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+1Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. -
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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I've had a chest infection for 5 weeks now and have been feeling down. But after reading this I feel like a wimp now.
I wish you a peaceful and tranquil closure to you life. adiosComment
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Waiting for a bed.Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Thats a real bummer to hear and I feel for you. You're taking this with strength, humour and dignity and can only applaud you.
I once spent 6 months in hospital including a few weeks in intensive care and I know it can be one of the most depressing things to happen. Although the stay is meant to make you better, the actual stay doesn't make it better due to both the circumstances and the surroundings. I managed to get a weekend home towards the end and that helped a lot by having familiar surroundings. I think though I was pretty lucky as I ended up in ward with only 4 beds and they tended to be people of my age group (except the plonker who crashed his Maserati with his mistress in it which could great mirth when he had visiting hours, mistress walked out, wife walked in.) I was in before the Internet and all those niceties we take for granted but had my own television, my guitar and synthesiser were brought in and I managed to keep busy and occupied which helps a lot ( I also had a few bottles of beer in my locker and we had small parties each Saturday which was fun especially when it became a teaching ward and so had quite a few student nurses on it.)“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Can you escape the ward at all? Can you be wheeled out somewhere quieter? Day room? Garden?
Anything practical anyone here can do to help?Comment
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I have spent most of my working life working in hospitals. Gardens / canteen terraces and chapels (I am not religious at all - and chaplains are usually a great bunch because their interest is not the patient's medical condition) are my favourite places. As long as a patient can get off the ward of course.Originally posted by mudskipper View PostThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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WHS. I had the scare last year; I'm not sure I'd have been able to face it so admirably had it turned out the same way.Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
Are hospitals reasonably secure? I'm wondering about taking my laptop, though in reality I'm quite happy to get by with the internet on my phone. Though I'd put money on not being able to get a signal once I'm there.I was in before the Internet and all those niceties we take for granted but had my own television, my guitar and synthesiser were brought in and I managed to keep busy and occupied which helps a lot.
Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Signals in hospitals are very poor, but may have public wifi in clinical areas now. Only take anything stealable if you have a lockable bedside locker or can keep it in your pillow case.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWHS. I had the scare last year; I'm not sure I'd have been able to face it so admirably had it turned out the same way.
Are hospitals reasonably secure? I'm wondering about taking my laptop, though in reality I'm quite happy to get by with the internet on my phone. Though I'd put money on not being able to get a signal once I'm there.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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I reckon he can still cycle further than Doogie though.Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWhat happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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