June 3rd & 4th Boinger Bash --- Event and Payment Details

[TonyL]

Blimey, thanks Mick! To be honest I was happy to leave my £20 in the pot as I'd had to cancel at short notice, so I'm prepared to chip in again if it'll help.



Have all Boinger folk got bad backs?

Mine's got steadily worse over the last 8+ years now. 2x MRI's, loads of different treatments (inc. facet joint injections- ouch!) have all failed and it's been diagnosed as degenerative disc disease with a couple prolapsed in the lumbar. Sometimes I have good days where you'd think "there's nowt bloody wrong with him" but many others where I need a stick and walk like a 95yr old. Unfortunately the surgeon doesn't want to operate, as I still have feeling in my legs and control of bodily functions!

A doc put me on Tramadol t'other week and I subsequently spent 4 days high as a kite before telling the Mrs I'd had enough and stopped taking it. I promptly went 'cold turkey' with sweats, shivers, nausea, blurred vision and 'restless skin' meaning 48 hours without sleep. It took as many days to come down off it as I'd been on it; bloody awful stuff!

Uncle Mick is good like that, matey.

Re the back symptoms, sounds very familiar. Must admit though, I'll try and delay surgery for as long as possible.

Re the Tramadol, Yep, I've heard that it's powerful but nasty stuff.

When I very first got sciatica, around 2001 I think, the doc gave me some Kapake. Talk about high...I was off with the fairies! I only ever took the one dose, just didn't like the feeling of not being in control!


Well, it looks like a fair few of us have various "skeletal" problems.....maybe a larger bench may be required, Mick, and we can all undergo some Tinbum surgery. Just another benefit of Membership of The Guild of The Hollow.

[tinbum]

So your usual "smack it with a shoe " technique won't be used?
A precision strike with a 6lb club hammer?

Pete

"Smack it with a shoe" is only for fine detail work.

[TonyL]

With all this talk of knackered discs / backs / necks, Nick, I now realise what you were on about when you spoke of "Brokeback Mountain"!.

[TonyL]

And The Sleepometer keeps ticking by unswervingly.......


51 to go, Happy Peeps.


BOING!

[flyingfish]

We need to change the subject before people think that springers give you a bad back

Pete

[Paul SE]

Time for a tea break BOING

Up we go fellow BOINGERS

BOING

[flyingfish]

Three quarters of the way down the page!

Pete

[TonyL]

We need to change the subject before people think that springers give you a bad back

Pete

Wot bad back?

[TonyL]

Off tomorrow (working on Monday, Pauly.....bugger!).

We'll see if The Fun Prevention Officer lets me have a play or not.

Fingers crossed.


BOING!

[flyingfish]

Wot bad back?

Exactly

Pete

[tinbum]

100 posts and no ones said "BOIIING" yet!?


Oh wait......

[Paul SE]

100 posts and no ones said "BOIIING" yet!?


Oh wait......

Oh go on then.....

BOIIIING

[TonyL]

What are all you fine Boingerpeeps up to over the Easter weekend?

Sleepy-o-meter says we have 50 to go, folks.


BOING!!

[flyingfish]

My son's 21st today, recovering all weekend

Pete

[NewPaul]

I'm up in Sunderland for the long weekend. Visiting South Shields today, Whitby tomorrow and Holy Island on Sunday. I'm up here a few times a year but rarely get the chance to get out and about so it will make a change. Highlight of the weekend will be dropping into to see a good mate and fellow Boingerer - Baldinio on my way back down on Monday. Downside is: Tony is working on that day so no drop in on another good mate and Boingerer further down on my journey home