Yawn Yawn, Wakey Wakey..!! MK 5

Good morning Kandy and all my other friends,have we all got that bounce this morning:WINK1:have a most enjoyable day and stay safe my friends

 

Good morning everyone,

Kandy, I hope Mr K's ulcer clears up quickly. The cause of it is almost certainly the ibuprofen (known as an NSAID) but the doctor should still do a test to check whether it is the other major cause which is a bacteria called H. pylori. The test is very simple. They can either do it from a stool sample or doing a breath test. The breath test is the quickest. I suppose the doctor has already told him that smoking (which he has given up) and drinking alcohol are the two main things tha make it worse.

If it's just caused by the ibuprofen then stopping taking it and having a course of drugs to reduce the acid in his stomach should cure it. If he's been taking the ibuprofen just for aches and pains rather than as an inflammatory then the doctor has probably said he should change to paracetomol but it's best to try not to use drugs if he can. The doctor should be able to tell him whether he really needs anything. It's never good to diagnose and treat yourself for aches and pains - and particularly not to take any notice of what the ads say about the drugs.

My toe is a bit better this morning . The infection is where I used to have an ingrown toenail at the side of the big toe. It hasn't bothered me for some years as, with treatment, we've managed to keep it under control. When it gets like this the toe next to it presses against it and makes it worse but I've been wearing sandals and also been sleeping in the armchair, which helps keep the toes apart.

Sarafi hasn't been in the greenhouse quite so much now that the weather has warmed up. He seems to be a restless cat and doesn't stay still much at all. Theo ther day he marched in through the back door as though he owned the place . We just followed him to see what he did and he marched around the house, totally ignoring us, and had a look at everything and then marched out.

Have a great day :D

 

Good morning everyone,

Summer has popped in for a visit. It's already 12C and very sunny.

Moyra, I thought that you had done an awful lot so early in the morning but then realised your post was yesterday evening :DOH:

I don't wish to be unkind to Sarafi but he can take unflattering photos as well. He looks quite vicious here but is actually calling for help. He'd got himself on to the top of the pergola and wasn't sure how to get down. It's over 8ft high but Oscar had worked out exactly how to get down with no trouble. This was Sarafi's first time. He's a very vocal cat so was miaowing like mad. He wouldn't jump into my arms (Oscar would have been quite happy to do that) so I had to lead him to the corner where he could get on the fence.




Kandy, that looks very uncomfortable :(. Without meaning to be rude I think that Mr K was rather silly to not mention the Ibuprofen to the doctor (apart from being silly for taking so much of it). The doctor may be treating him for the wrong thing. The drugs are completely different for Helicobacter pylori (which he's taking) than for those for anti-inflamatory damage! :nono:

I've been going to Barry regularly recently as his move is coming up in two weeks and lots of things need sorting. I'm popping round there again today to sort out the form he's got about redirecting his mail. It can be done over the phone if you pay by credit card, but he doesn't have one of those. So he needs to fill in a form. He phoned me and said he tried to do the form but is not sure about some of the questions. So it's another journey into town for me.

Have a great day :D

 

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