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Oh dilli, don't know what to say other than I shall be thinking about you and Natalie and keeping my fingers crossed very tightly hoping that this has been just a warning shot and that you will be back home very soon.

XXX

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Dilli I'm lost for words and I am so sorry to hear your new's. Take care and sending my best wishes to you and Natalie take care. Hugs to you both.

Congrats dude, all the best to you, your Mrs and the twins :tu:

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The NHS are doing me proud it must be said :)

The news is I need a heart bypass and I bed to go to papworth hospital for that but as it's too dangerous to go home I'm stuck here at Bedford until a bed becomes free. At the moment that's around ag four week waiting time.

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Dilli you are in the best place currently until you have your heart bypass so keep your chin up as our thoughts and wishes are with you old bean.

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Fantastic News It is Boy & Girl .

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That's wonderful news.:tu:

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Wow, you're really going through it. I hope it all goes ok for you.
I don't get or understand why you trivialise your problems you're going through, I don't think it's doing you or anyone any favours to be honest.

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It's doing me enormous favours. And in relation to some people I've met in here it's indeed pretty trivial stuff.

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Well your in the best place, Hows Natalie, she must be a wreck?

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She's holding up. Luckily the rest of the family are keeping an eye on her and giving her support.

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Thats good, most people don't think about partners:angel:

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I have far too many DVDs & Blu-Rays.

To the point if I started watching on Jan 1st at midnight and watch 24/7 I would finish on June 19th at 00:54.

Only another 6586 minutes until I hit 250,000 minutes (That's just the basic programme, and doesn't include extras)

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I have never bought a DVD or blue ray, all my movies I acquire digitally and stream.

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Hope you get well soon Dill, ;)

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We have the same problem in our household with regards to how many DVDS we still have to watchl.

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Natalie's put some (8gb) credit on my iPad, that is great I tell you, there's no to / radio here :)

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Really sorry to hear this mate but wishing you all the best. Your positive spirit is something to be truly admired and I'm sure it'll see you through this and out the other end before you know it. Chin up! :tu:

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Hope you get sorted out ricky-tick Dilli

Take it easy commander.

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Sorry to hear that Dilli. I wish you and your family my best wishes and to stay strong at this time.
We have been in a similar situation as our twins were sent to Kettering as our local hospital had no beds/cots. It's miles away from our local hospital and waiting times are weeks.
I do hope it all gets sorted out soon for you.

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Just got back from my ophthalmology appointment at the hospital. All went ok, :)

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Just broke into my neighbours house as they had locked themselves out when the door slammed, i never thought it was so easy getting in with just an old RAC card! Maybe they will lock the door with both locks in future now.

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Let's hope so Snoopz.
I remember my first house/flat that had a Yale Latch and I never used to use both locks that was until I locked myself out and a kind neighbour did what you did Snoopz only with a bit of flimsy plastic after that I always used both locks as I was really shocked at how easy they got the door opened.

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We have a deadlock as well as a 5 lever mortice on the front door and we lock them both whenever we go out. It's too easy to spring a simple Yale lock.

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I find myself overwhelmed by all the messages of support from everyone - makes me quite emotional to be honest but it is appreciated :tu:

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Just seen your other post. You don't do things by halves you do.... :sorry:

Hospitals suck, but hopefully now they will get to the bottom of your probs and sort you out quickly. All the best to you. :)

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Following in peanut's footsteps I guess both he and I must always want to get the bad news over with and, as a result, I must admit to thinking that you had picked a pretty drastic way to get to the top of the Addenbrookes waiting list.

At least now you are in the best place possible.

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Insurance grade 5 lever mortice locks on both our front door and porch doors, not to mention high security double locking Yale rim locks on both and 6.4mm laminated glass in the porch. Can't be too careful... :erm:


My happy thought? Well I've just spent the evening in a local club for teenagers with special needs of one sort or another. It's amazing to see them coping with their disabilities, getting on with eachother and displaying their various personalities and talents. Some of these kids can do the most amazingly detailed drawings, it's quite staggering. :)

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My happy thought peeing for England lol, if I can pee enough I can avoid another catheter...l my life revolves around pee at the moment lol :)

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As long as you can keep smiling dilli and life does not pee you off your winning :)

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Yes those catheter's are something to avoid if you can dilli.:)

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Just happy that my son and his wife are with us for the weekend from London, Was worried about them travelling with the weather yesterday, They are actually here for the Big game on Sunday, Celtic and Rangers

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Struggling for a happy thought today but...

I would like to say thank you to all those that give blood you saved my life - literally!

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Totally share that thought dilli. I too owe my life to those generous and anonymous individuals who unselfishly provide so many of us with a lifeline.

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Some good news for a change, I'm now letting more fluids out than is going in.

It's like Christmas I tell you :)

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Really glad you've got some positive news dilli. :tu:

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That's excellent news dilli.:)

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Really pleased for you dilli, better tell Jo to watch out for that bedpan ;)

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Oh don't worry weenie. I can run and duck a lot faster than dilli can take aim. :D

Hey just had a thought, is there a chance that this enforced bed rest will allow you to get cast free dilli? If so you may not need a bed pan for too long. :)

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as it happens because Of the excess fluid I am cast free and had a shower with Natalie's help :)

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:naughty:

;)

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Glad to see things are improving dilli. Sometimes life really does suck. Why is it always the decent people who get screwed over in life?

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Sadly we hope that life runs smoothly Mark but sadly life can have its harsh moments sometimes and that's when many need the support of their family and friends to pull them through those moments.

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see - cast free :)

And family and friends are so very important, so many people are supporting me it's quite humbling. But it does make me feel guilty for putting people out.

Anyway tonight was a much better night, look at the time - 5am, means I managed a fair bit of sleep.

So thank you all and I promise to try and post my ups and downs less, i know it's boring for many but it helps as I see CF as a major part of my life and really do like most people in here :)

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They told me they'd run out of marmite this morning - honest
Y it's enough to give you a heart attack :)

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Give us your ward and we will send you some dilli.:)

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Good news at last Dill

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Oh yes, and my kidneys are levelling off so won't need dialysis until after the op.

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Well that is certainly a move in the right direction.

How is your Cold this morning?

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I'm dosed up on lemsip so it's not to bad.

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Managed to get a swift clearance of an invoice with a client. 16:00 client sends money, 16:15 in my business account, 16:30 in my personal account. 16:45 paid VM so we don't get cut off. Race here as account over limit and shows suspension of service. Still working. :D

OH has just come in and his pay has also cleared. Drought over.:)

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Things werer so much better today that I was even allowed out of the ward to have Natalie with me.

Yes I did end up having a burger (for the last time) but I figured what the hell - I'm getting new arteries anyway :)

My Creatanin levels actually went down a little which is also brilliant.

So all and all a very good day!

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Very pleased for you dilli. Having a little normality in your day makes things more bearable I am sure.

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Good to hear matey! :beer:

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Yup a good day by the sound of it and one which is well deserved. Let's hope plenty more are around the corner for you both. :tu:

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:)

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Onwards and upwards dilli :)

(and more marmite :D and best thoughts and wishes)

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A TVL bozo must have visited today as there was some pathetic guff through the letterbox. I was in but never heard them LOL.

My happy thought is that they had a totally wasted trip and it cost the BBC even more money. Look morons, we're not paying the BBC tax. End of.

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So, I've just got a provisional date for my op, which is the 12th February, so hopefully by the 14th papworth will REALL have mended my broken heart :)

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l am glad you have got a date for your operation dilli and touch wood lets hope everything runs smoothly for you on the 12th.

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Yup all is good - but a nasty thought struck me, I wondt be able to flirt with the nurses 'cos something would probably pop ;) :)

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That scenario reminds me of those scenes from the Carry on Nursing and Matron films in which certain patients misbehaved whilst in hospital.:D:naughty:

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My happy thought is when I went out this morning to take the wee one to school, my eldest son had defrosted my car for me which I thought was rather nice of him.

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That was very nice indeed :)

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@ dilli. Hang in there kiddo, the 12th ain't far off and before you know it you will be able to flirt to your hearts content ... well, as long as Natalie doesn't catch you and I am sure Natalie will let you get away with murder anyway.

I have dug out my dilli file of smilies and thought this one may make you smile, [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

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Now now Jo, you're spoiling him. :D

My happy is that I'm going to spend a little money and freshen up the PC: Going to max out the RAM, change the main drive to SSD and add a big second drive for data storage. Started downloading some 1080p films and the existing 200G drive suddenly feels very small now.

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Mine is I sold my 360 xBox for £100 an hour ago. Nice chunk of the xBox One paid off already.

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Nice one Mark.

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My Times subscription had crept up from the ~£10/m I paid when I joined back in 2012 to £26/m!! Phoned to cancel but now have ended up with a £8/m package that only meant dropping mpbile app access. Sweet.

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Good deal - I have the same problem, but I mostly read it on my iPad, so that deal wouldn't be any good to me....

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It certainly pays to barter and l don't know why more don't do it.

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Probably because it is the old British thing: never complain and never explain. Personally, I find if you ask nicely to see what can be done you get a lot more help than those who call and demand stuff. Damien is a good example, he called to cancel and without any prompting they offered him a good deal. But I bet if he had gone through and demanded that they cut the price whilst not cutting any of the access they would have told him to take a hike.

Same with Virgin, cut down a lot of stuff the other day as £98 was a bit steep and ended up with a price of just over £77 a month by dropping services that are never used. Apart from SKY 1 and FOX in HD don't watch any of the channels in XL package. Movies went as well, watched 1 since Christmas so wasn't worth the money. And went from Talk Unlimited to Evening and Weekends. Quite happy.

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They originally offered to give a discount on my existing subscription bringing it down to £18/19 a month so might be worth a try.

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So happy my mum is safe after her vanishing act yesterday. So worried at the time but so relieved now.

Went out for a walk around 2pm and we found her about 10.45pm! Had walked from Rutherglen to goodness knows where and found walking about Baillieston.

She has severe Alzheimer's, normally she is ok walking on her own, but this is now the second time in weeks so supervised walks only from now on as well as a gps tracker.

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Glad she's safe

Have you thought about a GPS tag device so she can be found quicker.

Some argue about privacy issue but they can do one.

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I did mention that in my post :)

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Well was doing 3 things at once.

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Dodged a bullet on my Focus yesterday/today.

Noticed yesterday morning on the way to work that the heating in the car wasn't working (only cold air coming out of the vents, but no warning lights showing).

Popped the bonnet before setting off home, and found that there was no coolant fluid in the collar overflow rank - sub-optimal.....

Managed to take the car to the local Ford Garage (where we bought it from just under two years ago), and they took it in to check it today. It turned out one of the hoses had become brittle and split, and leaked the coolant fluid.

The garage said lucky that I had taken it in, as there was no damage to the engine (1.0l Ecoboost), but if it had been run much more without the coolant, a replacement engine would have been required.

Broken hose replacement free under warranty vs new replacement engine at three thousand pounds - phew.......

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That is a lucky escape. My Nan was worried, thinking she would need to ask my mum to help buy a new car because even though she had the part replaced that needed replacing (the catalytic converter bit had cracked and needed replacing) there was still a humming noise. Mentioned at her MOT in January and mechanic said oh that's a wheel bearing. Replaced that day. She was so relieved.

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Yes you had a very lucky escape Hugh but thankfully lady luck was smiling on you today.

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My thoughts exactly. It's nice to hear when the less of the two evils go in ones favour.

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Managed to knock 45 seconds off my 5km PB yesterday. Still had a bit in the tank going round so hopefully a sub 20 is looming.

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Just been sitting outside at the front of our local in the sun having a couple of pints each. Though the temperature's only 8 C T-shirts and jeans. :)

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Lucky escape indeed. :eeek:

You have to wonder, though, how a hose could become so brittle in just a couple of years. I wonder if this is a known fault.

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Yes, in Stevenage this morning when the wind wasn't blowing, it was lovely and warm in the sunshine.

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15 centigrade here in Funchal,Madeira today. ;)

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l hope that you are all having a wonderful time Maggy and please send some of the warmer weather to us in Blighty.

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Bloody pensioners enjoying all that money they've 'taken' from the young people... :mad:







( :D )

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I bet there is damage.
how far did you drive it with no water in?
no steam?

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Enjoy :)

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My youngest son has shocked me today by asking me if I could get him not one Valentine card but two, his big brother thinks the reason behind him asking for two is that he is going to send one to himself. I must admit that comment made made me laugh so that's my happy thought.

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Computer upgrade bits are in. Fitted the extra RAM: Easy. Now need to transfer the installed OS to the SSD drive.

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Sadly me computer knowledge is akin to that of a dense membrane so that's why l always get someone else to do these things for me.

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I reckon the canny lad is just keeping his options open. :)

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LOL

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No steam.

The Ford garage Service department checked it out, and said 'No damage'.

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Good news. Out of interest, I did a search and couldn't find any evidence of a known problem.

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They said one of the pipes from it had become brittle and split.

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While there was little water in the car, there would still have been some (depending on which pipe had failed).

Also, I know older Focus models had a cylinder head temperature sensor, which would detect overheating totally separately to the cooling system, and would put the car in to "limp home" mode before engine damage could result.

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My happy thought, not seen any blood sucking vampires since Friday, it's great :)

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You are indeed a lucky chap dilli as l remember on one of my long terms stays they took blood several times a day for weeks on end and my veins were struggling to give anything out in the end.