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So hey gues what? Finally I've been offered an assessment next Thursday for PR only waited 6 years and three years ago i asked why i hadn't been invited and again three months ago and wowza i have an appointment- what do they do ? They asked me to bring inhalers and what medication I'm on and walking stick if i have one - noo not yet! Flat shoes and any oxygen or whatever i may be on which I'm not!

I started having breathing probs last weekend and chest wheezing so started my steroids and antibiotics two days ago - but that will have finished by the time i get my interview. If accepted i'll have to stop work for six weeks because the sessions are two different days of the week - thankfully not my college day so i think i'll look forward to 6 weeks of not working and just carry on with my counselling degree.

I'm a bit 😊 excited folks

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Good for you pepparuby and hope you enjoy PR. It's taken long enough to be able to go! Fingers crossed for you and feel better soon. Xxxxx

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pepparuby1β€’ in reply tosassy59

Thank you sassy59 i may learn to breathe with my stomach eh?

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Nottobad

So pleased for you. You will enjoy it I have been on 3 courses over the years why did it take so long for you to get a place.

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pepparuby1β€’ in reply toNottobad

I don't know why the nurse who was seeing me never told me about it only found out on here about it

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O2Treesβ€’ in reply topepparuby1

That is truly awful pepparuby but probably true for quite a lot of people :(

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Pam1952

Just been reading your post on Samarian Gorge. It's nice to know that someone is as crazy as me, lol! Huge respect. I always said I wanted to do it before I was 60 and I was so proud to have completed it. It's probably the most challenging walk I've ever done, with the terrain and the 40c heat. I had my head in every available water trough and the river. Looked a real state, but didn't care!

So glad you're getting a shot at PR. Just on my second week and loving it. Starting to feel the benefits already. Good luck with the assessment and I hope that you'll be on your course very soon.

Take care.

Pam XXX 😊😊😊

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pepparuby1β€’ in reply toPam1952

Wow you did the samarian gorge too!! We were the last ones out!!! I was offered a donkey in the last bit on the river bed but something in my made me determined to do it

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Pam1952β€’ in reply topepparuby1

I was so glad I did it, but suffered for days after, lol! XXX

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pepparuby1β€’ in reply toPam1952

Yes me too i couldn't walk!! My partner had been asking me for years to do it and this year i plucked the courage only because it's mainly down hill lol

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Toci

I was working when I did my first PR course and was allowed time off to attend - it was classed as a medical appointment.

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pepparuby1β€’ in reply toToci

Yes that would be good but i took a new job whilst studying as a bank worker so i work when i want but i don't get paid sickness but like zero hours so that if i had a few assignments i could take time out of this job whilst I'm training, -alsopart of the degree is to work 100 hours in a placement so i needed a very flexible job

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scorpiolass

Enjoy your PR; they say every thing comes to those who wait. x

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