Club Arnage

I hear through a roundabout route that Deb is unwell.
Seems that what she called a "bug" after race weekend is more serious and she's in hospital.
I know that many of us would like to pass our best wishes on to her.

Yes, and here's hoping to a speedy return to health.

Hope you are feeling better soon Deb.
Barry & Jo.

Get well soon Deb.

Ade

get well soon Deb,
Ian

Yep, wishing you a speedy recovery...

Deb, get well soon, hope you recover very soon.

And Ian, if their is anything we can do or any help need please let us know

Neil & Sam & Fiona

Basically what everyone else has said...

Get well soon Debs!

Again, Ian if there is anything that we can do then please let us know...

best wishes from Wales termie

Powermite

Crikey she doesn't have much luck on the health front does she!

Get yourself right girl!

Sorry to come to this so late.
Hi Debs, wishing you well and a speedy recovery and Ian, keep your chin up mate.

Gary & Lois

All the best for a quick and full recovery Deb.

Dx

A speedy and full recovery Deb!

Jules

Get well soon Debs!


Roy

How can one person have so much bad luck ???

Get well soon Deb.
Bob

Best wishes from oop north Deb.

Si

Well, CA still does what it says on the tin, I see! Thanks for all the warm messages on here. Briefly, last Thursday Deb had been to see her surgeon at LM hospital, who had "signed her off" as being beyond further maintenance! This means she will not benefit from any more surgery until she has a new knee - which he says will be after he has retired! This helps the insurers to close the matter, so any compensation may become payable this year, we now think.

On arriving home, she was in her wheelchair, and bent forward to pick something off the floor, when something abdominal went "pop", and she started to feel bloated. We saw the doc that afternoon, who prescribed anti-bloat, as well as other things to stop Deb throwing up, which she had done in the surgery! [I was ready with a poly-bag, natch.] Over the weekend things did not improve, so yesterday we got the doc in here, and she prescribed a trip to hospital. This required a proper ambulance - most "ambulances" in France are just saloon cars - so Deb could be horizontal, quite important when you suddenly feel & look preggers! Deb has now rung a couple of times, is still in effect in A&E, but has been given food (could she eat at last?) and the surmise to date is that there is an infection, possibly of the liver, but clearly they do not envisage early surgery, hence the food.

As I've posted elsewhere, the most bizarre part of all this was early Monday, when I went to the loo in the night, Deb was using her commode - and asked me whether she was on tablets, as she'd found some on her bed, and she felt strangely bloated. She had no recollection whatever of the previous 4 days' events, didn't know what day it was, and couldn't remember 5 minutes later that I'd said it was Monday. You all know how bright she is - probably a bit brighter than me, I often think - so my jaw dropped a bit! We have agreed I will not visit just yet - and we have a man coming to measure up for a stair-lift today, and another chap ditto tomorrow, so those are important "steps" too! More anon.

Wish her the best Ian, hang in there.

So sorry to hear about Deb's continued troubles.

Wishing her a speedy recovery and very best wishes for you both.

F

Hi Ian
Thanks for the update, Give her a big CA get well for me.
Stay well and look after yourself.
I dont like the sound of the short term memory loss, It is just like what my father has just started to show signs of.
Thinking of you both
Andy

Thanks for letting us know, Kpy

@Deb: All the best - I hope this gets sorted soon

Best

Werner

Get well soon Deb.  Ian - you make sure you look after yourself as well - times like these often lead to people who want to look after the sick pushing themselves too hard - which just causes more issues! 

Without wishing to speculate - it sounds very similar to the water infections that my grandparents had.  At one point, he didn't know who I was!  Once the infection was cleared, he was back to his lucid (and cheeky self) so keep your pecker up - I'm sure they'll get it sorted.

In the meantime, please do send her our love. 

Perhaps someone could set up a message book and put all the messages into a card for her or something?

Brad, same with my grandad when he had a serious bladder infection! I watched the 1996 League Cup final with him from his hospital bed in Birmingham. Villa, of course, beat Leeds 3-0. As the final whistle blew, the old boy promptly started demanding that the nurses bring him Brian Little (the then Villa manager) immdiately. "Get me Brian Little! Get me Brian Little!" over and over again. He simply couldn't understand why the victorious Little wasn't able to attend his bedside.

He had terrible bowel trouble, and even though he was a stickler for Fibogel - The Bowel Regulator, a duodenal ulcer eventually did for him (grandad that is, not Brian Little, sh*t results did for him).

Get well soon,Deb.

Your Friends
Turn 10 Sebring

Hey there Debs, you've cheated worse, kick its arse.

Hi Debs and Ian, sorry to hear about the probs you are having, but as above you have got through a lot worse.

Take care both and Debs make sure you listen to the doctors.

>Martini...LB

Get well soon Deb, we've still got some Sebring silliness left unfinished :D
Fax

get well soon debs

Deb spent some hours with a tube up her nose, down her throat to her tum, to release gas. She rang me a couple of times, and it doesn't do much for your voice! Later this afternoon she had a scan. As a result, she's spending the night in the Gynaecology Department, with every likelihood that she will shortly be dispensing with some bits she never had any use for anyway.... Doh!

all the best to you both, hope that recovery will be imminent!

Best wishes Termie. Have my mum in hospital at the moment due to a car crash which wasn't her fault. Had a chat with Termie about it at Le Mans.
Bad news to hear Termie is now in hospital. Get well soon.

Hope you make a speedy recovery Debs.

get well soon Debs

It never rains, but it pours,

Get well soon, Debs.

Paul

Deb must have been naughty, as the gaeni lot threw her out after 24 hrs. She is now back in the general hospital, who are charged with finding the root problem. On oxygen, still can't eat, sleeping a lot. Not great. People looking at her scan ask if she'd had a fall. I wonder if this is from her accident?

Spa 24 not looking likely at present.

Ian

give her our Hugs!

I'm sure she is the best place, sleeping is good - as it gives the body time to repair it self.

Keep your Le Pecker up and if you need anything, just pm us, or any CA mad member.

Neil

Get Well soon Deb. Ian thanks for keeping us informed.
 Canada Phil

Kip is good, always. Get enough for yourself too Ian.

I try! Managing about 6-6.5 hrs at present, but then you wake up and start thinking negative what-ifs, which ain't helpful. Deb was on the phone at 9, had had a drug overnight which kept her busy in the loo (night staff not impressed, nor impressive in their attitude) but some reduction in bloating today, so a result of sorts. Much giggling, so she isn't completely downcast. Support on here means a lot to us both, TVM!

Get well soon Termie. Stay positive Mr T, best wishes to both of you.

Blimey Debs I love  the way that you keep those French horspiddles busy

Ian sorry I didn't pop in here before now to express how I feel

Look after her as you are and you will wear yourself away, taint your fault you know mate

"I try! Managing about 6-6.5 hrs at present, but then you wake up and start thinking negative what-ifs, which ain't helpful. "

Jules was that you cringing just in front of me and my loud mouthed lad in Wemberley, he got a bit shirty at someone sitting in seats supplied by Tommy Johnson when Leeds had their decent ten minutes  :)

Andy no doubt you were as diplomatic as ever about Brian's inability to keep an appointment…

I spent about half an hour chatting with Sid Cowans, Gary Shaw and a few other Villains during the match. Sid asked me if I recognised him and his wife after I'd attended to a steering lock problem on her Escort Cab.

As if

Debs

get better soon babe, gotta see you next year you know

I remember walking from HA to the Poobar a couple of years ago soon after having my new meccano knee, wasn't half good after the bad one.

Deb has had a biopsy, and a very effective drain in the abdomen. So effective, I insisted on sitting on the other side of the bed from the bag! The saline drip has been withdrawn. A little more Deb "fire" was on display tonight, but it hurt if I made her laugh, so of course.....

Good to see some humour from both of you, Ian.

best wishes deb. thoughts and prayers are with you.

Blimey, you go away for a few days and come back to Debs in hospital. Again!
Keep your chin up sweetheart and Ian, you look after yourself as well mate.
I'm volunteering for tent erecting duties at Silverstone Debs.

In my (recent) experience the medical staff at LM General are fantastic si I hope they're looking after you.

Steve

I know I don't venture in here too often these days, but am sorry to hear about Debs. I hope things turn around quickly for her, and you Ian, and she's back to her normal self soon

Deb is eating a bit - first real food in a week. Not using oxygen, either. Drip has been withdrawn, but she did have some blood-plasma instead. The bone sample from her sternum was a failure, so now she's had one from her bottom. Some time after the procedure was over, the nurse came in to inspect the bottom, and pronounced it "parfait". I think she was a bit taken aback when I agreed!

Missed this thread somehow ...

Hope you'll get well soon Deb !

Chin up.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Deb has had an MRI scan today, has  some other sort tomorrow, is booked for yet another variety next week. Still no suggestions as to what is wrong, but the bloating that started all this has not returned, 4 days after she was drained. She is always a v fussy eater, & hospital meals aren't exactly hitting the spot!

Ian

good news that it has not any worse, and all these scans, your definitely get your moneys worth.

As for being a fussy eater - offer to bring her in a Big Mac  ;)

Keep you chin up and hope all get sorted very soon.

cheers
Neil

Sick visiting can be an - er - interesting experience. Yesterday I arrived to find a grumpy lobster. Most of Deb was bright red, and because it is all so itchy, she hadn't slept much. Eating was beyond her, too. I didn't stay long! Today her car needed servicing, so I dumped it at the dealer and caught the tram to the hospital. No sign of Deb, who had gone for another scan! Deb appeared just before I returned having got the car back. She'd been gone 3 hours for a 15 min scan. So far the scans haven't identified anything to cause her problems and her lungs are fine after 35 years smoking - but she has something on her uterus, something on her brain. I'm cancelling our annual trip to the 24 hrs of Spa. Yawn.

NB We have two weekend tickets for Spa. They are paid online tickets in the name of Deborah Dudley, and the Ts & Cs say they are not transferable. Nevertheless, the chances of anyone asking for ID when you exchange them are limited, so if anyone wants these dodgy tickets, I'll send them free. If they work, they save you some money. If they don't, you haven't paid for them!

I'll take them Ian, if nobody else beat me to it. Do they state on the tickets that they have to be exchanged at the information center? Cause last time for the 1000 km they did check ID when I picked up my ticks! How Deb will recover soon, give her my best!

Roy

Sorry Roy - a PM from another CA-er beat you to it. Apologies!

Termie is still punching - she actually so likes the "Grumpy Lobster" monicker that she fancies she might adopt it when she comes back on dry land! Better today, with less itching and some fading of the red. As it was Bastille Day, she didn't see a doctor all day - it's a national holiday. Frankly, I don't "get" the French. On this day in 1789 they changed everything, but since then they've changed nothing - many of the laws date back to Napoleon, and are about as relevant as the Saga of Noggin the Nog. If they still moved forward, kept pushing, they might become something, but instead the bureaucrats rule and everyone just shrugs. Sad, really. Doesn't really affect a couple of retired old ghytts, natch, but all the same.....

Took Deb down to the entrance today in a hospital wheelchair, hoping to do a tour of the grounds, but it was breezy and spitting with rain, so we snuck back under cover for a few minutes, then went to the cafe. Made a change, and she is so much better than she was. An intensive eye-test on Friday revealed nothing sinister - except a (common at our age, apparently) potential for a detached retina. This week may well be a turning point in getting to the bottom of it all, with the gynae people probably having another look now D is stronger, and a Positron Emission Tomography scan on Tuesday. That was booked a fortnight ago, suggesting that it is an important and valuable technique, not to be readily had like an x-ray!

Good to hear she is doing a bit better!

Wow! A rocky path for the good lady.
Chin up and hope improvements continue.

Ian, thanks for the up date. pass on my best wishes To Deb again.

Jules G

Sorry missed this one - been on hols. Thanks for keeping us all updated Ian and please pass Debs all the JDS family's best wishes for a speedy recovery from whater this mystery ailment is.

Deb has had another couple of days of scans. Today was a PET scan, very high tech. That was at 13.30, so she hadn't eaten since last night. Finally back in her room late afternoon, had her (saved) lunch on the table, about to tuck in, when doctor appears and says come back - they've missed your feet! Isotopes still live inside her, so back she went. Doh!

She actually seems much better to me, and we hope she'll be fit enough to go back to gynae, where they can conduct a biopsy on whatever the original scan found was not nice in her uterus. Today, though, they got a result from an exam on her, umm, output, which led them to insist that anyone emptying her bedpan wear a mask and gloves! Since she's had the bedpan taken away, because now she's not on a drip she can get to her loo unaided, it all seems a bit pointless. Anyway, her digestive tract does seem to have recovered its composure now, so we suspect what they found has already been knocked on the head by the antibiotics she was given due to the rash which was caused by - no-one knows!

Ian

Send our best to Deb, hope it all comes out in the wash

Sorry about her lunch that she could not eat, why is it I think may be you ate it!  

But then I think of hospital food and think she may have got off lightley  ::)



Hugs to both of you

Because she's been downstairs having scans etc, Deb hadn't actually seen a doc (as distinct from radiologist, who are also qualified, of course) since Friday. She mentioned this to the nurse this morning - and she's just had a visit from 3! They intend to find out what is in her uterus pronto. While this may prove to be bad news, at least it will be progress.

Deb had a lumbar puncture this afternoon, and sees the anaesthetist tomorrow morning, with a view to having an operation allowing a full exam of her uterus etc so that the lump can be at least partly removed and analysed. She remains in good form, and pleased that at last we may know more.

been following the thread from this side of the pond.
...continued prayers for her prognosis and recovery.

-Lee   :-[

Mostly a lurker, but, prayers are there...

Deb is coming home for the weekend, to cuddle a few cats and get her head together for next week, when we expect surgery to finally go ahead. Not much fun at present.

Yeaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deb got a weekend pass, she must have been good.

Have a nice relaxing weekend

Come on Debs, does cat cuddling also involve beer drinking?
See your PM

Blimey, one goes on leave for a few weeks....

All the very best and lots of fingers and toes crossed,

Mark 

Sorry, I haven't been around for ages so have missed this, hope Deb is doing OK and things get better soon x

Deb is indeed home for the weekend - but has not had the mental energy to turn on her PC, so I'm sorry you haven't heard from her. In the last couple of days we've had some grim news - and Lee Self's mention of prognosis is sadly spot-on. Deb is due for an operation next Thursday which purports to be a biopsy, but they will be trying to remove whatever they can from the tumour on her left ovary. After that there will be analysis and eventually a prognosis, which will offer whatever remedial measures are appropriate, according to how far things have gone. The news then may not be all bad, of course. But you can all imagine what we are imagining. Sorry to be a bit downbeat!

Bloody hell  :(

All I can say is fingers crossed then. Keep us posted as and when you know stuff. Chin up and all that. Give Debs my best wishes.

Take it a step at a time and stay 110% positive with all our thoughts and best wishes.

Hi all

This will be very brief as I just have a few hours before I have to go back to the hospital to get ready for Thursday's op.  All in all it's been a tough few days but I cannot emphasise enough how much you guys all mean to us and how much your good wishes help things along.  The doc said "there's plenty we can do" so I don't expect to be stepping off the planet quite yet.   Mr T will no doubt keep you all posted and I hope to see you all again soon.  Sadly Spa is out (sorry to miss one of your rare visits, Randy!) but at the very least I'm looking at the idea of Estoril in September.  Silverstone is sadly out as we have our meeting with the accident insurers.  With luck they will now agree to pay compensatin then it's Porker, here we come, if they cough up enough!  Life has to have some upsides doens't it?

Thanks so much to all of you, as ever, for the many messages of love and support.  You cannot know how much they mean until something of this sort happens to you but CA is indeed a very special place.  Take care of Mr T for me over the next few weeks as they are going to be pretty tough, one way and another.

Love to all.  Deb  :-* :-* :-*

Good luck for Thursday Deb. I'm sure we will all be thinking of you

think of you Deb and of course Ian........good luck on Thursday.

Jules

Deb -

You are very much in my thoughts.
Good luck on Thursday.

Deb

Good luck next week,

Don't worry we will keep an eye out for Ian, tell him if he needs anything (even to rant) just let us know.

See you both soon (on a track somewhere)

Neil

Best wishes for next week Deb.  All parts will be securely crossed.

Hi Termie

Thanks for takeing time out to give us personal message. 

I'm sure we'll all be thinking thinking of you on Thursday.

take Care and Best wishes.

Tom.

Debs, I, and everyone else here, will be thinking about you come Thursday. Good luck mate.
Ian, you look after yourself as well and, as Neil said, we are all here if you want to rant or just download.
Thinking about you both.

Steve

All the very, very best to you both from me for Thursday and beyond.

MG Mark   

Good luck and do take care.

SWMBO had a growth on her lady bits a few years back.  I recollect that it was a bit of a whopper too. It all seems relatively routine, and there's hardly a scar now, not that I'm allowed to look.  Mind you she hadn't broken most of her major bones beforehand.

Good luck with the operation thursday Deb! My thoughts will be with you and Ian.

A truckload of information there Lorry... maybe a bit too much. But the thought is there so that is ok.

Again, good luck on thurs Debs, and keep off the spaghetti rings Ian there is much better food around... try beans.

>Martini...LB

once again Debs,love and best wishes from the Welsh Wancs

Powermite

A much chirpier Deb tonight - being in hospital clearly is better than being at home! Her ECG went well - no problems, so way now clear for biopsy+ on  Thursday.

Even the Frogeye has it's fingers crossed (metaphorically of course).
Contunued best wishes from us (That's Lois, the Frogeye and me)
X

Hey Gary - the frogeye could be Clarance - the cross-eyed frogeye  ;D

(u need to know Daktari)

COR!
Things don't get any easier, do they Debs?
You haven't even finished with the insurers yet and you're causing trouble down the hospital ;0)
Got just about everything possible crossed for you - very best of luck.

Hi Deb,
         Wishing you all the best for Thursday and a speedy recovery.
 Canada Phil

Hi Debs and Ian, I can't believe what I have just read as not been on the site for a bit.
Just when it seemed that this were stabilising you both get the crap kicked out of you again, as all the folk here I also have my thoughts and hopes for you both.
Best wishes to you both for a positive out come for the coming weeks. Stay strong

All our thoughts and wishes with you for thurs .....

Trivia still happen in illness. We learnt today that Deb will not be charged a supplement for the single room she has had for three weeks - because she didn't ask for it! That means we still have 30 days single room entitlement under our "top up" insurance, which should take care of most of the rest of this event, we hope. Lovely intern put her arm round Deb while talking about the situation. They don't all do that. Deb goes to gynae 0900 tomorrow.

Fingers, and anything else not too painful, well & truly crossed for you.

been in and out of hospitals this summer for family members myself. thoughts and prayers are with you.

Nice to hear about the billy bonus of the room!  Fingers and toes crossed for tomorrow and what follows.

Mark

Good luck today debs

I would also like to add my best wishes

I hope it goes as well as it possibly can

Just had a very groggy Deb on the phone. She only awoke an hour ago, having gone down for surgery 8 hours before. Medics view - having removed everything, a full hysterectomy - is that things are very much better than they had feared. Result!

Poor Termie...    :o

best wishes for a speedy recovery.   Please send her our love
Lee & Jerri Self

Great news Ian, thanks for letting us know. Sounds a bit like a drastic treatment but if it does the trick, then resullt indeed!
Give her our love mate

Steve

Good news Ian, thanks for keeping us so well informed.

Keep your chin up Debs

>Martini...LB

Good news Ian.

Ade

Great news, sounds like it was a very well contained spot then. Hope for a speedy recovery, I will tell the guys in the fields of Spa tomorrow that there are promising results and will raise a couple of glasses to Deb and you!!!

Ian, thanks for  the update, love to Deb and fingers crossed for a speedy recovery from the surgery.

jules

That's really good to hear, encouraging to hear things like that so soon. Add my regards to everyone elses.

Get well soon Deb's.

The "camera" up Deb's nose and down her throat is in fact a feeding tube! They've found that after certain sorts of surgery, it helps avoid nausea. It may be withdrawn tomorrow. It does mean she can talk. I have spent much of today's visit rubbing almond oil into her legs - her skin is perilously dry, and she has had another minor outbreak of lobster-itis, which continues to intrigue the medics. Mid-afternoon, a mature lady in cap, gown and mask appeared - the anaesthetist from yesterday, checking on progress. Impressive or what?  We have to wait a week before the results of the biopsy are known, but Deb already feels the headache she'd had for 3 weeks has just gone. Recovery has started, surely!

Come on girl, out of that bed and lets hear from you!

Excellent news - good luck and fingers and everything still crossed

MG Mark

Good to hear that Termie is going to be better soon

Mrs P had the full monte last year and is now up, about and nagging for England in full voice…

Expect to be hearing that Deb is the same from now on

Good (no, very great) news about the single room too

Little important things mean lots and lots

Up and about soon Deb

Well we are trying! I bought a 3G dongle for her netbook - would you believe that in order to use it for more than a couple of weeks, I need to register it (by French law) including a copy of my passport photo and details page? Hitler's lot may have been kicked out in 1944, but you feel the Gestapo are still here!

Feeding tube now withdrawn, as is catheter. Other "shore supplies" will all be gone by tomorrow night.

CA-ers will be aware that Deb speaks pretty good French (much, much better than mine) but even so, there are words she doesn't know. After the op, during which the abdomen is inflated with gas to make surgery easier, the medics were asking her whether she'd been able to do something? What were they asking? Eventually they managed to get the message across - had she been able to fart yet? Futher details will not be provided here - a girl is entitled to some dignity!

It good to here that things are starting to go in th right direction.  Keep us informed.

T.

So, what is the french for 'fart' then - out of interest, it could become my new favourite word.

>Martini...LB

I thought I'd find it for you but found this intriguing article instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

Glad Deb seems to be on the mend...

Well, I'd said I wouldn't mention the f-word again, but Deb thought you all deserved to hear the tale.

By 14.30 today she still hadn't "broken wind" but by 14.35, she had. A few mins later a nurse popped in - "I've farted!" said Deb. "Ooh, good!" said the nurse, and opened the door to tell her colleague, who just had to then pass it on to another nurse. "She's farted!" was thus going up and down the corridor on a Sunday afternoon. And you thought it was a subject women never mention except when you've been unpleasant!

I'm so glad Debs is on the mend, and so glad to hear that Frence nurses have the same sense of humour as me.

I think women are only allowed to do this after they had been married.

I understand, that the word "petard" (as in "hoisted by ones own") is derived from the French word for fart, a petard being a small explosive device.  I've hovercrafted a bit, but never gained any serious altitude.

Interesting point on the 3G Dongle - little hope of picking one up just for June

Glad to hear that the news continues to be positive  ;D

Yep the wind is defo blowing in the right direction  ;D

Great to hear good positive news Ian.  All bodes well for a fine recovery.

At last the news we've all been waiting for. I don't think I've ever been so pleased to hear about a fart.

What happens next?  ???

Hi Ian & Deb,
                  Good news for a change. Hope well on the way to recovery now.
 Phil

Follow through???  Or don't ladies do that??

MG Mark

Its called a "Shart".

The regulation seems to be that they must disconnect you after two weeks if you haven't registered your details. That would cover most race-goers' needs, anyway. Just don't expect to be able to use the same dongle next year. I have no idea how this "one-use" price compares to the higher per-minute cost of using an existing UK dongle in France for the same period.

By the way, phones are just the same. I bought a pay-as-you-go phone some years back and had to give the shop full name, rank and number stuff. By contrast, the Virgin phone I bought in 2004 in London had no similar requirement, and has never been registered with anyone.

It would be nice if I thought this was about security in the C21 - but I think it's just a combination of paranoia and bureaucracy, helpfully creating jobs at the same time!

Please do not make me laugh.  I still have stitches (well, staples as it happens).

Finally I have connected the 3G as I am now tubeless for the first time for some time and able to sit in the chair for long enough to reconnect to the rest of the planet.


What happens next is that when the lump has been anaysed  then they have a departmental pow-wow on Friday, during which my future treatment (and others' of course) is discussed and decided upon.  As Mme la surgeon managed to get all of it, and remove both the deseased and other redunant part of my anatomy, this is unlikely to be anything like as agressive as was imagined before the op' but so far I'm in the dark.   I don't suppose that  it will be nice but there were times over the last few weeks when the news was expected to be far, far worse so I'm pretty upbeat given the circs.

Thanks to you all so much for your messages of support - you cannot know how much these mean to both Mr T and me.

I will get round to the PMs, I promise, but I have to take it easy for a bit as I've only been eating solid food for 24 hours so things are still a bit knackering.

Love to all,  Deb

Splendid news Deb, and so nice to see it direct from you (not that Mr T is in any way a poor intermediary) as at least it means you're 'up and about' so to speak. Fingers crossed for Friday ...

Way to go Deb, go to read you, i take it wioll be a fair healing period again. Best wishes to Mr Ian he must need a couple of lie in's.
MMMMM, real food huh, take it steady but you will already know what's to come after solid food.........LOL

Excellent! You have tubeless 3G broadband. Well Monsieur Michelin invented the tubeless tyre, so why not tubeless broadband.

That sounds like very good news. But what I still don't understand, and perhaps I'm being thick here, is why they weren't able to analyse the removed items until after you'd farted?

Is it to do with French manners? Whatever, this is how I see things unfolded, perhaps following a light luncheon of smoked horse broth with haricotes blanche...

Deb - "My compliments to the surgeon"
Deb's derriere - "PARP!" (wafts blankets to prove she's not cheating a la Petomain)
Nurse - "Ah merci madame, chef will now analyze ze uterus"
Nurse opens window, exits stage left (running) with a "zut alors!"


Or am I misunderstanding something?

The pharting came after the op' (three days afterwards, hence the eventual triumph) and removal of said lump, not before. ;D  The things I discuss on CA.... ::)

Wooo Hooo, great to see you back on line Deb :)

Continued best wishes for the recovery.

Jules

Once you go into hospital, your right to privacy evaporates rather doesn't it. The day after my eldest was born, my family came to visit. The 1st question my brother asked my wife :- Did you s##t yourself? He was 28 at the time.....

I'm sure this thread will take a serious turn towards the scatological once Big H is roused, and rightly so, now you seem to be much further out of the woods than this time last week.

Don't you mean the eventual Trump ;D

Pleased to see you're on the up again

Good news Debs. Take it easy. I'll buy Ian a beer when I see you both next year. He certainly deserves it.

Excellent news. 

Although we still await news (with anticipation) of whether a follow through occurred after the initial phart, we assume that the medical imporatnce of this is relatively minor in the great scheme of things.

But do please remember that the things you discuss on CA are important to us.  And I mean it's not as though the CA community were the first to mention the apparent importance to the recovery process of farting.

Big H will, Iam sure, deliver his own inimitable take on the subject in due course,

MG Mark   

     

One of the things that's never disappointed me in life is a good old fart. I mean what's the downside?

And here we have another example of their comic potential and general restorative powers. Better than Lourdes water I'd say. Anyway, I now have a mental picture of Deb remarking that there's "fire in the hole!" before knocking one off towards the boundary to the gentle applause of the medical staff and the relief of her erstwhile other half.

I have to admit I like the sound of "Madame Le Surgeon", - do you think she's fully booked next June?

I'm delighted to hear you're making progress Deb, you've had a shift and a half alright.

And here he is!

Blood test results still awaited and if good I'm off. ;D

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-28-2011/louis-c-k-

Although I hate to disagree old horse, I must say that the smell of someone else's roast sunday dinner on monday morning's train is a real downside.


Good to hear you are on the mend Deb. And hats of to Ian for looking after you. All the best once again to you both.

Si

Yup.  Certainly only applies to your own! ;D

Release postponed until Friday earliest but I am going out for the day tomorrow for a change of scenery. :)

It's known as a Bernie in our house.

Bernie. Verb. To follow through. "Oh no, i've done a Bernie". Used to describe the act of finding a little sh*t in one's pants.


Anyway. Good to hear you have a day pass. Enjoy and do try to stay out of bother Debs.

Si

All great to hear - thumbs up from me.

MG Mark

Deb had a bit of a frightening setback last night, just after I'd wheeled her back into her room after a pleasant day at home. She suddenly found she was passing quantities of blood. A nurse attempted to staunch the flow with no success, then a doctor ditto, so she was rushed down to theatre, where they gave her a spinal block and then operated - the surgeon taking about 10 minutes. In fact it looked more dramatic than it was - but it's easy to say that when it's not your blood! Inevitably she is still in dock, therefore, on a drip and looking a bit wan. Worse, her 3G dongle credit has now expired, so I must try and renew it in Auchan tomorrow.

Nothing's ever straightforward, is it?

Oh good grief!
Keep us posted Ian and keep going Debs.

"frightening setback" sounds like an understatement given what happened!  Hope everything is OK now.  Everything back crossed again, all the best to you both

Mark

The blood vessels can 'go' following major surgery like that. Thank goodness she was in the right place.

Bloody hell Debs, will you just behave now please?

Blooming heck, thinking of you. And hurry up and get better x

Terrible. Really just awful news...







Imagine running out of credit like that  ;)

For those who haven't picked up on this from Facebook, all is now back on track and I've just got home (hopefully - barring consultations and follows-up - for a while to come).  Your positive thoughts (and an emergency op' under a local) obviously worked.  Please keep 'em coming! :-* :-*

Great news Deb.

Fantastic news Debs...

Glad to hear that all is back onto the straight and narrow - and thank you for learning me the french for 'fart'!

Hi Termies, great news, take care both of you and open a few bottles of Stella to aid the recuperation.

I have just had a vodka to celebrate your good news.

>Martini...LB

For Stella, read sparkling wine!!

Glad to hear you are on the mend Deb.

Del

Good news - now stay out of trouble!

I'll drink to that :D

Good to hear - this news is a good start into the week. All the best - also to Ian

Cheers

Werner

Best wishes Deb, carry on mending girl.

Ian, have a couple of fine bottles of wine and a few late mornings!!

I like a bit of good news on a Monday morning. Great to hear it Deb, let' hope it's all positive and upwards from here on.

Deb, great to hear you have your feet up at home 8)

As Bob and Werner say, a good start to the week

Jules

Well done Deb's, good support job Ian, time to take a breath and chill for a bit  8)

LETS HOPE YOU ARE ON THE ROAD TO FULL RECOVERY DEBS,
Best wishes

Welsh Wancs