Comments on: Week 30 – Sunday: Now I’m Feeling Really Irritated http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/ Ron Metcalfe's Weblog Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/comment-page-1/#comment-44276 MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:31:06 +0000 #comment-44276 Hi Ron. It was encouraging to get a reply to my comment. I wont have the result of the week 12 blood test until 29th August, but going on the week 4 blood test it looks like I'm in for the next 35 weeks. I had been really ok for about 5 days then suddenly felt really depressed on Saturday. I rang the Samaritans and they were quite nice. I'm on my own which is tricky. Tomorrow(Monday 6th) I'm going to the Hep C trust to check it out. I feel I'm not getting the right support. Anyway it's just about two streets away from me. Although I normally go to bed about 7. All the best Malcolm Hi Ron. It was encouraging to get a reply to my comment. I wont have the result of the week 12 blood test until 29th August, but going on the week 4 blood test it looks like I’m in for the next 35 weeks. I had been really ok for about 5 days then suddenly felt really depressed on Saturday. I rang the Samaritans and they were quite nice. I’m on my own which is tricky.
Tomorrow(Monday 6th) I’m going to the Hep C trust to check it out. I feel I’m not getting the right support. Anyway it’s just about two streets away from me. Although I normally go to bed about 7.

All the best

Malcolm

]]> By: ron http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/comment-page-1/#comment-43261 ron Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:07:57 +0000 #comment-43261 Hi Malcolm Hope your blood test tomorrow brings good news to help you on your way through the rest of the treatment journey. The fog will probably continue - I still get bouts of it months later (or maybe that's just age) Wishing you well Ron Hi Malcolm
Hope your blood test tomorrow brings good news to help you on your way through the rest of the treatment journey. The fog will probably continue – I still get bouts of it months later (or maybe that’s just age)

Wishing you well
Ron

]]> By: MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/comment-page-1/#comment-43253 MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:11:47 +0000 #comment-43253 Hi Ron! talk about brain fog! I've only just been able to read your blogs. My nurse told me about your site at our last appointment a month ago. I'm now in week 12 and going for that blood test tomorrow. I admit to being scared. The last couple of days the fog has lifted and I've been able to cope with the PC.I'm longing to get back to riding my bike, painting and writing. Who knows if tomorrow's injection won't bring down the mists again. Reading your stuff is a big help. Thanks for that. If I get the all-clear after tomorrow's blood test, I will try and do my own blog. Malcolm. Hi Ron! talk about brain fog! I’ve only just been able to read your blogs. My nurse told me about your site at our last appointment a month ago. I’m now in week 12 and going for that blood test tomorrow. I admit to being scared.
The last couple of days the fog has lifted and I’ve been able to cope with the PC.I’m longing to get back to riding my bike, painting and writing. Who knows if tomorrow’s injection won’t bring down the mists again.
Reading your stuff is a big help. Thanks for that.
If I get the all-clear after tomorrow’s blood test, I will try and do my own blog.
Malcolm.

]]> By: Nick http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Nick Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-284 I can empathise, Ron. However, maybe all the grumpiness is really about those aspects of modern life set up for the convenience of large companies, designed to demonstrate achievement of targets or to cover the fact that they are too big, no-one knows who's responsible for what and it's easier to let some poor untrained call centre operaor to handle the flak rather than have managers who do their jobs effectively.<br /> <br /> Most people seem to keep a lid on their feelings and assume it's just part of change and progress - so it's ok. I disagree. It's a sign that customers are no longer important. We are clients providing profit and to be treated as the cash machines we are.<br /> <br /> Companies have always had to make profits - but now we have targets, performance management and success criteria - the be all and end all of working life - the master plan to which everyone conforms in order to produce statistics which make those at the top seem effective.<br /> <br /> If only more people got irritated and acted on their irritation, maybe the customer would become important again and 'rip-off Britain' would become a more pleasant place to live. I can empathise, Ron. However, maybe all the grumpiness is really about those aspects of modern life set up for the convenience of large companies, designed to demonstrate achievement of targets or to cover the fact that they are too big, no-one knows who’s responsible for what and it’s easier to let some poor untrained call centre operaor to handle the flak rather than have managers who do their jobs effectively.

Most people seem to keep a lid on their feelings and assume it’s just part of change and progress – so it’s ok. I disagree. It’s a sign that customers are no longer important. We are clients providing profit and to be treated as the cash machines we are.

Companies have always had to make profits – but now we have targets, performance management and success criteria – the be all and end all of working life – the master plan to which everyone conforms in order to produce statistics which make those at the top seem effective.

If only more people got irritated and acted on their irritation, maybe the customer would become important again and ‘rip-off Britain’ would become a more pleasant place to live.

]]> By: Sue, Toronto http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/12/week_30_sunday_now_i_m_feeling_really_ir/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Sue, Toronto Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-285 Hi Ron,<br /> <br /> Sorry to hear you're feeling so irritable. You did provoke several smiles from me, however, particularly with reference to wanting to tell your poor, innocent friend to piss off and, also, the part about no one getting to be worse off than you today. Go with it! Comforting to hear that I'm not alone in being continuously surprised at just how over the edge my responses seem to be to just about everything. And that knowing that they are doesn't help to alleviate it! <br /> <br /> Sue Hi Ron,

Sorry to hear you’re feeling so irritable. You did provoke several smiles from me, however, particularly with reference to wanting to tell your poor, innocent friend to piss off and, also, the part about no one getting to be worse off than you today. Go with it! Comforting to hear that I’m not alone in being continuously surprised at just how over the edge my responses seem to be to just about everything. And that knowing that they are doesn’t help to alleviate it!

Sue

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