Hi, my name is jon1953!

jon1953
jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

WELL I just got whooping cough,back in`53 this was a notifiable illness ,that 10month old me now fought day and night ,unyill ,I got""2better"c/w "a weak cheast" doctors words,not mine,Now I know the true horrors of tht illness ONLY 50% LEFT HUPOCAMPHUS, +2 LESSIONS ON FRONTAL LOBE.something called Bronchiolitis,oh and a deformed heart and an iregulat heart beat. So I am now facing 2 little opps 1.replace major veins &Arteries in both legs. opp 2. re-constructive heart surgury and a new heart valve. So if I WAKE UP i will be better than the lasr 70yrs! my profession Formaly qualified lab tech. but ended up in Civil Engineering,via the pre british gas days ,reinvented mysel during the 90`s recessions ended up a contractor for big PhARMA, 8yrs of that then got a local job with RM untill TLEpilepsy and Bipolar did it work such is life ,but I am ALIIVE Still! jon

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  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    No on thursday i finally get to have an ultrasound mapping off both legs,to see the damage yours trully inflicted on them in 40 =/- years of Civils ,its not civil whatsoever, but payed more than my HND did ,who remembers them anyway not bad fot the consultant wanting them by min jan `24! ,we knock it but try living statesid in our precarious positions! brings it home 2 you .thanks 4 the wecm anyway apreciated.

    Regards Jon.

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,332 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    And it's a warm welcome from me too @jon1953

    Best of luck for your upcoming operations, I hope they bring you a whole new lease on life. 😁

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    Do you have any dates yet for your ops (FROM Bwaver 79,rt-all) Quess What i got up @03:30am to do hoiusehold stuff ya -know , then put me war paint on mNO!… SO @07:10 Patient transport ,kindly informed me,thast they had no-one to collect me and take me to the hospital.So the Cardio-Vacular """22Ream"have been waiting 4 this scan since jan`24, so we /'i could be looking @Dec24'/jan25,.

    Find me some railway track, i do the jon my self!

    Regars PS don`t, LET THE buggers GET YOU down! pps sry 4 the chronic grammar i have UV Retina damage,due to working outside in fresh air better than smoke filled offices in 79`s/80`s. Regards Jon

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,332 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Oh @jon1953 that's rubbish news. As Beaver has said, it's worth asking if you can be placed on the cancellation list?

    And no need to apologise about your grammar at all!

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    DONE.In myBest Civil Eng Sub Agent Expression ,citing contract law!,NOT AMUSED BUT MESSAGE DELIVERED.

    Regards Jon

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    Thank you all for your kindness and support, I AM OF AN AGE WHERE sCOPE WAS ONE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE!, MY FRIEND JNIFER HAD POLIO NEVER SAY 23 rip

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    FYI I HAVE UV DAMAGE 2 MY RETINAS DUE TO SUNLIGHR REFECTING OF EVERY SURFACE ,So Peoplewear POLOROIDS TTTTE MORE TINTED (HIPPY) THE BETTER! OR ELSE AMAZON ABT £ 15-19 ,BUT DO YOU VALUE SIGHT .

    Regards Jon

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    I ASKED if I could go on, the "drop out list". Only to be told that "they the Hospital does not operate,that type of last minuit appointment ,and will have to wait my turn , nice!. Regards jon

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,410 Scope Online Community Specialist

    Hi @jon1953 have you been waiting over 18 weeks at this point? I'm just trying to think if there is another option available

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    Hi thanks for reaching out. I HAVE BEEN WAITING 7 MONTHS CANCELELD DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE TRANSPORT. PHONED ULTRASOUND SCAN DEP BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL TOLD "WELL YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT A BIT LONGER " PHONE CUT! NHS TODAY WAIT TILL I TURN UP WITH MOSDSAD T SGIRT AND STAR OF DAVID! SO MY CONSULTANT LAST FEB PHONED ME ASKING WHY I MISSED THE APP 4 SCAN SO GAVE HER THE DATE I HEARD A LOUD "!FF" WORD she said i hope you never heard any inapropriate language in a cotswolds accent.She was disgusted, now I have a provisional wait untill next XMAS 1 YEAR WAISTED FOR A 10 MIN PROCEDURE THEN THEY CAN OPPORATE ON BOTH LEGS .SO LIVING THE DREAM! DONT let THE BUGGERS GET YOU DOWN!,REGARDS JON. Am Yisrael Chai

  • jon1953
    jon1953 Community member Posts: 10 Connected

    Just to lighten the mood a decent tune!,no not Taylor Swift!