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Sorry to hear that, Nick. That's a real bugger..
Ask the All Blacks to lose the Bledisloe
Yet, for some strange reason, I get the sense you're not going to let it take over your life if you have anything to do with it....
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
As always, shout if we can help in any way.
Ask the All Blacks to lose the Bledisloe
I was going to make you a lasagna, but I’ll see what I can do
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Awful news, hoping what others are posting about new treatments are on the money.
mental state probably explains why you're now watching the Eels though
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@bayimports said in Happiness Scale:
Awful news, hoping what others are posting about new treatments are on the money.
mental state probably explains why you're now watching the Eels though
Seriously you're due for a change in luck..
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I'll just put this here (low alcohol IPA, BTW)....
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@Victor-Meldrew I just got an SMS yesterday from Triumph-of-Seattle - telling me my GT-Air 3 Nile has arrived and is ready for pickup.
Now I just need a fucking licence.
(Oh - BTW - helmet cost 25% more than it would have in NZ. I won't hypothesise as to why, sullying this thread with politics) -
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Shit - that's actually about the same as price in US - slightly more in fact. Guess I can't blame tariffs for it after all.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Well, just to fuck life up when things seemed to be getting on track after the recent episode:
Boxing Day 2023 I woke up with a bit of vision loss in my left eye. Hospital is always fun that time of year (not) and after spending most of the next day there and running all sorts of tests, they decided to pump me with steroids and sent me off to see a Neuro-Opthamologist.
The diagnosis was optic neuritis. But they wanted to know what was causing it.
And today - after over a year of mostly waiting between tests - the same specialist reckons the diagnosis is Multiple Sclerosis.
Now for another MRI to see if it has advanced, so we can look at treatment options from there.
Given the extended and repeated kicks in the balls our family has received over the past 8 years, I fully expect to win the lottery any minute now.
On the plus side, the doc said it was caught very early and treatments were becoming more and more effective. We're a long way from people being wheelchair-bound by the time they're 50 (I'm turning 49 in June).
He's talking 10-20 years before any impacts to lifestyle at the moment, but needs the next round of tests before being sure.
I've got 5 caps to get for the rugby club to get above two other blokes (absolute peanuts) who don't deserve to be there TBH, and then refereeing. A trip to Europe and other shit once my daughter finishes school this year.
Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'
Nick, just read this. Keep on keeping on, lots to live for mate. Cliche I know but wordiness is not my strong suit. All the very best. You’re a good person.
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@Victor-Meldrew USofA license is in the mail with my bike endorsement.
Current life crisis is...- do I go and buy a bike immediately, and maybe get a couple of weeks of summer riding in before putting it away for PNW winter, and pay insurance, etc...
- or procrastinate even further, which got me here, and wait until next summer
- dive into something like riders-share.com for the next month
- go to UK and borrow the bike I left there for a month or so
Fucking 1st world problems, but...
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@Kruse said in Happiness Scale:
@Victor-Meldrew USofA license is in the mail with my bike endorsement.
Current life crisis is...- do I go and buy a bike immediately, and maybe get a couple of weeks of summer riding in before putting it away for PNW winter, and pay insurance, etc...
- or procrastinate even further, which got me here, and wait until next summer
- dive into something like riders-share.com for the next month
- go to UK and borrow the bike I left there for a month or so
Fucking 1st world problems, but...
Any of those options except procrastinate. Riding is good for the soul if it's in your blood. I am on a three week trip at the moment and it's been cathartic.
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