Titanium_Man

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It’s the one drum they kept banging in hospital, up days and down days! I don’t mind taking the rough with the smooth; but am looking forward to when things level out!! Gonna get Zee to put my battery back in my car tomorrow and start her up. May even get Zee to whip her round the block and clean up the discs as they’re very rusty, of course!

Had an off day today, but down to pushing myself a little far yesterday…. Managed a 2 mile walk 😁 Feeling it today I must admit. My heart also had a very quick testing rhythm last night, which panicked me and had a crap nights sleep. Had a day on the Playstation today so hope tonight will be a better nights sleep. Oh mate, that is soooooo amazing of you to spread the word 🥰 It really is sooooo appreciated.

I have come across this before on the wife’s car. Check the front and rear face of the disc as even the slightest buildup of rust where it’s been sat up will make this sound. It was driving my wife crazy until I found a very, very small bit of corrosion on the outer face. Just enough for the pad to graze over it at slow speed. Nothing at all over say 10mph. Grabbed a bit of emery cloth and rubber it out. Until it was parked up again for another 6 weeks, which reminds me ……..

I’ve come across Merc A-class that had rear pad indicators iirc. Possibly some newer beemers too.

I suggested this would be the case back in April!

There is a company that will sell you the entire bi-xenon kit, which can eve be fitted to standard headlamps. Not cheap when you chuck in their ballast but did look a decent setup.

I have can’t see there being 2 cambelts Cambelts are used to keep the crank and camshaft in time with each other, so really no need for 2 of them on a small engine. it’ll be an aux belt that drives the alternator, A/C and maybe the power steering (not overly familiar with your engine, but stick me in front of it and i’d be able to tell you) plus an actual cambelt that won’t be visible without removing a plastic cover. Some cars have water pumps that are driven by the cambelt, some are driven by the aux belt. Hopefully, someone with direct knowledge of the 1.2tsi engine will come along and clarify.

This all sounds like a right ball-ache!

I can even go one step further and tell you that Durham NHS are actually trialling the at-home INR testing, which is why I hope I can convince North Bristol NHS Trust to do the same, but ain’t holding my breath 😞

Ken, I assume you couldn’t have read very well as a cannula is used for an INR check. No one will be taking blood out through my manhood!

No idea?

No need to catheterise my own veins. Where on earth did you get that from? Not sure what you’ve been reading, but what I know is that the INR can be done in an almost identical way as people with diabetes. Ie a finger pr1ck to get blood, which is then absorbed by the INR test strips and put into the machine….. https://coaguchek.roche.com

I’ve seen that done to pad wear wires to get rid of the dash warning light…..?!?

Absolutely essential you do, please 🥰

OMG 😱 Please thank her from the bottom of my heart. Would love to kiss and give her a quick hug to thank her so much! Not sure about the amazing bit…. I’ve just had to roll with the punches 🤗

You and Zee are it’s right, I do need to wind myself in. I don’t find it easy relying on other people, even my wife. I’ve been a good boy today and some exactly as I’ve said…. Been watching movies all day, with a little visit from my fury bestie, Maple, which was awesome as not seen her for a few weeks, obviously! Got the doctors at 8:20am to get my INR checked for the first time since discharge on Thursday 😱 Gonna see if there’s any way that I can somehow manage to convince them to give me a blood check machine much the same as diabetics use, but to check my INR levels. Not hopeful though.

Thank you, Mac 🥰

Year of polo, what engine is in it? Were the fuel lines disconnected? Has the timing and tension been checked and doubles checked?

So, my recovery has been a little two steps forward, one step backward since I got home. In all fairness, this is completely my fault as I’m a determined little bugger who won’t sit still. Plus, the weather has been mostly great and just wanna be out in the fresh air and sun! The first day I was discharged, as you all know, I went straight to the pub(!) Zee drove us there and all I had to do was sit and talk lots to the staff. This first day conversations were hard as I simply couldn’t talk much. Despite this, I still managed a 40 minute chat with my mum on the phone that evening. Would have probably only taken you guys about 5 minutes to say the same things, but hey! Next day was the start of gaining some sort of mobility back. Up to this point I had managed to walk up and down the ward corridor, probably about 75 meters in total. I live in a 3-story townhouse and really struggled getting up the first flight of stairs on day one and had to stop a couple of times. By day two I could manage the entire first flight in one go Went up and down these a few times during the course of the day, ensuring that I had rest between. Holding a conversation is now much easier, but still needing to pause for breaths. Day 3, which was yesterday, I decided I was going to walk to my local. This was always a short-term goal and wanted to achieve this by Monday (tomorrow) as Zee is back to work and I might get bored 😇 Although I had to stop on the way there (it’s technically uphill from my house) it’s a good 540 meters door to door according to Google maps. Good progress. Chilled in the sun for a few hours, had some decent pub-grub then walked home in one go ready to watch the FA cup final. As I said at the start of this post, two steps forward, one step back ….. sleeping at night has been difficult to say the least. I’m not having much problem getting to sleep as I’m on strong paracetamol throughout the day, but after 4 hours of being led down to sleep and the meds wearing off I am woken by the discomfort 😞 Not managed more than 4 hours in on go…. But no change there really as it’s been like this since 2015 op, but now with my lungs hurting. Zee is adamant that it’s ‘cos I’ve been pushing myself too far this early. She might me right, but no pain no gain as they say!! Today I’ve promised Zee that we’ll stay at home today as it’s meant to be raining, according to my weather app, but the sky is showing me something different at the minute …… I must be good and stick to my promise!!

Thank you, Ryan. It really means a lot to me. It honestly does. 🥰

Thank you, J.R 🥰 I’m not usually an emotional guy, but all the generosity shown this evening and the above words have absolutely caught me by surprise and has made me leak 😪 It wasn’t my choice and not something that I would decide I was doing, but my baby bro was adamant that he wanted to help in some way shape or form and this was his way. It is far too early to see where my life is going to lead after this recent hiccup, but I know I won’t let this beat me and something good will come of this.

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Bless you guys. I’m really humbled by your generosity. 🥰 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-during-a-difficult-time?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

‘Cos it is kinda obvious that someone who was not on Warfarin on admission to hospital but is at discharge would be given even the most basic of Information so not only can said person avoid getting themselves in trouble, but also be aware of the need for (initially) almost daily tests until the ideal dose is found. Anyway, by-the-by As for the pics on Instagram, you’re not missing a whole lot TBH! Certainly not as bad as the still image and 4 second video clip of my chest being open showing my heart beating away that I asked for and received from the surgical team