Comments for A mammoth undertaking http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog Never forget Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on My typical chemotherapy hospital stay by A mammoth undertaking : Bag change day http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/my-typical-chemotherapy-hospital-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-508 A mammoth undertaking : Bag change day Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:51 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=361#comment-508 [...] written about a chemotherapy hospital stay, I think it’s time that I also described having my 5-FU bag changed, as that is the other [...] [...] written about a chemotherapy hospital stay, I think it’s time that I also described having my 5-FU bag changed, as that is the other [...]

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by icyjumbo http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-507 icyjumbo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:17 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-507 @Eric, That's true. But there was never any danger of that. Saturday was an almost uniformly good day. It was a little tiring standing so long, but there was plenty of seating in the museum for us, and plenty of interesting people to talk to while we waited. The oddest thing was having planned so much contingency time, with no backups in case everything went to plan, which it surprisingly did. It took a while to come up with the restaurant plan. @Eric, That’s true. But there was never any danger of that. Saturday was an almost uniformly good day. It was a little tiring standing so long, but there was plenty of seating in the museum for us, and plenty of interesting people to talk to while we waited. The oddest thing was having planned so much contingency time, with no backups in case everything went to plan, which it surprisingly did. It took a while to come up with the restaurant plan.

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by icyjumbo http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-506 icyjumbo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:30 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-506 @David: Sounds nightmarish. Slow motion action that you can't interrupt, even though things are moving so slowly. Fortunately in this case the outcome wasn't as drastic, even if, as Gillian says, it was copious ;) @David: Sounds nightmarish. Slow motion action that you can’t interrupt, even though things are moving so slowly.

Fortunately in this case the outcome wasn’t as drastic, even if, as Gillian says, it was copious ;)

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by Gillian http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Gillian Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:16 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-505 Thanks Richard - that wasn't a Betjeman poem I knew, so I've looked it up online. It's good to have one's cultural horizons widened! Thanks Richard – that wasn’t a Betjeman poem I knew, so I’ve looked it up online. It’s good to have one’s cultural horizons widened!

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by Eric Knowles http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Eric Knowles Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:03:13 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-504 If it had to happen at all then perhaps it was just as well it didn't while you were standing alongside a lot of other people admiring the "Hoard". If it had to happen at all then perhaps it was just as well it didn’t while you were standing alongside a lot of other people admiring the “Hoard”.

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by David Allsopp http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-503 David Allsopp Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:43 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-503 ...closely followed by BANG! …closely followed by BANG!

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by David Allsopp http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-502 David Allsopp Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:51 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-502 It's surprisingly difficult to be clear and explicit when you only have a few seconds! I was once a front-seat passenger in a car where the driver lost concentration and started drifting into the lorry on my side. I couldn't manage anything more than "Whoa! WHOA!" ! It’s surprisingly difficult to be clear and explicit when you only have a few seconds! I was once a front-seat passenger in a car where the driver lost concentration and started drifting into the lorry on my side.

I couldn’t manage anything more than “Whoa! WHOA!” !

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by Richard A http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Richard A Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:22:40 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-501 Dear Chris and Gillian, The title reminded me of Betjeman's poem "Oxford : Sudden Illness at the Bus-stop", although I have to confess that I've spent far more time reading your inspiring blog than Betjeman's collected works. Hope you're feeling back on track after your excursion. All the best Dear Chris and Gillian,

The title reminded me of Betjeman’s poem “Oxford : Sudden Illness at the Bus-stop”, although I have to confess that I’ve spent far more time reading your inspiring blog than Betjeman’s collected works.

Hope you’re feeling back on track after your excursion.

All the best

]]> Comment on Taken ill on public transport by icyjumbo http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/taken-ill-on-public-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-499 icyjumbo Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:28:33 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=384#comment-499 To be fair, G had mentioned having a sick bag handy just before I started shouting "Bag. Bag. BAG!" I agree that I could have been a bit more explicit, though :) To be fair, G had mentioned having a sick bag handy just before I started shouting “Bag. Bag. BAG!”

I agree that I could have been a bit more explicit, though :)

]]> Comment on Paramedic called out by A mammoth undertaking : Taken ill on public transport http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/2010/105/comment-page-1/#comment-498 A mammoth undertaking : Taken ill on public transport Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:50 +0000 http://www.icyjumbo.com/blog/?p=105#comment-498 [...] was the second time he’d fainted on me when he was wedged tightly into a small space – last time he was  stuck between the toilet and the bathroom wall, this time he was sitting firmly wedged up [...] [...] was the second time he’d fainted on me when he was wedged tightly into a small space – last time he was  stuck between the toilet and the bathroom wall, this time he was sitting firmly wedged up [...]

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