Saturday, 18 November 2017

My get well soon video to my wife Enid

https://youtu.be/9EPTQAroivo

Friday, 17 November 2017

R.I.P MICHAEL -DIKMIK-DAVIES HAWKWIND LEGEND

https://youtu.be/JqlDLDN6D9k

Former Hawkwind synth pioneer Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies has died

News / 23 hours ago / by Scott Munro

Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies, far right

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Hawkwind confirm that former keyboardist and synth guru Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies has died

Hawkwind have confirmed that their former synth player and keyboardist Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies has died.

Davies was brought into the band by his friend and band leader Dave Brock shortly after Hawkwind’s formation in 1969.

He played on the band’s self-titled 1970 album and also appeared on 1971’s In Search Of Space and 1972’s Doremi Fasol Latido before leaving in 1973.

Hawkwind issued a statement which reads: “We are very sad to let you know that our old friend and band mate DikMik, Michael Davies, passed away early this morning.

“He will be loved and remembered for his innovative contributions not only to Hawkwind, but to a whole musical genre of which he was an important pioneer.”

Brock has also offered his own tribute, saying: “I remember when DikMik joined the band – he bought himself an audio generator from Tottenham Court Road, got himself a Watkins Copycat echo unit, a fold up card table – complete with green baize – and became one of the innovators of electronic music.

“It was on DikMik's suggestion, and later persistence, that we got Lemmy to join the band and you know the rest!

“Goodbye old chap your legend lives on.”

Little red spots

Home Blood, Heart & Circulation What Causes Little Red Dot on the Skin?

What Causes Little Red Dot on the Skin?

Nov 12, 2017

You may develop tiny red spots on your skin for many different reasons. Some of these underlying causes may be quite serious, while others may not raise any concern. It is, however, important to understand when you should go see your doctor and seek medical treatment. Keep reading to learn more.

What Are the Possible Causes of Tiny Red Dots on Skin?

1. "Red Mole" or Cherry Angiomas

Cherry angiomas are quite common and can appear on any area of your body. Also known as senile angiomas, they usually affect people over 30 years of age. They look red because of broken blood vessels inside them.

While the exact cause of these skin growths is not clear, many experts believe it has something to do with genetics. Some people are more likely to get them compared to others. They are more likely to appear in pregnancy and are even linked to climate and exposure to chemicals. You do not usually need to worry about these skin growths unless you notice a change in their shape, size, or color. Talk to your doctor if they bleed often.

2. Petechiae

If you notice pinpoint, round, tiny red dots on skin, they could be petechiae. These growths develop as a result of bleeding, and this is the reason why they may look brown, red, or purple. They look more like a rash and appear in clusters. The color remains the same even when you press on them. And they may appear on your eyelids or on the inner surface of your mouth.

Causes: While petechiae are quite common, they may indicate different conditions. The most common causes include allergic reaction, local injury, autoimmune diseases, trauma, and viral infections that impair clotting. Certain medical treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, as well as leukemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and other bone marrow malignancies can also cause petechiae to appear. Drugs such as aspiring, heparin, or cortisone may also cause petechiae. They are more common in newborns and become prominent after violent vomiting.

Treatment: Antibiotics are prescribed in case of an infection causing petechiae formation and appearance. If these petechiea spots are the consequence of injuries to the blood capillaries, apply ice packs or cold compressions over the affected region. It is suggested that before applying ice, a paper towel should be put between your skin and the ice pack. This will prevent damage to the skin surface.

3. Keratosis Pilaris

Keratosis pilaris (KP) also causes small red spots on your skin. This genetic disorder affects hair follicles of the skin and often manifests as rough, small folliculocentric keratotic papules. They are also described as chicken skin, chicken bumps, or goose bumps and usually appear on the outer-upper highs and arms.

The condition usually gets better in summer months and becomes worse in winter when skin becomes dry. KP is self-limited and usually improves with age. There is no treatment available for it, but you may use moisturizing lotions and creams to make things feel better.

4. Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis or commonly known as hypersensitivity vasculitis refers to the inflammation of small blood vessels. Leukocytoclastic is a term used to refer to the debris of immune cells or neutrophils within the walls of blood vessels. The disease may only affect your skin or spread to other organs of the body, including central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs, and the kidneys.

Symptoms: When it affects your skin, you notice damaged blood vessels that become leaky. It results in hemorrhage that appears as small areas of purple-red, raised lesions or tiny red dots, also called palpable purpura. These lesions are most commonly found on the legs. They generally do not cause any symptom, but you may sometimes feel pain and itching. More severe vessel inflammation may result in large ulcerated blisters that can be quite painful. They may make you deal with other issues, including vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle aches, fever, blood in the urine, weakness, numbness, and cough.

Treatment: Your doctor will consider your medical history before determining the best treatment option for leukocytoclastic vasculitis. If you experienced a single occurrence of tiny red dots on skin, this is an acute case. The lesion diminishes in this case after removing drug, infection, or food that may be causing the problem. In recurrent or chronic cases, your doctor will consider several other factors to select a treatment option. They may ask for tests to help identify an underlying systemic disease. They may also give corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents in case the disease has spread to your internal organs. Medications such as dapsone and colchicines may help treat chronic cases.

5. Rheumatic Fever

Not seeking treatment for strep throat in a timely manner may result in rheumatic fever. It usually affects children from 5 and 15 years of age. Older children and adults may also contract the fever. It is not a serious illness and when left untreated, it may cause serious issues including permanent damage to your heart, stroke, and death.

As it is a complication of strep throat, you should go for a strep test if your child has certain specific symptoms, such as sore throat with swollen lymph nodes and tiny red dots on skin. They may also have trouble swallowing with thick, blood discharge from nose.

Once the doctor confirms that your child has rheumatic fever, they may decide to use one of the following treatment options:

Antibiotics will be prescribed to help treat the infection and may also prescribe a long-term treatment to avoid reoccurrence.
Anti-inflammatory medications will be used to deal with pain. The most common choices are naproxen and aspirin. Some healthcare providers may also use corticosteroids to reduce inflammation.
Your child may need to take anticonvulsant medications for some time if involuntary movements are causing serious problems.

In addition, your child needs to take plenty of rest until pain and inflammation go away completely. It is important to ensure rest for a few weeks at least if the fever causes heart problems.

YEARNING FOR MY WIFE ENID

The one thing that is the hardest part that my wife Enid is apart from me is not being in hospital but missing her presence. Missing her is like a constant pit like feeling and seeing an empty bed or chair makes it worse I suppose you could call it a sense of yearning as this is only the only the second time we have been not together . The first time I don't remember as in coma but I now know how my wife Enid felt at that time.I know i am using distractions to ease but it only gets worsen a later on if sitting in room as we chat alot and we are each others rock. So I can finish post with is I love you Enid and like the housing song no matter what we will get through this blimp.

Thursday, 16 November 2017

ANN JONES OF ANN JONES BOOKS INTERVIEW

Hey Mark “Ghostman”

I was inspired by my Mother. Suspense if first for me. My Mom had me hooked on legal suspense novels from a young age. There wasn't a lot of romance in those books. My books tend to lean towards crime and solving cases. I do like to sprinkle in romance, the whisper of a kiss to come 💖

My aim is to try to give readers a book anyone can read with out blushing. A book that provides an escape from daily life to a world of suspense and a bit of romance. I

I plan to keep writing as long as I can. To learn everyday what readers like and don’t like. To improve my skills and write a best seller someday 😊

http://book.annjonesbooks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/joneswrites/

https://www.facebook.com/Annjonesbooks

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annjonesbooks/

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Wednesday, 15 November 2017

MY WIFE ENID HAS GONE INTO HOSPITAL

Today my wife Enid wounds started to bleed and her legs were hurting a lot, district nurse came put as normal and contracted doctor. Doctor than informed her that she needed to go into hospital to have a dip put in to fight possible infection and she may have cellulitis. Ambulance service cane from Bideford did checks then had to ring for an different one as told my wife to big for there stretcher.
Will update post at later date. Went to A@E and going to end up in medical assessment unit at Barnstaple hospital; Devon.

Updated information seen enid today at Barnstaple hospital told will be seeing the tissue variability nurse on Monday and plastic people on Tuesday for possible skin graft on her hips.Pain due to wounds on hips seeping into blood stream affecting the nerves.

Updated news enid not requiring a skin graft hospital going to vacuum pack wounds instead and signed of by hospital ot.

A SHAMELESS PROMOTIONAL FOR MY FRIEND JONATHAN DOWNES PLEASE BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TY

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

CFZ LAUNCH PATREON CAMPAIGN FOR WEB TV SHOW

The Centre for Fortean Zoology, founded in 1992, is the world's only truly global resource centre for cryptozoology and allied disciplines. Our aim is to coordinate and promote research into cryptozoology, mystery animals, out-of-place animals, zooform and zoomorphic phenomena, folkloric animal archetypes and rare, unusual and aberrant animal behaviour.

'On The Track' is a monthly WebTV show, written and presented by Jon Downes and Charlotte Phillipson from the Centre for Fortean Zoology. Jon first started the show nearly 10 years ago after reading about Rachel Fuller’s WebTV show, ‘In The Attic’, where she, her boyfriend Pete, and various of his friends broadcast music and chat - literally from their attic! As ‘Pete’ happens to be the guitarist for one of the greatest British rock bands of all time, his ‘friends’ have tended to be very impressive media characters. In a similar way to when Jon first heard Pete Townshend’s music and thought “I wanna do that,” reading about their broadcasts made him decide to do one of his own.

However, as Jon’s household has always been a mixture of family and an ever-shifting population of friends, relatives and collaborators from across the world, he decided to try to involve as many of them as possible.

And because he has a very surreal outlook upon the world, and is still a seventeen-year-old hooligan guitar slinger at heart, there is a fair dollop of crazy humour and even some good old rock 'n' roll on occasions.

We hope you enjoy the show as much as the team enjoy making it. However, there are all sorts of things we want to do, that - at the moment - we simply cannot afford to, because we lack the equipment, manpower, or money.

And this is where you come in!

Our friend Louis was kind enough to set this page up for us (and we cannot thank him sufficiently, because we would never have done it without him). We would like to make 'On The Track' bigger and better, and with your help we can get bigger, better, more ambitious; to be able to take on larger projects and reach a wider audience, continue our groundbreaking work, and slip a few quid pocket money to the younger members of the operation, in return for their ongoing dedication to the CFZ and our activities.

Most of what we do is free, and will remain so; however, if people feel kindly disposed towards us, and want to "invest" in 'On The Track', to help us achieve our goals, there are some fun rewards to be had, and the sky to aim for.

So please help us if you feel that you can!

https://www.patreon.com/CFZ

Jon Downes at 5:11 PM

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