Rob , you and your good lady sound like you've had the same crap year that Nicky and I have been through. I hope you get sorted soon and that Mrs998 hasn't done her ligaments and that 2013 is much better for you both!
Thanks for that Archer17. We're both lying on the sofas, watching "The Pirates" with the Little Monsters, me with a nice glass of Barolo & Mrs Rob with a big Baileys & Ice. If it weren't for the numerous ice packs & "ouches" when we laugh, it could almost be a normal Saturday evening. The Little Monsters are going to a Sleepover tonight so we will be able to get gently tipsy & plan how we are going to treat ourselves when all this nonsense is out of the way. In a weird way it's bringing us closer together, so it's not entirely disastrous. :smile:
Just be careful you don't try anything too athletic when you're tipsy then! That would give the ambulance crew something to laugh about! That reminds me of a trip we had to hospital a few years ago, we'd been ten pin bowling on the Monday night when Nicky popped her kneecap out ( something that has happened before ) anyway she was taken to hospital by ambulance and the paramedic wrote up the notes on the journey. Next day we had to make a visit to ortho for a follow up and the doc comes in and examines Nicky, and then passes her the notes and says" can you just clear up exactly how you injured yourself?". Nicky read the notes and it looked like he'd written" dislocated right knee whilst bonking". The doc was most disappointed when it was pointed out it was bowling!
Sorry for ya Rob, as usual have to offer I can pop in and take the 998 for a spin for you? Also when you woke up in bed next to wife I guess and realised the blood in bed what was your first thought?
Ha! Anytime mate, you just have to insure it first! Honestly, first thought after "Am I dying?" was, "I hope I haven't wrecked the memory foam mattress". Mrs Rob got the Vax on it & it seems fine, so I'm at least spared the indignity of that insurance claim!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there is more unpleasantness ahead for you. Like having to drink 4 litres of clean prep prior to your colonoscopy. It is stinking. Tastes like liquid plastic. good luck with the "repair work" and "inspection"
Didn't mean to cause you pain mate, just to make you chuckle! Look after yourselves, it will get better. Now to get ready to take Nicky in for her hysterectomy, no driving for 6 weeks, no work for 3 months and we've got to treat her like a princess for a while ( she's a princess to me anyway ) so there will be plenty more hospital related posts to come!
Absolute class!!!!!! Anyway Rob sorry to hear of your farmers and totally sympathise with you....just get some anusol before the little bastards start itching!!! Btw considering how much of a shit state your in at least you kept some humour in your post! Also hope your lass gets well soon I've done my cruciate before and tbh I would rather have your condition!!!!
Thanks Pix. TBH if I didn't laugh about it I'd be crying. The upside is I'm off work & can drive, so I can at least get the kids to & from school, so I can give our brilliant neighbours/friends a break from doing it, as Mrs Rob can't drive ATM & I'm usually in work for 05:30. The last couple of weeks has renewed my faith in human nature actually, we've had so many offers of help it's quite humbling.
My mate had the same problem with his Farmers whilst we were working away from home in an Hotel. Poor sod had to call the manager up and apologise for the mess. The bed was completely ruined and his dignity was shattered. I'm having a shooftyscope in the opposite end in about three weeks. Up the snoz and down into the vocal cords. I hope they rinse the lens off first!!! All the best.
A neighbour of mine was just about to get his endoscopy when the doctor said to him "just think, if this was in Soho you would be paying good money for someone to do this". He could hardly keep still for laughing.
It was more about being impressed with Rob's strength and humour in adversity than me being a pileophile.Honest!
Hope you get better .. I was watching 24 hours in A&E and this nurse was saying how someone had come in with ping pong balls up their arse! They where playing some game (wtf ) and suddenly realised they where a few balls short :/ It's ok cameras they use are smaller then ping pong balls I believe.
My aunty was a senior staff nurse & she was always telling stories about people coming in with coffee jars, lightbulbs , ironmongery & even a gerbil up their rear ends. She went into particular detail about the gerbil, which was an (brown) eye opener for a 12 year old, I can tell you.
Piles for peers and haemerroids for haristocrats............ Hope your bum clears up soon........AL PS.....I will probably soon be joining you in hospital.......(not the same one....)......or a hole in the ground.............chest is not improving even with steroids and anti-biotics....hard to get about at the moment........X-Rays probably be arranged next week.......
