The Presenters!

[madaunty]

J

Well yes! Jilly is one of the more real presenters and one of my favourites.
At the moment I'm watching "look at me, look at me" Alison Cork who is wearing leopard print trousers over her super skinny figure and which are drawing unwanted attention to her crotch. Nuff said. Not what you need to wear to sell christmas trees.

CC

Just been for a nosey…ooh, you’re not wrong. Fake tan look a bit iffy as well, and you’d have thought she could afford a better fitting bra.
I confess I liked the lit up stags head thingy. But, won’t be purchasing as nowhere to put it.

 

[Grizelda]

J

Just been for a nosey…ooh, you’re not wrong. Fake tan look a bit iffy as well, and you’d have thought she could afford a better fitting bra.
I confess I liked the lit up stags head thingy. But, won’t be purchasing as nowhere to put it.

Something is definitely 'off' with this woman.

 

[Battiola73]

Watching Style. Trying to work out what Fitzgerald is wearing on her feet/legs? Looks weird with the MW dress. Maybe Marge Proops the BA will mention them.

 

[candycane]

"Marge Proops"

Post of the year.

CC

 

[Battiola73]

"Marge Proops"

Post of the year.

CC

Thank you. Wasn’t sure if anyone would remember her.

 

[donna255]

My aunt who is 89 had cataracts and told there is a 5-year waiting list on the NHS. She was lucky she had the money to get both eyes done a few months privately. She got earring aids in both ears on the NHS, and it made such a difference to her.

 

[backstreetgirl]

I used to wear glasses, or contact lenses if I could be bothered with the palaver of putting them in.
But at the beginning of this year I had cataract surgery in both eyes and the results have been almost miraculous. I need readers for close-up but how marvellous it is to drive, go shopping & socialise without the double glazing.

I’ve also been prescribed hearing aids - I’m almost a new woman !

That's very interesting, I'm due to go on the waiting list to have cataract surgery, I hope it means I can give up my glasses too, fingers crossed, although I've got glaucoma too so not sure how it'll work having that. My hearing is also iffy and I've got tinnitus 24/7 so I need to have a hearing test too, are your hearing aids virtually invisible?

 

[backstreetgirl]

My aunt who is 89 had cataracts and told there is a 5-year waiting list on the NHS. She was lucky she had the money to get both eyes done a few months privately. She got earring aids in both ears on the NHS, and it made such a difference to her.

Good grief, I was told 1 year, I thought that was bad enough!

 

[backstreetgirl]

Well yes! Jilly is one of the more real presenters and one of my favourites.
At the moment I'm watching "look at me, look at me" Alison Cork who is wearing leopard print trousers over her super skinny figure and which are drawing unwanted attention to her crotch. Nuff said. Not what you need to wear to sell christmas trees.

CC

The 'real' Jilly you mention has just said 3 times in the last 15 minutes that we're loving what they're showing, silly woman.

 

[Cashers]

That's very interesting, I'm due to go on the waiting list to have cataract surgery, I hope it means I can give up my glasses too, fingers crossed, although I've got glaucoma too so not sure how it'll work having that. My hearing is also iffy and I've got tinnitus 24/7 so I need to have a hearing test too, are your hearing aids virtually invisible?

I have tinnitus 24/7 too Backstreet, it's dreadful at the mo, drives me nuts! I'm thinking of a hearing test, nurse at GP surgery said no treatment available but I don't think that's totallybtrue. Going to see my GP. Do you have any tips?

 

[ERICS MUM]

My mum had it done as well and she said it changes your life even if it was costly. Thankfully I'm not at that stage yet 👓

CC

I had my cataract ops on the NHS although done at a private clinic. They were very efficient. I was lucky that from when the optician referred me to them, through the separate pre op assessment and op for each eye through to being discharged was only 5 months.

I did ask about having varifocal lenses inserted but they’re only available privately, at £10,000 per eye. 🤬

 

[ERICS MUM]

Something is definitely 'off' with this woman.

Mid-life crisis ? Husband playing away from home ?

 

[ERICS MUM]

That's very interesting, I'm due to go on the waiting list to have cataract surgery, I hope it means I can give up my glasses too, fingers crossed, although I've got glaucoma too so not sure how it'll work having that. My hearing is also iffy and I've got tinnitus 24/7 so I need to have a hearing test too, are your hearing aids virtually invisible?

They are external hearing aids but dark brown in colour and are well-disguised by my hair which I wear tucked behind my ears. I’m very satisfied with them. I lost one a few weeks ago and had to pay £65 for a replacement, which I thought was very good.

My late Mum had the tiny in-ear style which cost over £2,000 in Boots 10 years ago

 

[ERICS MUM]

I’m surprised some of you are facing a long time on a waiting list for your cataracts. Our local hospital uses an external company and seems to get most people ‘done’ within 6 months or so from referral. I suppose every health trust is different.

I had a speedy experience with my hearing aids too. From referral to hearing test, receipt of my hearing aids and follow up was just over 3 months. The hospital’s audiology dept ran a Sunday clinic for a while to bring down the waiting list.

 

[donna255]

I’m surprised some of you are facing a long time on a waiting list for your cataracts. Our local hospital uses an external company and seems to get most people ‘done’ within 6 months or so from referral. I suppose every health trust is different.

I had a speedy experience with my hearing aids too. From referral to hearing test, receipt of my hearing aids and follow up was just over 3 months. The hospital’s audiology dept ran a Sunday clinic for a while to bring down the waiting list.

I was shocked when talking to my aunt, she told the doctor, "I will be dead by the time I get to the top of the list!" She is very independent, even thought she had 3 grown sons she will be up a ladder in the loft no problem.

My big brother in Canada recently had to get hearing aids. How it works over there, the government will pay so much towards them, and then you pay the rest. He said it was $1000 towards each hearing aid and his cost £2000 each one. He has to go back at the end of this month to get some fine-tuning done.

 

[Battiola73]

I’m surprised some of you are facing a long time on a waiting list for your cataracts. Our local hospital uses an external company and seems to get most people ‘done’ within 6 months or so from referral. I suppose every health trust is different.

I had a speedy experience with my hearing aids too. From referral to hearing test, receipt of my hearing aids and follow up was just over 3 months. The hospital’s audiology dept ran a Sunday clinic for a while to bring down the waiting list.

Same in my area, only 6 months wait, sometimes quicker. External company nearer home and free parking.

 

[Clothescloth]

I was referred to a private facility at Aston university by optician at M&S after a routine eye test. I only waited a couple of weeks for an appointment, right eye done first, and six weeks later, my left. All done on NHS.

 

[backstreetgirl]

I have tinnitus 24/7 too Backstreet, it's dreadful at the mo, drives me nuts! I'm thinking of a hearing test, nurse at GP surgery said no treatment available but I don't think that's totallybtrue. Going to see my GP. Do you have any tips?

I've got Meniere's Disease and the tinnitus came on after I'd had the MD for some years and now it just won't go. It's horrible isn't it Cashers, I've always found that when I use the phone right next to my ear for calls it makes the tinnitus worse so I always make hands free phone calls, but I often can't even do that. At times like that I have to let people like my Dad know that I won't be phoning him until my ears settle down a bit. It gets a bit embarrassing but it's something I have to do. No, there is no cure but there are tips from people with it on Facebook, the one I belong to is called Tinnitus Support Group - United Kingdom.

 

[backstreetgirl]

I had my cataract ops on the NHS although done at a private clinic. They were very efficient. I was lucky that from when the optician referred me to them, through the separate pre op assessment and op for each eye through to being discharged was only 5 months.

I did ask about having varifocal lenses inserted but they’re only available privately, at £10,000 per eye. 🤬

I didn't know you could be referred to a private clinic through the NHS for cataract surgery. When I saw the optician a few weeks ago he said he'd refer me, I can see that the referral is being triaged when I log into Choose & Book, but what a pain that is, that you can no longer just be referred (at least not in my area, Beds), the hospital have to approve that referral and only then do you go on the waiting list, it just gets worse!