Good grief ....

So I finally went to the doc again today, with my X-ray and CT scans done last Thursday. Turns out my spine is deteriorating - thanks to having ridden horses for years and giving birth to four whopping great babies and probably a crap diet for so many years. So the numbness down a third of my body is likely to be there for the rest of my life.

Now this wouldn't bother me too much, but he says in two weeks I will be fit for looking for work again. So tell me, are there any employers out there who would not have a problem with someone who has little to no control over their bladder due to numbness? If there is please give me a call.

He had to ring the pathology lab for my heliobacter test results. Turns out I probably have an ulcer in my stomach or duodenum. Explains the feeling I have in my abdomen. So I have some antibiotics to treat that. The specialist said I have to take them for three months. If it isn't gone by then, I have to go get the colonoscopy done.

So I am in two minds whether to go to see Centre link and find their opinion or just go and see another doctor. I should probably try and find where my last doc went, and talk it over with him.

More interesting than Politics - we still have a hung Parliament - but we think Labor will probably get in.

Election Twenty Ten ...

I think we got what they deserved ... a hung Parliament. If one or the other tries to get too uppity there are the Independents to keep them honest. They haven't decided who is what yet ...

Don' mess wit me ...

I like doing things that people say "Shouldn't" "can't", etc, because it appeals to the rebellious child in me. However, one thing I will not mess with is my internet security, and as such have just updated all our computers with the latest we could afford. Okay, it's not Kasperski, because it is just a home computer. But it is very good.

Updates ...

Our internet died on Wednesday morning, just after we paid all the bills, but before we could get into any of our favs like facebook and yahoo groups. What a horror that was for three days. lol. Finally got it up and running earlier tonight. Daughter has had to spend quite a few $$$ getting new wiring and stuff only to discover it was in actual fact the modem that has died.

She rang the ISP several times before they came to that conclusion. They have her hooked up to the old modem for just now.

My three books from Amazon have all arrived, within two weeks of ordering them, too. One is a Preterist book, one is a book on hat making from the 1920's and the other is the classic, Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's clothing (I already have Women's clothing) - I can now design to my hearts content and not have to worry about copyright and all that, as they will be all my own designs. Woohoo.

I bought three more punches yesterday, a six petal flower than I can make into 3D roses, a palm tree for christmas cards, and a little twiglet that I have coveted forever.

The stamp company in the USA that I ordered some rubber from has also come through and my order is on the wing.

I am happy.

However, I went and saw the Gastrologist on Wednesday, and while he is not too interested in doing a colonoscopy he did say the numbness that I have isn't related to the abdominal problems i have been experiencing. He thinks I should get a spinal CT scan, and that is scarey. My abdominal problems may be related to ulcers, and I have to get pathology tests done for that.

I had another fall this morning, partly my own fault as I was patting her Ladyship and she suddenly moved. She had her usual smell to see if I was okay, but as I called the Daughter she knew I was and she moved carefully away. She is very sweet that way. My knee was sore a bit, but as I have rested and moved it during the day, it seems okay now.

The Daughter was kind enough to buy me the final DVD set for ST: Voyager. So that is keeping me happy for just now; and I can craft as I watch. lol. I'll get back to the sewing over the weekend.

I will go to my doctor again on Wednesday, as he is only a part timer now. He can organise the scans and stuff and I might finally pinpoint what is actually wrong with me and I can start on the road to recovery. I am happy that it isn't cancer and I am happy that I seem to be in good hands.

More Election distortion ...

Leader of the Opposition, Mr Tony Abbot MP

I cannot get my head around this person. I guess as soon as I heard the word "Catholic" used to describe his religious background, I switched off to him. Normally I associate Catholics as being Labor candidates, and the fact this guy is a Liberal is a bit twitchy. But I put up a pickky of JG so here is one of him.

Would I vote for him? I doubt it. His party doesn't seem to have many coherent policies that would actually benefit individuals other than the fact that usually with a Liberal Government, taxes can come down and that has to be good somewhere - if you are a worker. There wouldn't be too much for those of us getting progressively older.

I thought I would follow him on twitter - the guy can't tweet. Anyone who cannot tweet or even get a minion to tweet for him has something intrinsically wrong with them. You are a Politician of the 21C, social networking is where it is at. I don't recall much by way of following him on facebook either.

To give Julia Gillard a few points, however, the woman can tweet, even if it is a minion doing it for her, at least it is there. Kevin Rudd can sort of tweet; I started following him just before the "fall". I felt bad for him, I have to admit. I think most Labor Pollies are a bit more "human" than Liberal Pollies.

My biggest problem is that my Parents were both Liberal supporters for many years, and I mean actual members of the Liberal Party. But one day, my father actually questioned something, and they were shown the door. So I have been pretty brainwashed against Labor, and feel that looking at the crookedness of NSW state Politics (Labor) my brainwashing has been correct.

Which is why i hate voting for either of them.

If Labor is still in thick with the Greens, well that is just asking for big trouble. Greenies in this country, heck greenies anywhere are major trouble and not interested in people one little bit; other than how they can make the candidates look good. I would never support them, ever. Green politics are whitewashing a terrible agenda, part of which is to reduce the population of the world to less than 1 billion people. I often wonder how they would do that. And it is creepy to think about.

Reading between the lines of the Labor website is interesting, but you would have to be pretty astute to notice the games they play with people.

I never trust people with fake australian accents, anyhow.

Plodding ....

The Old Person

It is not exciting to say we went to the Mall today for shopping - I have to use a trolley to get any mileage out of my old bod these days. The daughter had a few chores to do there so we decided to do our grocery shopping there. At one stage while waiting for her I spotted a papermaking kit on special in the book shop. Now a kid's kit has sort of been on my wishlist, on about page three, so I only bought it because I convinced the old person to pay for it.

Paper making is one of those things that I would like to try my hand at as part of the general craft stuff that I do, teaching myself this and that dabbling, if you will in the amusing arts. So this weekend I thought I would grab the grandsons, and go try it. They will get a bit of a buzz to do something totally different. Grandson1 is in high school now, so it may not be "cool". But GS2 is happy to do "kid" things any time. I think if GS2 could have stayed a grade 3 person forever he would be happy .

I haven't talked about the old person much lately as he hasn't lived here for a while, but he still hangs around. He has to contribute to his half of keeping up her ladyship the ex racehorse. But lately he has become even worse in trying to dominate all things. He wants me to get another job so that we can move to the South Coast and have a little fishing house "sell the horses - we should get something for them"; yeah, the knackers will probably give us $200 for her ladyship and we'd have to pay him to take the really old Arabian mare. Over my dead body. (Yeah, yeah, I know the line from MIB).

I often find myself wondering why the heck I still put up with him, even suggesting to him a few other women who might get interested in him. One sort of was going to, but he said something stupid and now she doesn't want a bar of him. But I guess I am just a sucker for someone with a car who will drive me around without complaining more than usual about it. Also, he will clean up after the horses; even without being asked. He buys their hay too, so I can't exactly go on too much about him.

Moving right along ...

We have an election coming up on the 28th or there abouts. I'm not to bothered by politics. I vote only because in Australia it is compulsory. If you are caught not voting, you can pay a fine. Well I say, bugger that for a joke, go along, get my name crossed off, get my papers. If there is a goofy party that isn't too off the wall, I will vote for them (hey, someone has to) or I will just neatly fold the papers and put them into the box required. I cannot get over how some papers would easily fit my dining room table almost. That is so ridiculous.

I'm not sure taxing the mining companies is a really good thing. Okay, they are making a load of money, but they are actually getting in and doing it, not the government. They pay taxes on their profits and a pretty hefty slug it is too. But they have the Superannuation funds as their main investors, and with more of us getting older, we need a decent return on our money. They also take young people, give them proper training and employment, which not many other large sectors are prepared to do. So taxing them more to pay for some fruitloop scheme that should never see the light of day doesn't really make sense to me.

But then I am a "capitalist" and think everyone has the opportunity to make money legally in this country and should be able to. Yes, our social programs are some of the best in the world, but many of them need a good tweek too. But that is a path best not trodden at the moment so I don't get on my high horse about it.

I am supposed to be happy because we have a woman Prime Minister. I am supposed to be happy simply because I am a woman, not that she has any good/new/decent ideas. As The Daughter said, if she had taken the GST of womens' sanitary requirements, she might listen to the rest of what she had to say. My daughter is not of the same political persuasion as I am, either. (She's the only one - lol).

Sometimes I wonder what the future will hold for those to come after, but I wont be around to witness much of it. I can only prepare my family for what I know, and they have to learn and adjust for themselves to make the future. Hopefully it will be good to them. Okay I don't want to get maudlin here so I might leave this subject.

Still, next week is my colonoscopy, the week after is the Craft and Quilting show at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse and then the election. Two are much the same thing, so I will just look forward to the Craft and Quiltin show at my favourite venue. I love Rosehill Gardens Racecourse it is a super place.