A Sincere Thank You...

[choux]

...to all who have supported me and entertained me. It has been the most difficult year for me and AB has helped me out.

I shall be off the radar for some time but, hopefully, I will be back ;)

I wish you all well and hope that your year ends peacefully .
Yes, in other words, a Happy Christmas to everyone. Take care and look after yourself and others. A good deed does go a very long way. xx

[choux]

That is so kind of you all, many thanks.

Alba, you made me laugh! Believe it or not I am an exemplary hospital patient. My SOH has occasionally got me in trouble (unbelievably) but I am mindful that not everyone will share it.

However, I have met my consultant surgeon - absolutely lovely man and the anaesthetist who ectured me for a long while on my smoking. To be fair I have tried to cut it down, a lot. He then did a fitness test for the heart and lungs. I am notoriously bad on a treadmill and staff usually have to get a doctor to attend to me afterwards. This week I was on an exercise bike - deep joy in the fundy mental lode! I have never had so many ecg points stuck on me and they gave me a bumbag thing in which to hold the battery pack. I had more leads on my lap and upper legs - looked like I had thrown loads of cooked spaghetti down myself.

With a weird rubber mask on my face into which he had fixed the breathing tube I sounded like a poor Darth Vader when I had to speak. I nearly killed myself but I completed the test. Took slightly less time and cold water to recover than I did on treadmills.  

Whilst he waited for 1 computer to talk to another he again lectured me on my risk factor. Eventually he entered all the details to his computer calculator and his face fell. I steeled myself for the result. Smoked for over 60 years many of which I had abused myself with 60 a day. The lowest risk is 1%.

I had a risk factor of 1.5%. The moral of the story is if you are a heavy smoker - lose 6 stones in just over 2 years ;) He didn't  lecture me further ;)
 

[Vagus]

Hey choux 🙃

I haven't popped in or even looked at AB recently for various reasons but I'm so glad I did today and saw this.

I so hope your pretty serious sounding op goes as well as it can and you make a speedy recovery. You know what they say...keep on keeping on!!

Im sending you much love ❤️ and some 🍇 and 💐, and look forward to you posting on AB again 😘

[choux]

Hey, Vagus, how lovely to see you again. :) Bless you. I intend to be back if it is up to me. Some may see that as a threat not a promise! You have a lovely time and take care. ❤

[choux]

(Well, it showed as a red heart when I clicked on it - pft)