1 EAGLETON NOTES: A Wee Update

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Tuesday 8 March 2022

A Wee Update

Life has been getting in the way of Blogland yet again. 

The Good Thing is that we have had five days of (mainly) sunny weather which has, about half the time, been free of the bitterly cold and strong wind that makes working outside in the garden a bit of a trial even when dressed up to the nines for the occasion.

It has meant that I have been getting up well before 7am and spending the vast amount of daylight in the garden and the polycarb doing hard labour. Well, that's the theory. When possible it's been the practice too. I would spend 12 hours a day in the garden if I could.

It has been helped by the fact that some of my social and other activities (like the gym) have had to be cancelled because I've been forbidden to drive until I've had an MRI scan to confirm that the incident that saw me ending up in hospital in the middle of the night, yet again, was labyrinthitis and not a TIA. 

Needless to say people have been very good and I've had lifts to town when needed.

I'm flying down to Glasgow this week for an MRI scan but it is looking uncertain as to whether I will get the hoped for resulting confirmation that I can drive in time to get down to Ayr for my delayed uretic stent replacement. This could mean another delay or very inconvenient travel arrangements on public transport.

C'est la vie.

I found some accidental potatoes left in the grounds when I emptied the potato grow bags from last spring/summer. 

Over the years I've shown some lovely sunrises from my kitchen window. This was yesterday's view 

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  1. Good to read you posting!
    Your potatoes look good, ready for a recipe. Prayers you tests go well. Being without wheels to go where you want to can be quite a drag on enthusiasm. Happy Gardening!

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    1. Thank you, Maywyn. I'me very fortunate to have friends and neighbours who are always popping in and out of town and are happy to give me a lift

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  2. Thought for the day: You should eat some accidental potatoes on an occasional table.

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    1. Marcheline, the irony is that I eat very few potatoes so I shall be eating accidentals occasionally.

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  3. Wow! That is a marvelous sunrise!
    Maybe a friend could drive you to Ayr or maybe you will get the MRI results quickly. Fingers crossed!

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    1. Ellen, we've had fewer beautiful sunrises here than we usually have in the winter because the weather on the whole has been so cloudy and dreary since Chrisrmas.

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  4. It really puts a crimp in your style when you can't drive. We lose out independence. I hope that there was no TIA and that you will be driving again.

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    1. Red, not driving is a big problem for my lifestyle but I suppose if I couldn't drive permanently I'd adapt or move into town.

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  5. I hope you have many long and happy hours in your garden, a much nicer place to be than the hospital. Fingers crossed the MRI works in your favour. I'd find being unable to drive an awful inconvenience, as I'm sure you do, too. I'm wishing you everything you wish for yourself!

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    1. Pauline, I do enjoy my garden very much and it was my saviour during the 6 months of lockdown. I've been fortunate in the kindness of people giving me lifts into town and home again. As it happens there is usually someone making the journey.

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  6. What a wonderful surprise to find those spuds. Like Christmas all over again!

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    1. Cro, it was a lovely surprise. I had a biggie baked last night.

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  7. The view from my kitchen window is nothing in comparison to yours, Graham! Wow as in a BIG WOW.
    Love the surprise find of those spuds, they look good.
    Hopefully, your medical appointments will come about as planned, with the hoped for results.

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    1. Meike, I have the advantage of a view uncluttered by anything except my garden and the sea and beach so on a good day the views can be spectacular. Thank you for your hopes for a good outcome for my appointments.

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  8. That sunrise is a wonderful welcome to a new day. Accidental spuds too!
    I hope your travel arrangements can be sorted out satisfactorily Graham.

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    1. Thank you JayCee. If everything doesn't work out it won't be for the lack of trying on behalf of the wonderful NHS staff.

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  9. The sunrise is stunning! Your travel arrangements have been less than ideal, but good friends seemed to be stepping into the breach. Were I in residence on the Island I would dust off my chauffeur's cap in an instant and wash the car, hoping that my wife would not go into paroxysms at seeing me do it! To discover an unknown trove of spuds seems like about as fine a reward as a gardener could get. All that's needed now is confirmation of no TIA and a restoration to driving. The price of petrol may even influence that!

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    1. Thank you David. Probably like yourself I don't have much option but to drive or stay put. There are occasional busses which many don't have but they are not convenient. As people get older and are not able to drive they rely on family and neighbours. There is a couple not far from me who have an environmental objection to running a car but they are very happy to use taxis, busses (they are on a route) and neighbours.

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  10. Thank you for the sunrise. Hope you are O.K.

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    1. All OK so far thanks, Tasker.Flying to Glasgow today for my scan in the morning. The joys of Island life.

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  11. For two days now I have enjoyed your magnificent sunrise! It is the first thing I look at with my coffee in hand. I do hope, dear friend, that your MRI is negative for any scary thing, and you will do well, again, when you get to hospital. Sending you good wishes.

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    1. Thank you for your good wishes, Jill. I'm glad you enjoyed the sunrise. Sometimes we get them for weeks on end and then we might have clouds for weeks as well.

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  12. Looks like the sun is literally rising from out of the sea there! Having to go to the hospital in the middle of the night sounds scary (I had one such experience way back in the past, decades ago - my other emergencies have at least been in the daytime). I hope the MRI will turn out in your favour and that transport to Ayr will get sorted somehow as well. ♥

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    1. Monica, things always seem worse in the middle of the night but, as bad luck would have it, three of my worst sepsis incidents have occurred in the middle of the night as well as this incident. I'm off today for my MRI scan in the morning.

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  13. Good to hear from you, Mr Edwards, but very sorry to learn you are still waiting for scans/treatment/life to be back on track. Fingers crossed things can be resolved soon. I too would offer chauffeuring services in an instant if I were a little nearer.

    Those 'accidentals' look lovely. Perhaps a 'mad hat' lunch of nothing but freshly cookings tatties dripping in melted butter . . .

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    1. Gosh, Jayne, we are being formal today! I'm beginning to think that all this chaos is 'normal' life! The irony is that I don't eat many potatoes in the normal course of things.

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  14. Great crop of early spuds. You'll be repeating that accident next year.

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    1. Well, Tigger, it's certainly a good way of keeping the crop over the winter.

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  15. What a super sunrise photo Graham. We've had some very fine days for a week or so but the very day I travel down to my Dad's to have a garden tidy up the rain decides to start and it's a washout. Oh, well, kitchen floor washing and scone-making it is then. I hope you are given the all-clear for driving soon and can get your appointment back on track. I'm interested in trying out potatoes in the growbags as we have no garden as such.....even the ones you missed look good. When you have time could you tell me Where you purchase the bags, and what type of tattie did you use ? Hope you have a good flight to Glasgow for the MRI. I take it Raigmore was not an option for this ?

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    1. Jane, I was given my first bag (a fancy one with a side opening), then I bought some similar ones on Amazon. I have just bought some more, cheaper and simpler ones from JBA Seeds/Jamieson Bros of Annan. There is a plethora. of different types.

      I'm not sure why we have our MRI scans done at the Golden Jubilee in Glasgow.

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    2. Ah, Jamieson's Seed Merchants - that brings back some memories as I used to walk past them on my way to work in a previous life ! I shall look into ordering some bags from them and give it a whirl. Thanks for the info.

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  16. An amazing sunrise and a beaut pile of potatoes. Sorry to hear of your medical problems and transport worries. Nice of friends to help out. Do you not have community services that provide transport for a small fee for seniors or medical reasons.

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    1. Diane, transport on the Island for medical reasons is provided if you cannot attend hospital appointments under your own steam. Generally on the Island neighbours and friends stand in but we do have reasonable rural bus services which are better than many rural area of the UK.

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  17. Hopefully you get your MRI and that it's good news. Here you have to wait sometimes months for one after you get a referral from your doctor. the potatoes look good though, so many things you can do with cooking them, they are like a staple in our house.

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    1. Amy, I think because mine is to determine whether I have had a TIA and my stent replacement next week depends on the answer being in the negative, they are doing it perhaps faster than it would usually be done. We don't have an MRI scanner on the Island but I had my CT scan done during the night when I was taken in.

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  18. Sorry to hear about the middle of the night incident that put you in hospital. Oh and I also wanted to say how beautiful those potatoes look - so clean and unblemished just like the fellow who grew them!

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    1. It's amazing, YP, how much of one's past one can hide.

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  19. I have been remiss in reading every post of all fellow bloggers, Graham, so had to catch up on your health-related post. A middle of the night incident is certainly a wake-up (no pun intended). The surprise potato find was nice. The sunrise view was simply spectacular!

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    1. Beatrice, there is always something amazing about sunrises and sunsets over the sea especially if mountains are involved too. All is looking good. I fly off today for my op tomorrow.

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