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You know you're stupidly busy when …June 9, 2015 at 11:04 am | Posted in arthrits, Me, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 1 Comment
Tags: blood test, doctor, phlebotomist, Rheumatoid arthritis, surgery
… the only time you can arrange to meet with your mum to give her some important advice about embroidery is at the doctor's surgery!
In fairness, it's partly because she's stupidly busy too and away for the rest of this week!
We both needed a blood test, and we knew there'd be a bit of a wait, so we met, appropriately enough, in the waiting room! You may remember from my last post, things hadn't exactly gone according to plan with the blood test attempt, but this time it couldn't have gone better! When I got there, mum was actually having her test, having arrived a little while before me. It couldn't have worked out better. As I sat down, she came out from the phlebotomist, we had just enough time to go through her needlework problem and I got called in!
I only waited about ten minutes to be seen and I needed that ten minutes to sort mum out!
Hurrah for the surgery – and I don't often say that! When things run well, they run really well … a pity they don't run well a little more consistently!
More blood test trials and tribulationsJune 2, 2015 at 3:21 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 1 Comment
Well, I thought I'd cracked the blood test issue – how not to have to wait an hour or so – turn up just before they take the ticket board down at 11am, grab a ticket and wait, hopefully, no more than ten minutes or so. It's worked the last couple of times …
So I went in at about quarter to eleven and … no ticket board on the wall! Lots and LOTS of people in the waiting room, but no ticket board … o'oh …
So I queued up at reception and said explained that I'd come for a blood test and that I'd understood the ticket board stayed up until 11, and where, pray, were the tickets? It transpired that normally they had two phlebotomists on but today they only had the one, and there was such a long wait they'd taken the board away early as she had to start another clinic at 11! 'Can you come back tomorrow?' I said I supposed I'd have to but it was rather awkward as I WORKED, and then I said, 'But will she be on her own again tomorrow?'
'Can't you just come in earlier?' asked the receptionist. I said that while I could, that would no doubt mean waiting an hour or so, at it had in the past, and since I WORKED I wasn't willing to do that. 'When will she have someone else working with her again?' Blank, fish-eyed stare from receptionist – who has no doubt been cultivating her black, fish-eyed stares ever since she started as a guard-dog – sorry, I mean doctor's receptionist.
'Will the other phlebotomist be in tomorrow?'
Blank, fish-eyed stare.
Deep breath. 'If I come in tomorrow, is it going to be the same situation … ah, or don't you know? Is the other phlebotomist off sick and you don't know when she's coming back?'
'Oh no – it's half term – she's on holiday. She'll be back on Monday.'
Very deep breath – 'Why, thank you! That's what I wanted to know. In that case I'll come back next week.'
So off I went. I will NOT go back Monday as Mondays are always manic, but I will try Tuesday. I hope I can get a blood test because my repeat prescription is due on Wednesday and if I haven't had the blood test they won't give me the prescription! Watch this space.
Tooth aches and irritationsMay 31, 2015 at 3:20 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 10 Comments
Tags: aches, Amoxicillin, doctor, methotrexate, MTX, NHS, R.A., rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology, work
Well, the last few weeks have certainly been interesting … in the Chinese curse kind of a way, although there have been some great highlights including a couple of painting classes and a textile workshop. Mainly though, things have been rather dominated by toothache … and irritation!
I had a niggley toothache, not bad, just on and off, but with a lot of sensitivity to hot and cold as well, so eventually I bit the bullet (ouch) and went to the dentist – who ummed and erred a bit and said that hopefully it just needed a bit of filing down, but if it didn't it 'could be nasty'. Not the words you want to hear from a dentist really. He said if the filing down didn't work, to come back the next day … it didn't; I did.
Now bear in mind we're extremely busy at work at the moment and the dentist is in a village up the road and it takes around 20 mins to get there from work. So a visit takes at least an hour all told – and I had to do two in two days – frustrating! On the second visit he did the briefest of examinations and said, 'Reckon it's an abscess – have some antibiotics' … so I did … but I was cursing because I thought, 'Why didn't he just give them to me yesterday, and save me an hour?!'
I got back to work, opened the packet of Amoxicillin, glanced at the leaflet inside and it said, 'If you're taking any of these medications, talk to your doctor first' and one of them was methotrexate!
Muttering under my breath I picked up the phone and phoned the dentist – and had to waste more time trying, and failing, to explain what the problem was to the receptionist. Understandably the dentist wasn't available immediately – no doubt he had his hands in someone's mouth – so I waited for him to call back … and waited … and waited …
I knew there was absolutely no chance of getting hold of a doctor that day and, as the tooth was getting worse, I didn't want to wait until the next day and then I had a brainwave … or perhaps a brain storm (in the old-fashioned sense!) I thought, 'Hang on – isn't that 111 number supposed to be the NHS non-emergency number – they can answer queries, I'll ask them.' I took a brief look at the website and it said '111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It's fast, easy and free.' Sounds good, I thought, so I rang it. It was answered very quickly and as I was talking to the pleasant lady who answered I noticed on the same page as 'non-emergency number' it said, 'You should use the NHS 111 service if you urgently need medical help or advice but it's not a life-threatening situation.' I felt a bit embarrassed because clearly it wasn't that urgent, and even more embarrassed when I explained the issue and she said, 'What symptoms are you having?' And I said, 'None – I haven't even started taking it yet!' She was lovely though and put me through to 'a clinician'.
Now I'd done a bit of a checking up on the internet first and the issue is that Amoxicillin can cause the methotrexate not to be properly excreted from the body, resulting in a potential build-up of toxins from the methotrexate. I could find no indication of a) how much MTX you'd need to be on to have a problem b) how much Amoxicillin you might need to have a problem or long you'd have to be on it for or c) How long the effects might last, since I'd had Amoxicillin only about 3 weeks ago for the sinus infection that was part of the reason we failed to get to Barcelona!
The clinician came on the phone. He clearly had not the foggiest idea why it would matter that I was taking MTX and Amoxicillin, so I briefly explained as above. 'Well,' he said, 'you seem to know the answer then.' Helpful … not! So I pointed out that no, I didn't know the answer, since the question was having been prescribed it, should I or shouldn't I take it? What was the level of risk? And so on …
'Oh … er … um … well' he said … and so on for a while … 'I think I wouldn't risk it really. You need to talk to your dentist.' I explained I was trying to do that and would continue to do so! I felt very strongly that he really didn't have the foggiest notion and was just covering his back, as if he had said, 'Oh I think it's fine' and then I died of toxic MTX build-up, that could have been his career down the tubes … and I suspect it was a career that had barely got off the ground so far anyway.
So I called the dentist back – receptionist again – and to look like I wasn't nagging I said I had a bit more information that I'd previously forgotten to mention (which was true) and explained that I'd also had Amoxicillin in April and wasn't sure if it stayed in the system. Given that Mr Dentist phoned me back almost immediately this time, I can't help wondering if she'd completely forgotten to pass on the message the previous time.
'Oh,' said Mr Dentist, 'I've got some different information from you … as I understand it, the Amoxicillin can cause a build-up of methotrexate in the system.' I said yes, that was the information I had too and he said that that wasn't the message he'd been given from the receptionist. I bit my tongue, swallowed down the sarcy comment on the tip of it and said sweetly, 'Oh dear – I obviously didn't explain it very well then,' which in fairness was probably true!
'Well,' he said, 'You're a sensible sort of girl. I'm sure you can monitor things and if there's any problem, see your GP.' I pointed out that I had no idea what sort of problems this toxicity build-up might cause. 'Hmm, neither have I,' said he, 'you'd have to ask a doctor!'
So – I've now lost count of how much time I've wasted and really I don't feel any nearer to knowing if I should be taking the damn stuff or not – but he had looked it up on the drug interactions database and said it didn't appear to be a major problem, so I started to take it anyway.
The next day I decided that perhaps I should ask the doctor – after all, it's only a phone-call. With the new surgery system you have to have a phone call first from the doctor and then they see you if they feel they need to, and I was sure they wouldn't need to for a simple question.
Unfortunately I forgot to call until about 10 am so most of the appointments had gone. I explained the situation to the receptionist and said was there any chance of a call back and she said she'd have to ask someone. Now he was either new or a locum, not sure which, and for reasons best known to himself he decided he'd see me! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, more time wasted!
So I went for my appointment and the first thing the pompous little man said was, 'I don't really believe in prescribing antibiotics anyway, but as you've been prescribed them … I mean normally the body can manage to heal itself without them. Of course there are some circumstances where one might have to, but it's quite rare …'
I replied, 'On the one hand, tooth abscess, notoriously difficult to get rid of; on the other hand, immunosuppressed; don't you think this might be one of those rare situations?'
He looked quite shocked to have his little lecture so rudely interrupted and, pomposity temporarily punctured, he replied, 'Oh …er … well … probably in this instance, yes.'
So … back to square one – do I or don't I take the dratted antibiotics? And the answer was … YES! Take them. I have to say though that even the doctor didn't seem absolutely 100% sure! He did check the database again and he did say, 'It's not even a red warning' and I had seen on the internet that the evidence for this toxic build-up was quite slight and I, I think, not in humans, so I was somewhat reassured in the end.
I'm glad to say that the tooth does seem to be clearing up, and I've not yet keeled over from any toxic build-up!
Hubby did point out afterwards that I could have probably saved a lot of time and effort by asking the pharmacist – wish I'd thought of that! Must try and remember for next time. Another sensible option might have been to ring the hospital rheumatology helpline – but I haven't used it since my very poor experiences years and years ago and I don't actually know the number anymore. Next hospital visit, I must get it!
Of course, all this makes it all the more important to go for my monthly methotrexate blood test … and therein (of course) lies another tale … for a later post!
The last few weeks – mostly 'pants' but some great highlights!May 3, 2015 at 12:48 pm | Posted in arthrits, Barcelona, crafting, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, Barcelona, crafting, felting, Hunstanton, nuno felting, paper fabric lamination, RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
It all started on Good Friday (aka the first day of passover). I had to work all day and when I got home I had a slight cough – but hey, I often have a slight cough. I thought no more of it and went of to dinner with my mum and visiting bro and SIL (aka Mr and Mrs Mooseface). A very nice dinner it was too. We got home and I felt cold … then I felt REALLY COLD! Eventually, when huddled under two duvets, wearing a dressing gown and thick bed socks and with a hot water bottle cuddled up to me, I thought 'Hmm, I wonder if I've got a temperature?' I did. it was 101.2 degrees – pretty high. The next day was a big Passover celebration with a bunch of cousins and I missed that completely! NOT HAPPY! 'Heck!' I thought, 'we're supposed to be off to Barcelona in just over a week – I hope I'm OK for that.' It turned into a very nasty bug with a sore throat, cold, stomach problems and aches, similar to flu.
To 'cut stories long and short' as a South African coach driver I once met used to say (a lot, which is why it's stuck in my head for over 30 years!) I wasn't – and neither was hubby, who trumped my temperature by going up to 102.2 two days before we were due to fly – by which time I had also contracted sinusitis.
We didn't go!
(Mind you – if we'd had travel 'fun' like Mr and Mrs Mooseface did on their recent holiday, maybe we were better off staying at home!)
I'd been looking forward to this trip for years – literally years – since I was last there, in fact. A bit of a disappointment then (says Penguin with true British understatement). I was also off work for the whole week before our 'holiday' which caused some problems, as you can imagine. I was determined though that as a) I still felt pretty rotten and b) I was darned well going to have a holiday, I wasn't going back in my 'holiday week' so I didn't … which caused more problems. At least the boss couldn't tell me off 'cause I'm self-employed.
Toward the middle of what should have been our Barcelona trip, hubby started to feel better, and my antibiotics for the sinuses began to work, so we decided on a couple of days' holiday on the north Norfolk coast – 'cause neither of us felt up to driving very far. I found a hotel on TripAdvisor in Old Hunstanton which was really lovely and the weather couldn't have been better – in fact weather-wise we could have been in Barcelona! The hotel was very quiet, had excellent food and a bar open all day, and was less than ten minutes walk from a rather lovely beach – just right for a pair of old convalescents! It did us both the world of good!
Unfortunately it ended all too soon (although Enormous Cat says it went on far too long*) and we had to come back home. I did manage to get some crafting done at the weekend though, before I went back to work – I nuno felted four scarves, so pretty pleased with myself there! (No photos as yet, I'm afraid!)
All this time the RA had been pretty much dormant, quiescent or however you'd like to describe it, which was generous of it given everything else that was going on!
Then back to work – oh boy was that hard after two weeks away – and we are SO busy, and stupid things kept happening, mostly my own fault – or at least the fault of the fact my work-brain was temporarily disconnected! That situation (both the business and the disconnected work-brain) hasn't really resolved over the last couple of weeks!
I have got very into my nuno felting though and then I discovered 'paper fabric lamination' here at Felting and Fibre Studio. A whole new world of nuno felting potential! Unfortunately I also discovered that the RA's back … it's probably not even 'flarette' stage right now but it's niggling away and making me tired and somewhat achy, not helped by the fact that the beautiful weather we had briefly has now gone and it's dark and gloomy out there again!
I have just about (with many small breaks for coffee and a sit down!) managed to make a couple of small samples with paper fabric lamination and nuno felting (see above) – and I reckon that this could easily be incorporated into scarves and other clothing and would wear just fine – even the metallic bits – see the bee in 'bee and flower'- so that's quite exiting. (Well it is for me – but I'm a bit odd like that!)
Felting, however, is NOT kind to RA joints! I've been working on ways of minimising the problems, like using a sander (noisy!) and a tumble drier (not enough control) so I'm back to just doing it in small spurts and in small pieces! These two together are only a about 10 inches across and 6 down! When I feel better I'll try it in some silk chiffon and then maybe make a scarf or two incorporating some fabric paper laminated features.
It's not just chronic disease – it's just that we have to put up with it more often!March 24, 2015 at 11:49 am | Posted in arthrits, arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me | 1 Comment
Tags: accident, arthritis, being a burden, burden, crutches, flare, gratitude, horse, joint pain, R.A., rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology
I was chatting in the kitchen at work today with a lass who works in the same building. She had an accident at the weekend and is hobbling around on crutches. As an active, sporty person she's feeling very frustrated – who wouldn't be – but I was slightly amused (in a sympathetic way of course) at her frustration with losing her independence. I offered to carry her coffee down the corridor for her and she said no, she'd manage. 'I hate being a burden' she said, 'I'm normally such an independent person and everyone's being so kind and helpful and I'm having to rely on lifts and things for everything, and of course I'm grateful but I HATE IT!' I do so know the feeling – although I'm incredibly lucky with my RA that it comes and goes so must of the time I can remain independent, but when I can't that continuous feeling of pressure (entirely internal, not from the people around me) to show gratitude, and that feeling of being a burden is just horrible! I don't think I can explain that feeling to anyone who hasn't experienced it – but I know many of you reading this will have experienced it too!
Then she said, 'And everyone's got an opinion! "Oh, you'll have to stop doing that now this has happened" and "If you'd been wearing stronger body protection …" and "You shouldn't have gone out on a day like that" and "If only you'd thought to do this first …"' In fact it was one of those unavoidable things – an 'act of god' if you like – something spooked her horse and she came off it. It happens. She wears body protection, she was in a lesson and it wasn't that bad a day or the teacher (and she herself) would have cancelled. But yes, everybody has an opinion!
'Oh, eat a spoonful of honey a day and your arthritis will disappear' – 'Oh, if you lost weight you'd have no arthritis problems' – 'Oh, my mother took a whisky every night and lived till she was 122 without any arthritis symptoms, maybe you should try that' … Doesn't that sound familiar? The being a burden thing and the everyone has an opinion thing are two things that I think bloggers on RA and chronic disease blog out rather frequently, but it turns out it's not just 'us'.
But at least horse lady will get a full recovery (or I certainly hope so) and no doubt 'look back on this and laugh' whereas we folk with chronic disease are a bit more stuck with it! Nevertheless, in true Pollyanna fashion, I'm still grateful (and without that burdensome feeling!) for the fact that my disease is mild and for all the things I can still do … and now I can add to that the fact that I'm very unlikely to be thrown off a spooked horse anytime soon, since I'm very unlikely to be on one!
To flare or not to flare – that is the questionMarch 17, 2015 at 3:01 pm | Posted in arthrits, arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 9 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, doctor, exercise, flare, flare-up, joint pain, methotrexate, MTX, NHS, pain, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology, work
I woke up yesterday morning with really bad pain in my hip/lower back, but by lunchtime it had passed off, so I had a lunchtime walk yesterday as usual, and very pleasant it was too, until about half-way round, when I got a very sharp pain in the side of my foot, just behind the little toe. (Same leg as the hip pain.) By the time I got back to work the pain was coming in short, sharp bursts lasting up to about 10 seconds and then was fine in between … but in between wasn't very long! It was happening at least twice a minute. I took paracetamol and, three hours later, ibuprofen, but to no avail. We had to go shopping that night and I limped around the supermarket and then asked hubby to drive home as I was in too much pain. It wasn't the worst pain I'd ever experienced but it was BAD. My foot just in that area was bright red and swollen, so that sounds like RA, but the odd coming and going of it doesn't seem quite right. I THINK it was RA and I'm just a weird patient!
Anyway, of course being Monday last night was m-m-m-methotrexate night. I went to bed still in a LOT of pain, and woke up in the middle of the night thinking, 'OOOH, my foot hurts' and then again, some time later in the middle of the night, I think around 3:30, thinking 'OOOH, my foot DOESN'T HURT!' And it hasn't hurt since. I have no idea what's going on or why, but MAYBE it was lucky that that happened on a Monday and the methotrexate kicked in. I don't think it's supposed to work like that though, is it? It's supposed to be a slow build-up, not a week by week thing. Perhaps it was just a short, sharp flare-ette and just finished then. Perhaps it wasn't RA at all. They mystery of what is and isn't RA is certainly … mysterious …
That reminds me of the time a few weeks ago when I was getting sharp pains and bad headaches that felt like they were on the outside of my skull. Not the first time this has happened, you may recall. Oh dear, I thought, I hope this isn't giant cell arteritis – I think it's that sort of symptom … and then I realised I was wearing a hair-slide that was being pushed into my head by my transcription headphones! Much relieved that I worked this out by myself and didn't bother the poor, overworked GP with it!
Anyway, the good news is that the answer seems to be 'not to flare' at the moment, but I'm having a day off walks this lunchtime just in case it happens again!
Exercise oops!February 12, 2015 at 10:20 pm | Posted in arthrits, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, autoimmune arthritis
Well, after a food-laden Christmas and New Year, I finally got round to some serious dieting and an exercise plan about three weeks before my (inevitably food-laden) birthday! Having had a fabulous weekend away in Ely and Cambridge, staying in the delightful Poet's House Hotel and eating their delicious dinner and delicious breakfast (scrambled eggs and smoked salmon on brioche, plus fruit juice, coffee, cereal, bits and bobs … no need for lunch then!), I thought I'd have just a nibble at lunch time. We popped into a coffee shop in Cambridge and I chose what I honestly thought was a small, and fruity, cake type thing so I could say 'well at least it was fruit' – only it turned out to be cherry crumble and came with ice cream. Oops.
So anyway, the point is that I decided I'd better get straight back on the wagon. No problem with the diet – right back into the healthy food as soon as I got home, helped by my birthday present from my friend Debbie – a healthy food hamper! The exercise was a bit more of a challenge though. I try to get a walk every lunch time but this week I've managed it precisely once. OH DEAR! Today my excuse for not going, apart from being incredibly busy at work and it being grey and gloomy and COLD outside, was that I was going to do my 20 minute embarrassing exercise video thing this evening.
Well of course I got home and didn't want to do the exercises – so I thought 'JUST GET ON WITH IT! If you stop, you're done for!' So I just got on with it. (Bet you weren't expecting that, were you?!) I actually got through my 20 minutes (20 minutes and 40 seconds if you're counting… I was) and was very pleased with myself that I'd done it, although not at a good, high energy level, BUT … my feet felt like lumps of lead (semi-molten) and my knees felt like lumps of wood and the rest of me felt … well, I've felt better. Rather disappointing since the last exercise I did, on Saturday morning, went absolutely fantastically and I felt great afterwards – if a little sweaty!
Now, four hours later, my feet still feel like semi-molten lead and my knees feel like … well, maybe balsa rather than mahogany but still not knees … and I'm thinking 'OOPS – I think I might be going into a flare' … in which case forcing myself to exercise probably wasn't the cleverest thing to do after all … but hey, who knew?! I was fine early today – it's just sprung itself on me.
Hopefully it'll be one of my famous 'flarette's' and I'll be all right after a good night's sleep. Anyway, having just re-read my last blog, I feel a whole lot better already. Today certainly isn't as bad as that day was!
As things have been so good over the last few months I'm not taking any anti-inflammatories at the moment (with the blessings of my consultant), but I can always take some if need be (also with blessings of consultant), so that should sort me out if it doesn't sort out naturally.
The day from hell!January 7, 2015 at 9:53 pm | Posted in Me | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, broke, car insurance, Churchill insurance, cracked rib, New Year, RA, Rheumatoid arthritis, Spanish lesson, stress, work
Happy New Year everyone! OK, as soon as I wrote that title I realised that today actually hasn't been that bad. I'm not ill (although I made up for that in December with a bad, chesty cold, a cracked rib from coughing, and a stomach upset, as well as RA niggles), the family's not ill (including cats) and nobody's died … well, of course people have died, but no one close to me. (Terrible news from France though!)
So what's made the day from … erm, purgatory? Well it probably started yesterday when I was definitely suffering from methotrexate brain fug! I was just forgetting almost everything, and what I wasn't forgetting I was getting wrong – unhelpful in the first week back at work! Today began bright and sunny and I was munching my breakfast thinking 'Today's bound to be better than yesterday! What a lovely day. La la la la la …' Silly penguin! Tempting fate that was.
It all started to go down hill when the lovely sunny day led to having to de-ice the car – a good upper-body work-out for sure, but not much fun with a cracked rib. Then I got into work and remembered a big piece of work I'd been putting off since November so thought I'd better tackle it. BAD idea. It went horribly wrong – I ended up having to delete my 'Normal template' in Word because I'd got a lot of formatting in there I didn't want by accident – and then realised I had just deleted a lot of macros and formatting I DID want … so had to put all that back in again. All in all I spent about five hours doing this work and can only bill the client for about 45 minutes of it!
Then I got home and found a letter from the DVLA – or those of you not in the UK, that's the folks in charge of driving licences and car tax. 'Ha, reckon this is a scam' I said to hubby. 'It says I've got no car insurance!' I then discovered that the letter the car insurance people had sent me in September saying it was renewal time did NOT say, as I thought it had when I glanced at it, that it would automatically renew if I didn't contact. In fact it said I had to phone to renew and I'd misread it! So I've been insurance-less (which is illegal!) for three months. BUMMER! (I'm a VERY law-abiding penguin as a rule and was quite horrified!)
So with about an hour to go before my Spanish lesson and supper only half cooked I rang the insurance people and asked to renew. Had I renewed in September it would have cost me approximately £190. The quote tonight was approximately £290. (If you wondering who NOT to insure with, it's Churchill). 'Come on,' I said, 'You can do better than that, surely!' knowing they can ALWAYS drop the price if you twist their arm … but he couldn't. Very pleasant chap but 'I can only tell you what's coming up on my screen.' Paid the £290 and said, 'I do have 14 days cancellation, don't I? I'm just letting you know, I WILL be cancelling!' He said he quite understood and that's how we left it.
So I managed to finish supper as my poor Spanish teacher was also having a bad day and she texted me to say she was running late, which worked for me! We had a long talk in 'Spanglish' about insurance companies and how rubbish they are!
Then I went on line to check what deals I could get. Instead of £290, I can get a similar deal with someone else for around £150 – outrageous! And what's worse, I could get a deal with Churchill for £170! I phoned and told them that and got 'Sorry, my hands are tied. I can only apologise. There's nothing we can do as you've already had the new policy discounts when you took out the new policy.' I said they had to be joking – how could the claim there were any discounts on that – and he said sorry again …
Then I checked my poor, ailing post-Christmas bank account and discovered that I couldn't afford to pay out for another insurance at the moment and THEN cancel the Churchill one and wait for a refund – so I've got to wait for some money to transfer from my slightly less ailing work account into my personal account before I make the swap. I will do it in the next couple of days when the money's cleared. So cross that I didn't just take the time to go on line in stead of thinking, 'Just get it done quickly with the one you've been with before.' That'll larn me!
So all in all I ache, my work day was pants and I'm broke … but like I said at the beginning of the post it could be much worse. Flippers crossed though that from now on it's going to get much better!
Un próspero año nuevo a todos mis amigos en línea!
BiosimilarsDecember 12, 2014 at 12:03 pm | Posted in arthrits, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: anti-TNF, arthritis, autoimmune arthritis, biologic, biolsimilar, chest, clinician, cold, Conference, fatigue, Future of Health, hospital, NRAS, R.A., RA, Rheumatoid arthritis, sinuses
Well, I meant to write this post about biosimilars weeks ago, but alas, I came back from London and fairly quickly went down with a really bad cold, which I'm still getting over now! It was bad enough, combined with the methotrexate/immunosuppression, to require antibiotics for the secondary infection and it hit chest and sinusses at the same time, so I've been feeling pretty poorly!
Luckily Clare at NRAS had asked to write a brief report about the conference for them – on slightly more serious lines than my last post, and I did that pretty much straight away after coming back, before the cold hit, and that included something about the biosimilars, which I'm going to reproduce here. So here we go:
The next talk I attended was 'Biosimilars: realising the opportunity for the NHS and patients'. Biologic patents are soon to run out. Biosimilars are biologics too, but they are designed to be as similar as possible to the molecules of already successful biologics, reducing the need for as much expensive primary research as went into the original biologics. As they are not identical, and as these molecules are extraordinarily complex, they will still need to go through, and some are already going through clinical trials, because, as Professor Peter Taylor said in his talk, 'minor structural differences can have disproportionately large effects in patients'. However, there is a lack of education around biosimilars both among patients and clinicians, not to mention commissioners, so their introduction into the NHS could be a complex matter.
At the last minute there were no patients speaking in this talk due to some obscure ruling to do with the pharmaceutical company involved only speaking on panels with medically trained people.
First, Professor Peter Taylor, Norman Collison Chair of Musculoskeletal Science, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, gave a very clear and concise outline of what a biosimilar was. Carol Roberts, PresQIPP Director on NHS involvement in biosimilars was keen to reassure that 'value' was based on outcome and not just on price, although biosimilars could be a huge saving to the NHS, £3.8 million. (Actually given NHS budgets that didn't sound that huge to me, but every little helps!) People with RA on biologics now will probably be pleased to hear that the intention at the moment is to only put new patients onto biosimilars, not to take people off biologics that are working for them and move them onto the cheaper drugs. Janice Mooney, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, University of East Anglia and senior Rheumatology Nurse Practitioner, pointed out that all clinicians need to be educated in biosimilars, not just patients and consultants. Given that patients may only see a consultant once a year (or less) this is obviously essential!
There was some concern among patients in the room about safety, although to me biosimilars do seem like the logical next step in medication of RA – another audience member pointed out that there was a massive trust issue between patients and the NHS with a feeling that the NHS always went for price above effectiveness, which led to a feeling that if something was cheaper it couldn't be as good. One person even wondered if there could be a backlash against these similar to that of GM foods a few years ago, if the press wasn't properly educated. Janice Mooney responded that this was a key area where education was required. David Taylor pointed out that clinical trials were not enough to guarantee safety, due to rare risks, because of the small number of people involved in trials, so that safe and responsible introduction of the new drugs was also essential.
From my own persona point of view, and of course this didn't get added into my serious report for NRAS, I'd just like to say ra ra ra, go biosimilars … especially as i might be needing them in a few years' time!
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Oh boy, what a day. What a weekend in fact, but for this post I'll concentrate on the conference itself! The key theme of the event was 'involving people with lived experience' aka patients and carers, in the decisions of the NHS – not something they've exactly been famous for in the past. When the NHS was founded in 1948, doctors was gods, nurses were dogs bodies or angels (depending on whether you were a doctor or a patient), and patients … well, so long as they did as they were told and didn't question the gods, all would be well … wouldn't it? Sadly 50 plus years have proved that that model doesn't function too well, but things have been slow to change in the culture of the NHS. That's why there's a demand in the five-year plan for a fundamental cultural shift in the NHS – but cultural shifts are far, far, far easier said than done!
Anyway, this isn't a history of the NHS – it's a post about the conference – or that's the plan. So I won't post about the state of my knees after standing at the hotel check-in desk for half an hour the night before trying to work out why they thought I was Anya de Iongh (a.k.a. The Patient Patient) (nope) and was sharing a room (NOPE!!!) and needed a wheelchair accessible room' (nope, hello … I've been standing here for half an hour … but I'll take anything you've got at this point!) The answer was of course that the organisers had sent me the wrong check-in info. When Anya arrived later she was told they didn't have a room for her at all – but they found one in the end. Another lady needed an 'accessible' room and didn't have one – sorry Gillian, if you read this! Anyway, didn't I say this post was NOT about that? Come on Polly Penguin, stick to the point.
This post is also not a whinge about the multitude of other little organisational problems that should not have occurred, except to say that Jess Weller did a fantastic job considering she was a temp called in at the last minute to sort out the involvement of people with 'lived experience'. Hang on though – wasn't this conference supposed to have 'people with lived experience'* at its heart? Weren't we told (a few times) that we were the most important people there? Really? Then why was it left to a hard-working temp to pull us all together at the last minute? Hang on – it's not a post about that either, is it – get to the point woman, was there a conference or wasn't there?
Well yes, there certainly was, and it went way beyond my expectations; it was fascinating, life enhancing, buzzy, positive social and fun – as well as a very informative day. It was divided into five sessions, a morning and afternoon plenary session (everyone attends) and then a choice of four or five sessions one could attend for the other slots.
The people's panel (as the 46 or so of us with 'lived experience' of long-term conditions were designated) had a room to ourselves to use before, after and in between sessions, which was inspired idea, guaranteeing us a chance to rest, relax, regroup, network and SIT. We also had tea and coffee in there and many 'helpers' – anyone with a blue or white sash was a helper, ready and willing to help with anything from 'Where's the nearest loo?' to 'Isn't there any decaf coffee?' to 'I don't feel so hot …' or indeed 'I'm freezing cold', and they were absolutely terrific! Thank you all!
We had a briefing in there before we started, which was very helpful and useful and encouraging and stress-reducing. However, the lady doing it (Lizzy I think?) forgot to tell us that we should all sit in the front two rows in the reserved seats, and in fact only ten seats were reserved for the nearly 50 of us. Oops. Glad to say that when I mentioned this to a helper, the problem was sorted out in time for the afternoon plenary session.
For the morning plenary, Ceinwen Giles, the spokesperson for the People's Panel, opened the meeting with a terrific and very moving intro, and then she and the aforementioned Anya de Iongh 'interviewed' Dr Martin McShane and Simon Stevens (Chief Exec of the NHS). Between them the two ladies charmingly, gently, wittily and diplomatically gave the two gents a right good grilling about how much (or otherwise) things had improved since last year, and how much (or otherwise) Dr McShane, NHS England's Director for People with Long Term Conditions, had been involved with patients and carers, given that last year he had promised to meet the people's panel in a pub for an open and honest chat … and Anya was still awaiting the meet-up a year later!
The people's panel then gave the two men a further grilling but the comment that got most people tweeting I think, and thunderous applause, was Lynne Craven's question. One of the themes for the day (although I didn't attend any sessions about it) was 'the activated patient' in other words, trying to get patients more interested in and committed to making choices about their own care. It was acknowledged that we were all 'activated patients' or we wouldn't be there. Lynne asked 'As an activated patient, can you tell me where I can find an activated clinician?' It brought the house down, and I have to say that the very pleasant Suffolk GP I was sitting next to (i.e. a clinician and not one of the people's panel) was one of the first people to start applauding! Clearly he was an activated clinician – but the problem is that while everyone at the conference was 'activated', plenty of people in the NHS aren't. One of the big themes was around the necessary cultural change in the NHS and social care, and indeed in the two being much more integrated. In fact Andrea Sutcliffe from the Care Quality Commission did a great talk later on in the day that covered this very thing and she had a really good post about the 5 year forward view, but it's gone! There's now a much briefer comment about it on their site, linking to the report, here. Thank you 'Mrs Mooseface' for pointing out the broken link in the original post!
I was allocated three sessions to attend – at the last minute one of the sessions had to be cancelled but that was my lucky break, as it meant I got to attend one about biosimilars!
The first session was "Personalisation: What the NHS can learn from social care". Thanks to another one of those unavoidable last-minute changes (no criticism to anyone here, these things will happen!) I got lucky again and one of the people's panel speakers happened to be an RA patient (and all-round good egg) Nazreen Bawa, (who I also ended up sitting with at lunch, along with Chris Freer, MS sufferer and Centre Manager at Joseph's Court, an MS Resource Centre). Nazreen was originally supposed to talk in a different session. She gave an impassioned talk on how hard she'd initially found accepting her diagnosis, and how little help she'd received early on in this from clinicians. A little way down the line though she'd found the strength to set up an RA support group in Cambridge, with the help of NRAS, and she's very keen on empowering patients to manage their own care as far as is possible.
Dr Clare Corps then gave a very good talk about her dual role as patient (since a very young age, with complex long-term needs) and a medical researcher. At one point Clare was rushed into hospital and was on a 'nil by mouth' and had to talk the doctor into giving her IV fluids as she was 'running on only one kidney, and that's second hand'. The doctor agreed, (grudgingly as after all what did Clare know – she was only the patient) and that probably saved her life! This was a common theme running through the day – but there were positive stories too and Nazreen mentioned that she considers her GP a partner in her care, along with herself.
An amusing moment in this session was that I realised the man next to me was also a 'citizen journalist' i.e. tweeting about the conference, and, looking at the tweets I saw coming up, I thought I recognised him. He thought the same about me. He pointed to a picture of Karen Maskell's tweet, pointed at me and looked questioning. I shook my head and pointed to the one I thought he was and he shook his head too! Twitter photos are not too helpful for ID! We told each other who we were later and he was Don Redding, working for National Voices.
I asked a question in this session but no one actually heard it properly because the microphone didn't work … or I didn't work it right … and I forgot to say who I was too! Doh! Can't remember what it was now.
Then another quick break and off to the next session, on biosimilars. I'm embarassed to admit I didn't know what a biosimilar was before the session – but I do now! This is worthy of a post of its own though, so I'll leave it for now as this post is outrageously long! I will just say that a Nurse Practitioner from my own local hospital was speaking at this one, which was a surprise! (I'd never met her, mind you … probably a good thing as I don't go advertising my 'real identity' madly to people in the local GP surgery or hospital.)
By the next session I have to admit I was flagging so my tweets lessened a bit, but I was determined to stay the course and see the wonderfully entertaining Ben Goldacre in the final plenary! The session was 'Barriers to Service Integration: Why Aren't We Just Doing It?' Frustratingly I missed most of the first talk, from the people's panel members, but there was an excellent talk from Andrea Sutcliffe of the Care Quality Commission, and Luke O'Shea, Head of Patient Participation, NHS England had a great sound bite (and very true comment): Let's focus on what matters to people, not what's the matter with them. In other words, if someone has complex issues around health, housing, care etc. put the focus on the things that worry them, not the things the system wants to do for them. Andrea Sutcliffe was hard-hitting, especially with this slide:
That leaves a scary amount of work to be done, doesn't it? But at least the problems are being recognised.
Professor David Haslem, Chairman of NICE, also spoke. He astonished me by not having either two heads or very red skin and arrow-shaped tail – in fact he seemed positively human and eminently sensible. He's only been Chairman of NICE since April – so either this is fresh hope for NICE or the poison chalice of a job will get him in the end … . Hopefully he won't leave his post with a distinct change in complexion and tail-like appendages.
By this point I was literally shaking with cold and tiredness but still managed to enjoy Ben Goldacre's session. Here are some tweets to sum it up. For them as don't know, Ben is a junior doctor, accomplished journalist and author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma. The first is hilarious – the second is on my wish list but I'm sure it's just as good! His talk was about 'Big Data' – or how to use data better.
As you can see – I was really losing the plot by this point, so it was a pity I then had to wait 30 mins for a taxi that never came and then stand all the way to Hampstead Heath from Olympia on a packed like sardines overground train! I did, however then have a lovely evening with my aunt Judy and her husband Cyril – delicious meal and much relaxation – just what the doctor ordered!
To sum up:
Themes of the Conference
- Integration of health and social care
- The 'activated patient'
- Cultural change in the NHS
- Putting patients at the heart of the NHS (where you'd kind of think they'd be – it can't run without them after all …)
- Met some great people
- Learnt a whole lot about biosimilars, something I knew nothing about
- Came away feeling hopeful that at least the problems were being recognised by some
- Know a bit more about how the NHS functions (or limps) at the moment and a whole lot more about the 'five year forward view'
- Although I wasn't personally involved last year, there was a strong feeling that more could have been achieved since then for patient involvement
- Improvements in patient involvement were strongly believed to be necessary by everyone there I think – but what about all the people that weren't?
- Organisation, organisation, organisation. (This doesn't meant that I think I could have done it better – just that I think it could have been done better!)
* Sorry, I can't use this phrase without quotes because it sounds so artificial and is in fact slightly ridiculous – what is experience, of any sort, if not lived?
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The India Radio Forum 2008 held on May 30 saw the entire radio fraternity share the same platform. While many supported the multiple frequencies, they felt that unless the internal issues of radio were resolved, the multiple frequencies would only harm the industry.
This is the seventh year of privatisation of the radio industry in India and second year of Phase II of FM expansion. The revenue is already growing at 40 per cent, which is by far higher than any other medium, say radio experts. They also reiterated that radio had the highest penetration in the country with FM stations penetrating 70 per cent of the market covering 68 per cent of the urban population.
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The opening session at the India Radio Forum 2008 was moderated by Atul Phadnis, CEO, Media E2E, while the panellists included Abraham Thomas, COO Red FM; Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City; M Sebastian, MD, WorldSpace Satellite Radio; Prashant Panday, CEO, Radio Mirchi; Tarun Katial, COO, Big FM; Vineet Singh Hukmani, CEO, Radio One; and Anil Srivatsa, COO, Radio Today.
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Katial felt that radio stations needed to look at their current frequencies and consider some serious consolidations. He said, "Radio needs and should get new frequencies."
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According to LV Krishnan, "Migration of audience must be made resourceful. The audience just wants entertainment, and it could be either in the form of RJs or through music alone." Regarding news and current affairs in FM stations, he said, "85 per cent of the listeners are at home, so, if you're giving news to the listeners they'd better switch on their television sets."
Commenting on whether radio helped brands grow, Tina Singh said, "Radio does help brands grow as compared to other mediums." Citing the example of ICICI's Raksha Bandhan campaign, Singh said that the company had run advertisements on various FM stations and spent huge amount on the ads, thus witnessing growth in the sales.
Summing up the discussion, Tripathy said, "At present, RAM is evolving and radio works well for some brands, while not as effective as others, Radio stations are using these data to create better programming."
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It's a scene repeated at the many popular splash parks scattered around the region, though each spot has its own unique way of saturating its eager participants and even unsuspecting onlookers if they aren't quick on their toes. Found in public parks or developed as stand-alone attractions, these water wonderlands can feel like the place to be on a hot summer day.
Playing in the (water) park
Kids are getting wet and wild at Audubon Zoo's Cool Zoo. Open daily from 10 a.m., the park is a chance for kids of all ages to run, slide and splash around the jumping water spouts, alligator water slide, a "spider monkey soaker" and giant water-spitting snakes. Spend the day in Cool Zoo for $6 for Audubon Nature Institute members, $8 for non-members. The fee is in addition to normal zoo admission ($12-$17.50, free for members).
With 13 water features, both in-ground and above ground, children 10 and younger can splash around at the Spray Park at Lafreniere Park in Metairie. Open daily from noon to 7 p.m., the cost is $5 per person for a 90-minute session.
On the West Bank, the surf is always up at Bayou Segnette State Park's wave pool and splash park. Here, you can experience what it's like to jump or body surf waves at the lifeguard-staffed pool area. The state park is open daily from 6 a.m. Bayou Segnette Wave Pool is $10 per adult and $8 per child for day usage.
Across the lake in Mandeville, Fontainebleau State Park has a splash park with water jets and fountains suitable for the youngest of water babies. Open daily from 6 a.m., admission to the park is $2 per person; free for kids 3 and younger and senior citizens.
Head a little farther on to the Abita Springs Trailhead and Park. Next to the historic pavilion and an eclectic play ground, water jets squirt up from the splash pad. The splash pad is free and open daily from dawn to dusk.
The 'land of giants'
The largest of its kind and a haven for thrill seekers, the Bayou Blue water park and related Dixie Landin' amusement park up the highway in Baton Rouge is the king of all splash destinations.
"Many of our attractions in Blue Bayou are considered the largest of their kind in the world, hence the nickname 'land of the giants'," said Liz Haynes Harrison, director of media, marketing and entertainment at Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'.
This is one "splash park" that will have kids of all ages revving with intense energy all day long. The "Mambo" in Blue Bayou, the world's largest upside down water slide, is said to be the tallest and fastest water racer in the world. Then there's the "Ragin Cajun" in Dixie Landin', a giant steel looping roller coaster that drops from 14 stories high. But there are also rides in Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' for those looking for a tamer experience.
"In Blue Bayou we have a lazy river, 'the Atchafalaya Run,' and in Dixie Landin' it would probably be the 'Manchac Railroad,' which takes guest on a tour around the park," Haynes Harrison said of the gentler recommendations.
Blue Bayou has more than 20 water attractions, including water slides that feature twists and turns and one with slides descending into darkness. Dixie Landin' features 29 rides, including four roller coasters and a kiddie section that has small rides and a "Grand Carousel".
The attractions at Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' will be soaking visitors until Labor Day. Blue Bayou is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dixie Landin' is open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
All of this fun comes at a price, which is gauged by height. Those 48 inches and taller pay $36.99, those under 48 inches pay $29.99 and those under 35 inches get in free. Admission to Dixie Landin' after 5 p.m. is offered at a reduced fee. Bring a Coca-Cola can and get $5 off admission ticket. If you're planning to spend multiple days in the park, pay the full daily admission price on your first visit, get your ticket validated, and return the next day at no charge.


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The grapes were hand-picked in the early morning, force-cooled to 4 °C and pressed whole-bunch. Only the first light pressings were used. The juice was settled at 5 °C for 48 hours and then racked. A 25% portion underwent wild fermentation and the balance were inoculated with Vin 13 and CY3079 yeast in one third each of first-, second- and third-fill 500 litre Allier French oak barrels, using three different coopers. Fermentation continued for on average 21 days, the temperature of fermentation ranging between 13 and 18 °C. The wine was aged on its fine lees and malolactic fermentation was prevented to preserve the finer flavours. After a total barrel maturation period of 11 months the wine was racked, protein stabilised and bottled with a fine sheet filtration.
Main Variety : Viognier
Alcohol : 13.38 vol %
pH : 3.32
RS : 3.5 g/l
Total Acid : 6.6 g/l
Volatile Acidity : 0.43 g/l
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This wine is the ideal accompaniment to foods with subtle spicy aromas and flavours. Although it spent 16 months in oak we strive to produce a wine that is still lively and fresh with varied and delicate flavours, showcasing the subtleties and finesse that Viognier is capable of.
Cultivar: Viognier
Clones: VI 1, VI 642
Age: 12 years
Soil: Partially weathered shale as well as red/yellow clay-loam soils
Harvest: 2nd an 3rd week of February 2016
Yield: 5.6 ton/ha
Balling: 23.2 °B
pH: 3.28
Total acid: 6.8g/l
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We are thrilled to launch a g4g@work event with our global partner AIG, a leading global insurance company, in the historic and exciting city of... Dublin, Ireland!!
A special group of 80 girls aged 11-15 will have the chance to spend a day engaged in hands-on workshops on science, engineering, sports & safety, and technology all while interacting with inspiring role-model professionals!
From learning to code, to testing out Virtual Reality, to discovering the fun in chemistry by extracting your own DNA, and so much more, girls will be able to explore all the fun in STEM! Plus... we will have a very special visit from some Dublin GAA ladies to explore the science behind sports!
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When. Where. What?
Where? AIG Europe Limited, Dublin 1, 30 N Wall Quay, Dublin, Ireland
When? Tuesday, 23 May 2017 from 9:30 to 15:15
What? We welcome 80 girls aged 11-15 to a g4g@work day event of interactive, hands-on, unbelievable fun in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics!
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The sessions included learning and experiencing cutting-edge technology behind the HAKA 360 Virtual Reality (including an intro from star All Blacks Rugby player Aaron Cruden), A Prize for Safety where the girls try on safety equipment and learn about the importance of a warm-up, guessing what's inside your 'excercise smoothie' during the nutrition break - Power from what you Eat, and finally interactively learning - Can Physics Help your Game? led by the g4g team!
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New Build Housing - Sales Administrator - West Midlands
A Sales Administrator is required to join a successful housing developer in the South Midlands area. You will support the Sales Department by administering the sales information system and providing administration services for the sales department and staff.
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Record/input sales releases, reservations, cancellations, exchanges, hand-overs and legal completions onto the sales information system, along with full customer details/choices and produce/post relevant letters and statements and update office records as appropriate.
Produce/amend standard forms for use on site and in the office to assist the sales team. Keep stock and order materials and stationery used by all the sales team, and order uniforms/badges for sales consultants.
Take telephone enquiries from prospective customers regarding both forthcoming and existing sites, creating a database for future use with mail shots; produce mail shots as requested. Input customer enquiries and questionnaires into the marketing system.
Assist the Sales Director with sales area setups, having responsibility for coordinating subcontract orders, sales office equipment and arranging site signage requirements.
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Following the widespread loss of wildflower grasslands, other habitats have become increasingly important for bumblebees. Field margins can provide flower rich habitats and increase the diversity and connectivity across a farm.
Field margins provide foraging opportunities throughout the year when other habitats are not in flower, and can maximise crop yields by increasing pollinator populations. Field margins can also support nesting sites for bumblebees and a range of other wildlife.
There are many options for margin management including pollen and nectar margins, wildflower margins, cultivated margins and grass buffer strips. These are managed with controlled cutting times and can often be funded through environmental stewardship schemes.
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Smart Choices Postpones Activities as its Own Choices Come Into Question
While controversy swirls as to the laxity of its criteria, the Smart Choices Program, which was launched in August by a coalition of major consumer packaged goods manufacturers amid much fanfare, said last week that it would voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage broader use of its logo by member companies.
While controversy swirls as to the laxity of its criteria, the Smart Choices Program, which was launched in August by a coalition of major consumer packaged goods manufacturers amid much fanfare, said last week that it would voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage broader use of its logo by member companies.
The decision came after FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the agency would develop standards for future front-of-package nutrition or shelf labeling. "We want to work with the food industry retailers and manufacturers alike as well as nutrition and design experts and the Institute of Medicine, to develop an optimal, common approach to nutrition-related FOP ... that all Americans can trust and use to build better diets and improve their health," the FDA said in a letter on its Web site.
"We welcome the FDA's interest in developing uniform front-of-package and shelf-labeling criteria," said Smart Choice Program chair Mike Hughes, VP for science and public policy at the Keystone Center in Keystone, Colo. "The Smart Choices Program shares that exact goal, and was designed to provide a voluntary front-of-package labeling program that could promote informed food choices and help consumers construct healthier diets. We continue to believe the Smart Choices Program is an important step in the right direction."
The initiative has also come under fire from Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal, who has begun his own investigation into Smart Choices following criticism of the program from nutritionists and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), an advocacy group. CSPI executive director Michael Jacobson initially worked to develop the Smart Choices criteria, but resigned because he considered its standards too loose.
Additionally, some coalition members are distancing themselves from Smart Choices. The New York Times reported that PepsiCo had pulled out of the program altogether in favor of the FDA's forthcoming rules, while the Kellogg Co. said it would begin phasing out packages bearing the initiative's logo. This morning, Unilever said that it would "transition out" of using the Smart Choices logo -- while still backing the program coalition's nutritional and scientific efforts -- and await direction from the FDA.
Smart Choices said it was providing Blumenthal with information on the development of the program, adding that it would cooperate not only the FDA, but also the Department of Agriculture and the Institute of Medicine" in creating such packaging standards.
"Our nutrition criteria are based on sound, consensus science," noted Hughes, but given the FDA's determination to work on labeling standards, "it is more appropriate to postpone active operations and channel our information and learnings to the agency to support their initiative."
With criteria it says is based on the U.S. government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Smart Choices came about through the efforts of a cross-section of scientists, nutritionists, public health and public interest organizations, and food industry figures.


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August 1, 2017, 7:00 PM @ City Council Chamber
August 1, 2017, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ 3rd Street - Downtown Morgan Hill
National Night Out is a crime and drug prevention event that is sponsored nationally by the National Association of Town Watch and co-sponsored locally by the Morgan Hill Police Department. This year's event will be held on 3rd Street in Downtown Morgan Hill on Tuesday August 1st from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Join us Downtown for a fun-filled evening with music,an old fashioned ice cream social; police and fire equipment on display; an opportunity to meet your first responders and city leaders; music, entertainment; food; kids activities and more.
The event is designed to strengthen community-police partnerships to:
Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime efforts
Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police/community partnerships
Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back
More Information about National Night Out and the National Association of Town Watch visit ww
August 2, 2017, 7:00 PM @ Council Chamber
August 5, 2017, 10:00 AM @ BookSmart Morgan Hill
1295 E Dunne Ave Suite 120
You are invited to coffee with the City of Morgan Hill Mayor, Steve Tate.
When: Saturday, August 5th
Time: 10AM
Where: BookSmart Morgan Hill
1295 E. Dunne Avenue, STE 120
Corner of Murphy & Dunne
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
This is your opportunity to engage directly with Mayor Steve Tate in an informal setting. The Mayor buys the coffee and you bring your questions, concerns and ideas about the City of Morgan Hill.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, August 5th!
August 8, 2017, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Council Chamber
August 8, 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Community and Cultural Center- Poppy Jasper Room
The City of Morgan Hill is hosting four (4) meetings on parking in the Downtown. As business and development activity in Downtown increases, additional pressure is being placed on existing parking infrastructure. The meetings are being conducted to help inform a range of issues on parking as well as identify solutions in partnership with the Community.
We encourage residents, business owners, employees and visitors to Downtown Morgan Hill share their feedback on downtown parking.
Please RSVP in order for the City to have enough materials for guests.
August 9, 2017, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ Community and Cultural Center- Madrone Room
August 11, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM @ San Ysidro Park in Gilroy
Part of the "Let's All go to The Park!" fabulous parks series. Come and enjoy family fitness activities.
August 14, 2017, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ Community and Cultural Center- Madrone Room
August 14, 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Community and Cultural Center- Madrone Room
August 15, 2017, 7:00 PM @ City Council Chamber Building
August 15, 2017, 6:00 PM @ City Hall Development Services Center - Grand Conference Room
17575 Peak Avenue
Flying drones (unmanned aircraft) on public property in Morgan Hill is currently prohibited by the City's Municipal Code. Since some residents seem to enjoy drone flying as a hobby and their use is gaining in popularity, the City is considering a change to the Municipal Code that would allow drone use under reasonable circumstances.
You can view the proposed changes fact sheet here: http://bit.ly/2wtbuk4
If you have any questions, please contact Jennie Tucker at 408.310.4277 or email@example.com
August 16, 2017, 7:00 PM @ Council Chamber
August 16, 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM @ Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center
The City of Morgan Hill is working on a policy for Downtown Special Events and Street Closures. The Community Services Department presented a draft policy to the City Council on June 21, 2017. The City Council chose not to move forward with the policy, as written, and instructed City staff to do more work on the policy. The policy revision will be presented to City Council in the Fall of 2017.
Chapter 12.16 of the Morgan Hill Municipal Code, Events on Public Property, outlines requirements for special events and the associated permit process. The primary purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to staff in the issuance of special event permits that close streets in Downtown Morgan Hill.
It is proposed that the policy will cover items such as attendance level requirements, traffic considerations, the downtown parking structure and the use of Third Street, specifically.
August 20, 2017, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ BookSmart
The Getting to Know You 95037 Meetup group invites local residents to a Welcome and Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 20 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at BookSmart.
We're a new Meetup group for connecting residents of Morgan Hill. Our group is open to all local residents -- whether you've been here for decades or are newer to town or anywhere in between.
We're building on our strong community spirit and hoping to share positivity in our special town of Morgan Hill. Bring your friends & neighbors and let's get to know one another at our casual ice cream social.
For more information: https://www.meetup.com/Getting-to-Know-You-95037/
August 21, 2017, 7:00 PM @ Cinelux Theater
Please join us for a screening of Hidden Figures, the story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. The film is rated PG for thematic elements and some language. The screening is open to all ages. Tickets available in advance at the Chamber Office, using the link to the right, or at the door before the event.
August 22, 2017, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Council Chamber
August 22, 2017, 7:00 PM @ Morgan Hill Library
The American Association of University Women presents effective tools to communicate with elected officials in practical workshop for civil engagement, at the Morgan Hill Public Library. Get tips & tricks for becoming more involved in the democratic process. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
August 23, 2017, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Council Chamber
August 23, 2017, 7:00 PM @ City Council Chamber
On June 7, the Morgan Hill City Council voted to voluntarily move to district elections. This was prompted by the City receiving a letter from the law firm of Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian, & Ho, dated May 5, 2017, claiming that the city is violating the California Voting Rights Act because City Council members are elected at-large rather than by districts. By voluntarily moving to district elections the City of Morgan Hill will take advantage of legal protection that enables cities to have a say in district boundaries and avoid costly litigation. More information will be available soon but we wanted to alert all residents of the need for your input and participation in establishing City Council districts in Morgan Hill. The City will be retaining an expert demographer to draw district maps for consideration, according to the requirements of the Federal Voting Rights Act and the California Voting Rights Act. For more information visit: DrawMH.org
August 23, 2017, 7:00 PM @ City Council Chambers
The Morgan Hill City Council will make a proclamation designating the week of August 26th "Women's Week" in Morgan Hill!
August 24, 2017, 6:30 PM @ City Council Chambers
This moderated panel will be an excellent opportunity to learn about the challenges & successes of women who are successful in traditionally male-dominated fields. Afterwards there will be a brief Q&A session, and light refreshments will be provided.
August 24, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Galvan Park
Join us for a "Park Party" at Galvan Park on the 24th of August. We will have a bounce house, face painting, music, dancing and entertainment. This event is free to the entire family!
Call 408-310-4277 for more information.
August 25, 2017, 6:00 PM @ Downtown Amphitheater
This Friday Night Music series is dedicated to all the women of Morgan Hill! All are invited out to enjoy free music by The Hitmen, who play a fabulous fusion of funk, soul, disco, and latin! Boogie the night away with your girlfriends! The event is free, concessions (including wine & beer) will be available for purchase.
August 26, 2017, All Day
This special holiday commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
August 27, 2017, 12:00 PM @ GVA Cafe
An all-ages mixer celebrating the diversity of women in Morgan Hill. Women are asked to come wearing their "uniform" or regular working day outfit, so that children in attendance can see the many different important roles women take on in our community. Then we will all line up along Monterey Rd and take a photo holding hands, symbolizing the strength of Morgan Hill's women together.
August 29, 2017, 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Council Chamber West Conference Room