General Natter Room

[Chrissie777]

Something about eye ops under GA made them very upset, confused and hard to settle.
And of course a GA comes with much higher risks to the patient in general - but you couldn't expect a child of 5 or 6 to have a squint corrected without one.

Fiona, that might be the case for children, but are adults also getting upset, confused and hard to settle after anaethesia? Between 1966 and 2009 I had 7 surgeries under anesthesia, but only once in 2004 became sick to the point where I had to vomit (I take the vomiting part any time over the traumatizing part).

[Fiona1986]

I've worked on adult wards but never with patients having eye surgery. It's not purely having the anaesthetic - the other 20 odd days of the month were other types of surgery and we didn't have to make special arrangements for those - it is some combination of eye surgery and general anaesthetic. I have seen the odd child having other types of surgery - major and minor - react very badly but those were isolated cases.

[Darrell71]

Hellllooooooo people! I'm so so happy to tell you that my exams are over, and my holidays have started! It all seems much like a dream, 4 months of holidays? Anyways, I have a loootttt of plans, and it finally seems like I'm free. Won't have to touch a textbook for four months! I remember some past exam, after which I had posted a big message with a lot of emoticons, exclamation marks, and capital letters. About 5 years ago. Well this is much bigger news, it's virtually the end of school, and I'm much more excited than I was then, but I guess people grow up, yeah?

[floragord]

Happy days indeed when the last exam paper is done and freedom stretches ahead for weeks, enjoy your holidays and have a lovely textbookless time!

[Chrissie777]

Hellllooooooo people! I'm so so happy to tell you that my exams are over, and my holidays have started! It all seems much like a dream, 4 months of holidays? I remember some past exam, after which I had posted a big message with a lot of emoticons, exclamation marks, and capital letters. About 5 years ago. Well this is much bigger news, it's virtually the end of school

That's great! I'm very happy for you.

[Lucky Star]

Great news. Happy days are here for you.

[Courtenay]

Hooray, Sunskriti! Make the most of your well-deserved break.

[Rob Houghton]

Enjoy the break! Well done!

[Daisy]

I hope you have done well in your exams Sunskriti. Have a lovely break - a relaxing and refreshing time.

[Eddie Muir]

Enjoy your break, Sunskriti.

[Julie2owlsdene]

I went into Corfe today, and it was sad to see Viv's Ginger Pop shop being replaced by a gift/antique sort of shop. The new owner in there has taken over both sides of the shops - meaning one side which remained empty after the post office closed.

I did notice however on a shelf the Adult F.F books, and one man was picking them up and looking at them. I said to him, you do know that Enid Blyton didn't write those books, don't you? He said, no, who wrote them then, as it says Enid Blyton on the front. I said the author's name is inside the book and that Enid died in 1968, and they were a send up of the F.F. He said, oh I won't buy it then. I replied Good!

[Chrissie777]

I went into Corfe today, and it was sad to see Viv's Ginger Pop shop being replaced by a gift/antique sort of shop. The new owner in there has taken over both sides of the shops - meaning one side which remained empty after the post office closed.

What a pity that Viv had to close the wonderful Ginger Pop Shop!

[Rob Houghton]

I did notice however on a shelf the Adult F.F books, and one man was picking them up and looking at them. I said to him, you do know that Enid Blyton didn't write those books, don't you? He said, no, who wrote them then, as it says Enid Blyton on the front. I said the author's name is inside the book and that Enid died in 1968, and they were a send up of the F.F. He said, oh I won't buy it then. I replied Good!

Well done, Julie!

Seriously though - this is my main complaint about these books. Wait until they release 'Lesbian Lovers' by Enid Blyton, or 'Stoned Hippies From Mars' or how about 'Five Make A Blue Movie'? Any of these are not beyond the realms of possibility sadly.

[Courtenay]

Good on you, Julie. Rob... don't give them any more ideas, please.

[Rob Houghton]