Hello all. This is just a quick note to let you know that the reason for my even-more-than-normal poor comms is due to the fact that I’ve not been too well of late (precis below..). So if you’ve made contact on here, or via other means (the website, text, voicemail, Facebook etc.) and I’ve not responded, I will get back to you… honest! The basics are:
I have had faecal peritonitis with a few additional complications, so have been in hospital having bits chopped out of me. These bits are still out for investigation. Lucky someone with that job. I nearly popped my clogs twice whilst in the hospital, my stomach now looks like someone let off a frag grenade on it and I’m cra**ing in to a bag attached to my waist.
The mortality rate for the issues I had is plenty over 50%, but two weeks after going in to hospital I’m at home and hospital macaroni cheese is a distant and dreadful memory. Sc**w you Reaper, try harder next time; Celts are hard to kill, there was a reason even the Roman Empire couldn’t conquer Wales and Ireland and it wasn’t just to do with the way we smelt. I’ve lost two stone in weight, which for someone my height is like a leg, or something. This means I’m a bit weak and tired but at least I’m not going to get diabetes.
However, I’m not a maudlin git, so the positives are: I can now blow my nose without pi**ing myself, I can pick things up off the floor, can walk for more than 45 minutes without needing a snooze and am saving a fortune on vastly overpriced toilet paper. Oh, and I haven’t smoked in 2 weeks. Apparently it’s bad for you, or something, anyway, so no great loss. Also, with a fair wind, plenty of R&R they should be able to reverse the stoma and colostomy. I’m sure you appreciate, this is one of the best things I’ve heard, along with when a member of the hospital staff pulled back my curtain on the morning after my second operation and said, “Oh, I didn’t expect you to be here this morning. We all thought you weren’t going to make it”. It made me smile anyway.
With reference to the business; we’re still going, but at a slower rate, my brother Steve is helping out wherever he can but lead times may be longer than normal as he lives in the middle of nowhere and is an incredibly busy man himself. Anna is still manning the office side of things, but I’m sure I’ll be able to push her on to the tools soon…
So, please bare with me - I will get back to you
Ben “no colon, but still rollin’” Jones
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