Hi guys

[Chavster]

Sorry for my sudden absence. A very long story cut into tiny pieces:

A while ago I came down with Chickenpox. It was a severe case and I was on huge amounts of medication to try to kill the virus (although its a virus that cant really be killed, it just goes dormant). Eventually the symptoms vanished and I was well again, and everything was fine.

Then a lot more recently, I came down with Shingles, which is basically a follow-on from Chickenpox, which can happen either immediately after the bout with Chickenpox, or years later. I was getting more and more sick. I had zero energy, I felt like sh*t ten times over.

Anyway, just when I thought I was getting better, I started to get worse, and during the course of getting worse, I had a heart attack. Not a massive one, but it was bad enough! I was in the hospital for 8 days, on the 9th day I went home, and on the 10th day, I had another one. Oh joy. Chickenpox can be very severe in an adult, and apparently left my defences very weak. Because of that, Shingles was also a lot more severe than is usual, and this brought on the heart attacks.

So for the past few weeks I've been in some kind of very weird limbo. I'm still feeling like crap but thankfully a lot better than I was.

This is only the third time I've been online in the past few weeks and I wanted to say a quick hello so you know I didnt die or anything. I have to go back into the hospital on Wednesday for some tests and its possible that I might need to have an operation, although my doctor doesnt think it'll be necessary.

The only good thing to come out of all of this is that I was supposed to be doing jury service last week and this week, but thankfully I've been excused from that

Anyway, thats the news. Once I'm feeling a little more like myself, I'll come back to drive you all nuts again but I did just want to say a quick hi to y'all. I have lots of messages up there ^^ to read so thanks to any of you who got in touch but I'm going to save reading them for another day, and I'll reply then too

Hope you're all well and keeping those shiny domes shiny!

 

[aarrggh]

  Welcome back and hope ya get better .  . . . 

    P.S . . . I don`t think anyone here was talking about you while on your leave . . .     

[Sly Red]

I maligned you horribly due to your sudden disappearance . . .

but i take it all back. 

I certainly hope you're on the road to good health again.  You have been missed!

BTW, I'm lovin' the birthday gift!

Red

[Acme]

I had shingles last year (extremely mild case) and it was terrible. Good luck with everything and I hope you feel better. 

[Paul the Headblader]

welcome back, Chavster

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Hard to kill  bad grass .  But seriously, although the health issues are serious, at least you seem to be on the mend.  Hope progress continues--but VERY uneventfully. 

We didn't talk about you much   You'll enjoy the threads I'm sure--laughter is the best medicine. 

[4fit]

Sorry to hear of your recent events. Hope all is well real soon.. I do enjoy reading your posts! Take care and welcome back. 

[Mikekoz13]

Welcome back Andy. I'm really sorry to hear about your health issues. Take some time and fully mend! We'll be here and when you're feeling up to it you can give us all a hard time about all the speculation regarding you. I freely admit that I wondered and had some opinions...... that I kept to myself thankfully!

Peace and Prayers for a quck and full recovery.

[TheSlyBear]

Yikes! I have a friend with shingles. No joking matter for sure!

Hope the recovery continues.

[Razor X]

I had the shingles three years ago and can attest that it's no picnic.  I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been well but glad that you're on the mend.  Take care of yourself and drop in when you're feeling up to it.

[marty22]

feel better!

[Slynito]

Good to hear from you but also I'm sorry to hear that your health has been bad.

I thought it was sure a coincidence that you stopped posting at the same time, Victoria Beckham took a holiday to the UK.

When you left, the forum's average IQ went down 25 points.

Hope that you're back to 100% very soon.

 

[DCdome]

Hey Chavster!

Thanks for checking in.  Sorry to hear about your illnesses.  Whew....what a tough time you've been through.
You know, on the whole, I think I would rather do jury service than have a run of chicken pox, shingles and then a heart attack.  But that's just me.  
Hang in there, man, and bring us up-to-date again when you feel up to it.

[mangosink12572]

 Andy

Good to hear from you  - - -Hope you feel better

[tomgallagher]

O man, that sounds like 20 miles worth of bad road Andy. Hope you get better really soon. I told everybody that you were in Dubai stockng up on Crocs. Anything that we can do for you just let us know.