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Reply | Billericay, Hashtag, Lewes….
at 20:55 14 Feb 2025
About 30 years ago their mens team played twin strikers named Billy and Ricky. (Billy was a surname). |
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Reply | Come on the 'muff!
at 17:02 9 Feb 2025
A shock on the cards in Scotland, too...
Rangers 0, Queen's Park 1 (73 mins) |
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Reply | Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left?
at 17:34 5 Feb 2025
I've been thinking about such things.
2 years ago I turned 70. Enough reason there to consider ones immortality.
That year I had developed a tiny spot on my cheek. I itched one day and, absent-mindedly, raised a finger and scratched it causing it to bleed. It took a while for the bleeding to stop but it did so eventually. The tiny spot remained and with such a soft surface that a simple thing like pulling a tee-shirt over my head would rub the surface and cause the bleeding.
In November '23 it had grown to maybe a half cm across and looked like a pimple; continued to bleed with the slightest touch so was often a scab. I saw a doctor and it was diagnosed as a basal skin cancer, not uncommon among us oldies, and which turned out to be benign but would need removal - not serious. They put me on waiting list.
Last August ('24) I started coughing up blood. Just tiny amounts, the odd spot, but any amount is not good! Saw doctor who sent me for blood tests and x-rays and they found a chest infection. They put me on antibiotics for a week then sent me for further x-ray. The chest infection had cleared up but the new x-ray showed a pneumothorax (collapsed lung).
They sent me for a CT scan. Then the big news. I was told that "More likely than not" I had lung cancer. They gave me leaflets about lung cancer and they allocated a MacMillan nurse to be my 'go-to' for advice etc. Now they had my attention! They sent me to Colchester for a PET scan to verify the diagnosis.
The result of the PET scan was that there was 'no significant cellular activity', in other words no sign of lung cancer! The fear was unfounded. Big relief.
However...
The same PET scan showed that I had polyps on my bowel. Not uncommon in people of my age. They said that polyps can become cancerous and that they would need to be removed.
Monday, two days ago, I had a 2-hour colonoscopy in which they removed 6 polyps from my bowel and rectum and sent them for analysis.
Then yesterday they removed the basal skin cancer, by now an inch in diameter.
Next Tuesday I will have the stitches removed from my cheek then the following Monday 17th I will see chest specialist and, hopefully, find that the collapsed lung has cured itself. Then, within a few weeks the polyp analysis will hopefully be okay.
So...
Yes. I have thought about how long I may have. Especially when it was thought 'likely' that I had lung cancer and I was wondering whether Christmas would be my last; even, would I see the end of the football season?
I also realise that I have been extremely lucky. The chest problems, though potentially serious, have been dealt with in good order and led to another potentially life threatening problem being diagnosed at a very early stage and the possibility of developing bowel cancer has been nipped in the bud.
Final comments
1. If you think you have a problem get along to your doctor. The earlier you are diagnosed then the better your prospects of an effective treatment and good outcome.
2. Don't fear the treatment. I was full of trepidation before the colonoscopy. Fearing that it may be painful and undignified. The reality was that it is carried out by sympathetic professionals and causes only very mild discomfort. You don't even need to take your own lard. And you get a cup of tea and a biscuit 😊
Yes I have thought about how long I have. Hopefully a year or two yet! |
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Reply | Thread locked...
at 16:05 5 Feb 2025
Glassers... if you are reading this I wish you and your family well, particularly, at this time, your daughter.
Having said that, and with respect, you appear to be one of the main culprits.
On a thread above you are recycling something which happened eleven years ago. You have held a grievance for ELEVEN F☆CKING YEARS. And you've brought it up on this thread in which Phil is imploring us all to cut out such petty sniping and combative point scoring.
This bit not aimed specifically at Glassers..
When you get into a disagreement, make your point then walk away. The likelihood of persuading your protagonist to change their view is vanishingly small.
1) Make your point
2) WALK AWAY
Simple. |
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Reply | Thread locked...
at 14:49 5 Feb 2025
I wondered the same thing...
It is the KeIr Starmer thread. Last post was 11:22 this morning. |
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Reply | For cheese lovers...
at 18:50 4 Feb 2025
... the first line of Wuthering Heights -
Out on the wild and windy moor we'd roll and fall in brie. |
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Reply | What do the Tractor Boys think of the Tractor "Go Slow" A14 Protest?
at 19:49 3 Feb 2025
I don't support their cause. They are being required to pay, at most, half of what other family businesses would pay and there are ways to ameliorate their liabilities even further.
Having said that, I support their right to legally protest how they see fit even though, as a lorry driver, I am likely to be inconvenienced by their protest. |
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Reply | State Visit
at 10:38 31 Jan 2025
Read it carefully...
Mandy seems to be saying that Trump has respect for him, not the other way round.
Edit: A Freudian slip? Or not? [Post edited 31 Jan 10:40]
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Reply | Threatening letters from TV Licensing
at 20:08 30 Jan 2025
We get about three or four letters a year. We have a joke and it goes in the bin. We gave up replying to them years ago when we realised that replying made no difference. |
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Reply | Threatening letters from TV Licensing
at 19:14 30 Jan 2025
I've never thought of it as harassment. Letter arrives and we have a joke about being a Christmas Card from the TV Licence people, or whatever, then it goes in the recycle bin and is forgotten about. |
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Reply | Threatening letters from TV Licensing
at 14:00 30 Jan 2025
You would hope so but it doesn't stop the letters, some of which are quite threatening, and the occasional visit. 18 years now and still 3 or 4 letters per year. Nowadays they go straight in the bin, unopened. [Post edited 30 Jan 14:01]
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Reply | Führage's latest grift...
at 09:42 29 Jan 2025
He is advocating a cooperative and could be on to something. Working together we share the benefits of bulk buying, shared expertise etc, a sort of 'common market'. If only the countries of Europe, say, could form a similar union. |
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Reply | BB Is On Hs Hobby Horse Again.
at 17:38 27 Jan 2025
Nah... we have 40 brand-spanking-new hospitals, thank goodness. We'd be in a fine mess without them. |
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Reply | Postecoglou Out (n/t)
at 16:26 26 Jan 2025
Leave him where he is. We might need to finish above Tottenham. |
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Reply | On the Wrong train
at 00:56 26 Jan 2025
If you finish up anywhere near Peterborough, see if you can spot an old moped. |
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Reply | Final 15 games
at 23:36 25 Jan 2025
Did you foresee the Tottenham (a), Wolves (a) and Chelsea (h) results? |
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