Life is riddled with a procession of minor impediments

[TordelBack]

Don't listen to him Shark!  We all know it's only stubborn iconoclasm and utopian schmaltz that holds you together!

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Take it very easy Shark. You've had quite a shock and so have the rest of us!

[The Legendary Shark]

Thanks, everyone, your kind wishes are much appreciated   To update, I'm stuck in Southport hospital until a cardiac bed comes free in Liverpool for a minor heart op; could be today, could be as late as Thursday. So there's no rush, no great emergency and no need for anyone to worry too much.

[von Boom]

Glad to hear you're doing well Sharky. I'm sure they'll get you sorted.

[Bolt-01]

Sweet baby Jovus! Sharky- you take care mate, and keep us informed- is there anyone we can contact 'off board' for news?

[Something Fishy]

Good luck shark.

[Link Prime]

Best wishes Sharky, hope you brought some decent reading material for the wait.

[The Legendary Shark]

Got my laptop. Currently listening to the audiobook of "The Martian," by Andy Weir. Some depressing fellow patients in here, from the desperately chipper to the deluded would-be escapee to the comatose fly-catcher.

[Proudhuff]

Hey Sharkie, take care and stop digging fecking ditches !!!

Stay strong.

[The Legendary Shark]

Been moved to Broad Green Super Serious Heart Hospital in Liverpool. Got here just in time for tea. Result!

Scans, tests, probes and whatnot tomorrow.

[Dandontdare]

Are you having an angiogram? I had one a couple of weeks ago when I was admitted with chest pains (that turned out NOT to be a heart attack thankfully) - it's not painful, biut it's a very weird sensation as they feed a thin camera wire from your wrist up through the arteries in your your arm (or via your groin if they fancy) and into your heart.

Get well soon Sharky!

[The Legendary Shark]

I had five stents fitted a few years ago in a similar procedure. The theory is that one or more of them has closed up, so they're going to investigate tomorrow. Angiogram is definitely on the cards.

[maryanddavid]

Keep the spirits up Sharky, coming from a family full of stents (not me, yet!) they really are a little piece of magic.

[Dandontdare]

FIVE? Bloody hell - they were talking about sticking one in me, but decided it wasn't needed. Just ask for one of those plasteen hearts we keep hearing about.

[The Legendary Shark]

Yep. Five. In one sitting.

How's that for punk at heart?



Thanks MaryandDavid - I'm a fan too!