My very first Friday night thread 
I am posting and then lurking as this week I have had an angiogram and diagnosis of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I'm booked in for a rib removal operation in September so am resting - still!
DH is struggling with the concept of me having major surgery. We are not going to be able to go anywhere on holiday as I wouldn't get insurance. We will try to go to Legoland and stay a night in a Travelodge. I can do lots of sitting down reading while they go on the rides :)
Ds has been going to holiday club this week and spending most of the time by himself but seems to have enjoyed himself.
One revelation has been that we bought him 3 golf lessons through Groupon. He has had the first and was a complete natural Am so pleased for my dyspraxic little boy
Hope you all had a good one :)
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Ben10isthespawnofthedevil · 29/07/2011 18:28
Well i am hoping to be able to get back to work in November- ish. That will be a year off work 
The operation has an 80% success rate and the surgeon isn't sure that it will fix me but we'll have to see. My rib is compressing the left artery 100% and the right side 90% when I raise my arms so I just need to at least get the symptomatic side fixed. I am getting worse not better just sitting at home and I can't do nothing forever............
Hopefully holidays will be on the horizon for next summer. I wouldn't mind being a golf widow TBH. Sounds a perfect unsociable sport for DS
Wow to the roller coasters. THat is an achievement as is the theory test. I also can't imagine DS driving..........
Enjoy your rest ellen while you can
Right, no more typing for me
Oh yes, the guilt! The third and favourite parent has been the computer since he was 2! Getting him an iPod touch last year was both a blessing (in waiting rooms, airports, long car journeys) and a curse (getting him to actually want to do anything else)
Evening, just stopping by as I am not only ridiculously stacked out with stuff to do tonight - but ridiculously exhausted in equal measure.
Ben10, pleased to hear they've finally identified the problem and can do something about it, but sorry to hear it means major surgery. If you do go to Legoland, look at one of the deals they do with the Grange Hotel Bracknell - it wasn't much different to the Travelodge price when we went and so much nicer. Its still a budget hotel and a little tired around the edges, but has a much nicer, calmer atmosphere than a Travelodge imho.
Another stressful week here - dd has had tonsillitis with temps spiking over 40 at times. Just when we were about to rush her to the ooh doc the fever broke and she's been much better today.
Good news on the dog front - got the biopsy results today and its not cancer! I was so relieved I came off the phone and cried. 
It seems it a rare type of cellulitis, most likely caused by a foreign body such as a splinter. She just needs another two weeks of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories and should be right as rain. She's back in at the vets tomorrow for a quick check, as she's been a bit subdued today compared with yesterday and woke us up howling at 6am, which is something she never does. Its most likely because they stopped the antibiotics after her appointment tomorrow, so the infection had started to rise again, but we have the new course now, so fingers crossed.
Finally, I have now lost 21lbs since I started my diet (14th June) - 19 since I started properly weighing-in and logging it. Hoping it doesn't all go to pot on holiday. I do intend to be pretty strict, allowing myself just a glass of wine on a couple of evenings and one meal out at my favourite restaurant, but have planned lots of nice healthy meals as well, so hopefully I should at least maintain rather than gain.
Sorry not to have read more of the thread - I did try, but it just wasn't going in.
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Hi Chundle, just saw the swimming pool thread. Sad to say goodbye to the CDC where they all understand, but for the best reasons!
Babyheave, back to your proper name! Is the school Paed appt part of statutory assessment? Only hairy men here, too. 
Hi Lollipop. Sounds like a great holiday, good for your confidence, too. Does it feel like a really big step getting a white cane? I suppose it makes your disability more obvious. Can you get something foldable and discrete that you can put in your bag fir when you don't need it?
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You're welcome Ben, as I said, it is a bit tired round the edges and there aren't any nice views, but it was perfect for us.
We went for an apartment (£35 upgrade) so the dcs were in their own room, on the other side of glass doors and we had a kitchenette to make our own evening meal and picnic for the second day in. It was great to be able to watch a film in the evening and keep an eye on the dcs without having to spend the evening whispering and reading so that we didn't wake them.
Hope you have a fantastic time. 
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