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squilliondollarbaby

bubbs wrote: »

At 14 i wouldnt be happy either

ISTR it was 14 or 15 for me as well, red wine @ Christmas, the great barfville massacre :D:D

Vodka is a bit more dangerous, I guess...

silvercar

bubbs wrote: »

All this talk of voddie, went to 1 of my customers today and she was not happy, her ds had a friend stop last night, 3.30 am this morning heard a commotion (sp) went to investigate and the friend was throwing up everywhere, long story short they had PINCHED a litre bottle of smirnof out of her cupboard and drank the whole litre between them NEAT :eek::eek::eek::eek: she was distraught poor woman

Hope she was made to clear it up!

davemorton

ellie79 wrote: »

No, I can't get that far! I know the 'secret' code, but can't see where to enter it.
The page wont let me log in either, I enter my details and it doesn't do anything

Ahhh, it was playing up earlier, just keep trying clicking on the 3 different links until it takes you somewhere where you can put in your code.

EDIT: If that doesn't work try refreshing the page a few times or changing the 23 to a 24 on the URL (from SMS)

David.

fairclaire wrote: »

throwing wood away :eek::eek:

Well if you are talking bush/tree yes

tweets

ellie79 wrote: »

Thanks, but it opens a page that advertises music downloads etc, and nowhere to enter the code needed?

:(:(

Account

UserEvouchers

silvercar

ellie79 wrote: »

No, I can't get that far! I know the 'secret' code, but can't see where to enter it.
The page wont let me log in either, I enter my details and it doesn't do anything

Go into your account from the menu on the left hand side, there should be a place to see your evouchers.

zagubov

squilliondollarbaby wrote: »

One of my favourite authors a few years ago :(:(:(:(

Pure class but very sad. He just proposed to his girlfriend saying 'Would you honour me by becoming my widow?'

Iain Banks:

I am officially Very Poorly.

After a couple of surgical procedures, I am gradually recovering from jaundice caused by a blocked bile duct, but that - it turns out - is the least of my problems.

I first thought something might be wrong when I developed a sore back in late January, but put this down to the fact I'd started writing at the beginning of the month and so was crouched over a keyboard all day. When it hadn't gone away by mid-February, I went to my GP, who spotted that I had jaundice. Blood tests, an ultrasound scan and then a CT scan revealed the full extent of the grisly truth by the start of March.

I have cancer. It started in my gall bladder, has infected both lobes of my liver and probably also my pancreas and some lymph nodes, plus one tumour is massed around a group of major blood vessels in the same volume, effectively ruling out any chance of surgery to remove the tumours either in the short or long term.

The bottom line, now, I'm afraid, is that as a late stage gall bladder cancer patient, I'm expected to live for 'several months' and it’s extremely unlikely I'll live beyond a year. So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last.

As a result, I've withdrawn from all planned public engagements and I've asked my partner Adele if she will do me the honour of becoming my widow (sorry - but we find !!!!!ish humour helps). By the time this goes out we'll be married and on a short honeymoon. We intend to spend however much quality time I have left seeing friends and relations and visiting places that have meant a lot to us. Meanwhile my heroic publishers are doing all they can to bring the publication date of my new novel forward by as much as four months, to give me a better chance of being around when it hits the shelves.

There is a possibility that it might be worth undergoing a course of chemotherapy to extend the amount of time available. However that is still something we're balancing the pros and cons of, and anyway it is out of the question until my jaundice has further and significantly, reduced.

Lastly, I'd like to add that from my GP onwards, the professionalism of the medics involved - and the speed with which the resources of the NHS in Scotland have been deployed - has been exemplary, and the standard of care deeply impressive. We're all just sorry the outcome hasn't been more cheerful.

A website is being set up where friends, family and fans can leave messages for me and check on my progress. It should be up and running during this week and a link to it will be here on my official website as soon as it’s ready.

He's one of my fave authors. very sad news.:(

Westvleteren

bubbs wrote: »

All this talk of voddie, went to 1 of my customers today and she was not happy, her ds had a friend stop last night, 3.30 am this morning heard a commotion (sp) went to investigate and the friend was throwing up everywhere, long story short they had PINCHED a litre bottle of smirnof out of her cupboard and drank the whole litre between them NEAT :eek::eek::eek::eek: she was distraught poor woman

I did that......at school :D

Got 2 days extra Christmas holiday :cool:

David.

davemorton wrote: »

My only worry was if she got a condition and refused to cover it the next year.

No they cover it up to £7500 over the lifetime of the dog ours went on for over 18 months probably.

PetuliaGristle

logie wrote: »

Afternoon all :wave:

Hope you all having a good day

I had a manic morning getting organised, then got dropped off early at the hospital so I could pop in to my department and drop my sick note in. My maternity leave officially end this weekend so at least I should start getting paid again for a while . Have now got 1 year to get better and back to work before my contact is terminated so got to hope everything goes smoothly with rest of my treatment.
Am about half way through todays chemo now and have had a nice little sleep for a few hours Have had message from consultant that he wants me to have bloods repeated on Monday so will now have the fun job of trying to organise childcare for that when I get home :cool:
Anyway, going to stay positive, I am now officially in cycle 6/6 :j:j

izzy65 wrote: »

Good afternoon all, just back from the hospital (again) and the results of my biopsy are complicated, this is my second transplant kidney 3 years ago, first only limped along for a few weeks, but this one has been giving a good 26% function until I got a e-coli infection last month and gp gave me an inappropriate antibiotic!! so now the damage is done either by the infection or the antibiotic and my renal function is at 13% just so ticked off as I waited 10 years for the call in the first place and one tiny hic-cup and I feel bombed out, sorry to moan will allow myself this one day then it's back to making the best of it.:o

izzy65 wrote: »

Trulymadly and midwinter thanks for your support,to be honest I would need a crystal ball to know how long this could last afraid the damage is not likely to repair itself although if I can get rid of the infection some of the function could return, have been here before and was on dialysis which if I needed too I know I can go back too, just would prefer not too:(

thanks to all who have replied, it makes me smile to know that so many caring people are on this thread.

logie and izzy thinking of you both, you're both an inspiration and an example to the rest of us. izzy I hope the infection clears up pdq.