Petition To Further Restrict Fireworks (UK)

[debs71]

Hi all,


Just to stick my oar in to the conversation, I HATE FIREWORKS. Full stop. Period. End of story!!!

Where I live has a large asian population and Diwali feels and sounds like living in a war zone. It is not like the fireworks that are let off are even what I would consider standard fireworks, as in the ones that are light up the sky. They are loud, explosive banger-type fireworks that honestly resemble bloody land mines. I do not see how anyone could get any celebratory pleasure out of those things.

At the moment my depression and anxiety has resurfaced and I find the constant bangs outside very disturbing and they set my already raw nerves on edge.

The day before yesterday, some total a**hole was letting them off gone midnight.

IMO, fireworks should only be available for community display purposes/large scale, organised firewok displays, and NOT to private individuals, as frankly they just cannot be trusted to be responsible and considerate to others.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Whoa, it's Debs! Welcome back

I'm on the doorstep of a large Asian community and our Diwali is more subdued so we must be lucky in this respect.

Sorry to hear it's upsetting your anxiety. Loud noises used to set me off when I was worse or any sudden thing really like jumping if my arm brushed something. Stupidly loud low cc motorbikes that sound like they've got one of Del Boy's broken lawnmower engines in them get on my nerves too. The vibration is felt in your chest and that's not good with anxiety.

Yep, we get the night time idiots. It's like they get back from the pub and start. It's around 12pm and then 2:30am as if it's chucking out time and they've just got in. It's always one or two bangers as well. I swear it's just to wake people up!

[debs71]

Thanks Terry. Glad to be back and nice to see you and all.

Yep, I cannot stand any loud noises when I am anxious. It is those awful heightened senses that flare when it resurfaces. I can't even have the TV on at a high volume and have to mute adverts. Nightmare.

Yep, I think that booze can fuel these night time explosions. I can picture them doing it just for the laugh...muppets. x

[MyNameIsTerry]

It's likely the only bang they're getting...

When I had my original breakdown I struggled with TV. Anything exciting was hard. There was one programme that really bothered me and the advert had a loud alarm clock going off. Every time it came on my anxiety went whoosh right up. It was horrible.

[debs71]

It's likely the only bang they're getting...

LOL


I am hastening a guess that you are very correct there, Terry.


It is a frustration thing, poor souls...

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yep, the bigger the bang the longer it's probably been. What about those "multiple" bangers?

Definitely a compensation issue too with the rockets...

[BikerMatt]

Cheers Matt. Glad to hear they are ok.

No, it's a temporary contact lens because he has an eye ulcer, quite a bad infection according to the vet. He was taken into doggie hospital and the next day they called us to get him to an eye specialist as he may lose the eye. He was in hospital nearly a week having hourly treatments through the day & night until the last day.

Hes been out over a week now and getting much better but the specialist wanted the lens in a good month if possible. The eye treatments are every 6 hours now but expected to go on for weeks. Antibiotics are finished but still on painkillers.

Luckily it was big but spread out so shallow. If it had been deep the specialist would have been more concerned about whether the eye needed something more invasive. He's very lucky.

Terry, It's horrible when our pets get ill.

Glad he's doing well Sounds expensive? Covered on insurance?

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yeah Matt, we've got PetPlan. He's had ops from a pup so we've always kept it there just in case. Due to seeing a specialist we had to pay a 2nd excess of £75. But compared to a week in doggie hospital at about £150 a day, £310 for the specialist consult & treatment (had part of the flap over the eye sheared off and some new meds as well as the lens, the lens was to stop the ulcer bursting), 2 sets of drops, 3 courses of antibiotics including IV, a daily pain killer & anti inflammatory...you can imagine how much all that would have cost!

[BikerMatt]

Yeah Matt, we've got PetPlan. He's had ops from a pup so we've always kept it there just in case. Due to seeing a specialist we had to pay a 2nd excess of £75. But compared to a week in doggie hospital at about £150 a day, £310 for the specialist consult & treatment (had part of the flap over the eye sheared off and some new meds as well as the lens, the lens was to stop the ulcer bursting), 2 sets of drops, 3 courses of antibiotics including IV, a daily pain killer & anti inflammatory...you can imagine how much all that would have cost!

Would cost thousands and thousands Terry.

How did he get an eye ulcer? From a scratch, and it got infected?

We've not got our cat's insured, but as they're are 1/2 ragdoll they are kept indoors and we gad them spayed when they were old enough, which takes away future health problems in that area.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yeah, that's why we had our boy done as a pup. It's more important they have a long healthy life.

His breed are prone to eye problems in later life. They build up scar tissue and their eyes fade a bit.

He had been having strange red eyes for a while although they didn't seem to bother him. The vet tried some drops and it went. But once stopped it just came back so they decided to keep him on them. According to the eye specialist this is fine as lone as it doesn't become an ulcer and then that type of drops actually make it worse.

We did notice it stopped helping him a week before. But then he went a bit quiet so we kept an eye on him for a few days and he started to sleep all the time. We were concerned because he's nearly 12 so it could have just been his time. The day before the vets he started getting mucus in that eye more than normal and he kept it shut so we then suspected the eye and maybe an infection. He was still eating and pooing as normal and that's always a good sign.

We don't know how the ulcer started but the specialist said it just happens with that scar tissue build up and could occur anytime in the other eye.

Knowing the eyes can be a problem we knew the insurance was best kept in place.