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Post by iancransonsknees on Nov 6, 2023 12:00:40 GMT
Haven’t been on this wonderful thread for a few weeks so just been catching up and it’s been great to see so many thought provoking posts from some of the good guys of the Oatie so if you see multiple likes from me I do apologise. A few bits from me. - Took myself off twitter about 6 months ago was finding I was getting increasingly wound up and pissed off by some of the hate on there and the bias and poorly informed views posted on certain subjects. - A holiday helps. Went to Lanzarote a couple of weeks back and it made a huge difference both physically and mentally. Charges the batteries (I was feeling run down). - As Badge said keep talking. It’s vital. I’ve lost a few work colleagues to suicide over the years. Though you can’t help everyone just a smile and a quick chat can make all the difference when someone’s having a dark day. Sometimes the little gestures make a huge difference (same on here there’s some great posters who throw out the odd PM even when you don’t always agree with them). On a positive note I do believe organisations are getting better at supporting there employees than 20 years ago. - Never be afraid to accept help. I’ve been for therapy a couple of times over the years and though it’s not the whole answer it does help and just being able to chat makes a big difference. - Be kind. I’ve not been on the Israel thread as I don’t feel that I’m qualified enough to comment on what is a very sad situation. Politics is such a big divider and I’ve found restricting my time on the more inflammatory threads is a definate benefit. Blocking a small number of the more offensive and personal poster’s helped, also not getting drawn into long arguments that become toxic is another good tip. Just post your thoughts and run - Avoid the news. Can’t remember the last time I watched it but not saturating yourself with negativity and the problems of the world helps. I’m happier being naive to it which may account for on occasions my uneducated answers I watch a lot of youtube now (not news based). There’s some cracking tubers that just don’t do negativity. I can recommend Rate my Takeaway Away days Thogdan Butlers Empire Beard vs Food London Eats Producer Michael Food Review club Under the Cosh Very easy watches and not short on humour Also James English and Shaun Attwood are a good watch - Get some hobbies. Golf and the Gym are my faves and excercise definately helps. Look after yoursel physically and your mental health improves. - Stoke winning always helps Beard v food is very good. I concur.
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Post by flea79 on Nov 6, 2023 13:15:21 GMT
Beard v food is very good. I concur. and i rubber stamp it!
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 6, 2023 13:18:10 GMT
Beard v food is very good. I concur. Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive.
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Post by knype on Nov 6, 2023 13:29:22 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. ha ha, don't led the rabid dogs get you down mate, they gang up to force people away mate! Rise above them, you're better than they are!
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Post by iancransonsknees on Nov 6, 2023 16:37:03 GMT
Motion passed then. Beard Meets Food on prescription for the EEB.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Nov 6, 2023 17:01:32 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. I've avoided that thread mostly. It just isn't worth it. With all the propaganda and false twitter nonsense its a nightmare. Its an interesting read though if you stay away from commenting.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 6, 2023 17:45:53 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. I've avoided that thread mostly. It just isn't worth it. With all the propaganda and false twitter nonsense its a nightmare. Its an interesting read though if you stay away from commenting. It is. Though I have to say I’ve tried to avoid the news as I feel from the snippets I have seen I have an idea how bad it is but letting it take over your life and watching it constantly particularly the graphical content can’t be a good thing and I don’t want the wife to see me wandering around with the worlds worries on my shoulders. Sometimes you have to protect yourself or it’ll start to affect your mental health especially as there’s little that anyone can do and you have to start thinking about those that are really important to you and who you love.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Nov 6, 2023 18:25:11 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. I've avoided that thread mostly. It just isn't worth it. With all the propaganda and false twitter nonsense its a nightmare. Its an interesting read though if you stay away from commenting. You tend to find most of the posters who passionately espouse their fundamentalist beliefs, that are so certain in their own rightness, rarely appear on a thread that actually means something and makes a genuine difference. I mean I just don't get why you'd waste the time and energy on those threads when you could post about crisps, chocolate and the odd attractions that are out there. It's much more important and meaningful.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 6, 2023 18:42:48 GMT
I've avoided that thread mostly. It just isn't worth it. With all the propaganda and false twitter nonsense its a nightmare. Its an interesting read though if you stay away from commenting. You tend to find most of the posters who passionately espouse their fundamentalist beliefs, that are so certain in their own rightness, rarely appear on a thread that actually means something and makes a genuine difference. I mean I just don't get why you'd waste the time and energy on those threads when you could post about crisps, chocolate and the odd attractions that are out there. It's much more important and meaningful. and brings some much needed humour and reminiscing in what are tough times. The aforementioned threads are great and bring posters together unlike any threads based around politics or religion. What you find with a lot of threads like the Tory and more Israel threads are they soon become echo chambers where 90 percent of the posts are made by the same 5/6 people. I’m guilty of it myself as I can’t help myself on certain subjects but there has to be a time you have to walk away or you end up getting into long drawn out arguments (not discussions). A poster gave me some good advice a while back (wish I’d listened) where he said post and run. He was without doubt right.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Nov 6, 2023 21:44:35 GMT
You tend to find most of the posters who passionately espouse their fundamentalist beliefs, that are so certain in their own rightness, rarely appear on a thread that actually means something and makes a genuine difference. I mean I just don't get why you'd waste the time and energy on those threads when you could post about crisps, chocolate and the odd attractions that are out there. It's much more important and meaningful. and brings some much needed humour and reminiscing in what are tough times. The aforementioned threads are great and bring posters together unlike any threads based around politics or religion. What you find with a lot of threads like the Tory and more Israel threads are they soon become echo chambers where 90 percent of the posts are made by the same 5/6 people. I’m guilty of it myself as I can’t help myself on certain subjects but there has to be a time you have to walk away or you end up getting into long drawn out arguments (not discussions). A poster gave me some good advice a while back (wish I’d listened) where he said post and run. He was without doubt right. I take a similar approach to the Met thread. Having been in the job albeit quite a while ago at Notting Hill I don't think it'd be productive getting involved despite first hand experiences. Best stay away is a good policy.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 6, 2023 22:41:00 GMT
and brings some much needed humour and reminiscing in what are tough times. The aforementioned threads are great and bring posters together unlike any threads based around politics or religion. What you find with a lot of threads like the Tory and more Israel threads are they soon become echo chambers where 90 percent of the posts are made by the same 5/6 people. I’m guilty of it myself as I can’t help myself on certain subjects but there has to be a time you have to walk away or you end up getting into long drawn out arguments (not discussions). A poster gave me some good advice a while back (wish I’d listened) where he said post and run. He was without doubt right. I take a similar approach to the Met thread. Having been in the job albeit quite a while ago at Notting Hill I don't think it'd be productive getting involved despite first hand experiences. Best stay away is a good policy. You’re right. I liken it to licking a battery when you were young. You know you shouldn’t do it and that doing it is only going to cause you pain and misery but you can’t help yourself and surprise, surprise it causes pain and misery
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Post by deeside2 on Nov 7, 2023 7:33:02 GMT
There are numerous threads that just get swamped by "the gang" that are just not worth getting involved with. I used to have to bite my lip (or sit on my hands) so as not to respond, but some of the opinions are not only completely one-eyed, they are incorrect (IMO) and/or ill-informed, and if you dare to voice an opposing viewpoint can be offensive and downright nasty.
I don't bother getting involved anymore and just let the "righteous brothers" get on with it. I've also blocked quite a few of them and the board seems a much better place for me.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Nov 7, 2023 7:40:29 GMT
I take a similar approach to the Met thread. Having been in the job albeit quite a while ago at Notting Hill I don't think it'd be productive getting involved despite first hand experiences. Best stay away is a good policy. You’re right. I liken it to licking a battery when you were young. You know you shouldn’t do it and that doing it is only going to cause you pain and misery but you can’t help yourself and surprise, surprise it causes pain and misery Classic. Thankfully I've managed to get through life so far without licking any batteries. But now you mention it........... 😆 🤣
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Nov 7, 2023 10:01:41 GMT
I take a similar approach to the Met thread. Having been in the job albeit quite a while ago at Notting Hill I don't think it'd be productive getting involved despite first hand experiences. Best stay away is a good policy. You’re right. I liken it to licking a battery when you were young. You know you shouldn’t do it and that doing it is only going to cause you pain and misery but you can’t help yourself and surprise, surprise it causes pain and misery Fucking hell chief they taste horrible and I've burnt me tongue 👅 😆 🤣
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Post by flea79 on Nov 7, 2023 12:51:26 GMT
You’re right. I liken it to licking a battery when you were young. You know you shouldn’t do it and that doing it is only going to cause you pain and misery but you can’t help yourself and surprise, surprise it causes pain and misery Classic. Thankfully I've managed to get through life so far without licking any batteries. But now you mention it........... 😆 🤣 I once put my tongue on a 9v battery as a kid just for fun, my hair has been mad every since!
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Post by iancransonsknees on Nov 8, 2023 18:18:50 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. Attachment DeletedHang on, is there any way of locking them out of those threads?
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Post by felonious on Nov 8, 2023 19:26:58 GMT
Sadly I breached my not going on the Israel thread and popped on a couple of posts re some loosely based threads around protests. It soon made me realise why it’s not the thread for me and why politics isn’t good for your blood pressure. The futures definitely crisps, chocolate bars and women you find strangely attractive. View AttachmentHang on, is there any way of locking them out of those threads? They're humourless loners I suspect it's covered by self censorship
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 9, 2023 17:37:04 GMT
Hopefully the high profile nature of this will encourage other people to get help, wishing the lad well and hope he's feeling better soon.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 9, 2023 20:25:22 GMT
Just watched this. Not sure where to post this but It’s truly harrowing and incredibly thought provoking and though very sad worth watching. I’ll be thinking of these 3 brave lads on Sunday. RIP www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p077ysvd
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Post by flea79 on Nov 10, 2023 16:55:43 GMT
Just watched this. Not sure where to post this but It’s truly harrowing and incredibly thought provoking and though very sad worth watching. I’ll be thinking of these 3 brave lads on Sunday. RIP www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p077ysvdPTSD is a terrible affliction, you can never get rid of it, just learn the signs of an attack and your triggers behind it, you can learn too manage it is all and express it in a more positive way i have been cooking for the last week and with the other things piling up it is increasingly hard too manage but i will get there
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Post by gawa on Nov 11, 2023 22:15:25 GMT
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 12, 2023 13:16:36 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 12, 2023 14:38:53 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Sounds like despite all the pain and turmoil you’re getting through it, I have no doubt you’ll be stronger for it. Fair play mate..……
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Nov 12, 2023 14:47:48 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Big respect 👍🏻 I’m glad things are looking up for you.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 12, 2023 14:49:06 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Sounds like despite all the pain and turmoil you’re getting through it, I have no doubt you’ll be stronger for it. Fair play mate..…… Thankyou mate. It has made me appreciate everything I do have a hell of a lot more that's for sure. I always think that no matter how hard it is to get up and walk there are people who haven't got that luxury to be able to and that's all I need to get up and do it mate.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 12, 2023 14:49:57 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Big respect 👍🏻 I’m glad things are looking up for you. Thankyou Tommy 👍
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Post by iancransonsknees on Nov 12, 2023 14:55:32 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Thanks for taking the time to put all that together and explain it so well. A fantastic post and although it's clearly been tough hopefully it'll prove inspirational to anyone going through, physical, mental or personal turmoil. I just can't believe Badger's worth listening to though, that's blown my mind.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 12, 2023 17:25:07 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Thanks for taking the time to put all that together and explain it so well. A fantastic post and although it's clearly been tough hopefully it'll prove inspirational to anyone going through, physical, mental or personal turmoil. I just can't believe Badger's worth listening to though, that's blown my mind. Just providing the man with some support and humour during a particularly difficult time isn’t hard. It’s an increasingly fucked up world but hearing what some people like middleoftheboothen are going through puts things into perspective and people like him are an inspiration for idiots like me who get pissed off at the smallest of things. And I know it was a joke but getting a message from him the other week where he expressed his appreciation for checking in on him meant a lot to me. I hope he doesn’t mind me saying. Anyway onwards and upwards everyone 👍🏻
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 12, 2023 18:03:35 GMT
Took me a while to put this on here but here goes. In around march last year I had pain in my right knee which felt like I had pulled something or damaged ligaments etc. I thought I had done it at work and it would pass but over the next few weeks and months it got worse and the swelling got bigger and bigger. In the end I went to the doctors and he booked me in for a MRI scan a month later. By the time of the scan I could barely walk in to have it done. A day later my doctor's rung me up to say they thought it was bone cancer and that the tumor was big and aggressive. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to listen to made worse by the fact my one year old was staring at me at the time. I was referred to Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and was sent there for a biopsy a few weeks later. Then followed a two week wait for the results and I could now hardly get up as my leg would not move and the pain was unbearable. Two weeks later I had the phone call and found out that it was not cancerous but was a giant cell tumor that destroys the bone and tissue around it and although they are very aggressive there is only a small chance they can spread to the lungs. It was a relief but I was still worried as amputation was not out of the question. The day I got the call I tried to get back on to the sofa after going to the toilet with help from my girlfriend and my leg just broke. I was taken to Stoke hospital where they told me the tumor had caused most of my femur to crumble. After being put into a cast I spent two weeks in there before being discharged. The treatment for my tumor then started with me having denosumab injections every week at the start and then monthly which they hoped would stop the tumor growing and hopefully even shrink it. The side effects are not great at all though but it had to be done. Many meetings and scans were to be done at Birmingham and in time I was told that the only way they could remove the tumor was to take away my knee and half of my femur as the damage was to bad to repair. I would be fitted with an endoprostetic and I would have the chance to walk again. I had hope again but it would be a year to the day from when I broke my leg until surgery. A handover of the company that were making my prosthesis meant that my drawings were lost so the original date for surgery was cancelled. At this point I was loosing hope and there were times when I felt like I couldn't go on with it anymore as the pain and being stuck in a cast for so long not being able to do anything started to hit home. I carried on for my kids and my family at this point and they are the only thing that kept me going. They won't ever realise how much their faces saved me. I had surgery on the 31st of August this year and it was a success. I spent a week at Birmingham Orthopaedic hospital and two days after surgery I could put weight on my leg although it hurt it felt good to walk again. I got home and things were tougher than I thought they would be. It's strange because I felt great it had gone but couldn't get my head around how much things would have to change with a prosthetic leg under my skin. Add to that the fact I had to learn to walk again. I was struggling to sleep and being on painkillers for the past year wasn't making things any easier. Again my family picked me up and got me through. I had a week of intense physio three weeks ago at Birmingham and after walking with crutches in a cast for a year I was now cast free, crutch free for small distances and had a leg that actually worked. Things are still hard to get used to but I feel like I've done the hard bit now and things will only get better. Hartshill badger told me to put my story on here and I felt like I had to incase it could help anyone else who might be going through tough times. If there's ever a pain or something not right with you get it seen to. I put it off for too long and nearly lost my leg. That's the main point but the other is that no matter how bad things are at the minute they do get better. It's hard work and it hurts to talk about sometimes but speak to people around you because my family and friends got me through this. They tell me I was the one who got through it but that's not true at all as they truly did get me through the hardest times. All the nights I lay here thinking it would be easier to not be here were just thoughts because I'm still here and I can walk again and I'll be watching the potters before the end of this season. Thankyou for reading if you have got this far. Thanks for taking the time to put all that together and explain it so well. A fantastic post and although it's clearly been tough hopefully it'll prove inspirational to anyone going through, physical, mental or personal turmoil. I just can't believe Badger's worth listening to though, that's blown my mind. Just felt like I needed to do it show that no matter what happens and how bad things get you can get out the other side mate. He's a good un mate as are many on here.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Nov 12, 2023 18:05:56 GMT
Thanks for taking the time to put all that together and explain it so well. A fantastic post and although it's clearly been tough hopefully it'll prove inspirational to anyone going through, physical, mental or personal turmoil. I just can't believe Badger's worth listening to though, that's blown my mind. Just providing the man with some support and humour during a particularly difficult time isn’t hard. It’s an increasingly fucked up world but hearing what some people like middleoftheboothen are going through puts things into perspective and people like him are an inspiration for idiots like me who get pissed off at the smallest of things. And I know it was a joke but getting a message from him the other week where he expressed his appreciation for checking in on him meant a lot to me. I hope he doesn’t mind me saying. Anyway onwards and upwards everyone 👍🏻 Everyone gets pissed off at the smallest of things mate. Also there are people who go through alot more than I have and who don't get through it or aren't as lucky as I have been. I don't mind you saying mate and a thankyou message was the least I could do.
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