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I have been given permission to advise forum members that one of our members was involved in a serious car accident on Saturday, 17 May 2014.

Ms. Kim Osborne, who is known to us as Australia Coins, was flown to too The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, in a critical/serious condition.

I have been advised that she was moved from emergency to Intensive Care and for the next day or so will be heavily sedated because of her injuries.

I shall be visiting her from time to time so if anyone wishes to pass on any wishes etc via the forum, please do so as I will check the forum, print the comments off and take to her.

I shall give reports to Kim's progress as they come to light.

For your information.

NOOOO i am shocked ,   i hope she  will be OK , Thinking of you Kim ,

Give Kim my regards Goldie,such sad news.I hope she hangs in there
and will be OK as we will be thinking of her

That is terrible news.
Please send my Love and best wishes when you visit Bruce.
Although I have never met Kim I consider her to be a true and Good friend and I hope her recovery is speedy and complete.

thanks goldie
please pass on our best wishes and a speedy recovery to kim

Thank you so very much Bruce, I have been a bit upset but she's a tough little cookie so she'll be fine :friends:

Yes please give all my love and best wishes and lets her know she's always in my thoughts so hope she has a quick recovery :heart:

Thanks for sharing Goldseeker.
Lets all hope for a speedy and healthy recovery.

Wishing Kim all the best in her recovery.

All my very best wishes to Kim, and hope for a speedy and complete recovery. Heaps of hugs and kisses. :friends:

What terrible news Goldie. Please let Kim know that we're all thinking of her and hoping that she's on the mend as quickly as possible.

Thanks for the updates Goldy. Wishing Kim all the best in getting through this. My step-brother lives right near to where this happened and I had a chilling moment when I put 2 and 2 together with this news. Jenny and the family be strong.

A speedy recovery Kim and the forums best wishes to you and your family.

Get well soon KIm

She is a Facebook friend of mine.  I am so sorry to hear this.  I send her best wishes and wish her a speedy recovery.

Hope all goes well for a very speedy recovery Kim,your a fighter & i have no doubt you will be fine mate.
:give_rose::give_rose::give_rose:

dreadful news Goldie
I hope AC recovers OK xx robbie

Not much as far as flowers go in my garden at the moment but it is the thought that counts.

FOR KIM

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thanks for sharing bruce ,

 please give kim our love and we pray for a complete and speedy

recovery for her ..          ,, kel ,,         :heart::heart::heart:

I am sure that the many good wishes you can pass on from forum members will be a lift for Kim. Hoping for a quick and complete recovery for all concerned.!!

Goldie, thanks for letting us know.
Please pass on to Kim, my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

All the best to Kim for a great recovery.

Terrible news. Best wishes to Kim and I hope all works out ok

Praying for Kim and wishing her and her family and friends all the best.

If someone is collecting to organize flowers for when she comes out of intensive care please let me know and I'll throw in.

I am a newby here, hence never had any interactions with Kim... regardless sounds like Kim is a trooper!

All the very best Kim, wishing you a speedy and full recovery.

.....very,very sad,all the best for a speedy recovery.

Hoping Kim gets better quickly.

All the best Kim. Mrs Splock is working hard this evening at the Alfred and with her and all the other staff there you're in safe hands. All the best for a speedy and full recovery.

All the best AC - wishing you a speedy recovery.

Pedro

I don't know you Kim as I am fairly new here, but we are all in a coin collecting family, so stay strong, and I'm sure I will see you on here soon. Best wishes.

Hope she recovers fast...give her my best wishes.

That's awful, hope she recovers okay.

Thanks Bruce for letting us know. I am sure you will pass on our words of encouragement and friendship appropriately.

That's twice in one week for us to have very bad news. A friend of ours was run over and killed, riding her bicycle earlier in the week. It's a nasty shock.

Terrible news.Prayers and best wishes for a safe and speedy full recovery.

Joe

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='49501' dateline='1400450083'Thanks Bruce for letting us know. I am sure you will pass on our words of encouragement and friendship appropriately.

That's twice in one week for us to have very bad news. A friend of ours was run over and killed, riding her bicycle earlier in the week. It's a nasty shock.

Sorry to hear that Jeff
That is really awful
robbie

Is anyone able to give an update on how our AC is doing?

I have just got off the phone to Kim's parents with an update.

First, Kim's parents and family wish to thank everyone for their support and best wishes for a speedy recovery that we all know will take a very long time.

Kim was moved from ICU to a Ward this afternoon.   She is making very slow progress towards recovery and as yet needs much medical care.

A major operation is planned for Wednesday and more tests over the next week or so.

I shall be visiting the Hospital this coming Sunday to hand over a card with all your wishes etc attached.   However, I shall not be seeing her at this stage as I am coming down with quite a nasty head cold and I do not wish this cold to complicate things.  

Until Kim improves somewhat, I do not wish to impose myself on her ahead of Kim's family so it will be sometime before I get to see her.

I spoke to her mum re flowers and the response I received was "She is not a flower type girl" but I did find out that she loves the little, old threepenny pieces particularly if there is a "blob" within the figures of the date.   I believe kim herself has commented re this somewhere else on this forum.

As I get reports and approval to post, I shall do just that.

:hi: thank you very much for the update Bruce and mate she loves her 3d's and talks about them all the time and really knows quite a lot about them :good:

Thanks Goldy, great to hear that Kim is out of ICU.

Thanks for the update Goldy.
If flowers are not the right thing, maybe a few 3d coins to noodle through would be good to pass some time in hospital?
I don't know much about predecimal coins so someone else would be best to organise it, but I will chip in a few dollars if someone wants to do it.

I was thinking something like that Oz or as she also loves her fishing maybe a new rod and reel :)

I like that idea, AJ.  She's always talking about going fishing.

Well I can tell you all that we are just so very lucky that our little mate is still with us, it wasn't your time Kim so I think you definitely have someone looking over you :angel: The thing that worried me the most were head injuries as I know what it's like to have them play humpty dumpty with you but it looks like it's all good and she's a tough one and will be back with us in no time :good:

Life is just so precious and we only get one go at it and our brain is so very fragile it's not funny and we only get one and I don't think we realise or appreciate how much we take for granted until something happens and sometimes it's too late so enjoy what we have while we have it..I didn't realise how much I lost until it was gone but trying to have a better understanding and appreciate the smaller things in life so take care and be well :friends:

I visited Kim this day and was somewhat surprised how good she looked.   Siting up in bed but a little groggy from the medications that have been pumped into here.

Good news though.   The operation to fix her pelvis/hip is no longer going to be carried out.   It was planned for today but was put off till tomorrow.

I have downloaded three pages of everyone's wishes and gave them to her with quite a comical "medical card".   She smiled and peered through one eye at some of the comments.   I think she will read them a bit better once she has worn off some of the effects of the medications.

Kim asked me to pass on a big thankyou to all that have sent wishes for a speedy recovery and in turn, this is in turn is assisting her parents to cope with this situation.   Having to motor some 3 hours up and then back everyday must be taking it's toll.

I shall be visiting Kim again on Sunday unless she returns to a more local hospital near home.

Kim is just itching to get out of the hospital and have a bath or shower according to her mum.

Gee that's excellent :yahoo: just such good news and thank you very much for keeping us updated Bruce, really appreciate it mate :friends: Yes I feel for all involved and just so thankful that all will be ok :heart:

Thanks heaps Goldie
great that you helped make the little possum smile under the circumstances

:laugh2: yeah little possum alright, in a bag, man can she fight :)

She's definitely one tough little gal.  I've been putting the news I hear here on her Facebook page.  I really appreciate the updates.

That's great news Goldie. Hopefully Kim will be up and about soon. :)

Great news that A.C. is on the improve, sending positive vibes from here.!! :heart:

Glad that she is OK. Wishing Kim a speedy recovery!

Yes, very good news, so pleased to hear that AC is on the mend. :yahoo:

Yep,all the best.

Had an email today from Mum and Dad and it looks like Kim is going into rehab tomorrow but only if certain things happen.

We all hope that things are progressing well for her.

I hope to be seeing her again on Sunday.

Thanks Bruce, please give her all my best, be good to have our war wounded back on board :friends:

thanks Goldie
 I work in rehab now
tell her to come up here!!

QuoteKim is going into rehab tomorrow but only if certain things happen

I hope all the 'certain things' do happen so Kim can begin the homeward journey. :friends: XOXOXOX

Yep,hope all goes well for both Kim & Kel in their recovery.

Yep, things have progressed very well according to Kim's mum, Kim has been moved from the Alfred Hospital to a rehab centre in another part of town for rehab and such and will be there for up to three months.

According to Mum, Kim is getting back to herself with full voice etc and doing things that she shouldn't do.

Good luck to her.   This proves she is on the mend.

However, who was the one that has sent Kim a "Teddy Bear" as big as her?

Very good news. Thanks. (It wasn't me).

Gee three months the poor lass will go mad but she's still with us so that's the main things and everything else can be worked on, so we might have to get her a noodle bag to break the boredom. I should send some of my, what she kindly called hockey pucks the cheeky thing, and they're my pride and joy :laugh2: picking the rubbish off the coins should keep her amused for ages. But ya gotta feel sorry for the poor staff as she'll be giving them what for.

Come on Bruce as big as her, that's HUGE :laugh2: tell her I said that and your in big trouble mate :winkextra: just as long as it helps to the road to recovery and it's times like these we need support from our family and friends even if they are a thousand miles away and it's the little things that make us happy and I know from experience so you's can bag me out if you must but I don't care as I just wanted to do something special for someone that I call a friend and needs a little support in her time of need so now I have to work out something nice for me old mate Kel, anyone got any thoughts??? I know he said he didn't have a dancing man with sunnies so I have one of them but I can't send just one coins so anyone remember any other coins or even just something they think he'd like :hi:

Yeah I carry on but when a friend needs me I try and be there, just hard being so far away so we do what we can :friends:

I visited Kim this day in the company of my wife and Kim really did look good.   Siting up in bed, legs crossed and giving good conversation to her mum and dad.   Looks like she will be flitting between the Rehab Centre and The Alfred Hospital for a while for xrays/tests/etc.  

Kim can't wait for permission to move about as she is on the move by herself.   Walking about etc but will not take a shower without assistance according to her mum.

Good luck to her.   The bruising is still there but it is gradually fading.

Her new friend, the bear, is close by and keeping her company.

I gave her all the latest notes of get wells that was on the forum pages.   A good smile was seen.

She was given the package from Markn and PPH and she loved it.   Big broad smiles.   A nice gift.

That's it from me at this stage.

Thank you so very much for keeping us updated Bruce, I really appreciate it and fantastic news that she's doing well, tell her she has many friends here that miss her heaps and can't wait for her to get back :friends:

Thanks Goldy.

Great news, and wonderful to hear that Kim is doing so well.  Thanks for the update Bruce and Mrs Goldy. :yahoo:

I got a call tonight from Jenny with thanks from Kim and the family for the card and gift we sent that Goldy took in to her today. I made the card with threepence error photos and we handpicked some threepences from our collections for her. Kim insists the loupe return with her parents tomorrow! She is doing well and whilst i tried not to pry with too many questions i think our AC is very black and blue right now with a big fighting spirit. Jenny doesn't really have time to browse the forum travelling 6hour return trip everyday to keep Kim in line, so i thought i'd add my little update. Kim is supposed to be resting but i'm told its hard to keep her in bed!

That was very nice pp, she'd love it :hi: don't know why Mark was saying all those things about you yesterday :mocking:  NO NO he didn't, gee only joking and I really don't want to start a domestic :friends:

:laugh2: yeah I wouldn't want to be any of the nursing staff as she'd be keeping them on their toes :winkextra:

Just handed Kim a couple of kilos of 3d to noodle. THAT should keep her out of mischief, and I'm sure the nurses will be sooo thankful. :)

Piccies coming, when I get home. The hospital WiFi doesn't want to let my iPod and MacBook talk to each other, and I don't have a cable.

Kim is reading this thread now on my iPad, and will be posting shortly.

Good work Fulvio!  I hope it brings you hours of fun AC!

Thank you for all the kind words and thoughts and I love seeing all the visitors :heart: I am doing well and healing quick, thank you for all the phone calls and messages

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keep up the good recovery work AC and THANKS for popping in! xx

ps - I left 2 pumpkins in my lil' ol pumpkin patch - just for you! I will dub them A and C !!! xx

Hey, that was quick Fulvio.   Glad you were able to give AC something to play with.

If AC can do those coins, we all know that she is getting better.

Lovely -almost (just almost) brings tears to my eyes. OK then, I did have to get my hankie out.

Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='50199' dateline='1401090421'Hey, that was quick Fulvio.   Glad you were able to give AC something to play with.

If AC can do those coins, we all know that she is getting better.

Hehe.. she's on the phone with AJ now, while I look at these ANDA die cracks she found.... and she's got a little pile of rainbow's already. Refuses to take any of them as a gift though. :(

Fulvio
get her on a sorting project and putting them into an album
then give her the album when she finishes - she will be none the wiser

ps and G'day!! long time no see!

Yes great to talk to you as well Fulvio and miss ya mate and me little mate seems to be coming along really well :friends: She was saying she didn't want anything valuable there so I can understand but a shame as it's a great boredom breaker but really good to talk to her and I hear ya Jeff as quite often members near make me cry, but them I think it must be something in my eye that is just making it water :winkextra: But hey I'm old enough that I don't have much shame any more and I can tell you that I cried when I first found out but doesn't matter as she's on the mend and that's all that counts..sometimes I think I might be human but then :)

good point about the valuables AJ
the nurses could lock them up for AC
but yeah, if it's not there for the taking, then there can't be any problems I suppose

The valuables thing is a big deal apparently. Her dad told me they took everything home except the bear because of it.

Anyway, I've got the box here, and I won't touch it, just take it back on each visit. Its a tad over 2.1Kg of 3d, so it should keep here amused till she gets out. With luck, I should be able to get down there a couple times a week.

She pulled a nice little pile of die cracks as well as the rainbows, but she only opened maybe four rolls, what with all the phone calls and stuff.

BTW... Neal, do me a favour and change how you roll stuff, mate! It was a hell of a job getting them cut open. :(

Oh, and we had fun getting me out of the building like two hours after visiting hours ended (8pm apparently... one of the nurses got a little pissed off with me, but nobody takes any notice of her anyway, they were saying). Talk about a rabbit warren! We ended up traipsing all over the hospital, me, Kim in a wheelchair and the nurse with the keys. :)

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So, anyway, about my absence...

As I told AC, AJ, Splock and Goldy, I got pissed off about some things that were said and done here, and I haven't even looked at anything since. I'm not over it, to be honest, but today went a long way towards getting me there. Some of you lot are too valuable to walk away from. I'm not going to jump straight back in, at least for now, because...

...I'm up to my eyebrows in all sorts of stuff now. The whole Dogecoin thing has exploded, and I've got half a dozen major projects on the boil, with about 20 people in the core group on Skype coordinating stuff. Oh, and I got forced onto Twitter, much to my disgust. I hate it, but its the only way to get some things done.

I'm putting together our sponsorship of Lee Holdsworth's Erebus Mercedes in the V8 Supercars event in Townsville in about six weeks. Trying to get art sorted, deal with the team, get hold of Betty Klimenko, who's been in hospital herself, Get Lee up to speed on Reddit and into an AMA (Ask Me Anything). Oh, and find the rest of the fifty grand we need, AND get a reliable method for converting the Dogecoins back into A$ at a decent price. Unless I can sweet talk Betty that is. ;)

Just finished doing a scholarship for three street kids in the Philippines, which ended up being partially funded by Josh Wise's NASCAR winnings after we won him the fan vote. Now trying to find ways to help others in that community, to build a template we can then use worldwide.

Got ShibeNet going, with the web stuff coming along nicely. We're building a database to automatically match help requests with the nearest volunteer able to go out and lend a hand when needed. We're not doing funding, just support. Once its all set up and tested, then its time to recruit as many of the 87,000 members of /r/Dogecoin as possible. That should be fun.

Working with US and German charitable foundations to build frameworks for Dogecoin's use in direct aid. Did you know that the existing fiat payment systems chew a $2 billion hole in aid payments annually? Or that the main P2P payments system in Africa is SMS, backed by the Telcos, with insane fees? We can do all that for basically free.

Working with the RSPCA to make DogePOOPS (Pets of Older Persons) happen in Victoria. The program is already operational in NSW and WA, and we want to fund it here, basically because its awesome.

Working on PR campaigns of various ilk, to increase our community and visibility. The NASCAR sponsorship brought us 27,000 new people on Reddit alone, and according to the publisher of VeryMuchWow magazine, less than half the community is on Reddit, so the actual gain may have been well over 50,000 from that one event. Wait till we get our lunar rovers on the moon next year! :)

Also working on programs to get merchants on board to give shibes more places to go spend those hard-won Dogecoins. Sure, you can buy coins from the Shibe Mint, and you can buy one of the 5,000 T-Shirts we sold in 3 days, but the currency needs to be accepted at the milk bar down the road to be truly successful. We're working on it.

Considering taking the Coins4Doge concept over to Reddit, after you lot managed to totally kill my enthusiasm for doing it here. Mind you, the /r/Coins community didn't seem too excited either, because its not Bitcoin, and because they're all yanks anyway, but who cares? I'll just start another subreddit when I'm ready, and offer a selection of my own coins to begin with. If it doesn't work, nothing lost except time.

Oh yeah, and got interviewed for a 3-page spread in VMW the other day:

http://www.verymuchwow.com/

So, all that lot doesn't leave a lot of time for much else right now. I won't say I don't miss you lot, cos I do, but don't expect me back like I used to be.

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Oh yeah, nearly forgot... I'm also doing a presentation on coin storage systems at MNS on July 10th. haven't even started planning for that yet! Hmm. Wonder if I can kidnap Kim and a wheelchair for the June 12th meeting? They give prisoners day release, after all... ;)

That's GREAT news and just so fantastic to see she's got that cheeky smile on her dial (well done little mate your looking really good but don't let it go to your head :P ) and I hear ya Fulvio as I have my days mate so we are here when you want to come back and you have my number so anytime you want to give me a bell please feel free :friends:

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But should she be sitting like that??? KIM I told you to be good and play the game, just for a little while mate and honestly in the grand scheme of things a few weeks isn't much at all and we want you to heal the best you can, gee I need you all to keep me in line or I go feral :laugh2:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50265' dateline='1401110401'But should she be sitting like that???

I didn't think so... she's got a pretty impressive injury right at the bottom of her spine (I didn't take pictures to protect her modesty), but she insisted on sitting up in the lotus position for most of the time. The nurse did dress it, with one of those foam pads, but I reckon its gotta hurt. :(

Tell her if she keeps going I'm coming down to sort her out or you can and save me the trip, I can see I'm gonna have to have another talk to her but not that she listens.

Great to hear AC is on the mend.

Sound like you have been very busy Fulvio.

Pedro

I agree, the first sign of recovery is a big smile so you have that step covered A.C.!!!  Fulvio, I am amazed by the amount of projects you seem to be involved with, congratulations and continued success.!!

Yes some of you really amaze me with what you can do so if you can do more than one thing at once you should be truly thankful and so wish I could, I hate being trapped in my slow mind when I know I'm not really..just takes a little for things to sink in :( But it is a lot better than the alternative :good:

A.J. My slow mind hates being trapped in me.!! :angel:

:laugh2: gee I never thought about it like that, thanks Robster :friends:

thanks Fulvio for the photos of pretty Kim and her little treasure find there

and well done with the charity work too - I am pleased that it is coming into fruition for yourself and others - you should be in the PR business! (or maybe, you are)

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No, but I was. I'm not in any business now. :)

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One for A.C.!! Hope the improvement continues.!

Well I called me little mate again tonight and by god can she talk like a thrashing machine, never shuts up and for three bloody hours mind you but it's just so good that she's well and truly on the mend :friends: Won't be long and she'll be back with us :heart:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50513' dateline='1401290166'...by god can she talk like a thrashing machine...

"SHE"??? Need I remind you someone's verbosity dropped me in the poo recently? And it wasn't Kim...

Not that I can talk... I was on the phone to Lowes in Sydney today, enquiring about some shirts for our V8 fundraising efforts, and ended up explaining everything about Dogecoin to the guy, until they started turning out the lights on him and he had to go home to an irate wife he kept fobbing off every time she rang his mobile. He just wouldn't stop asking questions... ;)

Sorry, yeah I know "she" is the cats mother, but I wanna be good :blush2:

Shame they don't have any security there so you could have left some coins but I think "Kim" :) really enjoyed it and I thank you from my  :heart: for taking to time to see me little mate and I so wish I could so I take me hat off to you :hi: as a lot of people couldn't be bothered these days and I know this as fact after my brain op for a few reasons and a few main one's are people just plain and simple freak out as soon as you say brain injury and even the work place did and another big one is that you really don't feel like doing anything in your recovery period so when your asked to go out you decline and it doesn't take long and all the people you thought were friends really aren't and I think that's why I like the forum so much as you's treat me like I'm normal and I have made some really good friends here as honestly I only have a few as I don't drink or anything any more so I'm see as boring as well..true, ask Kel or Kim how many people come seen me when they have been here :( so thank you so very very much again for tolerating me :give_rose: :friends:

I was just so worried for Kim as I didn't want her to go thru what I have as it really helps your mental state and self-esteem when your already trying to work even the simple things out but Kim is just so alert and I'm just so happy as some of the side effect take you years to get over and some you never do but while ever we are here try and make the most out of it even the bad situations and this place really helps, some really top people here :good:

:hi: Hats off to you all for helping AC out!

If I can I will help pretty much anyone out anyway and especially a very dear friend, life would be pretty rooted if we all only looked out and thought about ourselves, yes we need to care for our selves but also other like so many do here :friends: And when I get to pull your tail Uni know it's out of love mate :give_heart: do Unicorns eat oats, or what do you eat and am I still trippin talking to a unicorn but at least I don't see the fairies any more..well, still see the odd one getting around :mocking:

No oats, just skittles ...... taste the rainbow!

Some fashion ideas for ya  .....
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funny I was thinking about becoming a cloths hook..how do they go with anything magnetic around them..I gotta get us both one but can't make up my mind what one so maybe one of each for each of us :laugh2:

Three hours on the phone, no wonder the physio therapists have trouble waking her up for her physio.....hehehe.

:blush2: it's really not my fault Bruce, you know what she's like :winkextra: but just so good to hear that bright little chirp in her voice and thank you so very very much for all you've done, you ever need anything mate just yell out :friends:

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Yeah and thanks heaps for chucking me straight in the deep end Bruce, I reckon I do a good enough job by my self with out any of your help thanks so you know I'll remember this..maybe :winkextra: but it's ok as it finally opened so this should get me back in the good books..well I can only hope, so just for my little sweetie as she likes them and gee they smell so nice, beautiful and pretty purple flecks :)
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and it's amazing how quick these come out when they do as it was a bud yesterday

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50597' dateline='1401358016':blush2: it's really not my fault Bruce

Yeah it is. I was trying to call you and all.. :P

Nice lily flowers

Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='50677' dateline='1401431390'Nice lily flowers

I should take a piccy of the flowers I brought you.. Anybody got a USB scope handy? :)

Ooooh.. in other news, I just got sent this:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/05/30/erebus-crowdfunding-push-gathers-momentum/

Lots of factual errors, but that's standard for journalists. :)

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Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50597' dateline='1401358016':blush2: it's really not my fault Bruce

Yeah it is. I was trying to call you and all.. :P

:angel: man I get in trouble if I'm good and if I'm bad so no wonder I'm so screwed up :laugh2:

I'm here now and not on the phone :friends:

AJ, you're probably on the phone with AC. Can you tell her I'm on hold, and may be a minute or two late getting back before they lock the doors in 15 min? Might need a nurse with a key. ;)

:dodgy: I'm not talkin or doin nothing for you you bastard as you get cuddles and I'm too far away :cray: :mocking:  

Kim is just sounding better and better all the time but we only had a very short chat tonight as people come in to do test and funny they do it so late at night and that's why I was leaving calls until late so I'm not a hindrance but it doesn't seem to matter when I ring but it's all good as we still get to talk :friends:

I am sure that she appreciates the contact AJ & knowing that she is loved by so many of you guys
being loved is half the healing xx

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Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50597' dateline='1401358016':blush2: it's really not my fault Bruce

Yeah it is. I was trying to call you and all.. :P

You know that's all porky pies as I didn't hear any beep beep's as I do when anyone else tries to ring when I'm on the phone, I'll have to give you my mobile number as I don't use it much :)

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Yeah too right RG, sometimes a long road back home, I have taken many many years and there finally getting a little better over time as I can get off a lot of the meds because at one stage I was on about 26 pills a day and couldn't remember who I was half the time and as for having a conversation well that was totally none existent as I was off with the pixies as they had me addicted to morphine really quickly and happy to keep feeding me but I didn't like the feeling of having a brain that was trapped but when the Dr's are tellin you shit you tend to listen or try after it's your brain they've been screwing with. But what really annoyed me the most was trying to explain different things happening to me like being temperature sensitive amongst many other things and them take no interest at all.

So yeah I know the worst of it and didn't want Kim to go thru any of what I have as it's not good and the mental pressure of only having a few visitors make you appreciate how someone else might like a friend in a time of need :friends:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50708' dateline='1401447498'So yeah I know the worst of it and didn't want Kim to go thru any of what I have as it's not good and the mental pressure of only having a few visitors make you appreciate how someone else might like a friend in a time of need :friends:

Likewise. Hospitals are funny places... you go from being the centre of attention, with dozens of people all over you like an army of ants, giving their undivided attention and skills for your survival and wellbeing, to gradually becoming an afterthought, a lump of flesh occupying valuable real estate needed for the next statistic to roll in the door.

As you slip seamlessly from one extreme to the other, its not just the carers who seem to forget about you. The outside world moves on, priorities shift, people pretty much forget you exist. Eventually comes the time you get pushed out the door, and its even hard to get a lift home. Weeks and months and years later, people who are supposed to care seem oblivious to you having ever being absent, let alone hanging onto life by a thread.

The longer a hospital stay, the fewer and further apart the visitations. Obligatory duty covered, you get packed away alongside the xmas tree and box of birthday cards until the next round falls due.

The round-the-clock care and attention wanes as injuries heal, and the steady stream of tests and observations, medications and welfare checks turn into an occasional peek to see if there's a spare bed yet, and the odd tray of terrible food becomes a highlight of the day. Annoyance at the constant interruptions morphs into a yearning for human contact. Any contact. You start looking at the newcomer's steady stream of visitors and hoping they say hello, so you can snatch a few words and a smile from strangers. You wait for your own visitors, who never seem to come, because they have 'real life' to deal with, and you 'don't need' them.

We've all been there and done that... ...or we will. The more fortunate of us will have caring immediate family nearby, but as the distance increases, in miles and relationship, the costs, in time and money mount. Even spouses fail to show daily, and the visits get shorter as more pressing demands take priority. Life goes on.

And its crushing. Sometimes its better to just disappear and be anonymous from the start. To surf alone the tangle of surgeries and tubes, needles, specialists, pills and nurses, keeping the sympathy in reserve for when its truly needed, when the machine moves on and leaves you behind to fend for yourself. When the last intrusion is removed, the last form filed, the last hourly observation recorded, when the hours become empty black holes, let the world then become aware of the horrors which befell you, that they may come and lend a welcome hand of friendship in your true hour of need.

Well, when I found out about Kim, I decided that this time things would be different. I'm fortunate to be nearby, and to live much of my life in the virtual world, where as long as I can connect I can be equally effective from my desk to bed to McDonald's to a hospital room. I'm on this, cos I care, and I can, and I remember.

We all care. That's what community is. Whether we can visit or ring or send tokens or type messages of support, together we weave a fabric, a web, a safety net.

We're here for you, Kimmy. :heart:

Keep on getting well Kim and it's great to see you  posting again.  I hope your poor body is mending well and that you will be back to full strength very soon.
:friends: :give_heart: :give_rose:

:cray: :cray: :cray: :cray: :heart:

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Ok a lot probably don't know but this is why I have been so frightened as I honestly do know what ALL this is all about after getting chronic thrombosis so sorry for the poor pic's but like I said I'm right handed and as you can see can't even draw a straight line with my left but the solid line is where it runs now and the dots are where it was and this runs from my wrist to my shoulder and I really don't want my beautiful little mate to end up like me
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and it's hard to tell sorry but this is my elbow and you can just see a little lump, well that's where the thrombosis pulls my flesh as it's like a hard bit of cord now
(http://i57.tinypic.com/15y6af8.jpg)
and I know about tumours and brains copping both together so it's been a real learning curve and why I have been so honestly concerned
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I was 33 when it all went to hell on me and taken me 10 years to get back just a fraction of what I was to where I am today but I'm still here :yahoo: so even in the worst of times people try and remember to smile..it makes people wonder what you've been up to :winkextra: But I'm sorry I get down so please forgive me.
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This is why I have been so stressed and every little bit of good new help relieve it so come on little mate I need you back with me real soon, love ya heaps so the BIGGEST cuddles going out to you :friends:

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But it is amazing how our bodies repair them selves or do things like blow out the next biggest vein as the blood still has to flow

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And yes it hurt like hell to smile as I couldn't open my mouth any further than about 3mm so I had to have every thing purée and is it terrible, yuck and as for pork, the most feral thing I have ever had. So yeah I've eaten thru a straw :)

Fulvio,  I for one appreciate you being able to pop in and check-in and hang out with Kim and help her out when she can't. I am not able to do this so I appreciate that you can, thank you.

Yes a HUGE thanks to Bruce and Fulivo for all their time and effort, I really appreciate it :thank_you:
Here's a song by cocker, that I think is very approperate, you're so beautiful :give_rose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsOSt3hNRY0

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being a over a 1000km away isn't fair but I will get there very soon :ok:

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='50732' dateline='1401484563'

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50708' dateline='1401447498'So yeah I know the worst of it and didn't want Kim to go thru any of what I have as it's not good and the mental pressure of only having a few visitors make you appreciate how someone else might like a friend in a time of need :friends:

Likewise. Hospitals are funny places... you go from being the centre of attention, with dozens of people all over you like an army of ants, giving their undivided attention and skills for your survival and wellbeing, to gradually becoming an afterthought, a lump of flesh occupying valuable real estate needed for the next statistic to roll in the door.

As you slip seamlessly from one extreme to the other, its not just the carers who seem to forget about you. The outside world moves on, priorities shift, people pretty much forget you exist. Eventually comes the time you get pushed out the door, and its even hard to get a lift home. Weeks and months and years later, people who are supposed to care seem oblivious to you having ever being absent, let alone hanging onto life by a thread.

The longer a hospital stay, the fewer and further apart the visitations. Obligatory duty covered, you get packed away alongside the xmas tree and box of birthday cards until the next round falls due.

The round-the-clock care and attention wanes as injuries heal, and the steady stream of tests and observations, medications and welfare checks turn into an occasional peek to see if there's a spare bed yet, and the odd tray of terrible food becomes a highlight of the day. Annoyance at the constant interruptions morphs into a yearning for human contact. Any contact. You start looking at the newcomer's steady stream of visitors and hoping they say hello, so you can snatch a few words and a smile from strangers. You wait for your own visitors, who never seem to come, because they have 'real life' to deal with, and you 'don't need' them.

We've all been there and done that... ...or we will. The more fortunate of us will have caring immediate family nearby, but as the distance increases, in miles and relationship, the costs, in time and money mount. Even spouses fail to show daily, and the visits get shorter as more pressing demands take priority. Life goes on.

And its crushing. Sometimes its better to just disappear and be anonymous from the start. To surf alone the tangle of surgeries and tubes, needles, specialists, pills and nurses, keeping the sympathy in reserve for when its truly needed, when the machine moves on and leaves you behind to fend for yourself. When the last intrusion is removed, the last form filed, the last hourly observation recorded, when the hours become empty black holes, let the world then become aware of the horrors which befell you, that they may come and lend a welcome hand of friendship in your true hour of need.

Well, when I found out about Kim, I decided that this time things would be different. I'm fortunate to be nearby, and to live much of my life in the virtual world, where as long as I can connect I can be equally effective from my desk to bed to McDonald's to a hospital room. I'm on this, cos I care, and I can, and I remember.

We all care. That's what community is. Whether we can visit or ring or send tokens or type messages of support, together we weave a fabric, a web, a safety net.

We're here for you, Kimmy. :heart:

Fulvio
I work in health and I do believe that what you have written here is an incredible story of the patient experience
gee, I would love to take this to my work place and somehow have it printed into a poster format
it is so similar to what patients have said to me over the years, little bits here and there and you have articulated it so beautifully and frankly,
how you have described the hospital administration is clearly worded in there as well

yes a very good job Fulvio and wish I could write like that and not be a part retard, I was lucky my mum and aunty come up but no friends, no cards no nothin and a lot I still haven't heard from but you soon realised who your friends really are when you need them the most.

But I don't think it would have make one bit of difference to any of the medical people I have been so very unfortunate enough to have to deal with RG but I think it would be a very stressful job and can see why people quickly detach them selves from it. Honestly people don't care any more as it's a real dog eat dog world and that's why I love the forum so much, there's some top, loving and truly beautiful caring people here and so wish more of the general populous would be the same.

Yeah sometimes I can honestly say I wish I didn't make it off the table but then someday I'm glad I'm still here but we all have our days and that's why I keep saying it's the little things like email or even the odd phone call can make such a HUGE difference as to me they honestly do..a lot don't know how lucky they really are :friends:

occasionally we have people on some ward for years
I often wonder just what those hidden inner thoughts are like
Fulvio's story there, for sure touches on many unsaid thoughts

ps - remember too that 10-15 years ago - mobile phones, computers, notebooks etc were not like how they are today

this sentence really resonated with me

"The longer a hospital stay, the fewer and further apart the visitations. Obligatory duty covered, you get packed away alongside the xmas tree and box of birthday cards until the next round falls due."

yes how very true, but some visitors, well any actually would have been really nice. Yes nice that family come but for some reason it's just not quite the same, maybe because we partly expect them to but then some people don't have family either :(

Please don't wonder mate go ask because I'm sure if they can they will tell you as it gets very lonely and I think that's why people get shunned is because we all want some sort of human contact and even if it's the cleaner it is very often appreciated so next time maybe pop in and say G'day, I see a very kind soul in you RG :friends:

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='50741' dateline='1401492696'I would love to take this to my work place and somehow have it printed into a poster format

If it helps, do with it as you will. :heart:

thanks
happy for you to pm your real name or even your first name
John's story, something like that
 if you'd like it on something like a poster - otherwise it can be anon

i really liked it - it made so much sense to me for sure & the stuff that AJ talks about as well

i'd show you any end product - first

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50734' dateline='1401485410'But it is amazing how our bodies repair them selves or do things like blow out the next biggest vein as the blood still has to flow

Remember our TurkShibe friend, from my deleted post? He had Deep Vein Thrombosis from sleeping sitting up on a wooden bench at the bus station for eight months. We got him the money for a doctor and medication, and I sent him one of my compression socks, because I knew first hand what would happen if he didn't get help. Then we found an expat american English teacher who took him out to lunch one day and let him use the shower, then offered to let him move in if we could raise $100. We did, he moved in, told his story on Reddit and people were so moved they showered him with money. Fast forward a month, and he's about to move to the southern coast where a job and room and board await him. The future is no longer bleak.

We have a saying in the Dogecoin community.. PIF - Pay it Forward. There's even a sub called DogeCoinPIF.

Well, one of the guys who helped put Eki back on his feet, who provided my ShibeNet.org domain and servers for it and Eki's Turkish Dogecoin project, unexpectedly hit his own troubles the other day. He found out that as the result of a terrible mistake he made as a teenager, he now has an incurable disease, which needs $6,000 a month of medication to stop him dying prematurely. He was already severely depressed after losing his job a week ago, and was ready to take his own life. There is a solution though.. if we get him airfare, he can go to Holland, where he has family, accommodation, employment, and most importantly free medical treatment.

This is where PIF comes in. We're working on fundraising to get him there. There are plenty of detractors of course.. I've been called some terrible names, accused of being a scammer and worse. But guess who's up front, leading the charge and trying to save his life? Yep, the victim has become the saviour. I'm so proud of him I could burst. :)

Why am I telling you this? Because this is what community is all about. Anybody can share an interest, be it coins or cars or sports or whatever. But to forge a diverse group of people, each with their own viewpoints and foibles and problems into a true community is something special. The whole transcends the sum of the parts.

That's what makes the forum so special. Every one of the people who have posted in this thread, who have shown they really care, have made our community that much stronger by their words and actions.

I feel priviledged to know you all, whether we've met or not. :heart:

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Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='50825' dateline='1401536901'happy for you to pm your real name or even your first name

LOL.. given that I'm all over the media now with the Supercar thing, its no big secret. Fulvio Gerardi.

I don't care for recognition. That's not why I do what I do.

As I said, use the words as you will. Use my name, or not, as you see fit. Whatever you think works best. I trust you.

good on you
the world is a better place when you are out there and in it
I have spent my entire career spanning a few decades helping people so most of the time, by the time I get home - I am all about me and my family
I admire your passion and keep it up
what goes around, comes around

sustaining it and yourself, is the key

Why am I telling you this? Because this is what community is all about. Anybody can share an interest, be it coins or cars or sports or whatever. But to forge a diverse group of people, each with their own viewpoints and foibles and problems into a true community is something special. The whole transcends the sum of the parts.
That's what makes the forum so special. Every one of the people who have posted in this thread, who have shown they really care, have made our community that much stronger by their words and actions.

 I feel priviledged to know you all, whether we've met or not.

I feel exactly the same mate :heart:

Your a very good man Fulvio and I feel very privileged, honoured and proud to call you my mate along with many others here :friends: And really good to hear things are picking up for the people you've helped :good:

RG if anything I put up about my life or experiences can help in anyway the same goes with me as for Fulvio, if it can help only one person that would make me feel pretty special. For years now I've wish I could put it all down on paper but like a lot of other things now it's a bit beyond me but glad to help any way if I can.

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Oh and just in case you've forgotten my name is Jayson but everyone knows me as Jack..yeah one in every crowd and your lookin at him here :mocking:

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Oh and why I come on sorry, for a little stir, yeah I know it's really hard to believe that I would stir anyone but true. Well I've not long got of the phone from the girl and man Kim is powering and sounding as bright as a button and I honestly don't think I've laughed so much as you never know what will come out next, what a wonderful bright bubbly personality and another one I'm just so proud, honoured and so very privilege to know such a special human being..I love ya so much little mate and to hear that spark in your voice fill my heart with joy and it won't be long and will be 100% :yahoo:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50831' dateline='1401542247'Well I've not long got of the phone from the girl

So that's why you weren't answering the phone. Again. :P

"Porky pies", my foot.

I'm gonna fix you, cobber.. ring you at 6am tomorrow (oops.. today.... just). ;)

Umm yeah sorry about that as I thought it might have been you when I heard the beep beep but I don't know how to do that change call thingy sorry and yeah that's ok to ring then but if the old girl tells you ^&*%$#, @#!%^^&, *&%@#$ and stick it in ya ear, well it don't have anything to do with me :laugh2: And how do you know it was me on the phone before as that quite easily could and more than likely have been her as golf is on and ya don't want to know the amount of calls about flog but I can't talk as I'm the same with coins :)

:dodgy: yeah yeah I'll call ya a 6, well I have been anxiously awaiting by the phone in anticipation ALL night and as it's now 6.30 I can only assume you either don't love me any more :cray: OR your a big scaredy cat and frightened of mummy :P

9.30 and still know call, what's going on mate the old girl must have ya really scared :mocking:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='50845' dateline='1401579284'9.30 and still know call, what's going on mate the old girl must have ya really scared :mocking:

She grumped on me when I did finally call. :(

:laugh2: now you see what I have to deal with, thanks heaps for the call I really appreciate it and really like talking to you :friends:

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But why is it I always get the blame for excessively long phone calls, it's not all my fault :blush2:

Just got off the phone again from Kim and sound so much better and had Bruce in today so thanks mate :hi: so I think I'm happy enough that everything will be ok so hopefully will be home in no time as well so I won't annoy any more and leave to recover in peace but just so good to hear it's all good :friends:

Yes, wifey and I visited Kim this day and she was all bubbly and a lot of the bruising has stated to fade.   She almost looks like she used to look.

The blooming great teddy Bear is keeping an eye on her though and one thing I did notice, someone is feeding that bear so much that it has quite a large belly on it.

Nurse come in whilst we were there and took pulse, blood pressure etc and everything was spot on.   The only advise the nurse could give was for Kim to have a good laugh.

Mum and dad couldn't make it today so it was a long day for Kim.

She is handling things much better according to her and really looks forward to her physio.   She had a rest day from physio today.

She is really looking well and wouldn't/couldn't talking from the time we arrived to the time we left.   Some 2.5 hours.

Will visit her again in the next week.

Thanks to everyone for the updates.  It's great to hear that Kim is coming along well and in good spirits.  Please get well soon Kim. :friends:

Goldy the trip for Kim's parents is about a 6 hour round trip and they've been doing that every day. So glad you could get to visit to help her pass the time when her parents are having a day off. It must be so difficult for them but so glad to hear she's on the mend.

I think I might have to go :(

Lets see of this brings a smile to Kimmy's face:

http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/272qds/say_hi_to_kim_for_me/

I'm ok :p Fulvio visited and mummy and daddy :)

Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='50962' dateline='1401684295'I'm ok :p Fulvio visited and mummy and daddy :)

Not to mention I sat on her until she got herself a Reddit account and collected all the money people were throwing at her in that thread I linked. 106 loving comments from strangers so far and she's on the front page still!

+/u/dogetipbot @Kimmi1 25 doge paying it forward to Kim

^^^ That's the Tipbot command to send dogecoins to Kimmy. She's got quite a stash already.. if this keeps up she'll be richer than me in no time flat. :)

I took in my latest purchases to show her today... a pair of out of collar silver predecimals, and a pair of cold shut pennies. At the rate she's healing, I reckon I might be able to kidnap her for the MNS meeting on the 12th if she's up for it. Maybe go via a couple of coin shops even. :)

I gave you all my money so I don't have any left sorry :(

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I don't like facebook very much because it's a very vicious spiteful and even negative site with some really wier people to say the least and I don't like reddit that much as it's way to hard to follow but if it was easier to use I might, they should make it easy like here. This is why I don't go to heaps of sites as some are hard to try and work out and when they do stupid things like make you wait 7mins before you can repost again is a dead set joke so I don't go there because of it so will stick with here and I know who my friends are and not just some random strangers well wishes as to me that doesn't mean as much as the one's you thought were friends, yeah when you need you find out who your true friends really are and I can tell you there's not many around that you can call a true friend so hold on to them as tight as you can when you find one :friends:

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Sorry but thanks for nothing Fulvio, that site really does suck as it didn't even put my first post up so that's it and please don't advise on any more sites on here as it's these things that bring on and make me feel very depressed, thank you :(

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I know your trying to do the right thing but sometimes things don't work like we thought they would, please don't take my ranting to heart mate as I do like you and think your pretty cool :friends:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51022' dateline='1401757955'I gave you all my money so I don't have any left sorry :(

That's OK, I tipped you some more when I woke up and saw your posts. You made three comments, BTW. They're all visible on your profile and in the thread, along with my replies.

I totally agree about FB. It used to be awesome, in the early days. Then they decided to stuff about with it and screwed it up to the point of unusability, IMO. I only use it for the chat function now, for people who refuse to use Skype.

Like any site, including this one, Reddit has its peculiarities. You need to remember that its sort of like a mega-forum, containing thousands and thousands of forums, just like ACF, each with its own moderators, rules, and appearance. You could put both ACF and CCF there, side by side, and have them look and feel different. You could even make one public and the other private, if you wished.

There are really only five site-wide Reddit rules, such as no child porn, no asking for upvotes, that kind of thing, which are clearly stated and pretty much no-brainers. But each and every set of mods has its own ideas of how to do things. One sub will be total anarchy, the next bolted down so tight you can hardly breathe. You just need to read the rules and abide by them, same as here.

Sounds like you ran into the spam lockout timer. That's annoying, as it defaults to 7-minutes site-wide I believe. All the Doge subs have it set to about 5 seconds, but that may be for 'aged' posters. Things work differently for the first week, with stuff like the captcha for example, and the restrictions go away once Reddit knows you're not trying to attack it.

Think of these things as tools, mate. The bad tradesman carries only a hammer, and everything looks like a nail to him. The craftsman has a whole big box of specialist tools, and uses them as needed to turn out works of art. So Facebook, Google+, Reddit, any number of forums, etc etc, are all just different ways to communicate. The target group, and the features and functions of each determines their suitability for a given task. There are lots of ways of doing things.. look at the options we have for posting pics here for example. Lots of ways we can do it, each with advantages and disadvantages, and we pick one or more as we see fit.

Anyway, I'm glad you made the effort to pop over and wish Kim well. That entire thread is amazing, and the reaction was much better than I ever hoped for. :)

:friends: all good mate, I like K.I.S.S now as the brain gets muddled very quickly and very easily and before I know it I'm out of my tree :winkextra: Yeah I'm a bit like you and if I can help a friend I will..even if it annoys the b-jeebus out of me :)

And what's wrong with just a hammer, works for me..in the field we call it a tap'ometer and yes it gets most things to fit all :laugh2:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51063' dateline='1401780467'And what's wrong with just a hammer, works for me..in the field we call it a tap'ometer and yes it gets most things to fit all :laugh2:

Back in the day, my phone tech mates all reckoned a Telecom Micro-Adjustor was the only tool you needed:

(http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE3-5734467dt.jpg)

Everything would be micro once you hit it with that!

Pedro

nah Pedro that's just the baby tap'ometer, wait till ya get a 10 or 12lb'da :) You just have to remember to keep saying, as you tap that is "gentle, just tap it in, that's it just tap it in, gentle, gentle" snap bam boom "oh crap" whala JOB DONE, lets go :D

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51121' dateline='1401837677'nah Pedro that's just the baby tap'ometer

Yeah, leave those 12 pounders to the hacks... Orthopedic surgeons, Windscreen installers, Watchmakers... people who don't possess the fine motor skills required to handle such delicate precision instruments as the microadjuster. :)

:laugh2: yeah I think they used one on me for my op, and don't forget the Makita..wish I could have seen my op :)

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51155' dateline='1401849900':laugh2: yeah I think they used one on me for my op, and don't forget the Makita..wish I could have seen my op :)

No... you don't, trust me.

Check out a TV show called Saving Hope. Its drama, but the medical stuff is pretty spot on. And gory.

Also check out an NZTV docco, that I can't recall the exact name of, which follows some people who donated their bodies to the medical school. They got sliced and diced over two years, and the donors, families, students and teachers interviews are mixed in with the dissections over the full two years.

Pretty powerful stuff, and it really brings to light what we're all made of, physically and emotionally. The students reactions to seeing the donor interviews were especially moving, and made them better doctors, as they came to realise they weren't just working on slabs of meat, but real people worthy of their respect.

Yeah true but I still wanna see :laugh2: I watch all those shows on SBS and ABC on autopsies and full on op's and I really would like to see it..not much worries in that way but if it's someone I care about I worry, funny how things work :)

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How's our Kim????? I might ring again in a few days, don't want to wear out my welcome.

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51216' dateline='1401872241'don't want to wear out my welcome.

Me neither. I'll cruise over tomorrow or Friday I guess. Depends on the weather.

I might ring Friday night..maybe.

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51257' dateline='1401881641'I might ring Friday night..maybe.

You should get Skype. Then we could call you when I visit. :)

I had Skype when I first started but like you've previously said, not many people use it so it went by the wayside. I'll see if I can find the little vid thingy, bloody things here somewhere or should be, don't think I've thrown it out but who knows with me :)

:cray: I thought it was a worry that my little mate hasn't turned up for a few days and I think I might know why, there's a big old silky oat out the back that they have been cutting down the last few days so I'm thinking it must have been where his nest was, poor little bloke :cray: :cray: :cray: and I even went out the bush the other day and found him a nice big log that I was going to make as a nest box but I suppose there's no point now :(
(http://i59.tinypic.com/28rciut.jpg)

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51273' dateline='1401911008'I had Skype when I first started but like you've previously said, not many people use it so it went by the wayside. I'll see if I can find the little vid thingy, bloody things here somewhere or should be, don't think I've thrown it out but who knows with me :)

You know you don't need a cam, right? With the rare exception when I need to do voice calls, all my groups are text-only. And video's just for kids I reckon. Nobody wants to look at us old farts. ;)

:laugh2: you might be old but I'm in my prime mate 'cough splutter gag choke' :)

I haven't used it for about 5 years so I wonder if I still have an account :scratch_one-s_head:

I might call tonight as I need a pick me up but just hope I don't bring Kim down in the process so unsure if I should ring as I'm probably not very good company ATM :(

well ,  you could use ' viber ' i found it easy to use on my phone and no camera needed

"Nobody wants to look at us old farts ".. too true

use it all the time with the kids being o/s

Yeah I've done my job here and now feeling I'm not needed any more so I need to start to look after numero uno as no one else will so good luck with the rest of the recovery and you'll be back up and about in no time so take good care and I'll catch ya on the flip side :angel:

QuoteYeah I've done my job here and now feeling I'm not needed any more so I need to start to look after numero uno as no one else will

Take some cement in you coffee tomorrow and harden up Mate :ok:
This thread is all about AC's recovery and I am impressed with the overwhelming support from our members and her Heart and endeavour to recover.
As if you would give up on you're Mates, I don't think so.
Kimmy IS special and deserves our support.
End of rant

good to have you back in full form Trout
xx robbie

I just feel so helpless stuck up here and would be as useful as you know what on a bull if I went down and I know what it's like so it's killin me that I can't do anything, I'm sorry :( :friends:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51394' dateline='1401971848'I just feel so helpless stuck up here and would be as useful as you know what on a bull if I went down and I know what it's like so it's killin me that I can't do anything, I'm sorry :( :friends:

Mate you are doing all you can, Don't beat yourself up over it.
We all love ya Mate but Kimmy is hurt and deserves our attention at the moment :ok:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51394' dateline='1401971848'it's killin me that I can't do anything, I'm sorry :( :friends:

Don't make me come up there wif me trusty Telecom Microadjustor, matey! :P

You're doing just fine, AJ. Everybody gets geography and poverty, and how they don't mix. You do what you can, and that's all that counts.

Do you think I'd be able to go round and harass Kim every few days if she was in a hospital up your way? Of course not. Heck, I probably couldn't justify more than one trip down to Sale, let alone the daily commute her parents put in. Its just luck (my good, her bad) that she's around the corner from me, that's all.

We all do what we can, when we can. And anyway, it really is the thought that counts.

buck up AJ
other wise i will call by next week on my way through to ballina and give you a stern talking to...with my persuader!! and with your kind heart hear my problems !

PM me your address ..if you dare :tease::taunt:

Quote from: 'duggee27' pid='51405' dateline='1402005508'PM me your address ..if you dare :tease::taunt:

If you promise to post pictures of the 'persuasion', I'll give it to you if he's too chicken! I'd pay to see that. :diablo:

You serious?? but I must warn you I'm not very good company ATM sorry, in fact I'm a real little bitch and wish there was an easy fix :(

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51422' dateline='1402018452'You serious?? but I must warn you I'm not very good company ATM sorry, in fact I'm a real little bitch and wish there was an easy fix :(

am serious, can be a quick pit stop if you want but could linger longer to show off some of my precious coins !!
and if you want to be a bit of a skirt, fine , and i will hang around longer :taunt: till we can get a smile on the dial:grin:

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='51421' dateline='1402018390'

Quote from: 'duggee27' pid='51405' dateline='1402005508'PM me your address ..if you dare :tease::taunt:

If you promise to post pictures of the 'persuasion', I'll give it to you if he's too chicken! I'd pay to see that. :diablo:

he he .. always carry a small lump hammer, amongst the tools i will have with me .. nail nippers, this could get interesting and some clamps applied gently... and lets not forget the nail gun !!:mafia::D

Meant to post this update yesterday, but I got home and fell asleep. That Kimmy sure sucks the energy right outta you! :)

When I arrived, it was all doom and gloom. Very sad looking and grumpy girl sitting on her bed shooting daggers out of her eyes. Apparently there had been some shouting matches with the medical staff, pertaining to not being allowed out of her room to enjoy the sunshine.

So, being big and mean and ugly, I immediately rushed out to engage in verbal fisticuffs with the nurses. Buncha pussies... they caved almost instantly. Maybe it was the 12-pound Telecom Microadjustor I was wielding menacingly? :angel:

With the young lady astride her chariot, and under firm directions not to leave the grounds, we did a lap of the ring road, and I innocently asked her ladyship which way to turn. Being a helpful sort of chap, I of course mentioned the shopping centre was to the right.

"SHOPPING CENTRE!?! Turn Right!"

So off we trundled to Brandon Park, with the mood rapidly lightening and much mirth and merriment. Some discussion ensued about hurling wheelchairs into oncoming traffic, and a description of the scene in Deathrace 2000 where hospital staff line up elderly inmates along the road to be mown down by the racers.

Of course we visited the banks, as this was their delivery day, and exchanged contact details, with promises they would call when anything of interest showed up. We spent quite a long time at Bank of Melbourne, educating the delightful staff about the intricacies of coin collecting. Hopefully they won't now grab all the goodies for themselves. And apparently they get quite a lot of foreign coins, so that may be something of interest to be further investigated.

The return journey was even more hilarious, with the accidental detour into some mud being particularly humorous... "No, we didn't leave the grounds... some lunatic rushed into the building and just threw a bucket of mud all over us! Really!". I'm sure we were about to be reprimanded for disturbing the peace, but managed to get back to the room without anyone noticing how much we'd exceeded our one-hour time limit.

Then came some surfing (Kim is now the proud owner of several dollars worth of donated Dogecoins), chatting about doctors and going home and even some of you lot. Dinner was picked at half-heartedly and sent back mostly untouched. I grabbed a piccy of a much happier girl which I'll upload once I recharge my iPod.

And we made plans for Kim and Fulvio's Excellent Adventure next Thursday. The plan is to kidnap her in the afternoon, go to the coin shop in Nunawading, and maybe that other, not so nice one we don't really like, then bring here here for mum to feed her, before going to the MNS meeting in Box Hill. We know how to sneak in and out of the hospital now, so curfews won't be an issue. What they don't know, won't hurt us, right? :)

A most excellent post Fulvio!

Just remember that the keys of the car are in the garden. :angel:

Bloody good effort Fulvio, Good on You :wavemulticolor:

I spent 3 months in hospital when I was 16 with a gloved forearm and know just how Kimmy feels being locked down in hospital when you are quite capable of limping around outside.

A smile on a dial can be more powerful than penicillin at times.

Keep up the good work Mate :good:

Kudos Fulvio, may your adventures continue and the mirth be loud and rambunctious.!:yahoo:

Quote from: 'Robster' pid='51548' dateline='1402113770'...the mirth be loud and rambunctious.!:yahoo:

It needs to be to drown out the old bloke next door. ;)

Nevermind the dinner I heard she was living on secret chocolate Yogo's!!

Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='51584' dateline='1402133145'Nevermind the dinner I heard she was living on secret chocolate Yogo's!!

Indeed she was.

Pity that Goldy's visit today was cancelled due to her going home last night. Now I'll just have to pop round to his place and help him eat that box of choccy's, eh? :)

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='51650' dateline='1402159722'Pity that Goldy's visit today was cancelled due to her going home last night. Now I'll just have to pop round to his place and help him eat that box of choccy's, eh? :)

Hey!  What's this?  Kim has gone home?  Just for the weekend or for good?  

Thanks for all the updates Fulvio and Goldy. We'd have been in the dark without you guys. Go Kimmy!

Yes, Kim has gone home but that is a different story.

I am now sitting at home, contemplating the mowing or some minor house maintenance instead of getting ready to visit Kim in hospital with wifey in tow.

In regards to the kit kats/chocolates, they will serve as after dinner mints at a later date.

Get well soon Kim and trust that all goes well for you.

sounds like a quick discharge?
but typical  .... on a Friday

there is an unspoken ban on Friday discharges but the doctors don't take any notice of sensible things like post discharge services not starting on Saturdays

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='51674' dateline='1402192266'there is an unspoken ban on Friday discharges but the doctors don't take any notice of sensible things like post discharge services not starting on Saturdays

The big bold 'Against Medical Advice' on the forms pretty much said it all. I think they ran into The Wrath of Kim and simply surrendered. :)

The argument is that a bed is a bed, and apart from the occasional pill and a bit of physio that is locally available in a brand-new centre, the incarceration didn't offer much. Certainly not the food or the friendly service. :diablo:

Goldy, you can't use Kit Kats as after-dinner mints. Cos you know, they're not mints.... best I come round and eat them for you. Save you committing a faux-pas. :angel:

I would strongly recommend against a discharge against medical advice if this is compensable matter
if anything goes belly up they will claim that the applicant caused further or problems for their recovery etc etc. (IYKWIM)

it does raise the question of active rehab and many pts early discharge because for example, they might sit around all week waiting for just one special appt or something

whereas they could be at home recovering in a more conducive environment for healing esp. psychologically and then they can still have that special appt. in say, a rehab outpatient service or a community health centre or even have domiciliary physio at home.

anyways, the pt makes the decision ultimately and obviously our patient has made the call

yes I had had enough, no results, no help, FA medial help. (how would you like to spend 19days in a tiny room with no where to go and nothing to do) not to mention the waiting time for the loo - 40 min. it was pure hell, I am so much happier where I am now, I get to see daylight, and eat good food, go to the loo when ever I like, I got to sleep thru the whole night! I even got a hot water bottle that worked great I could move my arm for the first time without pain this morning.

I would like to thank everyone who helped me, all the get well messages, the things that came in the mail made me smile - it was the kindness and the only distraction from the needles, and meds, and nurses prodding at you that I had, and the people who went above and beyond to visit me, truly amazing people, without your kindness and help I would have been utterly alone

So glad to see that you're enjoying your freedom!

The Great Escape by AC!

Good on you Ac .
Hospitals are mongrel places to be Full of sick people , You are far better off at home recuperating Mate :wavemulticolor:

Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='51732' dateline='1402216532'The Great Escape by AC!

I can see a whole movie franchise opening up.. We're talking MILLIONS! :angel:

Need for Speed
Driver
Speed
Crash
Fracture
Rehab
Stalag 33
Goldy and the Chocolate Factory
Three (Penny) Coins in the Rehab
Kim and Fulvio's Excellent Adventure
Kim and Fulvio's Bogus Journey
AC's Great Escape

...the list goes on... ;)

It's great to have you back with us, and no doubt your parents feel the same way.  Welcome 'home'. :wavemulticolor:

I hope you continue healing and that you get back to normal ASAP, but with some caution of course. :yahoo:

When is Kim & Fulvio's great adventure going to happen now that you've thrown a spanner in the works? :dontknow:

Take it easy and please don't try to do too much. :friends: :give_heart:

Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='51731' dateline='1402215685'yes I had had enough, no results, no help, FA medial help. (how would you like to spend 19days in a tiny room with no where to go and nothing to do) not to mention the waiting time for the loo - 40 min. it was pure hell, I am so much happier where I am now, I get to see daylight, and eat good food, go to the loo when ever I like, I got to sleep thru the whole night! I even got a hot water bottle that worked great I could move my arm for the first time without pain this morning.

I would like to thank everyone who helped me, all the get well messages, the things that came in the mail made me smile - it was the kindness and the only distraction from the needles, and meds, and nurses prodding at you that I had, and the people who went above and beyond to visit me, truly amazing people, without your kindness and help I would have been utterly alone

I reckon hospitals are incredibly noisy, I have been fortunate to have only been in hospital as a pt to have my little babies and found them really noisy, with little privacy and then trying to sleep listening to women snoring is also hell!
 
I work around and in a hospital and do appreciate your comments about being in hospital, I wish we could make the pt experience a far more pleasant one AC. They just don't seem to get the idea of making them places more like home and  the 40 minutes, yes I do believe that happens a lot more than what they admit to
being home is more healing, just make sure that if you need physio and the likes, - get it. the MVA insurance should cover you for private services
xx robbie

You are one tough cookie Kimmy and if the blokes that work with me had half the Coconuts that you have My job would be so much easier.
I remember earlier that you were wanting a job in theatre and I told you to "Break a Leg" and go for it, NOT bugger your arm up Mate :laugh2:

Anyway DON'T over do it and be patient and you will be as good as gold in no time, Don't try and be a hero because most of those die becoming one.
We need you here running on all 12 cylinders Mate :ok:

"The Great Escape" eh AC!

Hope all goes well with your recuperation. Sounds like the new surroundings are working their magic already.

Pedro

Hey AC, just found this new guide that'll help you spend all that money people threw at you:

http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/37151469/file.html

Very useful. A tiny bit incomplete, but it will improve over time. :)

now that could have been interesting if I rang the hospital :( but good to see your happy :good:

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51825' dateline='1402277684'now that could have been interesting if I rang the hospital

You could have had a lovely chat with the new inmate. :)

so ya finally got a room, good to see, now to see about that nice white jacket :)

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='51835' dateline='1402280333'so ya finally got a room, good to see, now to see about that nice white jacket :)

Nononononooooooo....

Don't want white. Want Pink, to match my pet elephants. :)

:laugh2: ..... Love the film list McDuck ..

What about this one? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeyWpgXOAcQ)