The Chill Out Zone

[FLYING BANANA]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

My apologies for ducking out. Thank you Rod and Ian for asking after me. Thank you Jeff ..... Thank you Roy The shingles and the treatment sometimes blurs the eyesight but I am revisiting old photos for editing and have been taking sone photos in the garden using the flip out screen. I hope they come out okay
Sometimes the eyes are good and sometimes they are not. Never thought I’d get shingles

I have not been on the OC much because of the virus getting inside the eyes.The pain is not always there but when it is, it is like someone hammering an ice pick from the eyes into the back of the skull. I am on powerful tablets to deaden the nerves.

My last treatment of the day is midnight. I flush the eyes out with sterile water using a big syringe .....insert 3 eye drops of steroids and antibiotics into the eyes.....Wait 15 minutes, then rub optical antiviral ointment to the underneath the eye lids. This blurs everything up whilst the medication is fighting the virus. I have to do this every 6 hours every night and day.

I have an appointment next Wednesday at the hospital to see the consultant about the treatment and to get more analgesics. On Thursday I am seeing the eye specialist. I have been doing everything, they have told me to do. I hope he has good news.....The past 3 nights I managed to get about 6 hours of unbroken sleep and the itching of the skin has stopped. I think that is progress and the peripheral vision is improving. When it was bad, the vision was going black, but now it is only spotty/streaking black colours when seen against a white background such as the loo basin. I think it’s a good sign and the left eye is almost clear

Wow! And I think the end is nigh if I get a headache.

You have my sympathy Phil. It must a right nightmare but at least you are on the road to recovery.

Get well soon.

[FLYING BANANA]

Good morning everyone.

We have wall to wall blue sky.

Some shopping to be done this morning.

[Lancpudn]

Morning everybody, The sun is out & looks like another red hot day.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

That's not a train, its a bus with ambitions.

LOL lousy visibility through that drivers window, nice controls though.

[reworht]

A good, sunny morning to you all - I'm just about to get rid of the wife
Not permanently you understand - her and her sister are on a National Coaches trip - to Bury Market this morning, overnight stay near Leigh, visit to Liverpool tomorrow morning and home tomorrow evening. For me, that's two days of doing - and eating - whatever I want

[trikey]

Morning all, lovely blue skies and sunshine here today, Deb is off to work to do her bake sale in aid of the NSPCC.

All the cakes will be out of the way now, the temptation to sample them has been unreal.

[reworht]

If there are any left overs Andy - I could offer them a good home
They'd go down well as afters for the pork pie I've just bought

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by reworht

If there are any left overs Andy - I could offer them a good home
They'd go down well as afters for the pork pie I've just bought

Good morning Rod, those Easter treats do look rather nice don't they Here is a composition I finished doing this morning, which I took in 2011 in the Maasai Mara. It is for you Rod as I know you like National Geographic, animals and nature. Have a great weekend being footloose and fancy free

Moods Mara by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

[reworht]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good morning Rod, those Easter treats do look rather nice don't they Here is a composition I finished doing this morning, which I took in 2011 in the Maasai Mara. It is for you Rod as I know you like National Geographic, animals and nature. Have a great weekend being footloose and fancy free

Moods Mara by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

Superb as usual Phil. I've been getting more than my fair share of National Geographic, Living Channel, Love Nature, Smithsonian, BBC, Netflix etc. - wall to wall wildlife and stunning scenery.
It'll be a lovely morning up on the top of the Moors today - I suspect the Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge will be heaving at lunchtime with walkers, cyclists and every other type of fresh air lover.
Glad to hear you're mending, albeit slowly - take it canny as we say - we need a fit and healthy Gate Keeper on here

[coolcat]

Made a little video up last night as nothing much on TV!

One day I'll work out hot to embed it on this forum, does it automatically on other forums I belong too

Anyhow, hope you enjoy

https://youtu.be/G1WO5AAlhF0



EDIT...........Forgot about Jay's guide