General Chat

Please see my separate thread on 'addictivitis'.( a made up disease for addicts to these boards) Happy days

I was born with congenital cataracts for which I had seven operations by the time I was ten, I suffered a detached retina at 18, which after three more operations couldn't be repaired, so I am visually impaired. Suffered for many years with various symptoms, was diagnosed two years ago with addisons disease, at the time I was given less than a week to live, thankfully high doses of steroids and an excellent medical team saved my life. Also have heart valve disease, bronchial asthma, osteoarthritis, osteopenia, gastritis, all of which I have been told is possibly a thing called Sticklers Syndrome, which I am waiting for the results of at present. As you can see I'm fighting fit. M.

God bless you dear lady. At least you retain a sense of humour. Best wishes Happy days

Harry, that's one thing I have always been able to do is have a laugh at my self and there is always someone worse off than me. I am a very lucky person in lots of ways. M.

I had pre eclampsia when I was pregnant with my twins, nearly died! didnt realise how seriously ill I was till after I recovered and they told me. I was kept in a room next to the operating theatre for three days after they delivered my girls but I was out for the count so havent any recollection of anyting at the time, I was in hospital for five weeks before they were delivered but they never actually explained why, just said I needed rest etc. Happy to be here to tell the tale though. Marie

last year i asked for prayers for my dad(he was only 49) as he had an irregular heratbeat brought on by bronchil pneumonia..........he went on to get mennicogal septacemia and then caught mrsa from the ward he was taken to after critical care. needless to say he was a very lucky man and lived to tell the tale.x

Not really, but I was clinically dead once. len

rheumatic fever when I was 9 and pneumonia about 4 years ago

Meningococcal Septicaemia when I was a student nurse in 1972-was all over newspapers at the time -not my name though! Ros

LMAO Cherry, dont think an iron lung will cure addictivitus, just un-subscribe to broadband...that should do it

When I was 5 I had Stephen Johnson's disease, similar to smallpox and spent several weeks in an isolation hospital. They pumped me full of penacillin, which was quite new at that time, and I recovered, but still have some scars.