Great news @anon27364116 . More power to you
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Should drive home tomorrow morning, so much to do and working Monday. So why am I going back to Speakersā Corner ??? Canāt help myself.
cos your argumentativeā¦
but i still love you!
xxxx
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Yep, youāve got me bang to rights here. Hoping for something other than religion and vaccines. I am tempted to take a soap boxā¦ā¦.
Absolutely rooting for you all mate. Healing can be a very long process but weāre always here for you. We canāt do much but we can be an extended family 
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politics?
what could go wrong?
Okay. Started medium range trips on the bike again. Nothing going at speeds over 110kmph even though the bike can handle it easily. Maybe itās me toning down with age.
Had a 200km trip today. Just noted that the seat is too hard.
Went out out yesterday, back to Speakerās Corner. Got there at 11, left at 10. Might have nipped to the pub a few times. Fell asleep on the train. Ooopppsss. Dog house isnāt in it.
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Small steps with the Mrs, though some in a positive direction. Sheās been experiencing quite heavy withdrawal symptoms from the last opiate they stopped giving her, but yesterday she seemed fairly calm, hopefully sheās over that now.
The doctors were quite sure that she would have paralysis on her right side (both in the arm and leg), but sheās been moving her right arm a little, so thatās surprisingly great. Based on the brain scans, they think she has aphasia, probably meaning she not only canāt really speak but might also have really trouble understanding language. Since she has a tube in her throat which makes it impossible for her to speak, itās a bit of a guessing game at the moment, mainly trying to interpret small eye movements. But I have a feeling she does understand some stuff when I talk to her, not sure if itās just the tone in the voice or actual content. In any case, I do have a feeling Iām able to calm her down when Iām there, the nurse said she has really noticed that as well, so thatās a little bit reassuring for me. Not much else I can do for her at the moment.
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Mrs immediateley smiled at me today, when I came in her room and said hello to her. There are other little things that now make me totally convinced she understands what Iām saying, maybe not all the time, but overall. Sheās also slowly gaining more and more movement in her arms and her left leg, small steps.
If everything goes well she might be able to be transferred to a pre-rehab facility that specialises in neuro-rehabilitation soon, possibly even next week.
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Some excellent news mate. That is fantastic to hear.
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People sometimes ask me for recommendations for wifi systems, computers, internet etc. Slam your head in a car door and drink bleach before you EVER contemplate TalkTalk for broadband. 45 minutes into the call and suddenly itās dawned on them that what I said initially (a person needs to come fix this AGAIN) was correct. The lady on the phone just didnāt believe I could disconnect and reconnect and pull faceplates off almost before sheād finished asking me to. Granted she doesnāt deal with āmeā everyday. What REALLY got my gander up was asking me the same question 13 different ways. āYou are sure itās plugged in?ā Now 50 mins into the call and thankfully, somebody is coming tomorrow. Still on hold whilst the 40th test or conversation or whatever is concluded. Itās been hot for weeks and suddenly the heavens open and our broadband goes down, could there possibly be a connection? How much is starlink???
Arghhhhhhhh!
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Sorry mate, only just saw this, excellent news!!!
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Cheers. Really hope she gets to go that pre-rehab soon. Itās essentially kind of an intensive care unit as well, which she still requires of course, but they just have other resources/time to do the cognitive rehabiliation that the current one doesnāt have, as itās obviously designed for the post-operational stuff and the immediate life-saving care.
(Damn, this medical talk is really difficult for me in English, just donāt have the right terminology at hand).
The steps forward sheās been making might seem minute to an outsider, but I find the change in a few days absolutely amazing.
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Ha, itās like theyāre live reading my posts here, just got a call sheāll get transferred TOMORROW already. Fucking brilliant.
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Sorry if this is clumsy but from the heart:
Mƶge jeder Schritt in die Zukunft Sie ein StĆ¼ck weiter zu einem goldenen Himmel bringen
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Aww, so happy for you CL and Mrs CL to hear this positive news. Slowly, but surely, Mrs CL is getting better.
Nice to hear some good news for our fellow Reds.
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I hope your missusā transfer is going smoothly today and she is able to take the next steps on the road to recovery. Iām sure that I can speak on behalf of the the collective that youāre both in our thoughts during this time. Best of luck.
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Very late to this thread, but best wishes Cologne Liverpool. Seems like you have been through some of the worst of times, but it is turning. All the best mate.
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So me and my wife are trying IVF.
This morning I had to provide to provide a seminal fluid sample. So having collected the sample I went into the pathology lab with all the paperwork.
Being a medical center, my first thought was to use lots of sanitiser. I got to the front desk and handed over my sample. I then went to hand over the paper work and all the paperwork was sticking to my hands. I had to peel it off. The receptionist could see it was a seminal fluid sample, and she could see all my fingerprints on the paper work. She could see the pages stuck together. 
My wife just laughed and said yeah heās a messy bugger 
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