Ruth Tothill
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Mick, mostly just echoing what the others have said. My grandma has it too and my grandad is struggling with depression as a consequence. He's got to a point where he needs help to look after her because she's a danger to herself (she broke her arm a few weeks back and then cut her plaster off twice and pulled the wires out that were inserted to pin the break because she didn't remember why they were there, it's now infected) but he's past being able to ask for it. It might be an idea for you to get onto social services sooner rather than later to see what help they offer in your area, and whether respite care is available to you too if your wife is going to have to give full time care. And definitely find out about support groups in your area/on the net. Best wishes to you all.
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Aww, big smile for this one - lots of good karma for you
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Ha ha, this made me chuckle, I'm so impressed they've discovered ........... SOOT! Shhhh, don't tell anyone or all the sweeps will start shouting about how log burners are doing them out of a job!
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Depending on how much money you're willing to throw at the problem I've got something useful for you. I'm trained in the Bowen Technique, see here The Bowen Technique - The Official European home of Bowen therapy training for a therapist local to you, which works on the connective tissues i.e. ligaments and tendons. I had some brilliant results on people with your type of strain and it's also excellent on back pain which I know is common in this line of work. We recommend three initial weekly treatments and then one every couple of months as a top up, so it's not hugely expensive. In my experience it helps with pain and mobility. Obviously as long as you keep working you will keep on straining the ligaments but having a treatment every now and then should be able to keep you at a manageable pain level for longer than if you don't use anything. HTH, Ruth :-D.
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I think you might be right Peter, I have heard from a couple of the other students on my course that that is sometimes the case - sounds a bit daft to me
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Hi Rupe, I presume that ultimately I will need to be covered for both if I want to work as an arborist???
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Ho hum, that wouldn't surprise me Andy, I think some people just see students as a liability, even though, having worked in the real world for long enough I'm not a workshy kid like some people may have experienced and been put off by... I'd still be interested in getting my own insurance though - better safe than sorry. And Matthew, in some ways I'm better than a usual labourer since I wouldn't expect to be paid as they'd be doing me a favour giving me work experience.
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Hi there, I'm new here so please excuse me if this question has already been answered - and also feel free to just point me in the direction of the previous thread. But basically my question is this - can anyone recommend a company that have an insurance tailored towards students on forestry and arb courses? A couple of professionals I've asked about work experience have stated that some companies couldn't take me out because I wouldn't be covered on their insurance so I'd like to price up getting my own insurance. I was a complimentary therapist before this and the insurance company I used for my public liability for that did a special student insurance so I figure some of the arb ones might do the same thing. TIA, Ruth
