Same. My grandad was misdiagnosed for 6 months with indigestion, and acid reflux when it was actually esophageal cancer. He went in for a scan. A week or two later they sent Macmillan nurses to him in the waiting room whilst he was getting more tests before he'd had his results! They came 2 weeks later. I was in absolute denial thinking they'd made a mistake and it was nothing then the devastating terminal blow came. Awful shit man I truly feel your pain.Originally Posted by Spikey M
Christ, Spikey. Best wishes to your family. My Dad's diagnosis has been the other way. He was pissing a lot so my mam kinda forced him to get it checked out. He has prostate cancer and is currently undergoing scans to pave the way for surgery or treatment. Things feel like they're moving quickly whilst the Doctors are also saying there's no rush. When early detection is key, you really have to hope cards just fall in your lap.
Awful, awful shit when circumstances play against you.
My advice to anyone who gets a cancer diagnosis, whether its yourself or a family member / friend, is to always keep a look out for clinical trials. I know 'cure for cancer' is kind of pie-in-the-sky type thinking but there is some truly groundbreaking work being done at the minute and it is accessible if you keep an eye out.
I've already been through this shit with my mum. Went from breast, to lymph nodes, to side, to lung, to brain over 6 years. She didn't even know who I was in the end. I came down the stairs (she had to sleep sat on the sofa because she couldn't walk) to find her ripping her drip out because she needed to find her knitting needles. She hadn't knitted since I was a kid. Fuck this shit again.
Shit dude, that's rough news.
Sorry spikes. Sounds like you've had a shit time of it.
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@Kiko does your phone autocorrect "Spikey" to "Spikes" like mine does?
It has a ring to it though.
I chose to type it that way.
Of course he did. Hipster bulb.
Just realised that I left my bluetooth headphones on all week.
They're dead and I forgot the charger for them :\
Gay.
It's now worse.
Some cunt of a woman I'm sittinng close to has decided to Skype some dickheads on her phone with no headphones in and her phone volume quite loud.
Say something, you nut bag.
As if I was ever going to say anything, I just silently seethed at her whilst complaining on here.
I'd do the same every single time too.
Well there's your problem then, isn't it.
I'd assume that would be the case with most people as well.
The stuff you moan about is everyday life. Deal with it.
Depends how much it bothers someone, I guess. I don't see much point in moaning but sitting there doing nothing though. Either don't let it bother you or mention something.
I'd start shrieking in her direction tbh
It's the little things in life that fuck you off, the sort of shit I moan about is perfect for the thread.
I haven't even started on the dickheads at Uni walking up the right side of the stairs despite signs telling you to walk on the left.
So if something bothers you, you always say something? I'm calling shenanigans on that.
If it was bothering me a lot, the most I'm likely to do is to huff and make a big deal about getting up and moving.
If you're in the library then ask her to go outside.
I was imagining this to be on a bus, if it's in a library then even I would tell her to shut her noise and I'm the most passive person you'll ever find.
I was thinking a train for some reason. I can't figure out where it actually is based on Mahow's posts, but being in a library definitely changes things.
Complaining about noise on a bus is pathetic. If you've forgotten your headphones, you should be happy you've got something to listen to. The more stupid the bint, the better the conversation.
It's the university library.
It's generally pretty noisy here anyway, so headphones are needed.
Go and find an empty classroom if you want silence.
Anyone listening to music on public transport without headphones needs to be thrown under whatever the vehicle is.
Last night in my gran's I spotted a leaflet encouraging her to get vaccinated for Shingles, inside which was something so completely illogical it pissed me off for a good ten minutes. There was a table showing the ages at which you were eligible to receive the vaccine, and it was as follows.
What the fuck is that? I had a look for an explanation and found some shit about a staggered rollout so they don't get a run on their clinics, but the ages given there were different from those in that table and even that explanation it makes no sense at all.
Maybe it's some kind of experiment and they're the control group?
Fair play twinkle tits.
Is there a radio station that only builders know the frequency for? It seems to be some unholy mixture of songs from 1994 and stuff so awful that you question whether people would ever willingly listen to it.
Absolute Radio 90's?
Round here they all listen to Heart.
.....
Whatever it is it's really testing my sanity.
They played Dreamer by Livin Joy but given that it's not the middle of a forest in 1997 it rather missed the mark. We've also had Mark Morrison and Salt n Pepa (Shoop da Whoop if you're wondering) surrounded by the most awful droning r&b bullshit.
I believe gym and leisure centre foyers also have the magic frequency.
I was in this absolute dive of a mall around this time last year and they were playing Tupac - Changes with sleigh bells over the top.
If this was "Return of the Mack" I fail to see the complaint.
Somebody released a cover/sampling job of that recently. These are the sort of 'You know you're old when...' milestones the likes of Yevrah must trip over daily.
I just had one of those when we googled to find out if Tyra Banks still did the VS Fashion Show and found out she's 43 years old.
Young bloody twenty somethings calling XXXX mangoes or Milton mangoes. Fuck off you hipster cunts mangoes isn't acceptable slang.
Speaking of Mark Morrison's finest hour, someone must've remixed it and re-entered the charts with it. It's awful. Also, trailers that use covers of songs. It's at epidemic levels.
We've finally joined the first world regarding NFC mobile payments and my bank doesn't support it the fucking luddites.
Yo @Giggles, this Chrome bug seems to be spreading further and further so I can't reply to your PM.
The answer is, yeah probably but it's a massive pain in the arse.
Cheers. I'll revisit it at a later date when you can.
What's this Chrome bug? I use this place on Chrome and don't seem to have any problems.
It only seems to be affecting me but across multiple computers on different IPs (and other vBulletin users on other forums) so I'm not sure what's going on. If I quote someone there's a 50% chance my spacebar stops working.
Turned down a ticket for Fatboy Slim tonight because I'd promised my gran I'd visit. Turned up and the fucker is asleep.
Probably more fun to be fair.
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