Please send best wishes to...

[Wobblers]

Just seen this: hope you're feeling better soon.

It's not been ruled out that the beer had something to do with getting me in here. I'll find out tomorrow.

Dear god, no! I think you'll need a stiff drink to get over that suggestion!

 

[400bhp]

My b-i-l is in with this at the moment. Not nice.

I'll send you some ActEd marking to do

Hope all goes well.

 

[Fnaar]

Get well soon @srw
Miss Goodbody has offered to come and give you a bed bath if you need it. She said something about a "happy ending", though I'm not sure what she meant.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Get well soon. And stay off the Stones! For your fevered brow...

 

[tyred]

Get well soon.

 

[cyberknight]

GWS , if you pass a stone will you be faster as surely its less weight ?

 

[Drago]

@rvw So how is the old fart? What's the news?

 

[Bollo]

GWS @srw

 

[rvw]

@rvw So how is the old fart? What's the news?

Latest news is that - blood tests permitting - @srw should be home today. He had an ERCP yesterday, but while his innards are still inflamed they can't remove the gallbladder. (That will come later...) He's feeling better.

In the meantime he will not be able to have any fatty food (they told him that after feeding him cereal with full-fat milk for breakfast) so all our catering plans for Christmas have to be re-thought, and the work Christmas dinners are probably out. Bah.

 

[GM]

Get well soon @srw, if gallstones are anything like kidney stones you have my deepest sympathy.

 

[srw]

I am now home, thank heavens.

Thank you for all your good wishes - it's been rather an unpleasant few days so far. And there's more to come. Not just the fat-free diet I'll have to endure over Christmas (and I don't think I'll feel like drinking wine either), but a further two operations.

Although being used as a victim by a consultant training a bunch of medical students was fun it was an experience I'd have gladly opted out of.

 

[Smithbat]

Sorry @srw I have only just seen this, Glad to see you are back at home. If/when you go back in and you or @rvw need anything let me know, SMH is only two miles from me.

 

[srw]

The NHS appears to have come good - thanks, I suspect, to a fierce and supportive GP (who told me very firmly that I was having two weeks off work at the very least to recover from this last week) I've got a phone commitment to an operation this year, as a day case.

And I think I'll be glad of that two weeks off work - I've been flattened by 15 minutes standing up cooking supper.

 

[pubrunner]

Sorry @srw I have only just seen this, Glad to see you are back at home. If/when you go back in and you or @rvw need anything let me know, SMH is only two miles from me.

Likewise, I've only just spotted this; I'm genuinely saddened to hear that you've been unwell and I hope that you'll soon be back to your old form (shooting me down in flames ) on the P&L forum.

 

[srw]

Spoiler: Warning: unpleasantness inside.

The little pot is about the same length as the gallbladder that previously held this little collection. I haven't yet got the ruler out on the stones, but one was estimated at 14mm in the hospital and there are a couple of biggies the same size.

I've got a stomach that feels like it's been punched. And hiccups.