New Year
Submitted by carnarvonite on Sun, 2023-12-31 19:01
Wishing all the members, would like to be members and onlookers in a very happy and prosperous New Year.
Can the next one be better than the last one is all we ask.
This one has been a bit of a prick health wise for me so anything of an improvement will be very welcome
Faulkner Family
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A happy new year to you John.
A happy new year to you John. Hopefully everything goes well for you.
Hope everyone on here has a great new year free from dramas . Get out there and spend time with family and friends doing what you enjoy.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
sea-kem
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Happy new year John, hope
Happy new year John, hope the health improves. It's worth more than all the money in world.
Love the West!
rob90
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Happy new year best wishes
Happy new year best wishes to all.
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
Adam Gallash
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Seasons
Seasons greetings to all
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Jackfrost80
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Big year ahead for me. Been
Big year ahead for me. Been diagnosed with an adrenal adenoma which is a benign tumour on my adrenal gland that can overproduce cortisol causing a constant fight or flight mechanism leading to high blood pressure, extreme fatigue and anxiety/depression to name a few. Going through testing to confirm it's a functioning tumour to have the cunt removed and return to living the life I was years ago.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Swompa
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Best of luck, Frosty
Best of luck, Frosty
davewillo
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That sucks Frosty. Hopefully
That sucks Frosty. Hopefully they can sort it out and you can get back to enjoying life.
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Rob H
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All the best dealing with
All the best dealing with that Frosty
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Best of luck frosty
Back in Hollywood battling a foot infection, will beat this one as well
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Never ending
Had an MRI on shoulder that had been operated on 10 yrs back, to see what surgeon needs when he goes in to replace nearly all the moving bits. One snapped tendon, one badly torn and 3 major tears to go with the arthritis in the joint.
All this on top of problems with bleeds into supra pubic catheter that one is stuck with for ever through complication from prostate surgery. When asked if I kicked a Chinaman for all this bad luck I reply that not only him but his entire family plus his dog and cat.One is alive and that is what matters
uncle
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Just gotta focus on
the good things John, I've had a lot of shit but my structure is holding up
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Faulkner Family
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Not good frosty . Hope things
Not good frosty . Hope things get sorted for you sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Coastrunner
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Date Joined: 25/10/14
One thing I reckon we can be thankful for
Is the excellent medical care we have in WA. Best of luck guys for 2024.
sea-kem
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Hope you get over it
Hope you get over it Frosty.
My deckie has just found out his prostate cancer has returned after being operated on about 3 years ago ffs.
Love the West!
The Saint
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Date Joined: 30/01/13
While we are on the subject,
While we are on the subject, I was diagnosed with sever aplastic anemia in October 2022. Got sick and ended up in hospital 2 weeks before my retirement day. For those that follow AFL and are familiar with the Richmond/St Kilda Maddie's Match, this disease is what took out Nick Reiwoldt's younger sister. Severely compromised immune system (as well as low platelet and red blood cell count) means no offshore fishing, a dorsal fin spike or similar from a demersal could cause severe problems or worse. Only whiting and squid for the past year. And that is only when I'm able to get on top of the overwhelming fatigue that is all part of this sickness
Was planning a round Aus caravan trip in retirement but doctors have knocked that on the head. Van now just sitting in the driveway...
No cure, just ongoing treatment, but at least I'm still here.
Your health is your wealth, make the most of it while you can, you just don't know what's around the corner
davewillo
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Sorry to hear that Saint. It
Sorry to hear that Saint. It sucks to get something like that just when you're about to enjoy the retirement you've worked so hard for. Better than my father in law who got 2 years of retirement and died very suddenly. It all makes my decision to retire early (not yet but plan is coming togther) the right one for me.
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The Saint
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Thanks davewillo, get that
Thanks davewillo, get that plan together and do it as soon as you can.
sea-kem
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All the best for you mate,
All the best for you mate, yep me and the misso have decided to up the travel timetable. Too many friends etc getting sick or dying to wait till retired.
Love the West!
The Saint
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Cheers Andy,Take it from me,
Cheers Andy,
Take it from me, do the travel thing as soon as you can.
So many things I had planned for retirement now out the window ...
Jackfrost80
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That truely sucks mate and
That truely sucks mate and sorry to hear. The fatigue is the worst because it prevents you doing the things you want (or at least to the extent you want) even if you feel ok which compounds things from an emotional wellbeing perspective.
All the best going forward as well John and Unc and may 2024 bring some good laughs and a few fish.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Rob H
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Ended the year with a few
Ended the year with a few extra scars both on the leg and carcinomas-was supposed to get one out this morning and Dr cancelled.
Last kid started a sparky apprenticeship this morning, and I'm looking at how to slow down at work.
Had a plan to swap weeks with my opposite who was keen for more work-then he won lotto...
I know I won't lay on my death wishing I'd moved another barge of iron ore to China, but too tight to knock it off altogether.
Montes this year hopefully, but my dear old Ma in NZ will also need a visit.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Brock O
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HYN All, Best of luck Frosty
HYN All,
Best of luck Frosty & Saint...My bit after severe Tinnitus kicking off in one ear was a MRI which found nothing in the ears but a growth on my Pituitary gland which is at the base of your brain, mine was benign also..its name was Acromegaly. This the same as what Andre the Giant had...I recon it kicked in early 30s for me looking back, boot size went from a 12 to a 13, people commenting on my hands and the wife constantly complaining about my chronic snoring, this due to my growth hormone sitting in the 800s....normal is 200s. Was good eat and drink what I wanted, veins sticking out with not a gram of fat on me...gym sessions pulled results like nothing else. You can live with it, they recon it can take 10 years off your life worse case. So had an ENT and brain surgeon working together, up through the nose, fractured the scull then pulled it out...size of a pea same as the movie total recall...I shit you not. All good now, hormones back to normal..no meds, just yearly bloods and follow ups.
Still struggle with shit hearing and ADHD which I really need to get sorted..
Anyway…big year ahead, have just started pulling my tub down, massive job ahead just to get the motor off and boat into the back shed, plans are for a new floor, strengthen the cab, new design on the transom, windscreen, roof and the best suspension seating I can find, keeping the old Opti at this stage.
Itching to achieve 2024
uncle
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Update, going home today
Been fighting bone infection in foot, massive amounts of iv's with strong antibiotics, will be on infusion for a week at home,24.7 for a week, continual iv's, I've always said, can you dodge every medical problem?
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
davewillo
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I hope all on here sort out
I hope all on here sort out their medical issues soon and with good outcomes. Shitty way to start the year.
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Bodgy 79
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Yeah wish you all well and
Yeah wish you all well and hope everyone gets over their hurdles.
I had my scare few months ago with a gut ache,went to doc after work then up to Bunbury at 8 next morning for ct scan( a bit spooky for someone who hasn't been in a hospital bed since birth) Then old mate shoved his camera up me shute but thankfully nothing found and has returned to a one way street.Being early 40s it was the realisation how my life could have spun 360 from a single test result.
any niggles fellas pays to get them checked!!
uncle
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Managed to get over bone infection
in my bad foot, back in the game
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Jackfrost80
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I think I just saw a shimmer
I think I just saw a shimmer of scared fish in the Skippy Hole
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
davewillo
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Good news Unc. We don't want
Good news Unc. We don't want any FW friends in the wars!
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selthy
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That's good to hear.
That's good to hear.
Faulkner Family
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Just goes to show no matter
Just goes to show no matter your age , health or sex anything can happen. Touch wood my health is good. Sandy and I are planning to start getting away a bit more with hopes to an early retirement for me in a few years . My dad left the travel stuff too late and I don't want to be the same with Sandy.
Good luck to all that have different ailments and you recover sooner than later
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together