Meanwhile...

[Rocky]

Last week was a bit of a faff, as the father-out-law was having issues with his hips/pelvis and getting nowhere with the NHS. I managed to get him a same day appointment with a consultant at one of our hospitals. He then needed an MRI and various blood tests. Given his history of cancer there was some concern about the presentation.

He had the results today. Good news and bad. No 'nasty surprises' but it turns out he's managed to crack part of his pelvis - probably in part due to weakening of the bone due to previous radiotherapy. He's likely to need a minor procedure next week but other than that there's little that can be done besides using crutches to take weight off the joint and rest until it eventually heals.

Unfortunately, he can't drive at the moment and the MoL doesn't drive. Jon's nurse is on leave at the moment, which makes it hard for him to get time off, so it's fallen to me to chauffeur FoL to hospital appointments (including one on Saturday, which is why I had to cancel the Piec-nic), etc.

Send our best wishes.....I hope FoL improves soon and the procedure is effective. We are just waiting for the results of a PET scan of the pancreas for my mum.....I'm trying not to think the worst. Getting old is a real bore.

[Rutabaga]

Send our best wishes.....I hope FoL improves soon and the procedure is effective. We are just waiting for the results of a PET scan of the pancreas for my mum.....I'm trying not to think the worst. Getting old is a real bore.

Amen to that, and best wishes to all indisposed Olds. (Years ago a friend always used to call his parents "The Olds", and was creased up with delight one day when he saw our new car, which was an Oldsmobile .)

[Rocky]

Got the results of her scan today, luckily my mother hasn't got pancreatic cancer but seems to have a stone or some type of stricture of a pancreatic duct......it means an op (gastroscopy under GA) but that is far better than what we had been contemplating.

[Dunckel]

You must still be very worried Rocky,

[Rocky]

You must still be very worried Rocky,

Slightly less worried than before the diagnosis, but yes I'm worried for her. Plus there's some difficult family dynamics playing out which complicates things. Having said that, a couple of bottles of Black Sheep Ale have turned my evening around

[Regulator]

We’re weekending in Norfolk, and having lunch in Cromer:

We’re heading to the 1940s weekend at Holt later.

[Markymark]

We’re weekending in Norfolk, and having lunch in Cromer:

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We’re heading to the 1940s weekend at Holt later.

1940’s? Won’t the rest of Norfolk get freaked out by all those people from the future?

[Rocky]

1940’s? Won’t the rest of Norfolk get freaked out by all those people from the future?

Reg has just sent me a picture of him and Mr R dressed for this evening

[Markymark]

Reg has just sent me a picture of him and Mr R dressed for this evening

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Must have been taken some years ago....

[Lullabelle]

My suitcase is packed ready for next weekend. I bought a Stephen King book to read on the long flight but it is too big to fit in my cabin bag..doh!

[Markymark]

My suitcase is packed ready for next weekend. I bought a Stephen King book to read on the long flight but it is too big to fit in my cabin bag..doh!

I’d say take a kindle but the airport scanners wiped mine last month.

[Dunckel]

I'm not taking a book, but the white trousers are packed.

[Lullabelle]

I’d say take a kindle but the airport scanners wiped mine last month.

I like the feel of a book, just didn't think it through.

[Lullabelle]

I'm not taking a book, but the white trousers are packed.

[Rutabaga]

My suitcase is packed ready for next weekend. I bought a Stephen King book to read on the long flight but it is too big to fit in my cabin bag..doh!

Cut the book in half down the spine and put the other half in Dunckel's bag?