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Next steps; grip-relaxing bimbling, and avoiding the temptations

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  • Baileys_Babe
    Baileys_Babe Posts: 6,283 Forumite
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    Thanks for taking time to update us. That is good news.
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  • rtandon27
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    Good news!  Sending a big virtual hug & a prayer of thanks out the the universe 💖
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
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  • edinburgher
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    I am so glad to hear that Mr SL is making progress 🙏🏻
  • KajiKita
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    Always a good sign when things start ‘working normally’. So relieved for you both. 
    Hope you get to rest properly tonight, knowing that he has turned a corner. 

    KK
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  • foxgloves
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    Very much hoping that the much-needed corner has now been turned.
    Sending love...& a purr from Soot who is by my side.
    F x
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    2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg

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  • greent
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    Glad the update is good x
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  • redofromstart
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    Thinking of you both, so pleased that there is some good news.
  • Sun_Addict
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    That’s good news. I don’t know about my daughter’s friend and her bowel experience. She’s fine now a few years down the line anyway. She was only in her 30s when she had it done as is my daughter. 
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