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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    bank_of_slate wrote: »
    Ooh I do love a freebie!

    Off to the docs in a minute to get the results from all the ridiculous amounts of blood taken last month!
    Personally I think I'm beyond help ;o)
    ...Linda xx

    Yup, we should both start a new....beyond help club!:rolleyes:
    Good luck with blood testsx
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    and HOLY CRAP it's my birthday 3 weeks today :eek:

    Its all downhill now, you are catching up:rotfl:
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    Its all downhill now, you are catching up:rotfl:
    I know... 23... god....
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    I know... 23... god....

    23??????? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

    Just wait until 36! :mad:
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bank_of_slate wrote: »
    23??????? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

    Just wait until 36! :mad:
    ...Linda xx
    lol well Ste's 30 this year... he's on the slippery slope already...
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    and HOLY CRAP it's my birthday 3 weeks today :eek:
    I'm not looking forward to your birthday at all, in fact I really want to erase it from the calendar but that wouldn't be fair! I'm having a 'procedure' and although I shouldn't need a general anaesthetic, I have to go starved from midnight and can't have anything to drink after 9am:eek: :eek: :eek: Can't drive either so will have to get a taxi and it's about

    Cat.x
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cat4772 wrote: »
    I'm not looking forward to your birthday at all, in fact I really want to erase it from the calendar but that wouldn't be fair! I'm having a 'procedure' and although I shouldn't need a general anaesthetic, I have to go starved from midnight and can't have anything to drink after 9am:eek: :eek: :eek: Can't drive either so will have to get a taxi and it's about

    Cat.x
    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: That doesn't sound good!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Ooh I got a fantastic bit of mail for the Red Pen Club yesterday - Yes Loans, complete with a leaflet from Yes Car Credit and some dodgy debt management company as well.. shall have some fun with that later (don't think I own a red pen though!)
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Lucifa73
    Lucifa73 Posts: 7,726 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    What's the Red Pen Club?

    Excuse my ignorance but due to PC problems haven't been able to go on forums until recently...
    26.2.19/14.1.19: T MC 3629.26/3629.26 : VM 0% 1050/13876.59 : W 0% 100/1485 = 4409.26/18990.85 =25.17%
    28.1.19/28.1.19 Hubs 0% £400/£2,977 =13.44%
    SPC 2019 #073
    My debt free diary


  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    To be honest, I want answers now... I've had about 5 episodes of diarrhoea and vomiting since January and each time there's been a fair amount of blood. I fluctuate between borderline-anaemic while my serum iron levels increase (like now - I don't need a blood test to tell me I'm anaemic cos I'm really tired and everything is such a drain). In a couple of weeks it'll change to normal haemoglobin levels and low serum iron!

    Of course, with the bleeding I've run through everything it can be from cancer and ulcers etc. I honestly never thought I'd pray to be diagnosed as having piles:o but that seems to be the 'nicest' thing it could be!

    And then you can call me a pessimistic planner, but I've already written down my wishes for my remains just in case it is something nasty.

    The thing that really gets to me, I can't donate blood at the moment and I'm quite a rare group so I like to do it at least once a year (if not more)! But whilst the doctors can't identify the cause of the bleeding, I can't then go on to give blood!:mad: :mad: :mad:

    Anyway - enough of feeling sorry for myself!

    Sarah - I'm sure you'll have a lovely birthday.

    Cat.x
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
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