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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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Unknown userMember
@utopia That's great day 6. Please see meme I posted for @TAB above. It's for you too victory for 6 days. Way to go. I had trouble at the beginning of the year numbing by sleeping all day everyday with pills and alcohol. It was how I survived without professional help at the time. I was reminded of that in hospital. It's so easy to do. I'm glad you are seeing your psychologist this week again to help you remain on track.
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TABSenior Contributor
it can be non alcoholic if use supermarket 0% beer .. it's beer with a dash of raspberry cordial, sorta like a raspberry St Patrick's lol @utopia
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TABSenior Contributor
.. I didnt see 'meme' @Former-Member well til read about it then .. who knows .. just do what you can .. I had been avoiding walks laltely ie my 'bread and butter' ..then busted out 'pool' Tab ..feeling it now .. mad .. could have gone further, erred on side of caution, body still knows about it tho know lol
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Hi @Former-Member @utopia @Former-Member @TAB .....
.... also @Former-Member @Decadian @Kurra @Former-Member @BlueBay @pip
apologies to anyone I have missed ....
Back from the eye specialist with WH. His eye issue is a "vitreous detachment".
Found a description that probably says it better than I can:
A vitreous detachment is the separation of the vitreous (or gel) that fills the back of the eye from the retina. Symptoms of a vitreous detachment include flashes and floaters. The biggest concern when a vitreous detachment occurs is the risk of developing a retinal tear that can lead to a retinal detachment.
So I asked the question about weight-lifting and jogging, and the specialist responded with "not a problem" ..... grrr ...... but have to concede to his specialist judgement. He also said this won't be affected by flying ....
Usually he would see the person again six weeks later to monitor whether the vitreous detachment is pressuring the retina towards tearing .... so as we will be away by then he is seeing WH again in two weeks.
When you look at the bigger picture, putting this together with his circulation issues, leg cramps, feeling the cold more than others, torn muscles, etc it's another minor symptom of what is going on, but not enough to call him on it yet .... have to leave that with the GP .... sigh ....
Bad news - we're now living with the heightened risk of a retinal tear or detachment .... and no diagnosis of the ed yet .... and WH will be straight back into the regimen ....
Good news - there is no retinal tear at the moment .... we can still go on this trip .... there is another health issue logged that may be associated with an ed by an ed specialist when we eventually see one .... WH will be eating lunch and dinner again now that he can resume his gym workouts .... he's had another shot across his bow ....
A girlfriend helped me to work out this morning that we are actually up to year 7 with this thing .... and that's the average point where the next stage of change starts to happen ... so there is another source of hope to hold onto ....
🌷💜 ......... 🐠🐠🐠 ........ 🐬🐬🐬
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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TABSenior Contributor
..hate to say it @Faith-and-Hope but wasn't predicting any 'wins' re specialist visit . hope you have a good trip, sure it'll be fine
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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TABSenior Contributor
was silly drink suggestion, soz @utopia and next week maybe way am feeling, coulda done more, and have done in past through barriers, just no belief cos hadnt done it in so long .. and just as well ..body complaining already .. 4 days break minimum from haven't done in a year or more ..lounge to 500m without stopping, didnt trust any further as havent done forever ..as said 
well used to do twice as far and for a bet may have been able to today ..but no o o.. lol
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Good evening gentle folks, we have had our first trick or treat kid tonight. Lollies are ready so hopefully nobody tricks us tonight. The scary clown epidemic is a bit of a worry.
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