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Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chavster on November 25, 2011, 06:57:19 AM
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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!
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Welcome back and hope ya get better . . . .
P.S . . . I don`t think anyone here was talking about you while on your leave . . . :D
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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
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I had shingles last year (extremely mild case) and it was terrible. Good luck with everything and I hope you feel better.
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welcome back, Chavster :)
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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.
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Sorry to hear of your recent events. Hope all is well real soon.. I do enjoy reading your posts! Take care and welcome back. :)
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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.
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Yikes! I have a friend with shingles. No joking matter for sure!
Hope the recovery continues.
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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.
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feel better!
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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.
O0
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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. :D
Hang in there, man, and bring us up-to-date again when you feel up to it.
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Andy
Good to hear from you - - -Hope you feel better
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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.
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Glad to see your post, but not glad to hear about your health issues. Take care, rest up and get back to full strength! As you can tell by the posts, we've missed you and were concerned about you.
All the best!
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Andy, so glad your back among the living.One day at a time and feel better soon. :)
Not to brag,but I also had shingels and have a heart problem ( aneurysm ), "so don't feel pregnant ". :D
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Nice of you for letting us know. Take care
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welcome back the best to you O0 :@` O0 :@` O0 :@` O0 :@` O0 :@`
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We're all so very glad you are doing better. And welcome back!
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Thanks for checking in! These guys had me all worried/confused about your whereabouts. All I have to say is HOLY CRAP! I wish you a speedy recovery!!
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Welcome back! Sorry you've had to deal with so many health issues, but hopefully you're on the road to a full recovery.
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Glad to know you're on the road to recovery. Wishing you get the fast track. Best regards.
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Good to have you back!! Get well soon Andy!!
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Glad you're on the mend
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Hi Chavster,
Sorry to hear about all your bad health issues. I hope that You are now on the mend. I will keep you in my prayers. Take care my friend.
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Glad to hear that you're ok after going through all of that. I wish you a speedy recovery!!!
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate all your kind words :) Tonight is only the second time I have even turned my computer on since I started this thread, so I still havent replied to my messages up there ^^ but I did check my emails and I promise to get to my messages up there ^^ as soon as possible! I'm not purposely ignoring anyone, I just want to read and reply when I'll make some sense.
I'm feeling quite a lot better physically, but my motivation and interest in things is just about zero. The whole episode has zapped me of a lot of energy and enthusiasm but they're both slowly creeping back.
My real sadness right now is that I was supposed to be in America this month, doing really silly things like eating filet mignon and baked Russet potatoes (neither of which I can get here), checking out the weirdos in Walmart at 3am, being able to drink hot chocolate in Starbucks at 4am (they dont open here until 10am), going to department stores to be confronted with signs saying '50% off, take an additional 60% off' and wondering why they dont just give me 10% of the purchase price instead, and weird 5hit like that, but instead I'm stuck here on this barren medieval rock in the middle of the Atlantic for at least another few weeks. Still, at least I'm not in a pine box, pushing up daisies :D
Right, thats it from me, but hopefully I'll be able to join in again properly in a couple of weeks.
Be good and stay shiny :D
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Las Vegas isn't going anywhere. Get yourself healthy first.
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Thanks for the update--since you're blatantly non-religious, let me just wish you a healthier New Year.
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Take care of yourself - we're just glad to know that you're still with us! :)
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Gals to hear that you are on the mend.
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We know that you're as restless as a worm in hot ashes to come to the US for good food and perdy womens, but you take it easy 'til you are at least 97%.
O0