tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post2140703451303322047..comments2023-08-10T15:33:23.169+01:00Comments on This Limbo: Some Things I've LearnedThis Limbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07142666613603776436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-11398448236501317632010-07-10T18:53:59.870+01:002010-07-10T18:53:59.870+01:00Paul - Any comments I've had about being a bli...Paul - Any comments I've had about being a blight on the exchequer have been in jest. That comment made to you sounds a little more sinister. People can be idiots.This Limbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-90770181465572787922010-07-09T04:06:47.230+01:002010-07-09T04:06:47.230+01:00Funny was at a wedding last month, an old friend w...Funny was at a wedding last month, an old friend who knows me well say's, ''Well fair play to you, your in college have a brand new council house, think i'll do the same thing and go on the dole. Sure amint i paying for it all, you have a great time''. I promply replied that his minimal weekly social insurance contribution wouldnt even cover my treament (dialysis) for a day let alone pay for my home, disability payment, college eduction and grant. I say thanks to all the people who pay there contributions and understand that social insurance is excactly what it says it is, INSURANCE. Its there for everyone. I paid my taxes my insuraces I got sick and now i'm claiming even if it is forever. Role on the new kidney for you and me, we will be amazing. PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-83957447395187567532010-05-13T14:24:23.214+01:002010-05-13T14:24:23.214+01:00The ear plugs are essential as are sleeping tablet...The ear plugs are essential as are sleeping tablets. Also found a laptop and earphones great for watching films at night. The only downside being the incident where the earphones became disconnected from the jack at 1am during a rather noisy sex scene from Battlestar Gallactica.Holemasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-59799231015733792412010-04-22T16:12:32.692+01:002010-04-22T16:12:32.692+01:00Duffer - if we got started on a list of hospital h...Duffer - if we got started on a list of hospital hates, we could be here for quite some time! LOL on the gown issue. How does one maintain any semblance of dignity while wearing such a garment?!<br /><br />Jimmy - Glad you enjoyed the post. And 'tis only nosiness that prevents me from reading and sways me towards people-watching in waiting rooms. I'm shockin for staring at folk without realising I'm doing it. It's only when they shift a few seats away from me that I re-adjust my gaze!This Limbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07142666613603776436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-72410068434696143742010-04-22T13:03:49.919+01:002010-04-22T13:03:49.919+01:00Actually, Duffer, they've just had those gowns...Actually, Duffer, they've just had those gowns revamped in the UK, so that they close at the sides rather than the back. Perhaps its time to rethink the design here, too. <br /><br />I loved your post, Regina, great insights and clarity of thought. I strongly agree about the Wikipedia comment; for all its merits, the medical articles tend towards the sensationalist, perhaps designed to entertain more than inform.<br /><br />Just for the record, my favourite waiting-room reading materials are current affairs magazines or else books that can be easily consumed in bite-size chunks (novels are too easily disrupted by the sound of people entering and leaving the room).<br /><br />Best of luck.Jimmy Holohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846759295929896803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-47484477059686429862010-04-22T09:29:26.827+01:002010-04-22T09:29:26.827+01:00Regina, What a terrific post that is, don’t want t...Regina, What a terrific post that is, don’t want to embarrass you but I am with Radge on this.<br />Inspiring stuff and all rings very true. Do the same in waiting rooms, who’s here and for what etc,found myself doing it even more at a transplant clinic today. <br />Particularly enjoy the bullet format… could do one on hospital hates,<br />The surgical gown in at # 1, the one that’s meant to tie at the back,<br />‘Your grand, it’s tied, off you go down the corridor there…..’Dufferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917787326379439963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-19373695836532773212010-04-20T21:12:45.850+01:002010-04-20T21:12:45.850+01:00Radge - I'm not one for magazines. They seem t...Radge - I'm not one for magazines. They seem to be all colour and not much substance and I don't care for any updates on Jordan & Alex or who did this or snorted that recently.<br />I do however believe there is a publication called U. <br /><br />Francis - I always have a book with me in my bag too, but I get more entertainment from watching and listening to others around me. It's the voyeur in me!This Limbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07142666613603776436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-68200281656635547932010-04-20T15:55:38.352+01:002010-04-20T15:55:38.352+01:00Personally, when going to the doctor, I always bri...Personally, when going to the doctor, I always bring a good book with me.<br /><br />Being ill reminds you why the word "patient" is so called!Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800673654164361221.post-66102627002148561862010-04-20T00:32:16.564+01:002010-04-20T00:32:16.564+01:00I'd agree on the waiting room stuff, the imagi...I'd agree on the waiting room stuff, the imagination is a far better plaything than three-month copies of U Magazine, not that I don't love U Magazine. U is a magazine, isn't it?<br /><br />My stabs at humour notwithstanding, a post full of strength, inspiring stuff there.Radgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120550799595771510noreply@blogger.com