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Wow, was that nasty or what
Posted Jun 16, 2006
Sitting in the house the other day, i could hear my kids playing in the garden with their mates and then the loudest scream you could imagine screeched through the air, i ran outside to see 3 of the boys holding my youngest's boys arm, my boy had projectile tears.
His wrist was in the shape of an 'S'
, i cant stand the look of broken bones in the papers let alone one right in front of me, he felt sick and wimpy dad here thought "i gonna pass out", but i put on a brave face and shouted for the wife to get in the car now.
Took him to hospital and they x-rayed it and both bones either side of his wrist had snapped in half literally, the hand was just hanging, i have never seen anything so horrific in my life.
The operation lasted well over an hour with pins and wires and god knows what else.
He is now back at home with the whole arm in plaster, and the first thing he said is when can i play the drums again, bless him.
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Phew, thats that done
Posted Mar 24, 2006
What a tornado of a week that has been, buried the wifes mum on tuesday, had the intern on wednesday, thursday tried to clear house of the rubbish that had built up over 40 years and theres still loads to do, i cant believe she hoarded so much junk.
The funeral went ok, but most of her family were so drunk by the time the cars even turned up, that i thought here we go, there will be trouble, people crying, people arguing and still over 2 hours for the cars to get here.
The biggest problem was the mum in laws relations, who couldnt stand the fact that she was going to be cremated and not buried propably like a true catholic funeral.....do me a favour, they wanted a full service lasting about 2 hours and millions of hymns and prayers, sod that, most of them havent even spoke to her for years and then say we are doing wrong in the eyes of god for not doing the full works.
I think my one answer was b*llocks
Anyroad, life carries on and the old gal is at least happy now with no pain.
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Latest reply: Mar 24, 2006
If it doesnt rain it dips it down
Posted Mar 14, 2006
Cant believe i now have flu, probably picked up from our healthy hospitals, whats wrong with these places they are all full of unwell people passing bugs around
Anyroad, on a more serious note, wifes mum went into hospital on saturday, not feeling to good, she has a long history of bad lungs and other sh*t going on inside her body, and already had one failed kidney
We went to see her yesterday afternoon and talking to her, she seemed ok, got a phone call about 8:30 last night saying she was going down hill, by the time we got there (30 minutes later), she had died...
Gob smacked and lost for words, life can disappear so bloody fast that it hits you in the face like a brick...
and then just numbness, silence and a massive DO WHAT!!!!, she was ok about 4 hours ago.
The wife is utterly shattered and walking around in some sort of dream world where nothing seems real.
When death hits the unexpected, it for sure knows how to hurt
Virginia Pepper (R.I.P.) 
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Latest reply: Mar 14, 2006
M.O.T.'s (will they never end)
Posted Mar 10, 2006
M.O.T. of the body is over again, back at home now, looking forward to decent food and interesting chat, blimey hospital bod's are so boring, all they talk about is death......
Not a great deal to report, have some minor artery blocks (minor they say, what the hell does that mean), any road, have to wait for a date for more tests and then maybe an op to remove the arteries that dont want to be with me anymore, arteries are so selfish
Heart is ok, so they say, but its always difficult to trust a doctor with a false eye that isnt positioned properly, one eye looking at me and the other looking at the wall
Thanks for the messages and its good to know that people you dont know care, now that is cool and big 
to all.
Also new smilies i see but the 
one is a bit scary
Cheers again friends of the unknown
Bovril
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Latest reply: Mar 10, 2006
Update time
Posted Mar 4, 2006
From BBB,
He is still there, after further tests they have found out he has atheroma, not over sure what it is, but its something to do with the arteries as he has been getting chest pains and pains in the calves of both legs(the leg side of it is called claudication).
This could lead to an operation to remove the blocked arteries and replace them with healthy arteries from somewhere else in the body
Best i can tell you at the mo, he is still quite up beat and trying to joke , not all of them are that funny, but thats dad, but i have noticed a difference in him that is not dad, if that makes sense, wont know anymore till monday
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