Aim Here Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, superbigal said: I assume @Jacksgranda must have smashed the most liked daily content on his reappearance post. Need to get Marshy and co along to red dot him down. He hasn't. Last I checked, I had the record with 196 green dots (this was in the days of everybody ripping the piss out of Hearts' imminent relegation and I had about 3 popular posts in one day). There might be someone who beat me since then. I suspect the record for best single post is the original 'Chronicle of the Banter Years' post from Hibsfan, so he doesn't have that one either. Edited December 8, 2021 by Aim Here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Aim Here said: He hasn't. Last I checked, I had the record with 196 green dots (this was in the days of everybody ripping the piss out of Hearts' imminent relegation and I had about 3 popular posts in one day). There might be someone who beat me since then. F*** me, at death's door and I can't even get the most liked daily content... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, superbigal said: I assume @Jacksgranda must have smashed the most liked daily content on his reappearance post. Need to get Marshy and co along to red dot him down. Just imagine if a popular poster disappeared due to a near death experience. Only kidding @Jacksgranda glad to hear you're on the mend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 22 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: "Reports of my death have been greatly slightly exaggerated" Although my wife did say "You gave everyone a bit of a scare" For those of you who haven't got 45 minutes to spare, skip to the end. Thanks to all who asked after me and sent messages, special thanks to @welshbairn who wrote me a letter, much appreciated. It all started on Saturday 6th November, when we were to go for our covid booster, and I decided not to take it as I thought I was starting a cold, and I was still swithering about getting it when my wife and daughter were in getting theirs, but decided against it, which is probably just as well as the way I felt on Sunday would probably have initially been put down to the covid reaction. Sunday I had great difficulty breathing and it just got worse as the day wore on, I had absolutely no energy. My wife got concerned when I couldn't walk from the hall chair to the living room a distance of some 5 steps, she finally got me oxtered into the living room. She kept saying "Do you want me to get the doctor?", and I just sat there flapping my hands and going "No, no. no", so she realised I was going to be of no help and phoned the doctor on call and was told he would ring back in 4 hours, so she immediately phoned an ambulance. I can vaguely remember the ambulance man being in the living room, but have no recollection of my stepdaughter, a granddaughter and a neighbour who is a nurse also being there. The last thing I remember is lying in the ambulance with my wife looking in the door (stepdaughter and granddaughter were also there but all I remember is my wife) and the ambulance man talking to me "Stay with me buddy, keep talking" or words along those lines when they want you to stay conscious. The next thing I remember is coming to in a side ward of the E&A in Antrim hospital with a chest drain in and catheter in, having lost about 5 hours. My wife says the doctors were very good, ringing every couple of hours to inform her of progress. I had a collapsed lung. Then I was whipped off to a ward where I was constantly getting blood samples taken, iv drips, saline drips, blood pressure taken and hooked up to the oxygen machine, I was pretty ropy for a couple of days. However, things began to improve and after over a week I started to eat, I put the loss of appetite down to the medication, saline drips and stress. X-rays, scans, ultra sounds - you name it I got it, treatment was first class. The first Saturday I was in the chap in the next bed decided to bless us all with his jug of water which he had made holy water and I got soaked, along with the doctor on call and 3 of the nurses. The doctor was a bit annoyed about it and asked "Why did you bless that man and him not even a catholic?", I asked how she knew that (it was likely on my notes) and she more or less said I didn't look like one, so maybe there is something to the old trope about the eyes being too close together after all @LongTimeLurker. I think the poor chap was out of his head on medication, he was very apologetic in the morning, but I don't think he remembered very much about it. Another night 3 members of staff had to restrain another patient, who would not stay in bed, he was trying to remove his cannula plus he was hooked up to oxygen and had a catheter in, he could have done himself serious damage. Eventually they got him injected with something and he calmed down. I drifted off to sleep but woke in the middle of the night to see his bed was gone. Moved to ICU. Or so they said... They have a funny way of telling you things - "Do you know you've got an irregular heart rhythm, Mr Jacksgranda?". Well I do now, God knows how long I've had that, they must have picked it up from the ECG. I went in on 3 inhalers and a nasal spray, and came home on 3 inhalers, a heart tablet, fluid tablets (they are deadly, up at the toilet every half hour), a blood thinning tablet and antibiotics. Got the chest drain out after 4 days and made steady progress, but every time I was to get home there was another setback - my temperature went through the roof the afternoon before I was to get home so that knocked that on the head, I could have got home but with the district nurse coming in to administer an iv antibiotic but I didn't fancy that, and then yesterday they decided to keep me one more day, but the consultant was very pleased with my progress this morning and was happy with the ultra sound, so that was me on the road, can't say I was sorry, I know I was in the right place but it was a bit wearisome at the end up. What can you say about the staff? Consultants, doctors, nurses, ancillary staff, cooks, cleaners, porters, ambulance men - magnificent. The things they have to do (especially the nurses). Cleaning shitey arses, fetching the commode, emptying urine bottles and catheter bags, changing beds, reassuring anxious and fractious patients (including this one) and relatives, cutting up food, feeding patients, administrating drugs, taking blood pressure and checking oxygen levels all the while with the highest degree of compassion, empathy and professionalism, constantly n their feet, all with the threat of covid hanging over them, every MP, MLA and MSP etc should be made to shadow an NHS person's shift (I mean the whole 13 hours, not just a smiley 10 minute facebook post Our wonderful NHS staff), maybe then something would get done about proper funding and training. The Indian nurses are the best, such gentle natures. Finally I'm home after 4 weeks and 3 false starts. TL/DR As I've already said my wife said "You gave us all a bit of a scare" but I'm all right now, thanks to the incomparable NHS. Quite the tale! Good to see you back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I always thought Goodbye from Chigsy (preserved in the gold section) broke all records for greenies, but it seems he only got 5. Someone's messing with the scores imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: F*** me, at death's door and I can't even get the most liked daily content... You also owe me two weeks worth of greenies. I usually rely on you to boost my rep. I'm glad you're not dead, avoid reading the COVID thread, you'll want to be back in intensive care with no internet access. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) Leaderboard - The Pie Shop (pieandbovril.com) 1. Chronicles of the Banter Years by @HibsFan 2. cheerio from @chigsy91 3. Rangers' AGM Gazebo by @RandomGuy. 4. Graeme Le Sauxdomy by @bullywee 5. madwullie's wife 6. I'm not dead by @Jacksgranda Edited December 8, 2021 by Miguel Sanchez 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 23 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: My wife told me the night whenever she looked at me in the ambulance she didn't think I'd be coming home. That actually sounds a bit grim for your missus. Having been in her shoes before, best wishes to jacksgrandma. You had the, "you almost scared me to death" guilt trip yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, BFTD said: That actually sounds a bit grim for your missus. Having been in her shoes before, best wishes to jacksgrandma. You once loaded @Jacksgrandainto an ambulance? He gets around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Just now, scottsdad said: You once loaded @Jacksgrandainto an ambulance? He gets around. Every Saturday night since the old boy starting knocking back the White Lightning with his anti-inflammatories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 10 hours ago, BFTD said: That actually sounds a bit grim for your missus. Having been in her shoes before, best wishes to jacksgrandma. You had the, "you almost scared me to death" guilt trip yet? I don't want to labour the point and hog the thread - other folk have been seriously/are seriously ill and we have had deaths, and I'm well on the road to recovery - but she was really worried. I think she's keeping that one up her sleeve... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Welcome back@Jacksgranda.You were missed!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Nothing from @ayrmad since July. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 08/12/2021 at 21:16, BFTD said: That actually sounds a bit grim for your missus. Having been in her shoes before, best wishes to jacksgrandma. You cutting about in JG's missus's shoes? To the surprise of no-one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 @Ad Lib hasn't been on for a month 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Rugster said: Nothing from @ayrmad since July. 3 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: @Ad Lib hasn't been on for a month Some (a lot of) folk just disappear, but under the present circumstances long absences can be a worry Both ayrmad and Ad Lib were fairly regular contributors Edited December 13, 2021 by Jacksgranda Update 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Some (a lot of) folk just disappear, but under the present circumstances long absences can be a worry Both ayrmad and Ad Lib were fairly regular contributors Ad Lib is still fairly active on Twitter, so must just be giving here a break 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: Ad Lib is still fairly active on Twitter, so must just be giving here a break That's good to know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Ad Lib exhausted himself holding everyone to account who didn’t personally defend the Kabul Palace 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: @Ad Lib hasn't been on for a month Nobody cares. It's not like he's @Jacksgranda. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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