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Boy am I glad to see you lot, went to work last Wednesday, did not come back for seven days!! To cut a long story short, a colleague took my pulse because it felt different to me, seven days later I am home with a pacemaker in my chest!! Yikes...So for the next month I can look or even tickle my allotment but I cannot do anything serious with it. Anyone else got a pacemaker on henre!!!

Compo (now bionic)

I'm really glad you are ok - what a good thing you had someone to check your pulse (have just checked mine and I think I'm ok )

Seriously though - you take care and look after yourself. I have had a relative with a pacemaker and she lived to 92 years old. Never had any trouble with it and was hardly aware it was there.

Best wishes.

Evening Compo, glad to see you back, certainly would not have guessed that was the reason you had not been on the forum.
Hope you make the quickest of recoveries, and four weeks will soon fly by.
Hopefully you will be well enough to work some of the Christmas over indulgence off, on your allotment.
All the best for now.

Poor Compo. Sounds like you had a very scary week and hope you're now recovering from the shock. But what a good thing you got somebody to check your pulse. I guess the only solace is that we're now coming into the quiet gardening time of the year. Just be very good and do as you are told, even if you do feel well enough to start digging.

Hey Compo, be grateful, it could have been a lot worse, it could have happened in the Spring!

Seriously, I'm glad you're back and well; take care

Get well soon Compo.Take it easy and look after yourself.
Seedling

What a supportive bunch gardeners are............I am quite well now just a bit tender but am healing well, you are right a month will soon pass with the help of KG forum also, expect I will be posting a bit more than usual..........see you all soon

Steve Austen the six quid man aka compo

Father in law got to 87 with his in situ. As a 60 a day plus smoker for most of his life, and someone who enjoyed a few glasses of Malt each evening, that's not a bad recommendation. He grew wonderful tomatoes too.

On a serious note, I was beginning to worry about you. Chantal and I have been exchanging anxious e-mails about Jerry which has led me to giving OH clear instructions about what he should do in the case of a medical emergency (or worse).

Bearing in mind, he is regularly subjected to graphic details about how I wanmt to be positioned if I have a stroke, what to do if I have a heart attack, which local surgeon has big hands and therefore I don't want them opening me up, plus the ultimate list of instructions about my funeral arrangements (conveniently placed in our 'phone book), the poor man won't even remember you lot, so you'll have to get Chanters or Piglet or Wellie or someone to ring him and enquire about my whereabouts.

You will - won't you?

On a much more positive note - can we do anything useful for you Compo or are you just going to use the next few weeks to assemble the best ever planting plan ever?

Compo, damm good job you asked him/her to check it.
Even better job they checked properly and, presumably, noticed something odd.
Good to have you back, with extras.

I presume you will have to carry a note to security to get through airports?

Dickey tickers are a current NHS radio campaign.

I thought I was having problems about ten years ago, turned out to be a panic attack due to stress at work, had a stress ecg etc and got the all clear.

Old school colleague, works for a garage, one of their delivery drivers / valet person, just back from picking up a car, parked it and walked across the yard with another colleague, who gets to door, opens it, looks round and driver is lying dead in the middle of the yard.

Motto, better safe than sorry, as you found.

Compo,
No 'glossing in the pits' mate, it's SO uncool !
And I'm really pleased to hear that you're hunky dory.
I haven't missed you, (she lied through her teeth...)
I wish you well, and really look forward to your postings.
BIG welcome back Compo, from both Trousers and me...

'Glossing in the pits' wassat all about Wellie???

You've forgotten that you wrote that ! Search back maybe ?!
I'm still glad you're back though...

Wellie I reckon u are the original Mrs Malaprop, I said that glossing (referring to gloss painting) is the pits!!!



made me chuckle though

Compo

Well one week on and I have been up the plot to look at at it a couple of times, today I did some hand weeding with my right arm (I am meant to restrict use of the left one, and nothing heavy, took me an hour to weed a small raised bed but hey the carrots can breathe now!! Will do a bit more tomorrow weather permitting.

Bionicompo

I bet that has cheered you up a bit Compo, there nothing like getting your hands in the soil.
Now you just jolly well stick to doing a little bit at a time, we don't want you knocking your self up Although i'm the worlds worst for not listening to good advice, when it comes to convalescence, as it happens i got a real lecture off the physiotherapist today for not doing as i was told.
Take good care of yourself Compo.