Slowlycatchymonkey

As is the nature or Spanish government they made an announcement about travelling to Spain on Wednesday evening which they then removed and changed today, apparently the official documentation is so confusing even the Travel Office couldn’t make head nor tail of it At the moment they’re saying if you have proof of vaccination you will not have to fill in a passenger locator form for Spain, if that stays true getting your family will be a doddle! Plus from the 20th April they’re dropping indoor mask requirements apart from public transport, hospitals and care settings. Glad about that, fed up trying to sneakily gulp lungfuls of cooler air while wandering about the supermarket

Most of us want to simply check out, we don’t want what the majority get which isn’t death, first its disability. Sadly on the check list death is rarely the first option, becoming a dribbler that can’t ride or wipe their own arse is. The older you are the more likely you are to get the simple check out you’re after, the younger you are the more likely you are get the trapped in your shitty body option. Unmanaged blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and diabetes are right up there on the slow crappy exit list. If you want to avoid the horrible slow deterioration option those are the things to take care of. That and general fitness. Oddly its exactly the sort of people who don’t want medical care who also can’t abide being looked after when they stroke out, they’re a PITA. There endeth the nursey sermon, you don’t get to choose a quick exit and its rarely on offer. Unless you’re willing/able to take matters into your own hands which is generally so devastating most folk won’t do that to their loved ones.

Several times a day is more like it and a 24 hour recording’ is very useful, they usually go off every 30 mins though and being woken up every 30mins can really annoy, its make folks BP go up! Blood pressure medications work, its worth bearing with the side effects of blood pressure meds while the body adjusts and worth keeping an eye on it, do that and everything’s dandy. Its only when its ignored or not known about people pop in the most unpleasant of ways. We used to use Omron on the ward, they were known for being reliable, I should imagine they still are

That does work really well until it doesnt and the reality of a stroke or heart attack comes crashing down around you. Brrr. Fuck that.

If you take your blood pressure during sex you’re bound to see a cow cos theres no way anyone youre doing the do with is going to think thats alright

3 times a day or 9 readings isnt quite enough for an accurate picture but its better than nothing and probably close enough. If you’re sitting still and not moving your wrist or body when the measurements taken then that generally gives a good reading. Not that you sound like you need it but if you do in the future blood pressure monitors are pretty cheap to buy (compared with most medical equipment), you just have to be careful to buy something certified and not some imported untested crapola. Blood pressure like diabetes is one of things you’re better off regularly monitoring yourself and giving the results to the GP/nurse when you see them.

Yer thats why its funny. Nice gif

https://ridermagazine.com/2022/04/01/giant-loop-unveils-keg-kaddy-party-panniers/

Moved the smart meter into the kitchen yesterday as a reminder to switch everything off. Turned on the two small ovens for just half an hour, nearly had a heart attack

Nice weekend for me, I hope. Son coming home from Uni tomorrow until monday afternoon and its good when we’re all together, loud n laughy with good wine and lots of good food, it doesnt get better than that We’ll be having the ‘Real Mothers Day’ which we have the Sunday after the official one cos one year donkeys ago I lost it after having to spend it placating Mr Slowlys miserable mean spirited mother whilst trying to look after a baby n toddler. It was a very reasoned discussion about the merits of Mothering Sunday and that perhaps it shouldnt be me running around after everyone else… or maybe it really went along the lines of his mum leaving and me shouting FUCK THIS as loudly as possible, I like to pretend it was the former..

The right bike won! Congrats @Mawsley great pic

In Petes mind its far more likely to be Stellaaaaaaaaa

She doesnt look like the beer sort

I admire the resolve but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Keeping track of lung function and oxygen sats should mean you get offered the right booster stuff at the optimum times. Obviously I cant fly to Merica and twist your arm so have this gif instead Or this one, she’s cute you should do what she says, might get a date

Id take a guess that youre the sort of guy that will get whatever healthcare you want if you want it enough. The only humiliation thats possible is theirs for the crap care thats on offer. Ring them, make them do their job, like L’Oréal youre worth it

Hmm. If youre only being checked up for BP and your BPs fine I could go along with that but if youre supposed to be having other things checked like for example bloods then thats no good Tymmy. You need to find the will to make them see you. Thats ‘forum nobody’ orders!

Well now, I know being on this forum leads you to believe my standards are low and I can’t argue with that and I will confess whilst looking at the male species Im happy to forgo the pleasures of discourse to spend a bit of time with a nice looking knuckle dragger who cant really string a coherent sentence together but I do draw the line at being able to wash and dress themselves so no I dunno a lot about knob cheese. There are some limits even for for me

From what I can garner from the above posts your boys the real man cos he has a beard and gallons of testosterone made his hair fall out But maybe youre a real man too cos theres a strange similarity between that haircut and the hair implants actors get that give them a plastic brush on their head Hair and beard aside you and your son couldnt look more similar, even the little dot in your arms is unmistakably yours.

Doesn’t look like he got much of that, he looks like a chip of the ol ginger block

I honestly don’t know why they’d want you to have such low blood pressure. I can only think either you have a co-morbidity that benefits from having a low BP (I’m not aware of a single one, I’m fact too low BP is damaging to renal function) OR perhaps your BP like many peoples fluctuates over the course of a day and when it’s high it really is too high (taking a snapshot BP occasionally can give a create a very misleading picture) OR they’re just getting it wrong! To know for sure you’d need to take your blood pressure repeatedly over the course of the day making sure you encompass from when you wake to when you go to sleep and repeat this for several days. That’s too much work for most folk so unless someone’s in hospital these things are rarely known for sure. On the upside your mean pressure needs to be at 60 or above to maintain O2 tissue perfusion so it’s not been too bad. Glad you asked?

So in 5 years he’s lost his hair and grown a beard. That’s not really a sign of a psycho tryst.. just bad genetics

Wot he said.

I think youll find he’s in the closet. Rennies wardrobe I seem to remember

Copy that. We all know children who are still doing what their parents tell them to do as adults and theyre weirdos arent they!

What a great pic