The totally off-topic thread

[JessicaTam]

For yourself and Ron ?

Got it in one.

I deny it.I am a world away.:shock:

Diff'rent Ron, Ron. Sorry.

i will try the triple play again on the way home tomorrow.

 

[JohnK]

I hated the fact that it wouldn't stay flat so I'd iron it before reading - a bit of a chore on Saturday mornings.

I don't do chores so I stopped reading the newspaper!

 

[amaroo]

Back from the hospital. Mum's been admitted to the stroke unit at Nepean. I'm so sad.

Thanks to those who have sent well wishes. I don't know you guys that well & vice versa but I love the AFF community.

All the best. Keep strong & think positive!

 

[Rox]

Back from the hospital. Mum's been admitted to the stroke unit at Nepean. I'm so sad.

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It's confronting when previously sturdy parents ( or anyone close for that matter) become ill.
It sounds like she's being very well looked after though . Good luck, and look after yourself as well.

 

[Flashback]

In the UK all mail is delivered through the door so no such issues.

How to spot a chav... They are wearing jewellery, but not in the traditional sense. It is tattooed on

 

[TheEmu]

Back from the hospital. Mum's been admitted to the stroke unit at Nepean. I'm so sad.

Thanks to those who have sent well wishes. I don't know you guys that well & vice versa but I love the AFF community.

Really feeling for you even though I don't know you, erk - I know exactly what you're going through (as most likely do a few others on here as well) cos been there too. Stay strong for her and you'll work through it whatever the outcome. My thoughts are with you.

 

[Pushka]

I think strokes are extremely difficult to cope with. My kids know my thoughts should I suffer a significant one. But sometimes they are more subtle than that. All the best erkpod for your mum.

 

[Flashback]

I think strokes are extremely difficult to cope with. My kids know my thoughts should I suffer a significant one. But sometimes they are more subtle than that. All the best erkpod for your mum.

Yes, especially so when it happens and you are 24+ hours away from being able to get back to them!

 

[erkpod]

One thing that has been difficult to deal with is that this type of stroke isn't the usual type that people normally talk about when they are talking about strokes or heart attack.

There wasn't a mega collapse down the street but the symptoms were more like a pre-existing condition.

I'll know more by this afternoon after she's seen by the doctors.

Thanks again.

 

[Flashback]

One thing that has been difficult to deal with is that this type of stroke isn't the usual type that people normally talk about when they are talking about strokes or heart attack.

There wasn't a mega collapse down the street but the symptoms were more like a pre-existing condition.

I'll know more by this afternoon after she's seen by the doctors.

Thanks again.

I can sympathise there, my wife had a bleed on the brain and it was only 2 days later that they discovered she also had a stroke around the same time. The bleed still is/was unexplained. Good news is she's more or less fully recovered, I'd say about 99.9%

 

[tuapekastar]

All the best for your mum erkpod. We humans are so frail really.

And QF WP, a former work colleague of mine died at 49 a couple of years ago also from cancer of the pancreas. Such a nasty thing.

 

[erkpod]

One thing I did notice today was the amount of women passing through the ED who were working in various capacities. With the exception of the paramedics I saw, women were the majority in terms of doctors & nurses.

 

[amaroo]

For all you good Doctors here on AFF.

Email arrived over night from the Imperial War Museum with a link here Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and Bar; MC | Flickr - Photo Sharing! One of only three to have have been awarded the VC twice! One of the other two was also a doctor.

"Noel Chavasse was exceptionally brave. He earned a Victoria Cross (VC) and Bar during the First World War. He was one of only three men to have twice been awarded the VC: the highest decoration for bravery under enemy fire."

Kinda nice to have someone recognised for trying to save lives - rather than end them. Being in the medical corp in any war must be brutal!

 

[Shelf]

I can sympathise there, my wife had a bleed on the brain and it was only 2 days later that they discovered she also had a stroke around the same time. The bleed still is/was unexplained. Good news is she's more or less fully recovered, I'd say about 99.9%

My eldest child (now 7yrs) had a stroke in-utero, similarly it is unexplained.

 

[QF WP]

I think strokes are extremely difficult to cope with. My kids know my thoughts should I suffer a significant one

After seeing my grandmother lying in a nursing home for 2.5 years, we all decided the same thing. Not sure about the rest of my family, but I put in place an Advanced Health Directive.

Reminds me I need to discuss again with my wife, as it was done prior to us meeting. Whilst I'm sure she might recall, better to be certain

 

[Mal]

I've been through lots of 'fun' with relatives and their health. I don't discuss it often, but I feel for those in similar situations.

 

[Pushka]

One thing that has been difficult to deal with is that this type of stroke isn't the usual type that people normally talk about when they are talking about strokes or heart attack.

There wasn't a mega collapse down the street but the symptoms were more like a pre-existing condition.

I'll know more by this afternoon after she's seen by the doctors.

Thanks again.

My grandmother experienced these. She would have "turns" as she called them. And I think my mother who is 85 is having them now too.

You know, we just can't beat ourselves up if we can't be on the spot when things like this happen.

 

[straitman]

He was one of only three men to have twice been awarded the VC: the highest decoration for bravery under enemy fire."

Not taking anything from your post but just a small point for clarity.

"The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.[SUP][3][/SUP] After peerages, it is the pinnacle of the British honours system."

See: Victoria Cross.

 

[amaroo]

Not taking anything from your post but just a small point for clarity.

"The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.[SUP][3][/SUP] After peerages, it is the pinnacle of the British honours system."

See: Victoria Cross.

Interesting - the wording I posted was lifted straight from the Imperial War Museums email....



This photograph of Captain Noel Chavasse has just been added to Faces of the First World War - an IWM Centenary project on Flickr.

Noel Chavasse was exceptionally brave. He earned a Victoria Cross (VC) and Bar during the First World War. He was one of only three men to have twice been awarded the VC: the highest decoration for bravery under enemy fire.He was fatally wounded on 2 August 1917 and died two days later on 4 August - three years after the outbreak of war.
Do you have any information to add to Chavasse's life story? What more can you find out and tell us about him? Add your comments, information and any links or text to his page to remember his life nearly a century after his death.

 

[erkpod]

"The hospital? What is it?"

"It's a big building filled with sick people but that's not important right now."