JimiSayo

On the architectural side of your project, Petruso and Patterson is an architectural practice based in Wandsworth. The chief architect there is Laura: [email protected]

Tracey Rissik runs the Simple Web Company and specialises in Wordpress run web sites. http://thesimplewebcompany.com/

Jason Stockham of Pestalance is listed on Checkatrade and has over 100 reviews. http://www.checkatrade.com/Pestalance/ http://www.pestalance.co.uk/bird-control 0208 679 9215 (24 hours) 07802 346323 [email protected]

I'm a contented Vitamix owner. Was mesmerised when I first saw it being demo'd at the Ideal Home Show over 10 years ago. It's used every other day at least. Powerful and thorough.

An expert, in my opinion, is Angela Lyon, she's based in Streatham and has been Chartered Building Surveyor and Chartered Quantity Surveyor surveyor for the best part of 40 years. She has a lot of experience in damp solutions and also serves as an expert witness, although that latter bit may not be applicable to you unless someone else is responsible for the problem 0208 679 6363 [email protected]

I would recommend Phillip Masterman, has over 22 years experience as an architect. 07932073595 [email protected]

www.brigstockskinandlaser.com/ They have qualified NHS staff and the co-owner also runs a GP practice which has been in the family for at least 2 generations. They offer money back guarantees on some of their services and have different hair removal equipment to suit different skin types. They've actually won awards for their service delivery.

I'd be interested in one of these as well.

Angela Lyon Orbital Chartered Surveyors offers both renovations and full build service and project management of varying scales. I think it could be worth having a chat with her. She has over 30 years of both residential and commercial buildings experience. You can reach her on 0208 679 6363.

Do contact Bill Bailey of Bailey's Cleaning Specialists to discuss your requirements. http://www.baileyscleaning.co.uk/ 07500 977 781

Phillip Masterman (RIBA) of Masterman Architects. He has over 22 years experience and is committed to giving you the Wow experience. M: 07932 073595, T: 02037 00051 [email protected]

I was speaking to a Quantity Surveyor at a network meeting today. She is an expert witness for damages claims arising from botch jobs like what you describe and will do you a written report on the cost of repairs and how to set about getting recompense. Her name is Angela Lyon and she has almost 40 years residential and commercial experience in building and surveying matters. Very sympathetic and level-headed in times of crisis like this. 0208 679 6363 (Orbital Chartered Surveyors).

If you're still looking, ask Bart Cwiakala for a quote: on 07872 338 775 of Pristine Finish www.pristinefinish.co.uk

Not sure if you've found anyone yet and I thought I'd already shared this: Martin Best on 07765 890 880 [email protected] http://www.thebestdecorator.co.uk

Try Steve of Cre8 Electricity Ltd 07939 443 653 www.cre8electricity.com

For damp issues trouble-shooting, give Angela Lyon of Orbital Chartered Surveyors. As well as getting to the root of the problem, Orbital Chartered Surveyors offer a full build and rebuild service so can take care of the plastering. You can reach her on 0208 679 6363

Have a word with Bill Bailey of Bailey's Cleaning. He does guttering as well as brick-work and stone floor cleaning. http://www.baileyscleaning.co.uk/ 07500 977 781

Bart Cwiakala on 07872 338 775 of Pristine Finish http://www.pristinefinish.co.uk/projects/kitchen-in-east-dulwich

Martin Best of The Best Decorators http://www.thebestdecorator.co.uk/residential/ 07765 890 880 / [email protected]

Thanks. I loved the way you explained that. My background was English studies, public relations, anything but silence. It's been ironical how my choice of career has dragged me towards the sciences I shunned when sitting my O'Levels. I once interviewed the mother of a young man who came to a tragic end for what she believed was undetected hypothalumus damage during a fall he suffered as a young boy while climbing a tree. He'd battled depression and erectile dysfunction all his adult life (uknown to her but she learnt from his girlfriend during the inquest). His mother only later, when trying to make sense of it all, remembered the accident as a child which seemed minor and was forgotten about as, like many head injury patients, he seemed alright after a few hours observation (where typically, a concusssion or bleed is what everyone is wary of). She learnt about pituitary gland/hypothalums damage (post-traumatic hypopituitarism) and saw a possible connection. Which is why she now lobbies NICE (National Institute or Clinical Excellence) to make it mandatory for A&E departments to advise follow-up to head injury patients since once concussion is ruled out, the assumption is often that all is well. The term, he/she was never right after that knock to the head is sadly truer than observers realise. She wants head injury patients to be aware that changes in appetite, sexual function, mood, etc, could be a result of the blow to the head that affects the pitutary gland. The hormone imbalance following such damage can apparently be addressed with periodic injections (but I am not a doctor so can't comment on that). Just that, in addition to psychological reasons for depression, weight gain, and impaired sexual function, ruling out trauma to the head, even if you think it was so long ago that it can't matter, can save a life-time of anguish. It's never too late to ask your doctor to check for this, and if you know you've hit your head in the past, even if just while a little tipsy on a night out where you missed your footing, insist on this being taken into consideration to rule it out as a cause. I was watching a programme about the drinking culture and a man was brought in to A&E after tripping and falling while drunk. He couldn't remember falling, and when asked if he'd banged his head, couldn't remember that either. That's worryig.

Two ladies come to mind that I know work with children. Dr MaryAnne Shiozawa, a Chiropractic based in West Norwood. http://www.shiozawawellness.com/ I've seen nothing but rave reviews about her work with children. If she can't help, I'm sure she can point you in the right direction. Likewise Julia Finlay of Clapham Family Osteopaths https://www.facebook.com/ClaphamFamilyOsteopath/?fref=ts . Julia is like a Baby Whisperer. Best of luck!

Thanks! Yes, I realised earlier this evening when watching a documenary about the brain of murderers that I'd mixed up my brain parts, particularly the H's (hippocampus and hypothalums). I was going to come and amend it but knew it was probably too late to amend the actual message but you beat me to it. And the hyppocampus is responsible for memory. I echoed what someone else had said about the shrinkage being reversible. If the pills being prescribed were capable of reversing the shrinking, people would be getting cured, not at best like zombies, or at worst, getting worse. I didn't invent havening. I'm certified in it and that's a fact. www.havening.org gives all the science behind how and why it works. The other term for havening techniques is Amygdala Depotentiation Therapy. Paul McKenna demonstrates it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C1liEFCZm4 Only within a hair's breadth? I must try harder! ------------------------------------------------------- > JimiSayo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > War veterans with Post Traumatic Stress > Disorder > > have been found to have significant > hypothalamus > > shrinkage, > > You mean hippocampus. > > See also this paper, on lower hippocampal volume > as a vulnerablity factor for PTSD. > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281909 > 3/ > > > And yes, the good news is that hypnothalaums > shrinkage can be reversed. > > I'm certified as a practictioner of a > psycho-sensory therapy called havening > > which activates the delta state in the recipient > and releases serotonins. > > Evidence please, given that you're within a hair's > breadth of advertising.

At a recent event, I presented on the link between PTSD and chronic illness. The truth is that the state of our mind affects the body directly. Not only is a fortune being spent on anti-depressants (which do nothing but supress and not deal with the issues at heart) but the knock on effect in terms of chronic pain (and pain killer addictions), obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, to name a few (which adds to more time off work and a smaller work-force struggling to cover for long term sickness). War veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder have been found to have significant hypothalamus shrinkage, the hypothalamus being responsible for emotions. And yes, the good news is that hypnothalaums shrinkage can be reversed. I'm certified as a practictioner of a psycho-sensory therapy called havening which activates the delta state in the recipient and releases serotonins. The visible and emotional difference in veterans is tangible and a colleague of mine who has done a lot of work with war veterans has captured before and after photos of these veterans - before the havening and after the havening. A massive difference in the space of an hour and often less. Holistic health care really is the best approach to health care, not just handing out prescriptions for pills as a placebo approach. The stats speak for themselves. Too many high functioning zombies being patched up. Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Even those who don't suffer from depressive > illness are living under high levels of stress. So > when looking at wellbeing I think there are > broader queastions that go beyond just those who > become ill. Prevention in mental health terms > could save the country billions in lost working > hours alone for example, and save lives too. We > know ao much more now about the brain and > physiology and there are some great advances in > understanding how depression evolves and impacts > on every part of the body. Yet the standard > treatment is still anti-depressants, and patients > are left languishing for years on them with no > other treatment. Anti-depressants do not cure > anything. > > One neurological area that is of interest is the > hypothalamus. It shrinks in people who are > suffering from depression. The good news is that > it can return back to normal if a patient recovers > from that depressive period, but that takes time. > If it doesn't recover from a depressive episode, > it makes repeat and more severe episodes likely. > That is just one clinical aspect of research but > all the evidence is showing that treating > depressive illness has to go beyond just > controlling mood (which is what anti-depressants > seek to do). > > And I would also add that depression is a normal > human emotion. We all experience bereavement for > example. It only becomes a problem when it is > prolonged and even then it's only a problem > because we live in a society where there is > constant pressure, to work, to be happy, to > perform. That is what I think this government > fails to understand most. That it takes time to > help someone get well and that it will be > different for everyone. By taking those most > qualified to assess patients out of the welfare > assessment process for example, they are simply > condemning people to an abyss. The DWP have > investigated 80 welfare reform suicides and refuse > to publish their findings. The real figure is > higher (especially in men). Hardship is killing > people.

It's a horrendous false economy. An invisible illness that that has more form than those in charge care to admit.

Sorry, forgot to tick to receive replies to this thread. Thanks for the input! To be honest, anything over ?50 and I think I'd be wanting to buy a new printer with a new warranty. I shudder at the things we have to consign to landfill when it's more economical to buy than to repair.