Awake and up all night

Hi lin glad you are okay. My son has just got all clear from cancer and now I have been diagnosed.

Aww thank you Gill for being so kind. Hope you and your husband stay well.

I love birds Julie you are lucky to see the red kites.wish you well sweetheart.

Thank you sweetie, and I'm so pleased for you that your son got the all clear. You must be massively relieved about it, but we're all here to help you in any way we can, so don't ever feel like you're being a pest - far from it. Sending you massive hugs my love xxx

You are all very supportive which I think is so important i live on top of a mounting in Wales which is not to bad but if you want to speak to someone on your phone you have to go down the bottom of the garden which is not very good in the winter but i need to sort things out by going to the doctors which is very hard how do you start but I will say this there is so many people on this group who are very ill and i send you my love to you and your family xxxx 

Thank you so much link 0506 i have gone through a lot but i never think about what i am going through I have 17 grandchildren 2 of them are gipsy grandchildren and what lovely kids but I still have to stop drinking whiskey on a Saturday and a Sunday i must stop drinking but i don't won't to go to the doctors because i need to sort it out my self thanks for your support xxxx 

Yes i have had a conversation with my wife still don't know what to do my company i work for said i can finish on ill health so what would you get for 26 years with the same company xxxx 

I don't know Steve, as some companies have different criteria on how they deal with things, so you'll really need to get it sorted with your line manager for a start. Then you might get somewhere.

If you're really serious about cutting back, or stopping drinking altogether, make an appointment with your GP. There are many things and lots of help on offer, and your doctor certainly wouldn't divulge anything you tell them, as everything is confidential and it would be yourself who would make any decisions. Doubtless, your GP will have been asked for help and advice many times on the subject, so don't shy away if that's what you'd like to do.

Good luck with whatever you decide Steve. Sending you hugs xxx

Evening Gill,

I use chatGPT regularly and find it incredibly useful.

it speeds up researching things (particularly medical at the moment) hugely.  I had spent hours googling and checking individual links to see if they were relevant.

the more info you give it the better and more accurate the answers.

you can get it to tell you what references, organisations etc it has used to give you the answers, which are generally very well explained with clear arguments and rationales.

you have to always bear in mind that it can made errors (ChatGPT seems to be one of the better ones….defo better than the AI answer that Google uses above its links.

the worst error to date has been the info it provided re blue badge parking in Westminster (which has different rules compared to the rest of the country)!

you can get it to expand info/explain language.

it has been very helpful for interpreting scans.

you can also get it to adapt its style according to what you want.  E.g you can ask it to be more matey or more impersonal.  So i’ve got it to be more impersonal in its language and not use language that makes it appear human - so it no longer says “we” or uses language implying it has emotions!

it’s very easy to anthropomorphise it, which I do not think is helpful…..certainly for me.

its come up with exercise routines for me and is able to modify it and suggest alternatives, as needed.  Also if a particular exercise starts hurting, it can explain why that might be.  E.g. I was doing thoracic rotations, but feeling it in my lower back.  It correctly identified that I was rotating from my waist and not just the thoracic area.

but you cannot rely on it for 100% accuracy with everything

Wow Rose, thanks so much for your expansive post.

My problem is I'm a glass half empty type, and always worry if I get information that puts the fear of god into me. I stopped it off with Google as I always came away with the heebie jeebies, and assumed ChatGPT was of the same ilk. Obviously I was wrong, so I'll take off the armour and give it a whirl if I need some definitive info. However, I hope it doesn't humanise robots more than they already are, as then we'd really be in trouble ‍ xxx