Get well soon prestwich blue

Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I hope he wasn't in Holland when he caught it?


Best wishes PB :)
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Thanks everybody. I wasn't in Holland as it happens but the pneumonia is a complication from a bad fall which I had last Friday and caused significant bruising to my posterior rib cage. So I have something in common with Sergio.

I was in severe discomfort anyway from that but it was manageable with painkillers. However things took a turn for the worse on Wednesday night when I started to struggle for breath and was coughing almost constantly. Coughing when you've got badly bruised ribs isn't fun I can tell you and I was screaming from the pain.

Somehow got through the night & dragged myself into A&E where they x-rayed me and did a load of other tests. The good news was that there didn't appear to be anything broken but then a worried looking consultant came in and started asking me if I'd ever worked in a dusty environment such as a coal mine. I was a bit non-plussed and asked him why and he said there's a significant abnormality showing up with my lungs.

At that point the thing that went through my mind was that my ex's father had a similar experience where he fell, damaged his ribs, went for an x-ray and they discovered he had lung cancer. Fortunately they'd caught it in time and he's still going strong over 30 years later but I was shitting myself at that moment. So getting told that it was probably pneumonia was actually a relief in many ways. I'm told it's not uncommon when you've suffered rib injuries as you can't breath properly and your lungs get congested as a result.

I feel like shit and am just catching a hours sleep here and there when I can, which is why I'm up at 3 in the morning. I'm at that point currently where the wooziness from the opiates they've given me to control the pain and help my breathing has worn off but the pain & coughing hasn't quite kicked back in so I'm relatively coherent.

I'll be publishing a cooking/cleaning/mopping-my-brow rota later on as I'm sure you're all keen to do your bit to help so if you have any preference let me know. Hopefully I'll be back on my feet early next week.

But another reason I'm up is that I'm worried sick about a fellow blue. If anyone listens to the AmericaCityzens podcast, Josh (who does that) has been suffering from severe depression and his last tweets suggest he's done or is about to do something stupid to himself. I'm praying that's not the case but it puts my problems into perspective. I hope he's ok.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Thanks everybody. I wasn't in Holland as it happens but the pneumonia is a complication from a bad fall which I had last Friday and caused significant bruising to my posterior rib cage. So I have something in common with Sergio.

I was in severe discomfort anyway from that but it was manageable with painkillers. However things took a turn for the worse on Wednesday night when I started to struggle for breath and was coughing almost constantly. Coughing when you've got badly bruised ribs isn't fun I can tell you and I was screaming from the pain.

Somehow got through the night & dragged myself into A&E where they x-rayed me and did a load of other tests. The good news was that there didn't appear to be anything broken but then a worried looking consultant came in and started asking me if I'd ever worked in a dusty environment such as a coal mine. I was a bit non-plussed and asked him why and he said there's a significant abnormality showing up with my lungs.

At that point the thing that went through my mind was that my ex's father had a similar experience where he fell, damaged his ribs, went for an x-ray and they discovered he had lung cancer. Fortunately they'd caught it in time and he's still going strong over 30 years later but I was shitting myself at that moment. So getting told that it was probably pneumonia was actually a relief in many ways. I'm told it's not uncommon when you've suffered rib injuries as you can't breath properly and your lungs get congested as a result.

I feel like shit and am just catching a hours sleep here and there when I can, which is why I'm up at 3 in the morning. I'm at that point currently where the wooziness from the opiates they've given me to control the pain and help my breathing has worn off but the pain & coughing hasn't quite kicked back in so I'm relatively coherent.

I'll be publishing a cooking/cleaning/mopping-my-brow rota later on as I'm sure you're all keen to do your bit to help so if you have any preference let me know. Hopefully I'll be back on my feet early next week.

But another reason I'm up is that I'm worried sick about a fellow blue. If anyone listens to the AmericaCityzens podcast, Josh (who does that) has been suffering from severe depression and his last tweets suggest he's done or is about to do something stupid to himself. I'm praying that's not the case but it puts my problems into perspective. I hope he's ok.
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Thanks for the update - take it easy, take your time and get well soon.
I fell off my bicycle coming home from the pub when we beat Monchengladbach 4-2 at home 2 December's ago and won the group stage, was absolutely smashed.... broke a collarbone and a rib (and the hospital bill was $6,000 - I had to pay $1,500) but yes, every time I laughed or coughed, boy did it hurt!

Really sorry to hear of your concerns about the AmericaCityzens guy, where is he roughly, what state?
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Thanks for the update - take it easy, take your time and get well soon.
I fell off my bicycle coming home from the pub when we beat Monchengladbach 4-2 at home 2 December's ago and won the group stage, was absolutely smashed.... broke a collarbone and a rib (and the hospital bill was $6,000 - I had to pay $1,500) but yes, every time I laughed or coughed, boy did it hurt!

Really sorry to hear of your concerns about the AmericaCityzens guy, where is he roughly, what state?
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He's in Bakersfield, California. I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago about my plans to see a college football game when I'm out in Arizona in November and he seemed ok.
 
seems the old wives tale has struck again......disasters come in threes, mendy kuhn and PB. At least we wont have to wait until January to replace him. On a serious note he has my vote for MVP, even though we are poles apart politically, intellectually and no doubt financially. When I first joined BM I soon realised that though a life-long City fan, I was a light-weight compared to PB with his fanzine involvement and the forward-with-franny campaign and his knowledge of all things blue. Ah well, all good things come to an.............,
Get well soon, and try not to laugh too much :)
 
Hope the medics insisted that you stay away from the match day thread until you are fully recovered!

All the best and hope you are fit and well again soon.
 
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