See you all in two weeks

The time has come and the local olympics is on. The race track is the stretch between my computer chair and the loo. I have to drink the 4 litres of laxative mixture in 4 hours. I have only been allowed clear liquids since after last night's evening tea.

That is the start of the preparations for major surgery tomorrow, the 1 st of September. I'm going into the Joondalup hospital at midday and operated on for a nasty bit in my small bowel & colon later in the afternoon. I had some nasties removed in the same area in 2000.

After the op, I won't be allowed to eat for about 4 days. After all that I'll be too scared to lift my arms up as I may just fall through my own A*se!

Thought I'll just say, "Cya's later", as I won't be around for about 14 days, but will surely make up once I get back from hospital.

Have a great time and enjoy your sheds and ze dust

Take care

:)

Gatiep

All the best and hope every thing goes OK

See you soon Gatiep.

Don't give those nurse's a hard time;)

:)

Take Care Joe and hope all goes well - see ya in a few weeks

Hope everything goes very well Joe.

See you in two weeks !

Good luck Joe.


Al :)

Good luck, Joe. See you soon

Rocker

Joe
We all knew you were a pain in the unmentionable. Don't you think this is taking it a bit far?
You rest well, don't let those WA medicos (no offense Derek) give you any ****, sorry bad pun. :D Come back soon and give us the ***** instead. :eek: :eek:
Seriously mate, you're one of my favourites, so I hope the really sexy nurses are there when SWMBO isn't :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;)
I hope you have a copy of Tom Sharpe's South African novel called Riotous Assembly to read while you are in there, actually better not, you'll laugh your **** off, that might be counter productive, we need your smart **** intact.
cya soon

Good luck.

Good luck Joe.

Btw don't read Tom Sharpe's South African novel called Riotous Assembly because you won't stop laughing.


Peter.

All the best...and of course we'd love you to post some pics when you get back!!!

:D :D :D

Cheers,

P

Good luck, Joe. Talk again soon.

Col

Good luck Joe.

Maybe one of the kind local members might take you in a small package of an aromatic shavings. Just so you don't have withdrawls.


Ken

Good luck, fella, hope it all goes great.

No food for 4 days.....Geeezz man, that'll be tough.

Ditto here - the best of luck to you Joe. Hope all goes well :)

Here's to a short stay with a speedy recovery.

Best wishes Joe, looking forward to seeing you back on the board in a fortnight's time.
Cheers,
Alex

All the best Joe

All the best Joe,

Maybe with you being the self apointed superglue king and all, you can glue your **** shut (after the lax have worked) Just to stop you falling through. ;)

Dan

Bummer
hope all goes well and we have you back on deck faster than expected

Ian

I'll be thinking of you Joe

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Bummer
hope all goes well and we have you back on deck faster than expected

Ian

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Ian
that's a worse pun than mine!

All the best Joe, here's to a speedy recovery.

Joe

Hope it goes off well, and you are back at the bench soon.

Hamba khahle madoda

Alastair

OK Guys & Girls, I'm now off to hospital. Thank you all very much for all the good wishes and the humour. It definately makes one feel good.

Cya all in about 10 to 14 days. Remember to make some dust on my behalf. Keep turning!!!!!!

Siyabonga khakhulu!

Alastair will translate that for you!!

Thanks a lot!

:)

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Siyabonga khakhulu!

Alastair will translate that for you!!

Thanks a lot!

:)

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The Zulu translates as:

"Thanks a lot" (literally "We thank you very much")

Get well Joe!

Alastair

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Ian
that's a worse pun than mine!

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yep but it was intended :D

Cheers Ian :)

I'm back!


Thanks a lot for all the good wishess, surely missed visiting the BB and reading all the posts.

I have been out of hospital for a few days now but just lacked the energy to even surf the net. I am sure that I'll soon make up for lost time.

I had 500 mm of my small bowel removed with malignant growths ( carcinoids) on it. Fortunately the op went well and it is not necessary for a bag. I should know by next week if the oncologist will give me chemo or not. The surgeon says he removed everything nasty that he could see but warns that there may be some left that could just start up again.

I am very greatful for yet another chance............. life is like water. When we have lots of water we splash and waste, its only when the supply is critical, that we realise how precious it is.

Thanks again for the wishess and for keeping me in your thoughts. What a great woodie family this is!

Looking forward to frequenting the board again.

:)

Joe,
Good to see ya back safe n sound and hopefully back on deck making heaps of dust very soon.
Great to hear it all went well for ya.

Joe,

With your attitude, you're a shoo in to beat it. :)

Keep positive

Craig

Joe,

Great to hear that all went well, and that you are on the road to recovery. My mum had the same problem as you, but she died of a fall at the age of 95; so hopefully you too will have plenty of time to enjoy the pleasures of retirement.

Rocker

Well done Joe, just take it easy for awhile huh.


Cheers

Give that jet engine a whirl.
all the best.
ptc

Welcome back :)

Hope Joondalup treated you well.

Good one Joe, great to have you back.

Macca

Welcome back Joe, looking forward to reading your informative & entertaining posts again.

Thank you all for welcoming me back....it sure is great to be here. Hopefully soon I'll be as active as before but at present still a bit slow off the mark. Running on 'choke' but soon I'll be warmed up and firing on all cylinders.

Have yourselves a fantastic week and keep smiling...its infectious!

:)

Joe
Speaking of infectious, I couldn't reply earlier I've had the rotten flu, but I'll be ok for work tomorrow. Doesn't that suck, crook on my time!
Doesn't matter, I'm feeling better and I hope you are too. Did you read the Tom Sharpe book?

Hey Jim, great to hear that you are feeling better. I felt so crook that I didn't even get a chance to appreciate the shapely nurses, let alone read!

Going back on Monday and Tuesday for checkups with the Oncologist and Surgeon, will definately catch up on lost time checking out the nurses!

Have yourselves a great week all!

:)

Welcome back Joe :)