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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 26 Nov 2008 10:55 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Rusty_Hinge <rusty.hinge(a)gruel.invalid.co.uk> saying something like: >> > > I broke 23 bones in one incident in 1981 that put me in a coma for 3 >> > > weeks and hospital for 9 months >> > >> > <stops whinging> > >> I only lived because I was extremely fit at the time, probably why you >> pulled through yours too. > >Certainly why I survived - it wasn't expected, but then, I used to run a >half-marathon before breakfast every morning. Fitness level is probably what's helped Ben Fogle stay alive recently.
From: Phil Launchbury on 26 Nov 2008 10:47 In article <FsdXk.4212$WB3.1616(a)newsfe25.ams2>, Beav wrote: > >> Constant low-level pain = very tired = irritable. >> >> Sadly the chance of my immune system suddenly deciding not to snack on >> my synovial membranes is very very slim. Hence - no healing :-( > > Uber low blood sugar helps. Well it does unless you clock off, of course. BG is largely stable (but higher than I'd like - pre-meal in the 5-6 range). Phil -- Phil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms'
From: wessie on 26 Nov 2008 14:33 Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in news:ggjrhd$m12$1(a)reader.motzarella.org: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember Rusty_Hinge > <rusty.hinge(a)gruel.invalid.co.uk> saying something like: > >>> > > I broke 23 bones in one incident in 1981 that put me in a coma for 3 >>> > > weeks and hospital for 9 months >>> > >>> > <stops whinging> >> >>> I only lived because I was extremely fit at the time, probably why you >>> pulled through yours too. >> >>Certainly why I survived - it wasn't expected, but then, I used to run a >>half-marathon before breakfast every morning. > > Fitness level is probably what's helped Ben Fogle stay alive recently. > <googles> http://www.benfogle.com/news-events/ Eww. Being eaten by Peruvian protozoa. Seems like he has the most virulent form, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_leishmaniasis#Mucocutaneous_leishmaniasis -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Champ on 26 Nov 2008 15:31 On 26 Nov 2008 18:33:47 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: >> > <stops whinging> >> >> Aye, me too. I only borked <20 and was home within three weeks. >> >> Still hurts, mind. > >I had head and facial damage You've learnt to live with it, tho. -- Champ Two standard issue crutches To email me, neal at my domain should work.
From: Rusty_Hinge on 26 Nov 2008 14:45
The message <FsdXk.4212$WB3.1616(a)newsfe25.ams2> from "Beav" <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> contains these words: > Uber low blood sugar helps. Well it does unless you clock off, of course. Nearly did that last Easter, but only as a side-effect - was taking Ciprofloxacin (Auntie Biotic) and nearly fell downstairs due to nearly passing out due to hypotension. Uncommon side-effect, that. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |