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Things That Gladden The Heart

chellie said:
Was a bit tender this morning but I've been having regular ones since November. He's a miracle worker.
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I find it's not the immediate day after, but days 2 and 3 after a deep tissue massage that I really suffer, not so much healing pain, but as I have low blood pressure it often leaves me a little "spaced out" so to speak, so much so that one time it was thought I was having a strokeo_O, but all tests proved I wasnt:)
 
Bunkermagnet said:
I find it's not the immediate day after, but days 2 and 3 after a deep tissue massage that I really suffer, not so much healing pain, but as I have low blood pressure it often leaves me a little "spaced out" so to speak, so much so that one time it was thought I was having a strokeo_O, but all tests proved I wasnt:)
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OMG, scary. That's interesting though as I kept having dizzy spells which started a few days after the massage a few weeks ago. I thought it was just a bug that was doing the rounds.
 
chellie said:
OMG, scary. That's interesting though as I kept having dizzy spells which started a few days after the massage a few weeks ago. I thought it was just a bug that was doing the rounds.
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I get it every time (I have monthly sessions). It was the consultant who made the connection, and he appears right:)
Now I and everyone knows what to look for on days 2 and more often 3 after my massage:)
 
Watching our oldest bowler in today’s comp. A month short of 92 years old yet still able to play really well. The game went to an extra end which, sadly, he lost but what an inspiration.

I play the winner in the morning in the quarter final.
 
Hobbit said:
Watching our oldest bowler in today’s comp. A month short of 92 years old yet still able to play really well. The game went to an extra end which, sadly, he lost but what an inspiration.

I play the winner in the morning in the quarter final.
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Must be the only sport you qualify as a whippersnapper Bri.(y):p
 
Got told by my manager that my appraisal was overdue and we were having it at 11.00 (this was 9.30). I was tempted to bounce it back to Monday and insist I need time to prepare. However for some reason decided to make minimal notes and "busk" it a bit as we had changed Ward Manager's in the last six months and so wasn't sure how attuned to my role the new guy had been. Went like a dream, had some fantastic feedback on the work I've done to date, got some ideas over that I've had for a while to make changes which were well received and got my manager to agree a potential developmental path to get the role to be rebanded to the next level within the next few years. Very few if any negatives and one of the most open, two way and engaging appraisals I've had, certainly in the NHS and probably in my career.

I really feel part of a team and that the work I am doing is seen as value added and some a relief after the crap time I had in medical recruitment (see hand the notice in thread). Now I wouldn't want to have my appraisal sprung on me every year and made that very clear but have felt like I've been walking 6 inches taller all day and very very happy with my lot.
 
arnieboy said:
I hope you get a pay rise!
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Currently on top of the band and so get a minimal 2% annual cost of living rise and that's it. No reward for 100% mandatory training or working towards a top quality review as no monetary incentive (bar under performing and ending up on capability so really has been a reward in mediocrity). If I can get the role rebanded and do the courses and work towards things like staff management, enhanced workload and quality in the work I produce to add more value added and free more time from the senior nurses to be clinical and support and develop the junior nurses then I have a real incentive to be as good as I can be and get the reward for the efforts I'm prepared to put in
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Currently on top of the band and so get a minimal 2% annual cost of living rise and that's it. No reward for 100% mandatory training or working towards a top quality review as no monetary incentive (bar under performing and ending up on capability so really has been a reward in mediocrity). If I can get the role rebanded and do the courses and work towards things like staff management, enhanced workload and quality in the work I produce to add more value added and free more time from the senior nurses to be clinical and support and develop the junior nurses then I have a real incentive to be as good as I can be and get the reward for the efforts I'm prepared to put in
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Start charging them for using you office as a canteen :ROFLMAO:
 
williamalex1 said:
Start charging them for using you office as a canteen :ROFLMAO:
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To be fair, the night staff have been much better and the office does make a convenient place for the team to make a warm drink for themselves and any patients or relatives that want one. It was just always an irritation coming in at 7.00 to a dirty mess
 
Slime said:
You make it sound like she does nothing for her money. :rolleyes:
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I think in terms of people who get public hand outs compared to the actual “work” they do, the royals have it pretty damn easy. So typical of Germans to come over here and take our jobs and money. Hopefully Brexit can stop it?
 
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