Glad you’re back home, punkdoc. No doubt lots to think about, but hopefully there will be plenty of support out there. Strange to be on the receiving end, I’m sure.
The Pyrenees area looks lovely. Have happy memories of camping overnight in our VW van, and being woken by the sound of the bells round the cows necks. Magic.
Sending positive vibes @punkdoc. So that's the last chicklet to fledge is it @chicky? She will remember this time all her life. Good that you are just an hour away. I was always a West London girl too - Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Ladbroke Grove in the swinging 60s (ah, those were the days!) before moving further and further westwards as I grew more responsible with family etc. Of course your granddaughter was miraculously cured @busy-lizzie - you were at Lourdes! Lovely pic - the von Trapp family came to mind!
Sounds like a great weekend @Busy-Lizzie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Mr C cycled over the Tourmalet when we were much much younger …..but we still display this little model cycliste on our bookshelves as a reminder of his achievements 🤣
Littlest Chicklet is indeed the last to fledge @didyw. She has been semi fledged for the last four years, flitting backwards and forwards to Uni - but there were always big chunks of time when she was home. Not so now paid employment has begun ☹️ But very easy for us to get to ….I foresee a few evening meals once these dratted exams are out of the way.
As some of you know, I have been ill for a few years. Huge mystery for a legion of different Drs. and leading to increasing disability for me. The general feeling was that it may be related to one of the many places I worked abroad during my career. I have always believed [ well hoped at least ] that the cause would be found, treated and that I would return to a better quality of life. Recently I had a cardiac muscle biopsy and the suggestion from the results is that my problems probably stem from chronic exposure to a chemical used in weaponry. This is unfortunately quite possible, as I did work for a time in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs, when Saddam was trying to eliminate them. Sadly the damage is not reversible, so today most of my treatments have been stopped. Obviously I am distressed, BUT, although things are highly unlikely to improve, there is no guarantee that they will get any worse, so that is what I will hope for. I think it will take some time to get my head around this. Thank you for the support many of you have offered during this time.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
@punkdoc ((hugs)) … as you say it’s sort of confirmed what you thought … the hope that worsening is not inevitable is a hope worth hanging on to. You have been an immensely brave man for others (I know you dont like it being said but it’s true so I will say it). If there’s anything we can do to help you deal with the new challenges ahead you only have to say. ((Hugs)) xx
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The Pyrenees area looks lovely. Have happy memories of camping overnight in our VW van, and being woken by the sound of the bells round the cows necks. Magic.
So that's the last chicklet to fledge is it @chicky? She will remember this time all her life. Good that you are just an hour away. I was always a West London girl too - Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Ladbroke Grove in the swinging 60s (ah, those were the days!) before moving further and further westwards as I grew more responsible with family etc.
Of course your granddaughter was miraculously cured @busy-lizzie - you were at Lourdes! Lovely pic - the von Trapp family came to mind!
Where am I at?
As some of you know, I have been ill for a few years. Huge mystery for a legion of different Drs. and leading to increasing disability for me.
The general feeling was that it may be related to one of the many places I worked abroad during my career.
I have always believed [ well hoped at least ] that the cause would be found, treated and that I would return to a better quality of life.
Recently I had a cardiac muscle biopsy and the suggestion from the results is that my problems probably stem from chronic exposure to a chemical used in weaponry. This is unfortunately quite possible, as I did work for a time in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs, when Saddam was trying to eliminate them.
Sadly the damage is not reversible, so today most of my treatments have been stopped.
Obviously I am distressed, BUT, although things are highly unlikely to improve, there is no guarantee that they will get any worse, so that is what I will hope for.
I think it will take some time to get my head around this.
Thank you for the support many of you have offered during this time.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.