Apologies for not posting

Hi All,
I know its late in the evening but I must apologise for not posting recently. I went into hospital on 9th January for a simple artery bypass in my right leg BUT three days after the bypass the surgeon decided that it had failed and the vein that he had removed from my left leg to replace the artery with, had not taken, so he propmptly put me back in theatre and amputated my right leg below the knee, ( what a waste of a good vein ) Two days later he decided that there was still some infection left, so I was back on the operating table and he amputated again, this time above the knee, leaving me about 5 inches of leg. I eventually got home yesterday and found that my computer kept crashing for no apparant reason so I have spent until now getting the damn thing to work. I sincerely hope that these genuine excuses will be accepted I must tell you in advance that when I get back out with the camera there may be a tilt on my photographs A quick look at the forums tells me that I have a lot to catch up on

Hi Allen and welcome back from your ordeal. Glad to have you back and will be happy to see your "tilts" lol. Hope you are well and truely on the mend/road to recovery, take it easy and look after yourself. Big hugs and lots of loving

EY UP Big Al,
we've not spoken before but it sounds like you've had a rough time of it mate,but nice to see you have a GSOH about it....

Hope your out and about again soon and look forward to seeing some pics....

Regards Steve (Mello).

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Big Al,
we havent spoken before, but I can sympathise. I went in last Feb for a simple knee replacement, 5 days after they rushed me back to surgery to repair a burst artery behind the knee, they took it out of the other & then 2 huge skin grafts, so now 5 wound sites & a huge infection. I was lucky and they saved my leg, but a year on I still have neuropathy & cannot feel my foot properly...
As I said I thought that I had a sh t time........
Pete

Hi Al

cant remember if we have conversed at all in the past, tough time doesnt begin to describe it does it? I too have had major ops e.t.c but not lost limbs so i am very fortunate. You take care and i hope you are on the road to recovery.

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Hi Allen, nice to have you back. Sorry to hear of your ordeal, and it's sounds as if you have the right attitude and looking forward. Anyway charge up those battery's and get shooting.

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Apologies for not posting...?? come on, think you have been thro enough to be let off this week...lol good to have you back. you sound pretty upbeat, glad to hear you are seeing the lighter side of life..your strength of character shines thro Big Al. Welcome back

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and i was so looking forward to watching big als spanking
glad to have you back and dont worry about the tilt some beer will even that out

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Thanks for all the comments gang, much appreciated. I will be out and about with the camera as soon as possible should be sometime next week if I can get the wife to push the wheelchair

can you hire a electric jobby? or a mobility car/ buggy

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