Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Turns out it’s only as far as the treatment plant. The top mile and a half hasn’t been touched. It was the worst bit. I suspect it will just get neglected until it disintegrates.
The Retirement Thread
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is surprising how unknown lanes can lurk very close to familiar ones. I was looking at some of my most common routes on my digital OS map and noticed lanes not too far away from them that I have never been down. I checked the roads on Streetview and will make sure that I go and ride them over the next year or so.
THIS ONE turned out to be far less tempting!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
They say the old jokes are best. Well thats what they say anyway, although I'm not exactly sure who says that anymore.
11.5 mile bimble for me. Gorgeous weather here today.
11.5 mile bimble for me. Gorgeous weather here today.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm going to head out into the sunshine for an hour or so before I go to have my flu jab.
I was trying to work out where my fear of jabs comes from and I eventually remembered standing in line for jabs at school when I was 12. On one occasion I was 10 boys back and saw 2 or 3 start screaming and crying ahead of me, which got me really nervous. Then the boy in front of me fainted when they stuck the needle in his arm. That spooked me so I wriggled when they spiked me, which didn't go down well!
I am finally getting better now that I am old(-ish). I still don't like needles, but they do seem to be smaller and sharper than the ones I remember from my childhood, so they don't tend to hurt as much.
I'm afraid that having a canula put in a vein on the back of my hand for CT scans is still something that I hate. Hopefully, I won't need to have many more of them done now that my clotting problems are under control...
I was trying to work out where my fear of jabs comes from and I eventually remembered standing in line for jabs at school when I was 12. On one occasion I was 10 boys back and saw 2 or 3 start screaming and crying ahead of me, which got me really nervous. Then the boy in front of me fainted when they stuck the needle in his arm. That spooked me so I wriggled when they spiked me, which didn't go down well!
I am finally getting better now that I am old(-ish). I still don't like needles, but they do seem to be smaller and sharper than the ones I remember from my childhood, so they don't tend to hurt as much.
I'm afraid that having a canula put in a vein on the back of my hand for CT scans is still something that I hate. Hopefully, I won't need to have many more of them done now that my clotting problems are under control...
classic33
Leg End Member
Second picture, there's dinner just across the water!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I'm going to head out into the sunshine for an hour or so before I go to have my flu jab.
I was trying to work out where my fear of jabs comes from and I eventually remembered standing in line for jabs at school when I was 12. On one occasion I was 10 boys back and saw 2 or 3 start screaming and crying ahead of me, which got me really nervous. Then the boy in front of me fainted when they stuck the needle in his arm. That spooked me so I wriggled when they spiked me, which didn't go down well!
I am finally getting better now that I am old(-ish). I still don't like needles, but they do seem to be smaller and sharper than the ones I remember from my childhood, so they don't tend to hurt as much.
I'm afraid that having a canula put in a vein on the back of my hand for CT scans is still something that I hate. Hopefully, I won't need to have many more of them done now that my clotting problems are under control...
My favourite is a bone marrow Biopsy. I was offered a sedative but as it would have meant hanging around after the procedure waiting for it to wear off, I declined.
The specialist had said she'd do it herself as she "liked to keep her hand in" ( she looked about twelve years old and I wondered if the Hospital was having a "bring your child to work day" and the Specialist was letting her daughter have a go)
Interesting procedure, I'm curious so I decided to watch, you lie on your side and they push this big needle like gubbins into the flesh of your hip until it reaches the bone, then they drill through the bone and a hollow tube takes a piece of the bone marrow out)
What did make me smile was the Specialist carried her kit around in a small black and yellow plastic toolbox, like the sort they sell in Wilko 😁
It is surprising how unknown lanes can lurk very close to familiar ones. I was looking at some of my most common routes on my digital OS map and noticed lanes not too far away from them that I have never been down. I checked the roads on Streetview and will make sure that I go and ride them over the next year or so.
THIS ONE turned out to be far less tempting!
The local Orienteering Club has the occasional family Urban event. It starts in the High Street and heads down towards Poole Quay, there's so many little lanes, alleys and places that you wouldn't know were there, a real eye opener. ( I only made it as far as the Portsmouth Hoy before I got distracted 🍻) 😉
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
A mate of mine was offered a sedative for an oral endoscopy but turned it down. He had to go for another one a year later and I asked if he would be having a sedative the second time round. He told me that he had started gagging on the instrument the previous time so no way would he have it done again without sedation!My favourite is a bone marrow Biopsy. I was offered a sedative but as it would have meant hanging around after the procedure waiting for it to wear off, I declined.
The specialist had said she'd do it herself as she "liked to keep her hand in" ( she looked about twelve years old and I wondered if the Hospital was having a "bring your child to work day" and the Specialist was letting her daughter have a go)
Interesting procedure, I'm curious so I decided to watch, you lie on your side and they push this big needle like gubbins into the flesh of your hip until it reaches the bone, then they drill through the bone and a hollow tube takes a piece of the bone marrow out)
What did make me smile was the Specialist carried her kit around in a small black and yellow plastic toolbox, like the sort they sell in Wilko 😁
There was a time when I would have fainted just reading about your biopsy. Seriously! I once fainted reading about the symptoms of an illness on Wikipedia.
A nurse doing tests on me in hospital told me that when I get anxious I stop breathing and it was throwing all the numbers out. In extreme cases I just black out. I have never seen anything done to me by any doctor or dentist because either my eyes are closed or I am looking the other way!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I’m prone to fainting too with some things. Just got to get my head down before I keel over. Lol.A mate of mine was offered a sedative for an oral endoscopy but turned it down. He had to go for another one a year later and I asked if he would be having a sedative the second time round. He told me that he had started gagging on the instrument the previous time so no way would he have it done again without sedation!
There was a time when I would have fainted just reading about your biopsy. Seriously! I once fainted reading about the symptoms of an illness on Wikipedia.
A nurse doing tests on me in hospital told me that when I get anxious I stop breathing and it was throwing all the numbers out. In extreme cases I just black out. I have never seen anything done to me by any doctor or dentist because either my eyes are closed or I am looking the other way!
When I had my oral endoscopy i asked about a sedative.
She said "really it makes no difference.....you will be fine".
I stupidly believed her
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Honestly, when they started to shove it down my throat I just KNEW I was going to die. My worst ever experience.
I spoke to someone recently who told me he had a full anaesthetic, woke up on the bed, all done....no problems.
I know which I will have if I ever have a other one.
She said "really it makes no difference.....you will be fine".
I stupidly believed her
.Honestly, when they started to shove it down my throat I just KNEW I was going to die. My worst ever experience.
I spoke to someone recently who told me he had a full anaesthetic, woke up on the bed, all done....no problems.
I know which I will have if I ever have a other one.
A mate of mine was offered a sedative for an oral endoscopy but turned it down. He had to go for another one a year later and I asked if he would be having a sedative the second time round. He told me that he had started gagging on the instrument the previous time so no way would he have it done again without sedation!
There was a time when I would have fainted just reading about your biopsy. Seriously! I once fainted reading about the symptoms of an illness on Wikipedia.
A nurse doing tests on me in hospital told me that when I get anxious I stop breathing and it was throwing all the numbers out. In extreme cases I just black out. I have never seen anything done to me by any doctor or dentist because either my eyes are closed or I am looking the other way!
Oh, it gets better, the sample had to be sent away for analysis, a couple of weeks later they got in touch to say there was "some ambiguity" with the sample and could I come in for another biopsy... 😯
EDIT:
Forgot to mention that my colleagues at work were more than sympathetic, saying that I could lie on the work bench and they would perform the procedure themselves with a diamond coated industrial core drill 😁🤔
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
My dad was always really good at getting anything done. He just took the numbing spray for his throat and didn’t take the sedation and said he was fine. I just about gag even thinking about it!When I had my oral endoscopy i asked about a sedative.
She said "really it makes no difference.....you will be fine".
I stupidly believed her
Honestly, when they started to shove it down my throat I just KNEW I was going to die. My worst ever experience.
I spoke to someone recently who told me he had a full anaesthetic, woke up on the bed, all done....no problems.
I know which I will have if I ever have a other one.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
When I had my oral endoscopy i asked about a sedative.
She said "really it makes no difference.....you will be fine".
I stupidly believed her
Honestly, when they started to shove it down my throat I just KNEW I was going to die. My worst ever experience.
I spoke to someone recently who told me he had a full anaesthetic, woke up on the bed, all done....no problems.
I know which I will have if I ever have a other one.
While they were trying to get to the source of my problems they initially suspected gastrointestinal problems so booked me in for a Colonoscopy followed by a Gastroscopy ( might have been the other way round) I thought to myself " I hope they rinse it off before poking it down my throat
)I did have a sedative before the procedures and was pretty much on cloud 9 not having eaten for over 48 hours.
