family, friends and fellow workers.
If you know someone undergoing treatment, you want to help, but what can you give someone – or what can you do to help without being ‘too much’ ?  Or the wrong thing?
We feel very, very tired during treatment, and [...]

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Chocolate

September 30, 2009

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EAT CHOCOLATE WISELY
If you do buy chocolates, make sure they are dark chocolate.
Scientists tell us these are better for us than white or milk chocolate.
OK – we all know chocolate is fattening – BUT – did you know Bendicks Bittermints (those lovely thick satisfying circles) are only 80 calories? If you [...]

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Scents are lovely!

September 30, 2009

PERFUME
To a female, lovely scents are probably the nicest gift you can give. A gorgeous scent lifts the spirit;  you only have to watch people’s faces when they go into a perfume boutique, or smell a lovely scented candle, to see the smile it causes.
But if you are buying a present, please make sure the [...]

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Nibbling nuts

September 30, 2009

NUTS
Dieticians love us to eat these, and I have been trying out a ‘new’ variety – Apricot Kernels.
Normally we would throw away the Apricot stone, but Fulwell Mill have cracked them open for us, and sell them in handy packs in stores, making it easy to nibble away (as I am doing now).
There is [...]

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Candles calm you down!

September 30, 2009

CANDLES
They aren’t fattening, but quickest way I know to lift one’s mood, especially if they fill the room with perfume.
Recently a friend sent me a gorgeous assortment from Yankee Candles, and as I opened the box the scents wafted out:  Aromatherapy Spa collection, a lovely one called Tahitian Tiare Flower, and one for each mood [...]

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Get rid of hang nails!

September 30, 2009

NAIL FILES
They are not normally a treat, unless they are Nail Tek files, specially developed for soft ‘cancer hit’ nails.
At the Royal Marsden they used to have a manicurist, Francesca, who introduced me to this brand.  Yesterday, a friend sent me their latest file – in a smart red case with glittery crystals [...]

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It’s good to laugh

September 30, 2009

HUMOUR
I dreaded getting those “how I suffered” books, but luckily my friends know me better.
What I did enjoy was Christine Clifford Beckwith’s wonderful cartoons – you have to have cancer to completely understand the humour!
Not Now…I’m Having A No Hair Day!
Our Family Has Cancer, Too! (written especially for children)
and Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of [...]

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