Dreaded call

[Bri w]

Had one of those calls yesterday morning.

Was up till silly o'clock feeding family, and trying to make 'em smile.

Back to the hospital today to sit and wait.

Please, someone make me smile.

[yorkie_chris]

Could be worse, they could have left a voicemail.

Hope all goes well.

[El Saxo]

Sorry to hear that Bri, hope things get better for you. :(

[Stingo]

group hug time. Night time calls are not nice.
Make you smile, hmmm...answer this without smiling if you can...are gordon brown's days numbered?

[Bri w]

group hug time. Night tome calls are not nice.
Make you smile...answer this withou smiling if you can...are gordon brown's days numbered?

Priceless mate. Thanks

[Quiff Wichard]

thoughts with you Bri.. had a few of those calls in my time and you just enter autopilot dont you..

all the best

[Lozzo]

Tough call Bri, hope the news doesn't get any worse.

You can always smile at the fact that I am younger than you, and better looking, and have a nicer bike ;-)

[Stingo]

Tough call Bri, hope the news doesn't get any worse.

You can always smile at the fact that I am younger than you, and better looking, and have a nicer bike ;-)
All that and a God of lurve to boot! That sure is some act to follow...I must find my cod piece....

[Lozzo]

All that and a God of lurve to boot! That sure is some act to follow...I must find my cod piece....

Well, it made someone laugh, if not smile, at the absurdity of it all.

[Amanda]

I'll PM you my infamous Elephant joke .....

[davepreston]

:) here's one to cheer you up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3SLdlGJyoE














see what i did there lol

[Bri w]

Thanks everyone.

Brilliant elephant joke...



Tough call Bri, hope the news doesn't get any worse.

You can always smile at the fact that I am younger than you, and better looking, and have a nicer bike ;-)

Lozzo, it made me larf it did. Cheers mate, I'll give you two out of three and you choose the two.

[GeneticBubble]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2tWVj6lXw

there you go, if that doesn't cheer you up nothing will

[Amanda]

:) here's one to cheer you up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3SLdlGJyoE














see what i did there lol

Think I prefer the "Hitlers reaction of 2 girls 1 cup video" :smt040

Glad you liked the Elephant joke LOL It's my bestest jokest joke in the world

[Jayneflakes]

Hey Bri,

I don't know you too well, but you have always been nice on here.
I am sorry to hear that things are tough for you right now.

As for making you smile, I am afraid that I am horribly common, so if this makes you smile, I dread to think what that says about you!

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[Speedy Claire]

Sorry for you and your family Brian.. I hope your vigil isn`t too lengthy. Thinking of you

[Milky Bar Kid]

Not good Brian, have a Milky Bar...and a hug!! xx

[Bibio]

hey bri, i aint been around for a while.. whats up?

[gruntygiggles]

Bri :-( Night time calls are the worst and I sincerely hope that the news has got better throughout the day.

If it hasn't, then I hope that the thoughts and prayers from all those that care can at least help to take the edge off the pain.

Instead of posting something funny or grunting or giggling, which are my normal responses, I shall give you this instead...


((((((((((((((((((((((((((((:grouphug::smt056))))) ))))))))))))))))))))))))

May time be on your side, hope in your heart and love all around.

Ah buggur it....here you go, I couldn't resist as it's always a winner for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgdhZGLJrY

[gruntygiggles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ&NR=1

This is 4 minutes you can spend thinking about something else and having a giggle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv73Rm-7q7Y

[Bri w]

Saw the Consultant a short while ago.

Lung cancer(diagnosed 3 weeks back), and now in the kidneys, and in the brain. An expectation of less than a week. It's my Unlce, and my cuz is just falling apart.

Last night we fed my cuz, the first meal he'd had for a few days. Then got him smashed, and played on the Wii till the early hours.

I guess I've reached that age when the older generation in the family are queuing on the edge of the cliff like lemmings. This will be the 6th "oldie" in 3 1/2 years. At least I won't need the order of service when we go to the crem - gallows humour I know but....

Thank god I have my superb athleticism, and vibrant good health :-D

Waffling now - thanks everyone, i'll go ...

[Bibio]

not good m8, my thoughts are with you and your family specially your cuz. tiz not nice, been there.

[-Ralph-]

Hope all goes as well as it can for you, all the best & take care.

PS: Try not to smile at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HttF5HVYtlQ

[Bibio]

just to cheer you up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-WQ2qD6RQ

[speedplay]

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[phi-dan]

Hang in there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoS2BU6bbQ

[Bibio]

like it... that cheered me up no end.

[phi-dan]

happy to oblige - have been in a simliar situation with several oldies, and work colleagues

[Specialone]

Sorry not a funny post,
I lost both my parents to lung cancer, its a horrible thing, not much i can say to help tbh, my thoughts are with you and your family.

Phil

[gruntygiggles]

Bri, it doesn't matter how many times you go through this, it never gets any easier. We can become more aware of how we and our loved ones cope, making it slightly less unknown, but it's still you and your loved ones losing someone that you love, so take some time for yourself as well as giving it to others.

Thoughts are with you all...whether we hear much from you over the coming days/weeks or not.

Lots of these :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

[Ed]

Bri - warm thoughts headed your way:smt051

[Speedy Claire]

Bri... as I said earlier I hope your vigil isn`t too drawn out and with that diagnosis I hope your poor uncle doesn`t linger too long. As for the family you all need to take time to re-charge your batteries as it`s going to be a very tough and emotionally demanding time for you all so take that time, support each other and you`ll get through this.

I hope any symptoms of the cancer are well controlled and his passing is peaceful and dignified. Take care all of you x

[keith_d]

For what it's worth, lung cancer got my grandad too. But he was a tough old b***ard and had been smoking since he was 7 or 8. So, not too surprising.

After he went there was an inquest into the amount of morphine used on his ward. We think it was because he'd been off his face continuously for two or three weeks. I hope your uncle goes equally peacefully.

Keith.

[Speedy Claire]

For what it's worth, lung cancer got my grandad too. But he was a tough old b***ard and had been smoking since he was 7 or 8. So, not too surprising.

After he went there was an inquest into the amount of morphine used on his ward. We think it was because he'd been off his face continuously for two or three weeks. I hope your uncle goes equally peacefully.

Keith.


Sounds more likely that he was extremely sensitive to morphine... is quite common but it is usually tri-trated now so there`s no danger of somebody being given too high a dose.

[600+]

Having been through similar I can only wish you strength and for your uncle.....well I just hope that as SC said the symptoms are well controlled :(

[Tara]

Thinking of you and your family Bri :grouphug:

[keith_d]

Sounds more likely that he was extremely sensitive to morphine... is quite common but it is usually tri-trated now so there`s no danger of somebody being given too high a dose.

I suspect that being a tough old git he lasted rather longer than expected and consequently developed substantial tolerance to the analgesic effect of morphine. So larger doses were needed to control his pain. This meant he was quite often intoxicated.

These days I'm sure there are better alternatives, but given the choice I'd rather spend my last couple of weeks as a complete junkie than lie there suffering.

[Quedos]

Sending squashy squishy Q hugs - I can't get on to anything funny Damn work firewalls and I'm not particular funny anyway so hugs it will have to be!!

[Paul the 6th]

anytime I'm having a bad day, this instantly makes me smile ESPECIALLY the pole vault jumping fella and the guy on the escalators :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD8ma6MCuYY

[rick0361]

Saw the Consultant a short while ago.

Lung cancer(diagnosed 3 weeks back), and now in the kidneys, and in the brain. An expectation of less than a week. It's my Unlce, and my cuz is just falling apart.

Last night we fed my cuz, the first meal he'd had for a few days. Then got him smashed, and played on the Wii till the early hours.

I guess I've reached that age when the older generation in the family are queuing on the edge of the cliff like lemmings. This will be the 6th "oldie" in 3 1/2 years. At least I won't need the order of service when we go to the crem - gallows humour I know but....

Thank god I have my superb athleticism, and vibrant good health :-D

Waffling now - thanks everyone, i'll go ...

Went through that with my dad about 4 years ago - not good - my thoughts go out to you and I know what you mean about the older generation - we lost 8 out of 10 of them in the space of 10 years. It is one of the crosses we have to bear as we get older.

Doesn't make it any fardling easier though