Conquer Club

...keep it up my fellow Scotsman....

Glad to hear he's doing better. Hope to see you back here soon Khaz.

Here's one from tonight's speed game to put a smile on his face:

Timminz wrote:sorry guys, my mouse batteries died. had to cannibalize the wife's camera.

bigm1234 wrote:how do u play this on a camera?

Lx

'bout time biatch-- looking forward to some games when you're up to it mate.

Good to see your on the road to recovery

Glad to see you're finally positioned to win this one Khaz...

But why are you playing it like it's a no cards game?
time to pull out those wonderful Escalating moves of yours, and sweep this thing!!!

Metaphorically speaking of course

fight the good fight khaz

we all are cheering for you.

Robinette wrote:Glad to see you're finally positioned to win this one Khaz...

But why are you playing it like it's a no cards game?
time to pull out those wonderful Escalating moves of yours, and sweep this thing!!!

Metaphorically speaking of course

wonderful escalating moves? that's not even a metaphor, it's a damned lie!

well i've managed to commandeer my brothers laptop and i've been reading through everyone's best wishes, and i must say i'm touched. scott's old nickname for me was lucky z, it seems to apply here, i really ought not to be of the world anymore, i'm reliably informed. i felt no great pain or suffered no real distress; i've been in some odd trance-like semi-conscious state for the last month and a half really, it's only the last 2 weeks i've been remotely with it. i have some pretty funny stories to dispense too, and some extremely odd ones.. all in good time.

and being more of a diamond crust than a silver lining i wound up with a beautiful girl and a bottle of 'CC' whiskey. seems people round here know me too well! the THOTA boys have been epicly nice, i'm away over to the subforum to post the full story in all its quirky weirdness over there. i have a pretty large family but cards and gifts from the clan almost outweighed those from relatives! kindness prevails. thanks again to you all for the prayers and warm wishes, i'll cut and paste a bit later x

well we suffered some distress for you

so so glad to hear you/read you again, mate!

nice, can't wait to hear stories. welcome back

copy/paste (note: nikola asked about the nurses. 'quelle surprise' you might exclaim)

on the subject of the nurses.... the cutest one is actually english!

i think it helped no end that i had two beautiful girls fawning over me from the time i got there. looks a bit less lecherous that way. apparently in an unconscious state whilst in ITU/ICU at one point i began talking at length about darwin's voyage on the hms beagle, withhin earshot of another cute darwin-obsessive nurse. she took an especial shine to me thereafter. sponge baths may have been involved, who knows!

here's the rough story anyway:

i remember the day i went in in the ambulance, i'd been shaking convulsively, throwing up, migraine etc. i remember the ambulance ride and then almost nothing thereafter. the next month and a half is comprised of metaphorical dreams. i'll pick out a choice selection for your reading pleasure.

the darwin-nurse in question i think is called susanna. in dreamland she was part of a group of particularly gifted students who had been assembled (myself included - modest even in semi-consciousness, you see) in a large sports hall. we were all given flesh wounds and stitches and one piece of fairly basic artillery resembling a sort of improvised blowpipe. the winner was due to inherit a rather substantial sum of money from the doctor who had, as it transpired, created us all. the rest of us were due tracheotomies - hence the collapsed lung! there are literally dozens of such dreams correlating to reality.

the goriest is probably the one in which someone stabbed me in the neck with a screwdriver which corresponded with me ripping out a big dialysis tube attached to my jugular vein, to the horror of the attending nurse(s) (mercifully i don't think the parents were around for that one - blood everywhere, nearly dead twice!).

i had some fun ones too. i dreamt an entire play about fish, though i can't claim that one bears any relation to reality, unless all the sea's a stage too.

on the subject of reality, the distinction between it and its counterpart has been my only real trauma. i was CONVINCED for the first week that i was half with it (that is, approximately 2 weeks ago) that the hospital was purgatory. everyone visting was visiting my grave, or grieving for me, or some other such.. warped explanation. i suppose if you've been basically comatose for a couple months it makes more sense! the brain's a funny thing, it was forever playing tricks on me to convince me it really wasn't real.... colours changing, things relocating by their own accord... things in the ward distorting and changing day by day - all effects of delirium and illness no doubt but pretty damn trippy nonetheless. every now and then something still throws me but for the most part it's a lot easier to reassure myself everything's actually.. er... real. i suppose i felt an awful lot like neo not long after he takes the pill, to foist an analogy on it.

it's really nice being able to read again, i've chewed through 6 books in the last 4 days. my typing isn't bad either, i just have to keep working on getting some muscle mass back and hope the old ticker improves a bit. no point in being necrophobic though is there? sometimes, as wicked once said, you just gotta 'suck it up, cupcake'.

the teddy bear with the dice sits atop my locker; the cheese is long gone; the whiskey and the stein, however, won't be seeing the light of day for a few months yet... a source of much sadness to a scotsman as we all know. doctor's orders.

(EDIT: various gifts from my fellow THOTA'ers)

the sheer volume of cards and warm messages and prayers from you guys nearly outweighs those of my relatives! i can't thank you all enough for what i have to say was a totally unexpected series of incredibly kind gestures. i'll hopefully be out properly in about a weeks time to keep the rehab going at home, i'll keep you guys updated. looking forward to chipping in with the traditional apoc/mogul double after i reassure myself i can still remember how to play them!

if i've forgotten any gifts sent or things said it's not through callousness, there are simply some awfully large gaps in my memory. the other day when they let me out for a few hours i barely recognised anything we drove past until we were nearly home thanks again to you all, i'm sure i've forgotten a funny story or two so i'll no doubt be amending it as and when they flash back to me.

David

x

Nice to see you posting again. That post was just something else! Get well soon and looking to seeing you across the battle field or with you.

Oh joy! Welcome back khaz. You don't know who I am, but I have been following this story with great hope for you and your family.

i know who you are i'm very grateful for it sensfan!

I nominate Khaz as the honorary conqueror!

not that he cand win it on his own merits if he wants to.

Its a massive relief to see you typing in here again Khaz, and I know I speak for everyone when I say that.

Great to hear things are on the up khaz!

Great news, glad to hear you're on the mend.

Your story leaves out the most important detail, Khaz. Did you get the cute Darwin nurse's number?

Glad to hear you're better, by the way.

Master Fenrir wrote:Your story leaves out the most important detail, Khaz. Did you get the cute Darwin nurse's number?

Glad to hear you're better, by the way.

i didn't! you'll be pleased to hear the girl i've been attempting to woo a while was fair distraught at rumours of my imminent demise however. hasn't much left the hospital since. the rest, as they say, is history.

thanks again to y'all

Whoooo Hooooooo....

We are all soooo glad to hear from you khaz...


But careful with those nurses,,, if you are in Edinburgh one of them could actually be my cousin!
Every 8 weeks she's assigned to another duty, part of the university training there...
Keep your eyes out for "The American" with the name Mellisa!
She's an absolute doll...

Pleased that you are on the mend....now perhaps I wont see the words Forbert and David in close proximity again.

David Forbert was the name of my deputy headmaster, and he gave me the cane on a couple of occasions. Brings me out in a cold sweat I tell ya

robin: a bit further north, where the oil is! i'm awfully careful with the nurses btw, they're so nice! one of them is a bit disillusioned and mean, she gets slandered fairly relentlessly. even then i sang her a song just last week that i'd dreamt of. it was purportedly a new joanna newsom one - in reality it's nothing of the sort and i have absolutely no idea how/why/what/when - gave up wondering. the ol' noodle is a funny thing, as i believe i've remarked about 7 times by now

gk: you might do, we play the odd dubs together now and then! i suppose you could always foe me

Great to hear, khaz.

didnt read everything but i see khazalid has responded in this thread... so im assuming his health is improving.

in any event... my prayers are still going your way.

Glad to see you posting. Take it easy, follow the doctor's advice... and keep going.