Ms Cellania

Please do not think badly of me for writing this...........

Without going into details I think I'm already fed up with some parts of this nursing lark!!!....namely emptying the commode...which seems to be a very frequent task! I never remember my kids being this prolific!!! Still I must be using up a few calories with all the chasing up and down, so that has to be a good thing :)

I don't think that the patient is feeling that great today. The dressing on her thigh (where the skin was removed for graft) is seeping and, of course, now she has seen that she is worried. Also she is finding it a lot more painful. I have put some additional dressings over the original, but have been debating whether we should visit the A & E, to have it checked out. I think I'll see how it goes later today and then make a decision!

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Now this is my real focus for today.......

When I read this post that Robin wrote about reducing the unwanted catalogues and junk mail. It made me wonder if I am actually doing enough to prevent the vast amount of junk that finds its way through my letter box on a daily basis.
Most of the catalogues we get, are actually for my mother who does tend to order things over the phone and consequently gets her address passed on.
About a month ago I started returning everything to the sender~ the photo below was what my mother received on just one day last week! I've been told that if you do this a few times they get the message and take you off their list. I look at it this way, I know I have the effort of taking it to the post box, however once it is back with the sender they have to get rid of it, and if we ever get charged by weight for recycling and rubbish I am lightening my load!!