Frank Hovis Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Good news TMT. Treat yourself by going for a wee in the garden under the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Glad to hear it, TMT. Try not to stress about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 All safely back home, great news....nice hot mug of cocoa....good night sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Good news TMT. Treat yourself by going for a wee in the garden under the stars. It's too cold for that sort of shenanigans. What about a few pints of chilled lager then you can get up a few times in the night and have a pee under the stairs, assuming your bog is there, that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 It's too cold for that sort of shenanigans. What about a few pints of chilled lager then you can get up a few times in the night and have a pee under the stairs, assuming your bog is there, that is! The tales of people opening the wardrobe door to have a wee are legion; I know several who have but have yet to join that club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Congrats on being un-broke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 It's too cold for that sort of shenanigans. What about a few pints of chilled lager then you can get up a few times in the night and have a pee under the stairs, assuming your bog is there, that is! One of my mates weed on his turntable after a skinful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Well done TMT! It wasn't the same without you! Err... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I must have missed it - what was the actual problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I must have missed it - what was the actual problem ? He was broke. Too broke to afford the "n". Now cured by a stint in the national money-pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Soup kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I must have missed it - what was the actual problem ? This. From a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 This. From a bike. I bet you said you were "fine". I came across a bloke on a well-used stretch of coastal footpath in the summer a few years back, spark out, glasses on the floor, had clearly fallen for some reason. Rushed over to a response of "I'm fine". Only when he got up and started walking away perfectly well under his own steam did I carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I bet you said you were "fine". I came across a bloke on a well-used stretch of coastal footpath in the summer a few years back, spark out, glasses on the floor, had clearly fallen for some reason. Rushed over to a response of "I'm fine". Only when he got up and started walking away perfectly well under his own steam did I carry on. No one came to my aid. I sharply braked my bike with a searing pain in my right temple as if someone was sticking an ice pick in it. I was by a bench on the sea-front. I sat down with my left side numb and black spots filling my eyes. After about 10 to 15 minutes the pain subsided and I thought I would get up and walk to a cafe for a tea. Stood up, walked a few yards from the bench and the pain/spots returned. Hurried back to the bench. Waited about 20 minutes. Got up again. Same thing happened. Sat down. Waited about 20 to 30 minutes - now very anxious with anxiety increasing. I called 999. Coastguard first responder turned up - was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Glad you're ok TMT, sleep well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 No one came to my aid. I sharply braked my bike with a searing pain in my right temple as if someone was sticking an ice pick in it. I was by a bench on the sea-front. I sat down with my left side numb and black spots filling my eyes. After about 10 to 15 minutes the pain subsided and I thought I would get up and walk to a cafe for a tea. Stood up, walked a few yards from the bench and the pain/spots returned. Hurried back to the bench. Waited about 20 minutes. Got up again. Same thing happened. Sat down. Waited about 20 to 30 minutes - now very anxious with anxiety increasing. I called 999. Coastguard first responder turned up - was brilliant. Ouch! Sympathy. I can see you must've been concerned. Hope someone took care of the bike? Are you still allowed grapefruit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDavola Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Glad to hear you're out of the hospital, TMT. Welcome home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 This kind of brilliant? P That is my favourite Baywatch photo. Well done for knowing me so well. Edit: I can recall taking hours for that to download on my CompuSerive account via my US 14400 US Robotics modem. In those days the images would slowly appear and it, very slowly, appeared from the top down. You don't know how lucky you are nowadays. In my day you had to wait for your internet porn to be delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bloo Loo Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 When I went in for a stroke they kept me in for 6 days. They still owe me for an extra MRI scan which I didn't get....still getting money from the government though ! Blou loo..... Too bad you didn't get through the probationary period. What were you ? An HCA ? yep, or slave as I liked to call it. I dared to question....Its policy was the answer...Apparently they still think the Neuremberg defence doesnt apply to medical staff. Plus my whistleblowing complaint didnt go down well either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Published on 1 Mar 2015 Possibly the scariest moment of my life. On the 14th of November 2014 while doing stage five of my Accelerated Free Fall program I had a near death experience. At around 9000ft I had a seizure while attempting a left hand turn. I then spend the next 30 seconds in free fall unconscious. Thankfully my jumpmaster manages to pull my ripcord at around 4000ft. I become conscious at 3000 ft and land safely back to the ground. ****! ****! ****! ****! I think your jumpmaster deserves the biggest thank you present you can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Bloo loo..... Well I just don`t know how HCA`s survive . You really did that for 12.5 hours day and night ? The wife has been an HCA for 5 years now...well, 1.5 years more as a student nurse.. She`s as nutty as a fruit cake. Anyway, good luck (with that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Well I had a stroke almost 3 years ago. 5 month later I had a seizure which sorted my head out. One minute I was cooking chicken and the next I was in hospital. Worst of all she (the doctor} gave me a one year driving ban. Since then I`ve been OK. So anyway ,,,,,don't work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Bloo loo..... Well I just don`t know how HCA`s survive . You really did that for 12.5 hours day and night ? The wife has been an HCA for 5 years now...well, 1.5 years more as a student nurse.. She`s as nutty as a fruit cake. Anyway, good luck (with that) The issue is that 3/4 of the shift, including the nurses didnt speak English...Me, Im a local, and the patients understood what I was saying...nurses were unsure what I was saying, so I was constantly asked what I meant by this, or that...things like after washing a patient and tucking them up, i might say, "there you go Ethel, snug as a bug in a rug"...Ethel would smile, the nurse gave me a "WTF?" look, then I was told I should use correct words and not some i just made up...for the patients safety dontchaknow. In spite of patients naming me for special mention, I had the wrong attitude and asked too many questions, some being questions that they didnt want to answer. I have filed a whistleblower report after a serious complaint I made was ignored...it involved a foreign HCA, a hoist, a bedpan and breakfast....a day where it was lucky nobody was hurt, but being the rooky, they ignored me. Quite frankly, with CQC watching this hospital and this ward in particular like a hawk, it seems they wanted a scapegoat for several bad reports in the last two months...odd, but I wasnt even on duty at the time of any of the reports. I wasnt perfect, of course, but I hadnt been in care before...ever...still, Im not going to get angry about why they posted me on the hardest and most criticised ward at the hospital, well apart from A+E and EAU, which also had bad reports, but my Ward was named also and closed after the report. I didnt realise just how bad the systems are, how bullying is rife and built in to the systems, and how teams are destroyed by mistrust and once you got that box ticked, you were impervious to criticism. Oh, and on induction they emphasised how if its not recorded it never happened, and they were proud to come to a conclusion that missing signatures and details were sure to lead to criminal charges...yet, that very week, a nurse was sent to prison for the opposite reason, as I was happy to query with the trainers...they werent in the least interested that the nurse went to prison for signing for things she didnt do...yet they whole service presupposes a signature means what was written, happened. Useless. The place is full of good intent, but management is bound by an **** covering paper chase and misplaced trust in human nature, while at the same time demanding every second is filled with work, leading to what I saw...shortcuts, false statements and patients at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Well I had a stroke almost 3 years ago. 5 month later I had a seizure which sorted my head out. What do you mean by the later seizure sorting your head out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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