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What have we overlooked in the documents supporting Kaye's visa application?

Discussion in 'UK Visa and Immigration Help' started by Methersgate, May 29, 2015.

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  1. Timmers
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    Timmers Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Mr Andrew is one happy chappy now I bet, good news
    Timmers, Jun 26, 2015
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  2. aposhark
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    Great news, Andrew.
    How much will you send an invoice to DHL for to help with your stress?
    aposhark, Jun 26, 2015
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  3. Methersgate
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    Well, Kaye is booked for her TB test chest X ray at 8 on Monday but right now she has a serious chest infection...

    Dunno what an x ray would show, but she might need one anyway.
    Methersgate, Jun 26, 2015
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  4. Nickel
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    I suggest , it's better to postpone the xray, and rather have an xray at a different clinic first, and see how is the infection.Don't worry about the double exposure to xray when she gets another at IOM, my doc said, we are entitled to 500 xrays in our lifetime.Better to be safe than pay huge amount and fail the xray test .Maybe she needs more time for healing..I pray she recovers asap.
    Better to call them up(IOM staff) by phone to reschedule.
    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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  5. Methersgate
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    That is the best thing to do. We may have to face a cancellation fee as I can't contact the IOM Clinic before Monday. But she needs to stay in bed
    Methersgate, Jun 27, 2015
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  6. Nickel
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    Just email them now, Address it to Ms. Alyssa Urbano mhc.uk@iom.int. (To show proof you emailed them earlier and that you can not contact them thru phone)Then follow up through phone early morning on Monday, before the scheduled time.
    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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  7. Methersgate
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    Methersgate Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Thank you
    Methersgate, Jun 27, 2015
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  8. Nickel
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    I also advise for Ms.K to take loads of alkaline Vitamin C, this will reduce infection. (Fern-c , mega dose) I did this days before my xray, flushes out phlegm quick. disclaimer *(Am not a doctor, but i'm an alternative advocate, that's why i know)
    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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    I could have done with something like that a few weeks ago. :)

    The notion of alkaline vitamin C is new to me. Not sure if it is available here in UK?
    Anon220806, Jun 27, 2015
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  10. Nickel
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    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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  11. Methersgate
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    Methersgate, Jun 27, 2015
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  12. Nickel
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    I took 10 capsule of vitamin c during my 3 day sputum test and lots of water...great result :)
    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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    Linus was a genius, a physicist and chemist who switched to biology when he became disenchanted with where physics had gone (the Atomic bomb which he did not participate in).

    He was the founder of quantum chemistry and molecular biology, really a staggeringly brilliant man, and a great communictor I remember watching him on a Horizon documentary back in the 70's or 80's.

    But when it came to vitamin C he got a bit obsessed, there's still not a huge amount of evidence that the amount he was suggesting you take would make a blind bit of difference, if you take more than you need you pee it out, simple.

    We all need vitamin C but I doubt we need as much as Linus was suggesting, it became for him a magic bullet and he pursued his obsession for most of his later years.
    oss, Jun 27, 2015
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  14. Markham
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    "Normal" Vitamin C is Ascorbic Acid whilst the alkaline version is Sodium Ascorbate** which is available almost everywhere that food supplements are sold - you can certainly buy it in Boots and at Tesco. The big difference is that the body will not absorb more than about 500mg Ascorbic Acid per day (exact amount depends on weight) and any surplus is discharged in urine. The body will accept much higher doses of Sodium Ascorbate which means that common colds can clear-up somewhat faster, depending on the dose. 2000 mg would be good.

    ** Some health food shops stock a slightly different variant: Magnesium Ascorbate which is just as effective.
    Markham, Jun 27, 2015
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  15. Anon220806
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    I stick to plenty of fruit each day. I get the roughage that goes with it too.
    Anon220806, Jun 27, 2015
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  16. oss
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    If there were any evidence at all that it made any difference to the common cold at all

    http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/coldsandflu/Pages/Preventionandcure.aspx

    and I didn't need that link in order to make that statement, I have followed the science on this for decades.

    edit: note very very limited benefit, for what is an expensive supplement, particularly in the Philippines, although some degree of supplement is a good thing for Filipino's.
    oss, Jun 27, 2015
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  17. Nickel
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    True, i am with you that whatever excess we just pee it out, but i would rather take mega and pee out infection too :) Works to me, so i am just sharing, the choice is always yours/us
    Nickel, Jun 27, 2015
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  18. Anon220806
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    I think it is good to take such a supplement if one isnt certain of taking in regular amounts of vitamin c. Some people just dont like fruit and vedgies, so for them it is a good idea.
    Anon220806, Jun 27, 2015
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    I have a pink lady almost everyday.

    Its lunch time now and have had a banana, an apple and some cabbage and carrot. I will probably have a satsuma and some strawberries by this evening.

    I have a diet like a monkey. :D




    * Pink Lady is a brand of apple.
    Anon220806, Jun 27, 2015
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    Not criticising Nickel, just informing.

    For me my partner's obsession with Enervon C and then various other branded vitamins which are basically also more or less all vitamin C drives me nuts, we are not rich and yet she will spend hundreds of peso a week on something that is being wasted, even if she would only stick to the Enervon C I could maybe handle that expense, or if she got that for the family along with a multivitamin supplement then I would not be complaining.

    And what's worse she should be buying generics at a fraction of the price, its a chemical, putting it in a fancy box and packaging does not make it any better at what it does.

    It's like when the kids were young we bought expensive brand powdered milk fully vitamin fortified which the kids drank double the recommended amounts of, and then she would fill them full of Enervon C as well when they had already overdosed on it from the milk.

    Powdered baby milk another great way to keep poor people poor :frust: :(
    oss, Jun 27, 2015
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