Aaaaaaaaaggghh - The Scream Thread!, Sign in here if you've had a bad week... Options

[lucky045]

Miss R - hopefully not at all! I've got the same thing this week though - four times, so far and counting!

ARRRGGHHH! Why is it always the wrong person who's interested? (While the right person is completely oblivious, and indifferent?!)

[lottie]

Arggggggggh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I need a cure for insomnia (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Maizie]

ARGH!

People who possibly don't know what they are talking about (including, I hasten to add, myself!)

Fancy new way of getting some data out of the database and in to datasets. I set it all up and it was working right for 4 out of 5. For the 5th, I went to someone to ask their help. Who promptly told me I'd done it ALL wrong, that what I wanted it to do was impossible, and I should do it that way instead. This person couldn't adequately answer why the system could do the impossible for the four it was working on...

Anyway, followed their advice, played with this, that and the other...and now all 41 datasets are completely all over the place. I asked someone else, who sent me on to a third person, who is now investigating for me. But from that third person, I have finally received some documentation on how this was all meant to work.

Some of what the person who was helping me intially told me was wrong. The rest of what he told me is the way to do it...isn't in the documentation. And the author of the documentation...well, I don't hold out much hope that he'll have a clue, based on my previous interactions with him.

All well and good...but this little lots is meant to be going for QC on Monday. Ahahahahahahahaha! Still, hometime in an hour and a bit and I refuse to worry about it over the weekend (it'll be ready when it's ready, so there).

[sarah123]

Aaaargh!

Sometimes I just don't get my dad!!

We have an old cat (I think she's about 14) who has basically stopped eating for the last week and has obviously lost weight and isn't herself. A similar thing happened to her a few years ago where she literally refused to eat for about a month and we only just managed to save her by force-feeding her. That time, someone took her to the vet, and they didn't come up with anything very helpful apart from a couple of tins of special cat food.

My dad won't accept the possibilty that it could be anything other than the same as last time this time, so won't take her to the vet as 'it's still in the early days so we can't tell yet and it will cause more harm than good anyway because she's very nervous of strangers!'

When I pointed out that it would be better to take her to the vets now rather than to have to pay the emergency call-out fee over christmas, he said that in his experience of 20 years of cat-ownership, they don't go downhill quickly and die slowly over the course of a year or so, so there's no urgent hurry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I was particularly surprised he took this approach because given that someone we knew was completely fine in the summer, went to the doctors because they thought they were feeling a bit dodgy and had died within about two weeks. I mentioned this to him, but all it did was get an explanation of how cats are different to people.

I can tell that my mum thinks she should go to the vets too, but she's mainly my dad's cat, so noone wants to go against him.

Just aaaaaargh!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

AAAaaargh still and even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Someone did finally take the cat to the vet, and they couldn't find anything wrong with her (so my dad was right in that respect). She hasn't really eaten anything since christmas day and is now literally just skin and bones, can't really support her and we're having to force feed her a mixture of baby food and gloopy cat food stuff. She should get better in the end, as it worked the time this happened before, although I don't remember her being quite this weak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

The stupid thing is that we realised she was going downhill relatively quickly, but my dad insisted on putting out plates and plates of different food to try and tempt her with for ages (she wouldn't take any of it!) because he didn't want to put her through force-feeding again, but all the time, she was just getting worse and worse, and if we'd started straight away, she wouldn't be in this state! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Why do I have to have a relapsed anorexic cat and a dad who goes so out-of-his way to cause no harm to her that he ends up making her worse?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

Not really a scream this time, but I thought I'd better fill you in given how many people wished Klio better.

Sadly, she is no more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It wasn't a particularly pretty end for her, but I'm glad she went of her own accord rather than having to be put down, as I'd have spent ages thinking 'what if...'. The vet did work out what was wrong with her in the end: her abdomen was full of liquid or a tumour or something not too good.

[andante_in_c]

So sorry, Sarah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thereThere.gif)

[BerkshireMum]

Not really a scream this time, but I thought I'd better fill you in given how many people wished Klio better.

Sadly, she is no more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It wasn't a particularly pretty end for her, but I'm glad she went of her own accord rather than having to be put down, as I'd have spent ages thinking 'what if...'. The vet did work out what was wrong with her in the end: her abdomen was full of liquid or a tumour or something not too good.

So sorry to hear about your cat, Sarah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It sounds as if she was very poorly, and at least she's no longer suffering. Cats become very much one of the family, and I'm sure you'll never forget her.

[mysticmaddess]

I've just recorded by singing voice, and ugh. I sound awful. I was better at singing when I was only eight.

Plus I'm down with the cold and got coursework to finish. But I'm hoping next week will be better.

[Holz Gedeckt]

Aaaargh!

Sometimes I just don't get my dad!!

We have an old cat (I think she's about 14) who has basically stopped eating for the last week and has obviously lost weight and isn't herself. A similar thing happened to her a few years ago where she literally refused to eat for about a month and we only just managed to save her by force-feeding her. That time, someone took her to the vet, and they didn't come up with anything very helpful apart from a couple of tins of special cat food.

My dad won't accept the possibilty that it could be anything other than the same as last time this time, so won't take her to the vet as 'it's still in the early days so we can't tell yet and it will cause more harm than good anyway because she's very nervous of strangers!'

When I pointed out that it would be better to take her to the vets now rather than to have to pay the emergency call-out fee over christmas, he said that in his experience of 20 years of cat-ownership, they don't go downhill quickly and die slowly over the course of a year or so, so there's no urgent hurry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I was particularly surprised he took this approach because given that someone we knew was completely fine in the summer, went to the doctors because they thought they were feeling a bit dodgy and had died within about two weeks. I mentioned this to him, but all it did was get an explanation of how cats are different to people.

I can tell that my mum thinks she should go to the vets too, but she's mainly my dad's cat, so noone wants to go against him.

Just aaaaaargh!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

AAAaaargh still and even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Someone did finally take the cat to the vet, and they couldn't find anything wrong with her (so my dad was right in that respect). She hasn't really eaten anything since christmas day and is now literally just skin and bones, can't really support her and we're having to force feed her a mixture of baby food and gloopy cat food stuff. She should get better in the end, as it worked the time this happened before, although I don't remember her being quite this weak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

The stupid thing is that we realised she was going downhill relatively quickly, but my dad insisted on putting out plates and plates of different food to try and tempt her with for ages (she wouldn't take any of it!) because he didn't want to put her through force-feeding again, but all the time, she was just getting worse and worse, and if we'd started straight away, she wouldn't be in this state! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Why do I have to have a relapsed anorexic cat and a dad who goes so out-of-his way to cause no harm to her that he ends up making her worse?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

Not really a scream this time, but I thought I'd better fill you in given how many people wished Klio better.

Sadly, she is no more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It wasn't a particularly pretty end for her, but I'm glad she went of her own accord rather than having to be put down, as I'd have spent ages thinking 'what if...'. The vet did work out what was wrong with her in the end: her abdomen was full of liquid or a tumour or something not too good.

Aw, sorry to hear that, Sarah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thereThere.gif)

[Jungfrauenregalbass]

Aaaargh!

Sometimes I just don't get my dad!!

We have an old cat (I think she's about 14) who has basically stopped eating for the last week and has obviously lost weight and isn't herself. A similar thing happened to her a few years ago where she literally refused to eat for about a month and we only just managed to save her by force-feeding her. That time, someone took her to the vet, and they didn't come up with anything very helpful apart from a couple of tins of special cat food.

My dad won't accept the possibilty that it could be anything other than the same as last time this time, so won't take her to the vet as 'it's still in the early days so we can't tell yet and it will cause more harm than good anyway because she's very nervous of strangers!'

When I pointed out that it would be better to take her to the vets now rather than to have to pay the emergency call-out fee over christmas, he said that in his experience of 20 years of cat-ownership, they don't go downhill quickly and die slowly over the course of a year or so, so there's no urgent hurry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I was particularly surprised he took this approach because given that someone we knew was completely fine in the summer, went to the doctors because they thought they were feeling a bit dodgy and had died within about two weeks. I mentioned this to him, but all it did was get an explanation of how cats are different to people.

I can tell that my mum thinks she should go to the vets too, but she's mainly my dad's cat, so noone wants to go against him.

Just aaaaaargh!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

AAAaaargh still and even more! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Someone did finally take the cat to the vet, and they couldn't find anything wrong with her (so my dad was right in that respect). She hasn't really eaten anything since christmas day and is now literally just skin and bones, can't really support her and we're having to force feed her a mixture of baby food and gloopy cat food stuff. She should get better in the end, as it worked the time this happened before, although I don't remember her being quite this weak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

The stupid thing is that we realised she was going downhill relatively quickly, but my dad insisted on putting out plates and plates of different food to try and tempt her with for ages (she wouldn't take any of it!) because he didn't want to put her through force-feeding again, but all the time, she was just getting worse and worse, and if we'd started straight away, she wouldn't be in this state! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Why do I have to have a relapsed anorexic cat and a dad who goes so out-of-his way to cause no harm to her that he ends up making her worse?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif)

Not really a scream this time, but I thought I'd better fill you in given how many people wished Klio better.

Sadly, she is no more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) It wasn't a particularly pretty end for her, but I'm glad she went of her own accord rather than having to be put down, as I'd have spent ages thinking 'what if...'. The vet did work out what was wrong with her in the end: her abdomen was full of liquid or a tumour or something not too good.

Aw, sorry to hear that, Sarah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thereThere.gif)

sorry about you cat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[DaisyChain]

Sorry to hear that Sarah x

[lucky045]

That's awful, Sarah, I'm so sorry to hear that.

[Cyrilla]

So sorry to hear about Klio, Sarah - as another cat-lover I know only too well how distressing the whole thing must have been for you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) .

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thereThere.gif)

[barry-clari]

Sorry to hear about your cat Sarah - my sympathies go to you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[SueHM]

Sorry to hear about your cat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . One of my friends has just lost 2 of her cats in quick succession. My 6 are all very similar in age. Guess I'll be going through it some time..

Could kick myself - just had a really bad lesson segment on playing by ear with an adult. She kept at it but I could see she was gettign really fed up. I couldn't get her to stop and just listen to me, and we ended up getting a bit cross with each other (although all smiles on the surface!) ARGH.

[Maizie]

Harrumph for having a migraine.
When I get them, I'm often bothered by two of light, sound or movement. So I might be able to sit somewhere quiet and read a book. Or if light and sound are bad, I end up cleaning the entire house because there's nothing else to do.
Today it seems all three are a problem. Which is annoying, because there is so much I could be doing. I've got a book to read for my OU course, but I can't focus/concentrate on reading. I could clear and turn one of the veg patches, but I can't do that sort of movement. I've got more music than you could shake a stick at to play, but I couldn't bear the noise. And so on...

I know, I shouldn't be at the computer screen, but there's nothing else I can do, and I'll only be here for five minutes...