Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 31, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 31, 2018 Please tell me one of his paws was bigger than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted January 31, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted January 31, 2018 I was wondering that myself. I didn't see him, just got the text from my Mum about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 Went for an endoscopy yesterday morning. Jeezo. It was quite painful as they were shoving it in my throat but apart from that nothing that bad. Scared for no reason. First part of shoving it in is a bit dodgy though. Practice your breathing for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, bAzTNM#1 said: First part of shoving it in is a bit dodgy though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Went with the banana flavoured throat spray. I think that's the way to go with this thing. Sedatives take too long to hit you and don't primarily work on your jaw, throat and tongue region. Get your breathing right and most importantly, don't panic. Once the dodgy first ten seconds are done, it's basically ok. Edited February 2, 2018 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Travelled over to York Railway Museum today, and as luck would have it, there was an exhibition with the spacecraft Tim Peake used to get back from the International Space Station in. As a noted space fan, this was a total surprise and I was awestruck standing next to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 02/02/2018 at 5:42 AM, bAzTNM#1 said: Went for an endoscopy yesterday morning. Jeezo. It was quite painful as they were shoving it in my throat but apart from that nothing that bad. Scared for no reason. First part of shoving it in is a bit dodgy though. Practice your breathing for that. I feel you you baz, never had a camera down the throat but I’ve had one up the nightmare. Trainee docs performing the procedure, 8 or 9 people (including young/uni female nurses stood around the bed) whilst I lay on my side, parting my fundament. Best part was, they didn’t administer enough anaesthetic for the length of the procedure, half way through I felt the camera and the blades. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 3, 2018 I have to go for a cystoscopy (flexible camera up the pee-hole into the bladder) once a year, to make sure the cancer hasn't come back. So far, no sighting of the bastard. In two years' time, it'll have been ten years since the initial operation (which was a flexible laser up the pee-hole into the bladder), so if they haven't seen anything in those remaining two years, my file gets downgraded as it's most likely not coming back, and I won't have to go any more. Not a fun experience. I've got the technique down properly now, coughing at the right moment so that it's not painful when they push the camera into the bladder, but it's very uncomfortable, and I'm left with an overwhelming urge to piss for the next hour or so, even when there's nothing there. And for the next two days I have a sharp, pinching pain when I go for a slash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 3, 2018 Ugh. Jeez. That sounds horrible. You definitely win for the worst 'oscopy'. Sorry you have to go through that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks, man. Yeah, it's no fun, but believe it or not, the worst part is the night before. I can never get to sleep until the early hours, because, no matter how much I try to stay calm and ignore it, there's the constant thought running through my head: "What if it's back?" It seems particularly irrational given how it's never been back, but bladder cancer killed my maternal uncle back in 2009, and with all the evidence showing a strong link with genetics, I find it an impossible notion to shake in those moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 Chest is right, my experience has fuck all on that. You brave bastard. If I could send you some respect in the post I would do, recorded delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks, Kaz, I appreciate that. Honestly, though, I consider myself lucky: they got the cancer early, and it's never been back. There are so many poor souls out there who have it much, much worse with the radio and the chemo, and they don't even get the reassurance of it being gone. A relatively brief period of discomfort once a year feels like a blessing by comparison. I guess you could say it's the male equivalent of a smear test. Physically, the worst part was the first year following the operation, though: had to have it four times that year, then twice the next, then was downgraded to once annually. The recovery from the op itself was hell, too - took six weeks to recover, felt like I was passing razor-blades every time I went for a piss, and, of course, there was blood with that. Mentally, I felt like I was a broken toy. But it's all in the past now; I'm fully recovered, and I don't want to trivialise the experiences of those really and truly suffering by dwelling on it. One of the best things to come out of it is that, when i said to myself, out loud "I had cancer", I suddenly, to paraphrase Tyler Durden, knew, not thought, that one day I am going to die, and it was a bizarrely freeing thought: I felt like I had permission to live life properly now. It's been a while, and I sometimes forget it as a result, but I try to remind myself of it whenever possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Carbomb said: Mentally, I felt like I was a broken toy. Maybe, but you’re clearly of those high quality toys from our grand parents era that outlive the owners, and that collectors lose their shit about. A bit of oiling and tinkering every year, that’s all. Ive possibly inadvertently called you a rusty old fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 Are you suggesting we pack him up in the attic and just get him out on special occasions, but don't let the grandkids touch him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2018 44 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said: don't let the grandkids touch him? Sound advice for both parties I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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