The Grand Cafe

Thanks Geoff, as I said earlier I intend to fight.

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Yeah, Iā€™ve had a mechanical Aortic Valve since 1990. It needs me to take Anticoagulants ever since. Plus thereā€™s a few others Iā€™ve ended up taking along the way.
Itā€™s 8 tablets a day now, 4 am and 4 pmšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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Sht you must rattle when you walk. :rofl::rofl:

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Hey Peteā€”

Sorry Iā€™m late on this, was away a bit over the wā€™endā€¦

Crap news to read this morningā€¦but Iā€™m positive for you. I confess to not being great at finding words in situations like thisā€¦but I wholeheartedly echo a lot of the great comments and thoughts already posted hereā€¦.GeoffC nails it, and the caring encouragement from the likes of Bevo, Mike, Gazza, David (Hendon and 1111), Don, IanW, JimDog and all the others cover everything I would like to expressā€¦.

Keep your head up, which I feel is a huge part of the fight, and it seems like youā€™re already thereā€¦.It sounds like you have a large, caring and supportive family, which will do you wondersā€¦.and you are also clearly liked and loved around here, another familyā€¦.I know everybody will be with you.

You are a big part of the forum and it will be great if you can keep your fingers typing as and when you can and when you feel like it ā€“ both for you and everyone else!..ā€¦I drifted away from the forum later in the 2000ā€™s but of late have enjoyed dipping in again (apart from the usual bolloc*s and old suspects) and now that Iā€™m walking Down Under and eating Vegemite Sandwiches I enjoy the giggle at the musings and banter that you often stir up ā€“ plus a bit of HiFi tooā€¦:rofl:

Anywaysā€¦.I reckon youā€™re a tough old bugger, the bricks would have seen to that for sureā€¦! And if you can survive electrocuting yourself and giving the Darwin Awards the swerve, then this will be a stroll for you, albeit with a couple of bumps maybeā€¦.

Iā€™m on Dry January at present (how many days does Jan haveā€¦?!), but I raise a virtual glass to youā€¦.If I manage to get over East later this year, Iā€™d love to meet up and sink a few real ones with youā€¦ā€¦Besides, I need to rootle around your Skipā€¦! :wink::rofl:

As @GeoffC says so well:
Donā€™t stop playing music, do carry on painting and most importantly stay positive.

All best,
Steve

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Thank you. :+1:

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All the best from the DGs.

DGā€¦

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Youā€™re not trying hard enough. I now take 10 a day, for some sort of weird autoimmune condition I was diagnosed with a few years ago. :pill: :pill: :pill:

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Age is catching up with us all by the sounds of things.

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Thanks Pete, at 67 I am saying I am pill,freeā€¦

My knee being totally knackered at the moment

Best wishes

Ian

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Youā€™ve still got 2 years. :grin:

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68 this month, another year older but not wiser

Knew you were a good man, Iā€™m 69 later this month.

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Bloody eck, must have been something in the water back in the day. Iā€™m 69 tomos.

It was a heatwave here the weekend I was born plus 2 fatal shark attacks.

Would have been the opposite for you guys.

And a very happy birthday.

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I think before age catches up with me itā€™s going to be the ever warming planet boiling me into a slimy puddle that gets meā€¦! :worried::hot_face:

I do enjoy a Perth summerā€¦.:flushed:

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68 next month. Hmmm ā€¦ that makes me Aquarius tho ā€¦

Me too, mines the 29th. Not that I believe that stuff. :grin:

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Hi Pete just found out your medical news. I must have been a huge shock but it sounds like you will be in the best of hands.
Speaking as GP Iā€™ve a few patients who have the CLL variant of the disease and they lead a normal life without treatment and they never seem to get unwell from it. Iā€™ve had 2 more recent cases of different types of leukemia that are doing very well on treatment.
These days the picture is much improved and I donā€™t think it is the ā€˜kiss of deathā€™ it used to be.
All the best and make sure you have a glass of Langmails now and then and a dollop of great music with it. We are here for you.

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Thanks @IDAK I am reasonably confident.

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Ahh ā€¦ a fellow Aquarian. Always done things a little differently than other people, I suppose ā€¦
I only give astrology a certain amount of respect. It is funny how similar things or people are according to some of the directives tho.
I have two friends who are the same age and were born on the same day, and man, they are so alike in two or three different ways.