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BBP
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Oh dear, dear pal, please keep us posted!
Today I'll be visiting the hospital again, to see if the metal needs to be removed.
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BBP
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Some juggling...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dXSTF36Q_w
"Don't do this at home, it hurts!"
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BBP
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It's been one of those mornings.
At ten to nine, I played a little Mahjong on my laptop.
Nine fifteen, I stop playing, thinking "it's time to go to the physiotherapist now." My appointment is at 9:30.
Then I realize I'm hardly dressed right. I change quickly, discocer it's almost 9:25. I remove the bags from my bicycle, jump on and scoot towards my
PT.
At 2/5 of the road, my chain comes off.*
So I raced back as fast as I could, stepping forward and doing even a little running, and then I used my dad's bicycle.
I was still on time! And exhausted.
*In my younger years, the city-bike I had used to have that problem all the time, and I eventually learnt to fix such problems without having to step
down. But my current two-wheeler is older than me. It's very retro and had all these neat old features, like old-timey stickers, oldfashioned tyres,
old saddle and a fabric chain cover.
The saddle and tyres have been replaced. The chain cover is an almost obsolete part of a bicycle, it makes sure your trousers don't get into the
sprocket or dirty from the chain. But it's a neat gizmo. It's wrapped tightly around the support that is around the chain, and it closes with a
shipload of metal rings and long iron pins.
Unfortunately that means that, if your chain comes off, putting it back on is a monstrous task.
I tried a hand at it myself this time. It took well over an hour, and my hands were (and still are, even after all the Hand Cleaner Red and white
spirit) jet black. My chain is in the right place again. It was badly stuck, and miserably rusty. But it's back up there.
However, I tore up the fabric pretty bad in the process. I could perhaps fix it with ducktape, or sew it, but it's lost that old-fashioned spirit and
I'm thinking of wrecking it off.
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Huck_Phlem
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Sometimes I wish I had a chain guard for my bike. Never gets stuck but it dirties my pants sometimes.
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polydigm
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The last line of drugs just kept me hovering and things wouldn't turn back so 9:00AM Sunday they started surgery for over three hours. There were
several possible complications with this, all of which turned out with the ideal outcomes. Sunday was a long, gruelling day, but by late evening,
things started to settle, with help from painkillers of course. Early Monday morning I was wondering how far I might be able push it that day and the
nurses appeared and almost dragged me to the shower. It was the best shower I've ever had in my life. Yesterday I ate three square meals and relished
in foods I haven't been able to eat in a long time. I'll get back to you later as it's 8:20 AM Tuesday and I'm about to tuck into breakfast.
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BBP
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That's good news Poly! I'm glad the surgery makes you feel better (well, eventually... I know what it's like now and I'm glad I'm not in your shoes).
Bon appetit!
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punknaynowned
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great to see ya on the other side Poly!
Eat Drink and Be Merry!!
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Calvin
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Did they implant a sense of humor? Hehe
Hope you feel better.
Hi there.
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polydigm
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Well, it wasn't all smooth sailing. I had a setback yesterday, which was one of food management only, all physical signs of the surgery have
progressed well throughout, although that wasn't always clear to me, and I had a hell of a day and night yesterday. We got carried away with the food
and I got quite ill. That seems to be back on track and we're going a bit slower this time. I should be out within the week.
Thanks for everyone's good wishes. A sense of humour wasn't part of the surgery and I'm happy with the one I've got, thanks Cal, just as I'm sure
you're happy with yours.
[Edited on 9-6-10 by polydigm]
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Hey Bonny: aren't you glad you decided to use BBP as your user name, instead of just BP?
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polydigm
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Coming up to lunch today and things are going well.
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BBP
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Well... part of the reason why I didn't want to use BP is the link to the gas station, of course. I was very fond of BP because of their name, and I
was gutted they changed their old logo into that stupid flower "to give them a more environmental image". It's a PETROL company for crying out
loud!
We've had elections here. Bad news for the left wingers, but at least prime minister Butterfingers bites the dust.
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polydigm
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Late in the evening the following day and things have continued to improve. I have really been enjoying myself doing a variety of activities moving
toward full recovery. The food problem, as horrible as that was at the time, did not prevent my healing to continue at a very good rate. Thus my
proposed discharge date has only been delayed by one day and I should be home next Tuesday.
The really good news is that in the case of my disease, the surgery is a complete cure and I will be getting my life back in full with a bonus, which
is the knowledge that something which has plagued the majority of my life in progressively worse ways until the last attack which came very close to
killing me is now completely gone. It's probably genetic, my father has it, but he's 87 now and his never got serious.
This last attack began late March. I was trying the usual medications to deal with it and it was out of hand by the 9th May when I went into hospital
the first time for a week. Nothing really changed when I got back home and ended up back in hospital on 27th May where further drug treatments were
unsuccessful. Basically, my life came to a standstill on 9th May and stayed there until I accepted the decision for a very scary surgery with many
attendant risks of failure, which took place on the 6th June and I've come out the other side.
I'm still getting my head around it as you can imagine.
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MTF
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That's pretty cool, Poly. Surgery is always scary, but to know that it's over and it worked is certainly a big load off your mind.
Congratulations! 
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recover well, poly! 
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BBP
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Been patting everybody's back here lately. A colleague of mine (that French cutie I used to train) has a brother who's just been operated on a nasty
tumor, and since I'm the only French-speaker at my work I'm the only one that can sorta talk to him. Poor guy, he must be so lonely...
Mybest friend came over to visit yesterday, but he's going through some hard times too, and the same goes for my grandmother who phoned yesterday...
and there's my ownshoulder which often needs patting... geez. I need some smiles here.
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polydigm
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Thanks for everyone's good wishes.
I came home yesterday, it was a very big day for me of course and the first thing I did was play the guitar. I've got a lot of strength to get back
which will happen soon enough but I was surprised at what I was able to play. I had a go at the piano this morning and that's coming back too. The sax
will have to wait a bit, I still can't do a full bodied cough let alone blow into a saxophone. It's good to be back home with my family.
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BBP
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Great to hear you're home, Poly! Enjoy your music!
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the last couple weeks I have seen a lot more of my older friends than I have in a while.
One I hadn't seen in eight years, the other in almost two years.
One seems to be in a good place, though she was here on a kind of vacation and only for a day. Great to catch up again after so long.
The other looks to be a new friendship, or now perhaps a chance to more better get to know. Spent the whole afternoon running around and talking at
looking at this and that, let the random places in town get our attention. Fun. This also involves spending more time downtown which means running
into more people. So I run into many more people who say 'Hey! I haven't seen you in awhile. Can I come over and visit?"
So attendant days of guests. Conversation and eats and cigarettes and coffee. Like the olde days all over again. Conversation that zigs and
zags.
I have a small downtown area within walking distance. Shops and streets, pedestrian traffic and people walking up and down on mild summer days.
People watching Saturday afternoons. Watching the bourgeois stream in a blue sky town.
My kind of 'Waterloo Sunset'
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BBP
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Aw that's great Punky!
My friend of 13 years came to visit me on Saturday. At least my ankle has incited him to visit me more often!
Today I hit the town for a Father's Day gift. And I came home with three bras and three DVDs for myself.
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