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Nearly time for my "Jeffy didn't die" party :) the 23rd is the first anniversary so party on :)

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Are we all invited dilli.;)

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Thanks Jo & Nash.

@ dilli I'll bring the wine and snacks dilli ;)

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l am glad things have been sorted out weenie and Mark.:tu:

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Well done mate. Whatever you have make it a large. :tu:

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Had to go over to Brighton today for a client meeting with some UK and German engineers. Beautiful day so I yomped it from the rail station to up beyond the racecourse. Cold but clear and sunny, very nice walking weather if you're suitably wrapped up. Good to get out after all that rain.

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We will all come and enjoy Dill

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Thanks den. Such a relief to finally be able to move on with my life.

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Just received a letter from the DWP stating that l meet the eligibility criteria for the ESA support group after l sent in my reassessment form in December to them.:)

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Good stuff :)

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:)

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Home sweet home. What a journey though.

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I had a good day out at my 'blind' group today - the first time in over a year I've managed to make it so it was nice to catch up :)

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That wonderful to hear dilli that you caught up with old friends.

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More of the family tree done, gone back to 1821 on 1 branch, but to go further back will need a trip as they were from Kerry, in Eire. Feeling happy, as I'm dosed up on strong codeine for a pulled muscle in the back, I'm finally free from the stress of the last few months and I am finally feeling better in myself.

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And traced another branch of ancestors to Germany. So far, from what I know I have the following blood in me:

English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Viking.

Truly a mongrel mix there.

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Just had fantastic night. Went to see Kris Kristofferson and he must have sang about 40 or more songs including duets with his daughter, The hall was full and he had the audience in the palm of his hand, just MAGIC.

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Yes he is a excellent singer nash and l wish l was there seeing him.

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The Words to his song is a masterpiece ;)

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My new glasses showed up today, I didn't think at this poin they would make much difference but I can see a white rectangle on the eye chart now - smart :)

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That's excellent news dilli.:tu:

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Hope you are ok with them Dill

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New garage door ordered, deposit paid and installation date arranged early next week.. Can't wait! :)

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That's good news, and good news too dilli. I'd rather lose my hearing than my sight. Would hate to not have eyesight.

On a side note, an hour of research tonight has taken me, on my stepdad's side, back to 1595. His 9th great grandparents that's taken me back to. Got 545 people on it, and tomorrow when I do more there are 947 hints to get through.

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New rucksack (Camdengear) delivered today, easily swallows up the 17" laptop into the larger padded pocket. Loads of space for other clobber. :)

Good service by Amazon logistics, arrived two days before scheduled.

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On the 12th January while I was at the hospital for a routine check up the Doctor said that he wanted to check something out. I was quite upset yesterday when a appointment for the Day Surgery Unit arrived and stated that the procedure of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy did not require sedation and I will be fully awake during it. I phoned the hospital today who said that is correct you do not require sedation so I asked to speak to someone that deals with anxious patients and was put through to the Endoscopy nurse and she was indeed very nice and understood my fears, she said that she is putting on my notes that I wish sedation she even gave me her name just in case their is any problems. Feeling better about the procedure now. I just did not fancy being awake during it, I much prefer the thought of co-operative sedation that has an amnesic effect where I am unlikely to remember the procedure.

Now that's what I call a true Nurse someone that reassures the patient and truly cares. I have emailed the hospital with praise for this lady at putting my mind at rest.

Just not looking forward to the Moviprep it really does taste disgusting :sick:

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l hope everything goes alright for you weenie as its nice that somebody has taken on your concerns over you procedure.

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Best of luck Weenie. A good mate of mine has been through this twice in the last coupled of months and it wasn't as unpleasant as he'd feared. Anyway I'm sure your family will ensure you get plenty of TLC before and after. :tu: :hugs:

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@ weenie, I know what you mean weenie. I always ask for sedation and have been given ketamine for both colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy procedures. Although, for me, it doesn't wipe out my memories it does kind of put them in a box and although I kind of remember the Ketamine makes it tons more bearable. I just wish the horrible PREP!!!!!! was as easily forgotten. <<<hugs>>> in advance.

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Hope all goes well Weenie for you.

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Update.

A friend of mine had a booking for a table for two for next Friday lunchtime, but can't make it, so my wife and I are going instead - result.

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Good luck with the actual procedure weenie

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Thanks all for your kind words.

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Osem Jnr # 2 is in respite for the weekend (and being good by all accounts) so we're off out for a night out in London - top show, fancy restaurant, champagne, night club etc...




(we're staying in, slobbing out and enjoying the peace and quiet really... :) )

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l hope you have a lovely time Osem.

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Whatever you're doing mate, enjoy.:)

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That ex of mine is currently in a mental hospital, I gather from her parents it is going to be a minimum of 6 month stay. So I am free from her shackles. Thank God.

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Don't keep in contact with her parents.

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Nope, that's it. Done. Number changed, and that is it as far as I'm concerned. If I never hear the name Jennifer again it will be too soon.

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I hope she doesn't know where you live, but i guess if she wanted to she could find you somehow, lets hope that never happens. :)

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All she knows is that I live within a 90 minute bus ride of Luton Airport. That was much as I told her, so I would imagine that's a lot of places for her to go through if she wanted to track me down. I don't have my location on Twitter or Facebook so she can't use those.

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I hope all goes well for you Mark and that she moves on and leaves you alone. It is never nice to be in someones radar of abuse, threats and inappropriate behavior.

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She never went to your house? :confused:

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Was a long distance thing.

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The further away the better by the sounds of it

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We had a lovely weekend in Houslow with my son and his wife, Spent most of the time at the British Legion , good entertainment and Sunday was a Burns Supper, excellent time.

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Excellent nash.

It's a great day to be alive, weather was nice and dry, no phone calls, no text messages, nothing.

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@ nash
Glad you had a lovely weekend Nash.

@ Mark
Yes there is nothing better than peace and quiet Mark and long may it continue.

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The peace has been great. I'd forgotten what it was like to not have my phone going off every 5 minutes. Really enjoying life without it.

And got my physio booked for my back strain, 16th Feb at 1.45, only thing is I need to find shorts to wear to the appointment.

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Home sweet home and back to some nice home cooked food.

Really nasty weather down in South Wales so no A483 fun today on the way back up home.

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Glad your back safe and sound Peter

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Kidney clinic was s success today! - I will be officially 'activated' on the SPK transplant list by next week :) - Yay

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Awesome news. :)

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That's excellent news dilli.:tu:

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Excellent news dilli. Hopefully some significant progress in the next 12 months for you.

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Excellent

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Good news dilli. Hope it happens for you.

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@ dilli that's excellent news...

Good new's all round!

My son has just got engaged to his lovely young lady and I'm so so happy for them both. His fiancee has been in our family for 8 years and they have been dating since their school day's. His fiancee was just 15 and he had just turned 16.

I can't wait to see the ring but will have to wait as they are away for their special occasion and won't be back till Monday. I'm so chuffed for them both, when his fiancee phoned me their was tears of joy all round. Gosh my son is engaged :romance::romance::romance: :)

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Great news for you and Natalie! :tu:

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Congrats weenie. The next call will to be say you are becoming a grandmother...

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Thanks Mark, I can't wait to be a Gran but I reckon that is a few years away as he still has 2 years left at Uni and then there is no guarantee of a job at the end of his course at least he is not studying the run of the mill stuff so he will have a better chance than most, a good job is so hard to get nowadays at least when I left school you went on a YTS and most of the time you got a job at the end of it. At the moment he works part time at Sainsburys to help with the books he needs etc.

I'm on cloud nine atm so very happy that my eldest son is taking his next journey in life with his very beautiful young lady

How u doing I hope you a getting on with life and back to your old self.

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Great mate :tu:

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Congrats to them

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Excellent news - really pleased for you.

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I am weenie, loving the nice quiet life I have now.

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Great News Weenie. Congratulations to them both,

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Tennis. That is all.

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Health. Suffered with a really bad stomach ache for 36 hours, combined with chronic back pain over my kidneys. Called NHS 111 who said I needed to be seen in A&E urgently, as I had the classic signs of a triple a. Thankfully after 10 hours of tests, etc they say I haven't got a triple a but have no idea what is causing the pain in the stomach. So I will have to put up with it until it disappears but thank God there was nothing serious wrong with me.

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Glad it wasn't serious Mark. Hopefully it'll pass quickly.

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Hope the pain eases off soon, Mark, Take Care

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Thanks. I hope it does as well, sucks being ill.

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Just been to see my Auntie as she is home now from hospital and she seems to be picking up pretty well as her son is doing a lot of things for her now when she needs help.

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Glad to hear she is doing good Den

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l hope the pain disappears and that you get better soon Mark.

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Excellent :)

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Glad it's nothing serious :tu:

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Thanks den and dilli, glad to hear your aunt is getting better den. Feel better tonight but that might be the 2 30mg codeine tablets I took an hour ago.

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Not been called yet but packing my bag for the transplant centre - a very happy thought :)

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Yey, good luck and I hope the call comes ASAP.

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Brilliant news den :)

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I'm praying for you dilli and let's hope that call comes soon. Wishing you and Natalie all the best :)

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Big hugs, and all our best wishes are with you, dilli.:ghugs:

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Good luck dilli and may everything work out well for you.

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Good luck dilli. Our thoughts are with you.

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Fingers crossed dilli, hopefully not too long a wait.

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Good luck!

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Fingers crossed that little dust settles on your bag before you get the call. <hugs> to you both.

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Popped into Sainsbury's this evening to pick up some wine and a few things that I had Nectar vouchers for, and was planning to buy in the next few days, and at the till got an reward voucher for 2000 points ( £10 ). :)

More wine methinks. :D

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Yes those Nectar vouchers and points do come in useful that's for sure.

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Got over 5,000 points stashed at the moment. I keep them for a rainy day. Sometimes we've been very short of the readdies and the points have provided the provisions.

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Yes we have got a few points ourselves and we are going to build them up to use at Christmas.

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Hope you get to unpack that bag soon :tu:

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Make sure you use the card at least once a year or the points vanish, the other half had 20000 points on a card her sister gave her and when she eventually looked they'd gone

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Gets used a couple of times a week.

My happy: The kitchen smells wonderful, I have the filling for a batch of steak-in-ale pies slow cooking on the gas with a diffuser to keep the heat just right. It'll be done around 6 ish. Melt in the mouth steak. :drool:

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Good Luck Dill Take Care,

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I'm just happy at the moment. Things will be changing soon :)

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Superbowl 50 champions! So pleased today, might have been a low scoring game and put performed stats wise, but it was a Broncos win that's all I care about!

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Not to unhappy I hope :)

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The transplant team phoned this morning to make it all official - they revised my estimated waiting time for eight months! - I am still not sure how I feel about that :)

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At least you know where you stand dilli and hopefully it might be quicker then that with a bit of luck..

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You might get a cancellation before that Dill, Keep Well

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Back home which is good. Food poising apparently.. but I also have an infection and a blood clot in my left leg.

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You certainly are in the wars dilli and l hope and pray that you will recover from your latest setbacks as things are certainly sent to test you.:ghugs:

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You will have to stop these unexpected trips to hospital dilli. I bet your I-Spy- Medical Conditions Book is pretty much all ticked out by now. :D

Seriously though, I am so happy for you that this latest visit has ended better than you thought may be the case. <<hugs>>

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Just joined a disabled dating site. I'm thinking positive about it, but at the same time im skeptical as to whether it's going to work