Can fully understand. Have to admit I’m pretty numb and rather shocked by the news in a recent thread. None of us know what tomorrow holds.
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I too have suffered from AF and high blood pressure at various stages over the last few decades, and can offer a similarly amusing anecdote.
About 10 years ago I worked in a Consultancy which was ‘embedded’ into the County Council’s Highways Department. On one occasion I had been fitted with a 24 hour blood pressure monitor, where the ‘cuff’ would inflate to take a reading every 20 minutes, and then gently deflate. This unfortunately coincided with the day of a departmental briefing from our unit’s Director, Graham.
You can picture the scene as Graham, in his best ‘bib and tucker’ stepped onto a podium to deliver the latest corporate update to the senior management team and about 30 engineers, in a cosy meeting room. As he started his presentation, it was at that exact moment that my monitor inflated the cuff. What I haven’t explained is that the following cuff deflation produced a gentle but elongated “farting” sound, and unfortunately I was in the front row. Graham paused and looked down at me quizzically; “What was that?”
My response? “That was my automatic bullsh!t detector Graham”. The room fell about laughing.
He took it in good humour (as I knew he would), and afterwards asked me loads of questions. Very touchingly, he was obviously very concerned about my health.
It’s a comfort to realise that openness with those around you, can often take away any sense of embarrassment you might have. Generally people are more understanding than we expect.
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Thoughts:
Kept meaning to post to wish @Pete_the_painter “Best Wishes and hope every thing goes well for you” but seem to have missed the boat somehow and now feel awkward saying anything. So if you read this Pete I am happy that things seem to be going well for you - keep fighting.
Don’t have an amplifier anymore as I sold mine (Modwrite) as Mrs Pete was never happy that I’d bought it in the first place and was feeling guilty myself.
She says that I should never have sold the Linn Magik and so am chasing one for sale now.
Have had depression for over 40 years and it is still a pain 
Would love to have the passion (?) for music that you all have . Would like also to have the passion & dedication to learn to play the bass guitar. Tried before but I always seem to be wanting to do something else or feel that I should be doing something else - putting my time to other things. It is the same with anything.
I started to write a list of artists that I wanted to listen to because of the recommendations of this forum, but after filling an A4 sheet of paper I had to tear it out and throw it away.
Listened to some stuff, but no staying power: on the first listen so many were dismissed. A bad way to evaluate things - I know this as I hated This Years Model on first listen, now I love it.
Said too much now.
Also feel embarrassed about not having any Naim items, would love an Atom!
Pete
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G’day Pete,
I hear you and think the Black Dog has many of us. Kind people pushed too far. I used to play bass at my local church, but after the Black Dog got me, I have never picked it up again. I feel that you need some good mates who will listen, and listening is the operative word.
I wish you well on your journey. I have a good priest, psychologist and psychiatrist who has stuck with me over the years, 15 now.
Wishing you well Pete.
Mitch in Oz.
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Thank you for sharing this, very brave of you.
No need to feel ashamed for not having any Naim bits at the moment.
You don’t mention if you are getting any professional help or not. If you are that is good and I would suggest you speak with your doctor or therapist about how you are feeling and either increase any antidepressant meds you are on or start you on some. If you haven’t got any professional help, as a physiotherapist, I suggest you seek some out. It won’t be a miracle cure but it might make your life easier and help you find something to rekindle your passion.
I hope you find another Magik soon at a good price.
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As good a time and place as any to repeat what has already been posted here by me;
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Thanks for moving the post @Richard.Dane
Thank you for your replys, yes I do see a psychologist regularly and am on antidepression meds.
Funny you mention the Black Dog @Gigantor as it was introduced to me recently and has stayed with me as a useful story.
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Thanks for the well wishes.
Thought I should make something clear, I did express my anxiety (in a thread of the same mane) after receiving my diagnosis of cancer, something I would have thought was only natural. Also I am an artist and rather emotional my life has always been been about the ups and downs.
But at no time have I ever been in what I consider clinically depressed.
We have a son that has been suffering depression for years and I have complete sympathy for those that have to deal with it.
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Strange day: met up with friends who gave me news of a coffee companion who has just be diagnosed with triple cancer. Bladder, liver and prostate; but where did it originate? Now this chap has been undiagnosed for 18 months, and we see the same urologist. Sad news.
Very sorry to hear that.
Thanks - we suspected one but not three.
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My guess would be a bladder tumour that had locally invaded the prostate (or coincidental prostate cancer) along with distant spread to the liver. I’m assuming your friend has just had investigations at this stage.
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Thanks for that view, it’s helpful; I was aware that he had had a series of scans and that he was led to believe that it was prostate problem rather than a urinary issue.
I suspect more tests and likely biopsies will be needed to confirm exactly what’s going on, and my initial thoughts are simply based on relative probabilities.
While it’s not impossible to have 3 tumours arising independently in different systems/organs that would be uncommon all at the same time.
It’s not uncommon however for a more advanced tumour in one system to infiltrate an adjacent one, and it can in some cases be tricky to establish from scans alone in which it actually originated. Distant spread to the liver is far more common than a tumour originating there.
Treatment options will likely be determined by a specialist group reviewing the investigations and their opinion on whether or not the 3 sites of cancer are separate pathologies or due to a single tumour with local/distant spread.
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I still don’t know what I tore in my knee January but it took until about May/June before it was nearly better
Last Monday another incident in the other knee made me cancel my trip to Malta as I didn’t want it to be a trip in Malta …
That was bad luck. The odd injuries I find as I get older are the ones which niggle for weeks/months and then disappear almost overnight.
Yes things we used to bounce back from when we’re young now take forever to heal. Getting olds not much fun but it sure beats the alternative. 
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That’s all good and well but there’s others here think quite differently, I and don’t think I’m alone am not that interested in all the technical details but I respect others interest. I’ve always found it a place where Naims owners can connect and share their experiences.
If you’re not interested in that well you just flick past but don’t think it’s your place to tell how others members respond or react.
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Wasn’t only my opinion.
Read further back before you jump in.
Alley_Cat,
I’m ok, thanks. I had radical prostatectomy in October 2023, the tumor was pT3b N1, lymph nodes and seminal vesicles involved and I had positive surgical margins. In January 2024 four more lymph nodes were positive along an iliac artery. My PSA doubled each month. 28 sessions of RT followed. I refused to have hormone therapy.
My next tests will be around half November. I am aware that the tumor cells may have easily moved to somewhere else between tests, but I feel perfectly fine so far. And I am absolutely not worrying about anything. My best wishes to all here, especially who’s experiencing surgery, diagnosis, fear of prognosis. At 71 and in good shape, I now know that life actually is to be lived by the day. Cheers!
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