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To give your time to another human being offering support, listening, and accepting them without judgement is an amazing act of kindness, Iā€™m sure you made Shelley feel so reassured today. It sounds as though you got so much out of this exchange yourself, if everyone could communicate this way life would be so much better for us all.

I loved your podcast today Abi, thank you. ā¤ļø

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Totes with you on this disgusting white coat crap. What a bunch of wankers. Could rant for days on this subject esp as my Grandfather was a doctor - he had a vocation - unlike the grifters of today who love the money and status. They are just exam passers with a superiority simplex, and made up of the sort of people one avoided at school. Anyway if you ever want a rantorama call me up.

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The GP I had growing up WAS a Doctor. I miss her terribly because I feel I haven't had a real doctor since she retired. She would actually diagnose things in her office and handle things right there. Things that a GP should know. These days all they do is pass the smallest things off to "specialists" so they can all partake in the šŸ’°. Scratching each others backs. I am sure specialists are needed but not to the extent they do these days. I waited 7 months for some results from a "specialist" once. Stress for 7 months! Oh you need this test.. it will take this many months for results.. oh and after that you will need this test... and on and on... I will never forget. This the wonderful , once great country of Canada that my British parents immigrated to back in the 50's. Bless my Dad is not here to see this.

Oh I am on a rant tonight aren't I. Thanks Kate šŸ¤­ xo

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I absolutely agree with you Janice. My dad said yesterday that the days of the family doctor is over.

Our little GP practice was wonderful, it was like a little family . Now itā€™s moved to bigger and better.

Itā€™s not the same and feels very clinical and unfriendly.

Like I said to my dad, when youā€™re unwell, you donā€™t really care what GP you see, as long as you get sorted.

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Aww, bless you Abi.

So glad your scan is over and totally understand your anxieties. It couldnā€™t have been pleasant.

Such a lovely conversation between you and Shelly, bless heršŸ’–

Only you can go from Beatrix Potter to sex in the cityā˜ŗļø.

You made a real difference today Abi so well done you.

A reassuring touch on the arm would have meant the world to that young lady šŸ„°šŸ„°šŸ„°

Your pod tonight was heartwarming, it really was, so thankyoušŸ’–šŸ’–šŸ’–

Enjoy the rest of your evening šŸ„°šŸ„°šŸ„°

Hope everyone is ok

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Lovely meaningful Wednesday....nothing more meaningful than putting Shelley at her ease,hopefully she went back in,confidence boosted,had her scan and thought about Mrs Tiggywinkle whilst she was in there,job done! I wasnā€™t clear if u did get the dye today Abi? If u did make sure u drink lots of fluids .......I always get a terrible blinding headache after the dye,I think u need to flush it out.

Here I was dreamily listening to the tales of Beatrix Potter and BOOM you went from Tom Kitten to shagging on a plane wtf.....I am traumatised šŸ˜‚ but impressed nonetheless

Good to have you back šŸ˜˜

Hope everyone is doing ok xx

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Helloooo!! .... I have to have another listen to this pod... I missed the shagging on a plane part! šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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Hi Abi, Hi everyone šŸ˜Š glad to have you back Abs, we missed you šŸ˜˜ literally just started listening so a quick check in, am coming to the show Sunday but my daughter's dad has let her down this weekend so I am trying to sort last minute childcare! Am on it as not missing it! And the confirmation email is hiding out somewhere šŸ¤”šŸ™„ so no stress at all šŸ˜

Hope everyone is ok, and you are feeling better Abi šŸ’•šŸ’• will comment properly once im caught up with your news, love and hugs to all the SS family xxx

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Enjoy Sunday Rachel. Wish I could be there and meet some of the SubStack family in person. Sunday evening is a nightmare for me to get home by train where I live šŸ’– I was lucky enough to go to Backyard for the GETTR evening but missed Abi and again to the GETTR football party. I also met Abi at the Two Bridges comedy night so I canā€™t complain.

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Aww Jan was hoping to meet you šŸ˜©šŸ˜˜

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Me too ! X

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Next time JulesšŸ’–

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Thank you Jan, sad you are not able to come so hopefully next time! Yes completely understand, the travelling isn't always easy is it, especially on a Sunday, I have to get back to put a child to bed so no catching the last train from Waterloo for me anymore šŸ˜šŸ¤£ those were the days! Xx

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Ps safe travels Alice and Trudi hope your Mum is better today xx

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Sheā€™s better than she was and hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon. Thanks Janice šŸ’–

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Hi Abi.. Really enjoyed your story about Shelley. Really got to me.. so beautiful I cried as I listened. You are an angel Abi. Bless you and Shelley šŸ˜­ā¤ļø I hope she is ok too.

I saw a clip of a Canadian Dad @answers4Sean on twitter last night who lost his young son to the jab. Son wanted to play hockey and could not play without jab. So Dad trusted our govt and took son for jab and he did not survive.šŸ˜­ I think he was 10 yrs old. Poor little soul only wanted to play Hockey. Can't imagine this Dad's anguish šŸ˜­šŸ’” He was literally raging at Trudeau in the clip. I felt for him so much. I have a son named Sean who lived to play hockey. We had such fun. He's a Dad with kids of his own now. But I couldn't help but think what if that nightmare had happened to me. Imagine telling your Son .. no you can't play hockey. Relationship would be damaged. Or.. taking him for the jab and he doesn't make it. Horrifying Despicable crime against humanity. There are no words for this horror. I cry just thinking about it. Hope you don't mind me sharing Sean's story.

Thanks for todays meaningful Wednesday Abi ā¤ļø

PS .. I have a tiny Tale of Peter Rabbit book on my bedside table šŸ„° I loved your story about Buttons and Jockie (I think you said Jockie) .. We had a White Westie Terrier we named Jock back in the 80's. šŸ˜ƒ

Big love to everyone ā¤ļø

Janice

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Well Abi, you managed to get your CT scan and the mile high club in the same podcastšŸ˜‚ On a serious note, I hope your scan results are good.

Hospital care was no better in my experience 35 years ago when my young son had a rare cancer. Great Ormond Street hospital was brilliant, mainly run with Australian agency nurses, at the time. When a bed wasnā€™t available for Paulā€™s chemo at GOS we had to go to our local hospital, Kings College, which was a nightmare. They even managed to lose Paulā€™s file and his chemo was delayed! They later found it down the back of a radiatoršŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø I had to check everything that Kings did, drugs didnā€™t arrive on time, or the wrong dose was prescribed and sometimes even the wrong drugs. It was beyond stressful.

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wow what a serendipitous moment Abi šŸ’« very very special and one Shelley will no doubt always remember šŸ’›

Love the Captains Log and exactly where weā€™re at ā˜„ļøšŸ›øšŸŖ

Keep taking it easy ā™„ļø

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Ps I have all the Beatrix potter I kept for my granddaughter , going to look them out

And yeah dogs šŸ¶ wonā€™t even allow them to jab my dog no danger ā›”ļø

You are a ā­ļø amazing how you can do that itā€™s remarkable just think of something else . I can do that a lot itā€™s a defence mechanism āœŠšŸ¤ xx

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Hope everything went well Abi. I'm sure that reaching out to Shelly in the way you did would have made a huge difference to her well being. Human goodness and compassion at its best.

I love the Beatrix potter books, loved reading them to my children when they were little.

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All gone down the shitter , yip no masks on patients. Still full nazi up here get ur mask on itā€™s our guidelines I donā€™t GAF Iā€™m exempt

Iā€™m so sorry hun šŸ’” . This is awful my mother in law got papped off with a cracked rib for 4 months . She never wanted the 2nd jab nurse said aww u will be fine šŸ˜±

Riddled she was , Then the surgery nurse found out she had cancer she said oh Iā€™m sorry about that

My godmother said (now dead too ) when she died take them all the way hen . My hubby wonā€™t šŸ™šŸ» too painful

Oh wow has me in šŸ˜­ rgr Beatrix potter & Shelly tell u what , what a spiritual moment ā¤ļøšŸ¤āœŠšŸ™šŸ» šŸ’Æ . God intervene today , Terry was with u I truly believe hun . šŸ¤. Iā€™m never stop reaching out to people ever . No way will they take away our interaction , touch. Yip me too Iā€™ve done loads too

But not the mile high club šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ . Aww bless ya huni really touched my heart & Shelleyā€™s . Aww could do with Shelly on here āœŒļøšŸ˜ž

Never change being you . Cause I wonā€™t stop being me warts and all . So grateful for the people Iā€™ve interacted on ur channel with directly itā€™s been very spiritual tbh

Where is the love šŸ’•šŸ™šŸ»āœŠ keep spreading it all . My hubby has his head in his hands atm exhausted and feeling defeated . Men want to fix this but canā€™t . Ex army man šŸ˜žšŸ™šŸ». We may feel powerless but we are defo not helpless . Gb u all xx šŸ˜˜

Ps abi it was my kidneys last years with the shedders .... do u really want to know how bad it was as I willing to share it as no fk lefts to give ?

Itā€™s embarrassing but who cares eh xx šŸ’•āœŠ

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Share awayšŸ‘šŸ’–

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So this is how it goes set the scene up in Skye refused entry into a chemsit due to being exempt Aug 21 . Had to stand outside to wait on painkillers the night and day ones .

Felt crippled sweating , it was hot but defo not like Majorca . šŸ˜«. Hubby lost his phone ( another story šŸ˜‚) so couldnā€™t get a hold of him while he is towing a caravan we had for a month šŸ¤£ . He lost me he went over the Skye bridge and back looking for me , while I sat on a wall crying šŸ˜ and no fkr bothered as all masked up . šŸ« šŸ¤®. Got him eventually got to camp up staffin ok . Felt crippled kidneys so sore . Well when I woke up in the morning I was sweating

I canā€™t believe Iā€™m actually sharing this eh . I was sweating omg I had pissed myself šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜«šŸ˜±šŸ¤£šŸ˜­

Never in my fkn life ever through pregnancyā€s or drunken nights ever . So aye thatā€™s it

So look up a GIF caravan fast as we were warp speed as much as poss down the road 6 hrs . Both had shedders

So thatā€™s it really . My youngest had stayed the night in Edinburgh with her pal at her 18th her pal just had pzifer so šŸ’Æ

Was that . šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļøšŸ™šŸ»šŸ˜«šŸ˜±šŸ«£ . Ffs no fks given now likes

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Me u want to know what happened to me with the shedders with my kidneys aug 21 stuck in a caravan in Skye šŸ˜³

Never in my life has this happened to me through pregnancyā€™s drunken nights the lot ( when I drank well being a Scot was a lot through my days eh )

Could hardly walk no energy literally thought I was crippled , hubby had different went to his chest . No me nope

When u like this Iā€™ll answer šŸ˜±šŸ˜³šŸ˜«šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļøšŸ„°āœŒļø xx šŸ„°

Ps itā€™s embarrassing but Jezzo itā€™s a redder eh

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I missed that bitšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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Whatā€™s the story with yā€™all missing the shagging on a plane part??!! That was the best part šŸ˜‚far too short an explanation imo....might have to make her go over that one again šŸ˜‚

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What a beautiful encounter with who sounds like a lovely young woman, and you were her blessing in a difficult moment, that is, as you say true Christianity šŸ™ I hope Shelley is ok, my nephew has Asbergers and anxiety can be a very challenging aspect of it. Such a touching podcast today Abs, sending ā¤ā¤ one for you and one for Shelley xxx

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See ya soon huni šŸ¤šŸ˜˜šŸ™Œ

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