From: Jesus Petry on
On May 27, 8:01 am, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On May 8, 9:10 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> > hi everyone
>
> > this is to explain why i have not been responding to miniger and other
> > threads.
>
> > for the last two and a half weeks now i have been in hospital with an
> > extremely painful condition. i am still a resident.
>
> > would rather not go into the details.
>
> > sorry about the lower case but am typingthis from a tinykeypad
> > attached to the tv in my new  room.
>
> > take care everyone and live each day to the full, you really dont know
> > whats round the corner in this life.
>
> > rm
>
> Thanks everyone for the kind wishes.
>
> I'm finally out of hospital after over a month inside, but they've
> told me it could take up to six months before I fully recover. Even
> then, there is one aspect of my life which will never quite be the
> same, but thats something I'm prepared to deal with. Were it not for
> the surgery, I may very well not be alive today and at the very least
> would have had next to zero quality of life (I got hit suddenly and
> unexpectedly by an acute condition, again, not that comfortable going
> into the specifics).  I'm genuinely grateful to be alive and once
> fully fit, want to live each day to the full.
>
> It feels great to be back home in familiar surroundings with my home
> comforts. I don't know how hospitals are in other countries but I was
> starting to feel very trapped and institutionalised. I will say this
> much, I quite honestly saw and heard things that not just happened to
> myself but to other patients that I think will genuinely haunt me for
> the rest of my life. To quote a NOFX song "What is life, quality or
> quantity?"
>
> Okay, though, enough misery! There's a World Cup on the way and I've
> been reading my World Cup guide with a view to making the most
> accurate predictions possible (at least 80% of which you can guess
> will be wrong!). I'm actually finding some of the groups really hard
> to predict, with some teams only being seperated on goal difference.
> So many variables. Also, even though this is the first African World
> Cup, I get the feeling a lot of the African teams are going to come up
> short earlly on - but I hope I'm wrong.
>
> Live life to the full, people.
>
> Roll on the World Cup!!!!

Thanks for the good news!

Tchau!
Jesus Petry
From: Lleo on
On 27 maio, 08:01, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> Live life to the full, people.
>
> Roll on the World Cup!!!!

Indeed! And welcome back!

--
Lléo
From: Mark V. on
On May 27, 4:01 am, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Live life to the full, people.
>
> Roll on the World Cup!!!!
>
> RM

Glad you're better. I hope you have a joyful Copa!
From: El Kot on
Real Mardin wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for the kind wishes.
>
> I'm finally out of hospital after over a month inside, but they've
> told me it could take up to six months before I fully recover. Even
> then, there is one aspect of my life which will never quite be the
> same, but thats something I'm prepared to deal with. Were it not for
> the surgery, I may very well not be alive today and at the very least
> would have had next to zero quality of life (I got hit suddenly and
> unexpectedly by an acute condition, again, not that comfortable going
> into the specifics).

But would you at least share what kind of condition it was -
infectious, structural (break, organ damage/failure), or a combination
of both? I'm not asking you to reveal anything, just what you feel
comfortable sharing.


> I'm genuinely grateful to be alive and once
> fully fit, want to live each day to the full.
>
> It feels great to be back home in familiar surroundings with my home
> comforts. I don't know how hospitals are in other countries but I was
> starting to feel very trapped and institutionalised. I will say this
> much, I quite honestly saw and heard things that not just happened to
> myself but to other patients that I think will genuinely haunt me for
> the rest of my life. To quote a NOFX song "What is life, quality or
> quantity?"
>
> Okay, though, enough misery! There's a World Cup on the way and I've
> been reading my World Cup guide with a view to making the most
> accurate predictions possible (at least 80% of which you can guess
> will be wrong!). I'm actually finding some of the groups really hard
> to predict, with some teams only being seperated on goal difference.
> So many variables. Also, even though this is the first African World
> Cup, I get the feeling a lot of the African teams are going to come up
> short earlly on - but I hope I'm wrong.
>
> Live life to the full, people.

Thanks, I'll try. You do too!


> Roll on the World Cup!!!!

Yay!

--
No, no, you can't e-mail me with the nono.
From: Futbolmetrix on
On May 27, 2:01 pm, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Roll on the World Cup!!!!

Welcome back, and enjoy the Cup! And there's a pretty good Miniger
roster waiting for you

D