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I can remember being taught history when I went to school ( I’m 88 now all about Henry viiihow he treated his wives beheaded , locked them up etc , Queen Victoria ,also the one that abdicated the throne to marry a woman who had been divorced . Princess Margaret wasn’t allowe to marry a man...

Ann Melling I can sympathise with you when you say how your cards have gone missing . Birthday cards and Sympathy cards are expensive now . If I post an expensive card I always make sure I send it registered post . The only way they are sure of getting it . If the card has any decoration on it...

Clancieblue Thankyou for reminding me about that information . When I rang the chemist 3 days after taking the tablet and asked about the side effectsHis first words were “have you got type 1or Type 2 diabetes ? I said never had it in my life . Recommended I get blood test straight away...

DLHM my apologies i have spelt the name wrong FORXIGA is the proper name . My eyesight has detiorated so much (one of the side effects) I have difficulty seeing to print on iPad even though I can make the print larger . There is a 5 page print out the chemist has given me . The tablets are also...

Yes I would like to be involved in a clinical trial for the side effects of Forxicar tablets that were prescribed by my heart specialist . For the past 3 months I have had every xray one could possibly have , results all come back normal . Judging by the print out that was never given to me when...

I can no longer cook for myself anymore have home care package and I get meals in a black plastic dish similar to the ones sold in the supermarket . The ones I get are fresh not frozen and you get 7 day supply . They have lovely meals salads prawns salmon . roast meat and vegetables, chicken...

lee.r.c I thought they had opened some of those FREE clinics .one in eastlands bellerive and were opening in other places too. We have one here in wide Bay Area Qld . Don’t think you see the same dr each time but they write prescriptions for you plus they are open weekends . people have been to...

It’s the same with bulk billing practices everywhere I think . When there are several doctors in the practice who bulk bill all of a sudden up goes the sign Dr?? Is no longer bulk billing you will now be charged from ???date yet others still keep on bulk billing . The same with the homecare...

Smithlou I have also had the same problem as you with generic brands in Webster pack . plus all the tablets were placed together and I couldn’t sort them out . My GP arranged for me to have the original prescriptions I pay xtra for them but like you I find they work better.

I have a pacemaker and will be 88 years old tomorow . Recently I had a yearly checkup with my heart specialist he fly’s up from Brisbane every Monday. Every year I see him he has changed my tablets . Please bring $500 with you . Last time he gave me a prescription for FORXIGAR tablets NO...

wabcowombat how ever did you leave so quietly? The whole place would have heard me screaming and I would have raced out minus my belongings . Agree with article about rooms being cleaned . My son had an accommodation place only 29 rooms and used to employ several cleaners .some used to be...

Try walking with a white cane like I have people step over it 😡 even had one person tread on it . Others can be quite nice and let me pass. It takes all kinds I guess

FENCES and CAR PARKS I’ve had more arguments over these in 60 years than I have had SUNDAY dinners I Agree withGeoffO1 . If the fence is joining their property they want you to pay for all of it . If it’s on your property they are still not paying for it any way . Just want something to whinge...

I can remember when the councils were voluntary in Tasmania only the Lord Mayor got paid 1000 pounds it was then and he handled everything that was mostly for his car . Travelling and arranging meetings no one else got paid in the town I lived in then .I have had quite a few moves in my life...

PattiB I would love to be coming with you . When I lived at St Helens and we would drive down to Hobart would drive through Fingal . Used to say would like to look thru some of the old houses then to see what was inside . My mother in law was born in Fingal . We used to have photos of her father...