East Mids or thereabouts

[Paul.P]

Over 2 weeks with no banter on the East Mids thread

Do the Woolpack need to know numbers in advance or are they a bit less uptight than the Crown?

Na, there cool about numbers Rip, only reason we moved to the Crown was because of the parking in the green, & we thought it would be a bit easier for you lot to get to.

[Gary]

Thanks for the PM's about my dad.

I don't think we will be making it on Tuesday

[Dave Eds]

I don't think we will be making it on Tuesday

So we'll have to take the pi$$ out of the Burnside Dik then instead of you eh?

[Dico]

aka- Billy nine fingers

[Paul.P]

BNF won't be coming & neither will his dad unless the osteopath does miracles monday afternoon, afraid ive put a disc out boys & its bloody painful

[Dave Eds]

afraid ive put a disc out

Front or rear?

O/S or N/S?

Drilled and grooved?



Hope it gets sorted quickly

[Paul.P]

N/S Rear Dave, & i don't care if they drill, groove, remove or what they do to it as long as this pain goes, ive had bad back for years, but not this bad

[Enright]

Get well soon Paul.

[DaveT]

Its no bloody wonder the Polish builders are cleaning up- Billy Nine Fingers and Glass Back Parsons. "Every job a problem".

GWP

You have pm advice

[Paul.P]

Get well soon Paul.

Thanks Neil

[dapinky]

Paul,

I ain't gonna pake the pi$$ 'cos i thought i knew what a bad back was like in the distant past when i've suffered a bit, and then 3 years ago i prolapsed a disc and have never felt pain quite like it (and i've been shot!).

I did it in the most innocuous of ways as well, i just turned round in the kitchen to reach the kettle and collapsed on the floor in agony - i lost all feeling in my legs for about ten minutes and then took about 20 minutes to get into a chair which Angie brought out (eventually ).

Admittedly, i had spent a day earlier in the week throwing hay bales around at my mates farm, which may not have helped.

In my case, the NHS were cr@p - i was given co-codamol and put on the 'urgent' list for an MRI scan. After about a week i asked how long the urgent list is, and was told that it would be done as soon as possible - probably about 6 months I glad it wasn't non-urgent!!!!

After i got bored with daytime TV i phoned up the Occupational Health team at work and they told me to stay off sick until the NHS pulled their finger out (there goes more of your taxpayers' money).

It took a total of 10 weeks before i could get work to dip into their pockets to pay for a private MRI scan (which just happens to be the time period when my private health insurance kicks in.)

I was in the OHU office in Bristol at 1200 getting the authorisation to go private, and was in the clinic at Bridgwater (45 miles away) by 1400 getting it done.

I then found out that the MRI scanner is owned by the NHS, but they use it for 1 day a week, and the rest of the time (6 days) it is hired out to private companies to use as it is such an expensive bit of kit - no wonder there's a hell of a queue

It's just another "NHS postcode lottery".

The worst thing is that the actual scan only cost £400, and i would have happily paid it myself to get sorted out quicker.

In the end i was told by the consultant that my back is suffering from age (I was only 42, and was being told i was old ) and given a cortizone injection.

Upshot of which - ocassional dull ache if standing still for a long time (more than 20 minutes without leaning or sitting) but you can cope with that!!!!!

Anyway, get well soon.

[Paul.P]

Phew Dave, good story & cheared me up as well. Ive got every confidence my osteopath will sort me out on monday, what really pissed me off was when i rang him 8am wednesday & was told he couldn't see me until 4pm on monday, & i know he has had a place done at his home for emergencies, but it would spoil his weekend golf, no doubt
Oh, & i am paying for this, not on the NHS !

[Dave Eds]

but it would spoil his weekend golf, no doubt

You're priceless Snips

I couldn't see you missing an EM meet if one of your customers needed emergency building repairs

Maybe if the others did, but not the :gray: one

[Paul.P]

but it would spoil his weekend golf, no doubt

You're priceless Snips

I couldn't see you missing an EM meet if one of your customers needed emergency building repairs

Maybe if the others did, but not the :gray: one

Not going here Dave, cause my SOH ain't very good at the min

[Dico]

Just remind me Snipper, when was it ever?







p.s. get yer @rse in gear!

[Paul.P]

Just remind me Snipper, when was it ever

, it has to be with mates like you

[JOSLER]

Sorry to hear about the disc hope you get it sorted mate.

[miss_elan]

Can't make the 29th

[Paul.P]

Can't make the 29th

Don't worry Toni, there will be plenty more !

[rip]

Hope your back gets sorted soon Paul.