off to the hospital

Good luck for tomorrow Pete, though I'm sure you'll not need it - these heart surgeons know what they're doing. You'll be back home and back to normal in no time.
Regards, Sheila X

All the best and a speedy recovery.

all the very best of luck, it must feel strange to you, i can understand that, but you will be in safe hands

i hope you will soon be back and feeling much better, take it easy pete.

All the very best Pete, my Father in law had bypass surgery and its was the making of him, he lived to be 90, you'll soon be back tending your garden :)

And HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - I really think he looks much better now than he has done in recent years.

Be thinking of you.

wow thanks everybody ,i must admit i am really scared .i have never had an operation , but when you see the little children who are so brave allways smileing it puts it all in to perspective , thanks again love you all cheers pete xx

Make sure you take all the good advice from the Cardiac Rehab. team ... they helped me after I had a stent fitted in January ... steady and slow is the way forward ... wishing you the very best ... :o)

Yes Pete thoughts are with you its understandable you are scared.

We are all wishing best wishes.

All the best Pete. It's wonderful what they can do these days. I can understand you being frightened ... I would be aswell. But try to remember also, that the surgeons have undergone lots of training, and are probably used to doing this operation.
See you soon :o)

Good Luck,you will wonder why you were scared when its all over.

Best of luck...wishing you a speedy recover x

Anybody would be scared Pete, its a natural reaction, you`ll be in good hands, best wishes and see you soon....

Good luck Pete. We'll all be thinking of you.

thanks again everybody for the kind wishes and assurances cheers pete xx

Best wishes fora speedy recovery x

oh dear the hospital has cancelled the op untill june 13th ,i hope its not a friday ha ha cheers pete

Oh how annoying for you! You psyche yourself up to go and fall flat, still enjoy the bank holiday.......I,m looking forwards to the river pageant

oh Pete how frustrating :-((
you are ok by the way ....the 13th is a wednesday LOL

All the best Pete, hope you're 'pottering' real soon.

Aw Pete, what can I say eh? My brother is waiting to have his left kidney removed (he has a big 'balloon' of ??? on it). He was supposed to get a stent in on 30th April (to deflate and drain the 'balloon') with nephrectomy (kidney removal) on 14th May - both were cancelled!! He hasn't received another date as yet.

Wow Pete and Sheilar this is terrible .

At least you will get a good nights sleep tonight as I bet last night you did not sleep too well.

Back in 1978 I had to go on for a major operation. For 3 weeks before the date I felt the same as you Pete. Went and sat in our Parish Church the day before. I didnt ask for help because I didnt believe anyone could help me. Just sat there about half an hour. Then I felt as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I felt lighter somehow.
Went home. Next morning I walked up to the hospital calm and happy. The nurses couldnt believe I had gone up there alone. Family were all at work, so I didnt bother them.
I laughed, because I knew I wasnt alone.
'Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.'

Darn it and there we were cheering you up, I know it sometimes cannot be helped but its still upsetting when that happens, never mind Pete you can enjoy the Jubilee instead....

i had a great day in the garden & aviary so all is well & i am quite looking forward to another 2 weeks off work , although her indoors isnt happy about the lost wages ha ha i cant win lol cheers pete

just recieved another letter today my appointment has been moved for the 3rd time i have been off work 3 weeks now loseing wages & patience ,the nhs is a total shambles sorry for the rant but i feel so let down !!

My goodness thats dreadful for yoiu....

thanks pamg.i feel fed up now i have lost all confidence in the whole thing now i feel like packing it all in & abandoning the op ,they as good as told me it could keep on being resceduled ijust know when the time comes i will get another letter with another date ,ah well wheres my wine lol

Pete, my brother had an out patient appointment on Thursday regarding his left kidney. They aren't going to bother draining it two weeks beforehand now, they're just going to drain it as they remove it. It is now the size of two thirds of his stomach and needs to be removed 'urgently'. He's been told he'll receive a date for this 'urgent' operation at the end of July!!!!???

Pete , just drift off into the "arms of Morph " (i.e. the anaesthetic ) and when you awake all will be mended !
Sorry about the delay , a bit of a p...er .

You rant away all you like Pete, its very hard when they keep postponing, all you want is to get it over and done with...

thanks sheilar driad & lincslass ,i just want to get back to normal ,i made it clear i wasnt happy but at the end of the day we are all just numbers & statistics , i hope your brother gets sorted sheilar , ha ha as kojak said who loves ya baby lol ,( im glad im a nutter )

well gang im back ,i month later plus 17 days in intensive care ,things didnt exactly go to plan , but im here thats all what matters ,i got back from a spotless manicured garden to be greeted by a tropical rain forest ,i have never seen so much growth ,although not much colour , so fro £400 a week wage im now condemed to £67 benifits ,how do you live on £10 a day ? i spend £16weekly on bird food ? i will get some pics up soon as poss ,missed you all ,love pete xxxx

Pleased thsa you're back safe and well

It doesn't sound much to live on,
I buy my birdseed from the local pet shop who like the market near here buy in bulk and sell 3k seed for £5, and have a look on Goypedia there was some recipes last winter I think about how to make your own fatfood for them

There are some nice recipes for us too. :0)))

Aw Pete, it's great you're back. You've been missed loads. Don't worry about your garden, it'll be fine and don't do to much - take it easy. X

thanks shielar trouble is i have a salmon fishing trip at aberdeen 8 hrs each way driveing lol

When? I hope you're taking someone to share the driving

Pleased to see you back Pete, taking things steady I hope, the colour is very slow this year, I`m trying to convince myself that I`m having a wonderful display for autumn, lol....

thanks girls the trip is on 23rd sept ,she ,but ive got a day booked at whitby july 28 i booked them all early on in the year if i dont go i will lose £400,its a bit too near the op i think ,i cant walk unaided yet !!i know i have good friends on here to give me strength xx

Well hopefully you'll be well on the mend by then and it's something to look forward to and to aim for. Best wishes Pete for your speedy recovery!

thanks sheilar /everyone xx

Good you're back ; done and dusted !
Just take time to mend now .
The garden will return , mine was like a jungle when we returned from holiday 2wks ago , it does not take long for nature to reclaim .

I hope it's behind you. I was just looking at your pics because I had you on my list to check out and then I find out in your blog all the happenings for you. I had a heart attack last summer, and believe me I was scared almost to death. But I did have faith in the Doctors, one of them
giving me the broadest smile. And somehow that one smile mustered up every ounce of, "you can do it"...And that is what you need, doesn't matter how you get it.

The recovery is long and it's now been a year for me, and too many pills. I, too, was the model of health. Not one symptom, but hereditary. I fear the Doctors are not paying enough attention to this aspect. I am fine now, and hope you will bit by bit find your strength. And the second thing, day by day.

I see you have many friends here, so take all the support you can get and just think, the garden ahead of you.

Even though I do not know you, you have all my good wishes. Wells

thanks all for the kind words , it will take longer than expected to recover completely ,the good thing i have lost 2 stone yippee , my garden has gone crazy this year ,anyone near me can have lots of perrenials free when i split them , i have way too many & way to large also bamboo that has sent runners out everywhere , cheers pete hers a cub i just photographed at the bottom of my garden [IMG]http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy264/tanjipete/Picture613.jpg[/IMG]

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