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Huck_Phlem
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I bought a new receiver today. No I don't need it but it's a top of the line Sherwood from 1970 and it's 215 watts so I got it for 57 dollars.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130389232329...
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BBP
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Aw dear Poly... It really helped me talking on my hospital events, even though I'm sure nobody is reading them... Just let it out when you need to.
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
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polydigm
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Thanks Bonny. Still looks like I'll be out this weekend, but my specialist doesn't want me back at work until the end of next week.
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BBP
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Oh dear... Takeyour rest... catch up on those books you always wanted to read, films you always wanted to see...
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polydigm
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Getting on with my music is on the top of my list. I've been home almost two days now and haven't had that much time for it yet. I've been settling
into my routine and it's been the weekend, so I've been doing family stuff and just trying trying to relax and feel normal. The boys are off to school
this morning so I'm going to have a crack at some projects today. I've only got around to my guitar for a few short bursts, so I'll have a longer go
at that today.
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BBP
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Ah that's great! I went back to my keyboard when I broke my leg... guess I just wanted to stay a little longer in my bedroom. During my dark days I
pretty much stopped playing, but I've been practicing on a daily base for months now.
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polydigm
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Well, it's 3 steps forward and 2 steps back for me. I didn't end up getting much done on music because I had a bad morning. One of the parts of my
treatment was doing more harm than good, so last night I started using an alternative and today, it's early yet, looks like being off to a better
start. I did get some some more substantial bursts of guitar practice in though, starting later in the afternoon. Anyway, I'm booting up Logic right
now and having a look at an arrangement.
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polydigm
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I hope I'm not putting people off, I notice there have not been any posts for two days.
Well, my last post was wishful thinking, because starting right after making it I ended up being really crook all morning through to about 3:00 PM and
began to realise I was being far too ambitious with what I was eating. The treatment had nothing to do with it so I've reverted to the original plan
with that. I've put myself on a suitable diet and I've kept every meal down since and including Tuesday night and this thing has gradually settled
down. Wednesday was much better than Tuesday, I also made a solid start on a significant new composition. Every sign this morning is that my day is
starting at least as well as yesterday.
Anyway, I hope I'm not freaking people out, I'm still managing to find some laughs here.
A joke my son told me, which is probably as old as the hills and is very politically incorrect:
Life's hard, life's a bitch. If it was easy, it'd be a slut.
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BBP
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Don't worry Poly, I've been a little quiet... It's so busy having a new laptop you have to build from the ground up! And the physiotherapy... and
drawing... I'll post the fruit of my recent artflow as soon as I can.
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polydigm
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Cheers Bonny. Yesterday did continue mostly as it started. There are always one or two really difficult points in my day associated with the fact that
I still have a lot of healing to do that will take a long time, but these are not signs that it's worsening. Late afternoon and evening were pretty
tough yesterday but by about 11:00 PM last night that sorted itself out and by that stage it was fairly clear that overall there was some improvement.
I went to sleep feeling okay last night and I've woken up pretty smoothly this morning.
When you say you have a new laptop you have to build from the ground up, what do you mean? Did I miss something somewhere else?
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BBP
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My sister bought me a laptop for my birthday! I've had it for a week or two now! It doesn't have much yet (aside from the software and adware that
came with it, I have Muppets Treasure Island, BB Flashback Express Screen Recorder, two video viewers and Gabriel Knight 3) so I still need to find a
lot of decent software for it. And explore its software. I've found the MahJong this far.
Yesterday I had a good day for it. I saw two squirrels on my newspaper round, went to the physiotherapist, Dad fixed the car so we could finally do
the groceries, I went to visit the people who helped me when I broke my ankle (one turned out to be a Hitchcock fan and lent me his copy of North By
Northwest!
And I had a little fun with a forum game elsewhere, leading me to upload a video of me playing keyboard.
Later in the evening things took a turn for the worse, when our website got hacked, but we're all back in business. I did lose a post I made on this
forum yesterday, but otherwise we're fine!
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polydigm
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Glad to hear the forum's okay.
Further to my last post, the difficulties I experienced on Thursday, although not as dramatic as last Tuesday led me to another diet adaptation which
led to a smoothish day on Friday. I even got out to see my GP which was a big step. Today so far, it's 9:30 AM now, I've been walking around the house
with a tangible spring in my step.
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BBP
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Celebrated my triumphant return to the real world by cutting my thumb.
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polydigm
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In what way was it a return to the real world?
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BBP
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 Well, away from the ankle-related pampering...
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BBP
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Watched Eurovision. The acts, that is, not the results. As usual some good acts, some bad acts, some bad comes through, some good fails. Entries I
liked best: Russia (win), Slovakia (fail), Belgium (win), FYR Macedonia (win),
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BBP
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Went to my friend's birthday, and I bought Greasy Love Songs!
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polydigm
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Well, I'm back in hospital. I got a fever late last Thursday, rang the hospital for advice and they told me to come in. They decided to readmit me.
After a variety of tests and a couple of days under observation it's looking like my current type of treatment is not working effectively enough, so
they're considering the next level, which is the last thing between me and serious surgery.
So my fingers are crossed that the next level works. The problem is that it's not progressing as opposed to getting out of hand, so they want to move
to the next level to turn it around and avoid it getting out of hand. So, I'm not feeling particularly sicker than last week, and I'm still finding
longish periods of time to mess around on the computer with this and that.
Last night I finally got my own usb wireless modem, so now I'm on the internet, which makes this situation a lot more comfortable.
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BBP
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Oh dear, oh dear! Poor Poly! Get well soon dear!
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polydigm
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Yesterday was probably my worst day. Then last night I had the first infusion of the next treatment and this morning I'm feeling a definite
improvement. My appetite is back which means the side effects don't seem to be a problem. Don't worry too much about me, if it comes to surgery, as
scary as that sounds, it would mean the problem being completely gone, never to return and I'd be able to return to teaching work, play in a band,
participate in sport and so on with very little restriction. That almost makes me want to ask for it.
Onwards and upwards!
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