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  • xodza
    xodza Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering

    good idea Albus keep yourself warm use layers thankfully only in small place but still take about 20 week in colder weather to have heating on for full week I try put money on my smart meter when starting get cold then by time winter proper here have nice amount on it

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    It is certainly on the cold side today but it will warm up later. In any case the cold weather is coming. So time to start thinking about putting the heater on. It is obvious the nights are getting colder and also the mornings. Also tell us how fast time passes.. it is very scary..

  • xodza
    xodza Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering

    time always seem to gone fast when look back on the year think days get bit darker fast only seem like few weeks ago was not as dark in the morning when up early very dark already so does fly by

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    That's an excellent plan @xodza putting money aside in the warm months definitely takes the sting out of having to put the heating on in the cold months.

    It does feel like time moves faster as you get older @Schildpad I remember an hour lasting forever when I was younger. 😆

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,026 Championing

    Good morning all

    Managed to get a Dr appointment for 3pm

    Now all I have to do is walk there

    I'm. In excruciating pain my knee

  • xodza
    xodza Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering

    Thanks @Albus_Scope always helped for me putting little bit each week so when comes to use 20 pounds in seven days does help when your on low budget only heating room you use most and turning off some other radiator that not in that room so that helps as well set your thermostat on lower number takes less money remember the energy man say have on lower number for your heating otherwise it like burning extra energy that cost more

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    Very well said @xodza I think last year the campaign was "heat the room, not the house" and it certainly saved me a few pennies. 😊

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    It IS a bit cold today. I am not sure about the assessment but I don't think it went well. And they said they "only" do CBT. I know they do EMDR but I hint they will not offer it to me. They said they need to get back to my hospital. My gut feeling tells me I will be moving yet again like a ball.

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    anyway i am home now.. again in pain. the older i get the more pain i get . i wil stay at home until tomorrow. i hope i can go and do my stuff and back home later on. i feel if i am not alone i feel less depressed and at the same time i do not really want to see people.

    i just feel like my assessment was pointless and they will not see me.. i hope i am getting all this wrong. but i am tired of fighting really, every day seems like a battle i have to deal with. hope you all have a nice afternoon and evening. weather is a bit better now but yes weather has changed… it gets darker earlier and it will feel like there is no daylight. pointless because at the same time i live with my blinds down all the time so i do not know.

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    i am considering a two wheel scooter but i am at the same time not sure as they are demonized by people for going too fast so i might have to stick with a manual one. i guess it will help me with my pain or maybe not. i am not sure. it needs to be something i can lift and something i can bring back home. . but with my pain not sure if it is better or worse than walking. i will want want with big wheels.. A bike it will be too risky to leave it outside and too heavy to bring it home. also the pain involved because o fthe posture… Maybe a dutch bike but they are heavy…. and also no room at home.. so a two wheel scooter will have to be.. but still it is a maybe as i am not sure. keep picturing situations about not letting me to go to places and those scooters can not be locked.. maybe some one will have one. as i said non electric.. i would not use it on the road as it is too dangerous.

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing
    edited September 2025

    Don't forget @Schildpad you need a full or provisional UK driving licence with category Q entitlement to ride a rental e-scooter in the UK, and to own or use a privately-owned e-scooter in public, as e-scooters are considered motor vehicles and must be insured and taxed, which requires a license.

    Though you can get fairly decent basic 2 wheel scooters that fold up. Would that be more useful?

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering
    edited September 2025

    i am thinking about a big wheels 16 inch two wheel scooter non electric so manual.. i am looking but it has to have big wheels. and it can not be electric… small wheels will not move much. i doubt many of the people riding one will have a driving licence. i am meaning to use it on the pavement but as it is manual i can go slow. there are loads on the net. but choosing the right one it will take time.. also maybe amazon as i can have it delivered down the road and not needing to be at home. i keep looking. i am not sure also with my leg problem and back one if the having to move my leg or legs every time will be painful. i am just a bit not sure.. but walking it is becoming more and more painful.

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    OK good night. enjoy the rest of the day and well tomorrow it will be another day. i hope it will not rain and i will have an easy day. now time to watch whatever is on the telly.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,026 Championing

    Good morning all

    Absolutely chuckin it down

    I'm. Still in lots of pain from my knee

    Hard to walk and very difficult to puty socks and trousers on

    I can barely climb the stairs

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    Morning folks, up and at 'em! I hope everyone manages to stay warm, dry and pain free today. ❤️

    And dont forget we now have a special discussion especially for having a grumble about things. 😊

  • luvpink
    luvpink Community Member Posts: 4,963 Championing

    Morning all.

    Its rainy, windy and really cold here.

  • Katiedimelow20
    Katiedimelow20 Community Member Posts: 277 Connected

    I'm back home today and my mum already been stressing me out and been none stop being anxious throughout this holiday that been on. Is was same with airports to . My mum kept overwhelmed me and kept not asking for my consent to go into my personal stuff and that what make me so more frustrated with my mum and I get the point I just ended explosive into my mum and I don't think my mum respect me at all .

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    Sorry to hear that @Katiedimelow20 I'm guessing you've already spoken to her, and this seems like it's a regular issue for you. Would it be possible to use a mediator like your GP or a friend, so they can speak to your mum on your behalf to let her know how much this is all affecting you?

  • Schildpad
    Schildpad Community Member Posts: 1,023 Empowering

    @Katiedimelow20 this is a difficult situation. Your mother does that because she knows you do not like it. Not because she needs to. You show annoyance and she enjoys it. I had similar issue and only way was leaving home. No need to be drastic but you could do the very same. Check on her stuff. If she does not like it you just tell her. Or do not show any feeling and maybe she will stop doing it. Some parents they believe they owe you.. but yes you talk to your GP and maybe they can say something.. it makes no point to get angry wirh your mother because she will keep Doing it. Unfortunately we do not choose our family.. larkin was right. They try to makes us like themselves even when they are far from perfect.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,026 Championing

    I'm. In agony with my knee

    Can barely walk

    Climbing the stairs is, excruciating

    So is getting on and off a seat

    I can't even sit on a toilet seat

    I've tried ice and paracetamol

    Don't work

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