Re: [neonixie-l] OT request - the grim reaper approaches

[peter bunge]

John; hang onto those treasures.
Maybe reward a good friend by setting something aside that your son can
deliver. Your family may like to keep a few items to remember you. After
all this is part of you.
I have a friend in long term care who knows his collection of vacuum tubes
are safe with his brother. It makes him happy.
I will help the brother sell them when the time is right. I would not like
to take anything now.
I am 82 and this is the story of my life since Monday. It is great to have
friends and people who care for you.

On Monday I was at Pembroke hospital (50km from here) to have skin cancer
cut out of my head, it was a minor surgery that took 20 minutes.
Tuesday morning was my wife Jan's turn to go in for an operation to remove
a kidney stone, and I was to drive her to Pembroke for 8:15.
About 3 am Tuesday I woke up with a pain in my lower gut and by 5 am the
pain was so severe that Jan called the ambulance. I told her to call one of
our friends to take her in (she was thinking of cancelling her surgery),
The Deep River (where we live) hospital diagnosed me as having either a
twisted bowel or appendicitis. I was rapidly put in another ambulance and
sent to Pembroke for a Ct Scan.
By 10 am, after having the scan, I was diagnosed with appendicitis. The
doctor offered two choices; treat with antibiotics and see if it worked
over a few days, or removal. I said that while I was healthy it would be
best to operate. If it returned when I was older I might not be as able to
recover as fast. The doctor agreed and said that is what she recommended.
She said she would shuffle her schedule and do it the same day.
Jan had been driven in by our friends Mike and Joyce, and the nurses kept
each of us informed of the other's progress and updated Mike. By 4 pm Jan
and I were on gurneys beside each other outside the operating room, her on
her way out and me on the way in. The nurses had arranged to hold Jan there
in recovery knowing we were concerned for each other. The nurses took great
care of me and came by often through the night. and chatted if I was awake.
The doctor came by in the morning and, after some questions, said she could
release me by noon if I felt OK. The nurses arranged for Mike and Jan to
come up and wheel me down to the exit where I waited a few minutes while
Mike brought the car around and we all, including Joyce who had to wait in
the car, drove back to Deep River.
Our friend Brian had come by to get the keys Jan had left in our mailbox,
and to clear the driveway of snow. But he found someone had cleared it
already. We have nice neighbours.
It snowed again last night and Brian came by this morning (Thursday) and
cleared the driveway with our blower. I think he just wanted to try it
because his is not easy to use but I think Jan could use ours.
So there is my story of great friends and neighbours and an excellent
ambulance and hospital service in our area.
I am up walking about this morning and healing fast. It is still a bit
painful to stand and sit but I'm not taking any of the pain meds
prescribed, just a Naproxen every 12 hours to reduce inflammation.

John I am lucky and appreciate it and my friends, and all the ambulance
staff, nurses and doctors that helped. I just wish you were so lucky. Stay
cheerful and don't dwell on the bad things, Peter

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:28 PM Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ  wrote:

> A huge thank you to all those who have offered to send letters to my wife
> for me. I shall be writing to you all in due course. I shall see my son,
> who has procured the stationery for me, on Sunday. I can then start to
> organise things.
>
> If there is anyone in the Middle East, or Far East. China, Japan etc. who
> could send out some letters for me, then that would be superb.
>
> Now I have to sort out my clocks, nixies and VFDs and get those dispersed.
>
> John S
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On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:28 PM Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ  wrote:

> A huge thank you to all those who have offered to send letters to my wife
> for me. I shall be writing to you all in due course. I shall see my son,
> who has procured the stationery for me, on Sunday. I can then start to
> organise things.
>
> If there is anyone in the Middle East, or Far East. China, Japan etc. who
> could send out some letters for me, then that would be superb.
>
> Now I have to sort out my clocks, nixies and VFDs and get those dispersed.
>
> John S
>
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Re: [neonixie-l] OT request - the grim reaper approaches

[Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ]

A huge thank you to all those who have offered to send letters to my 
wife for me. I shall be writing to you all in due course. I shall see my 
son, who has procured the stationery for me, on Sunday. I can then start 
to organise things.


If there is anyone in the Middle East, or Far East. China, Japan etc. 
who could send out some letters for me, then that would be superb.


Now I have to sort out my clocks, nixies and VFDs and get those dispersed.

John S

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[neonixie-l] OT request - the grim reaper approaches

[Nixcited delighted]

As many of you know, I have been a moderator of this group for some years. 
I now have an average of six months left to live. I am not having any more 
cancer chemo, which would only give me another six months even if I did.

I don't mind dying, it is the sadness of leaving my wife Jean alone that 
really cracks me up. Paul Parry of Bad Dog Design in the UK came up with a 
great idea. I send Paul some envelopes addressed to my wife and once I am 
pushing up the daisies, these will be sent out from random locations, at 
random times, over the coming years. I rather like this idea. A couple of 
other Nixie friends have generously offered to help, Simon Law in Australia 
and Michail Wilson in the US.

I am in the UK and what I would like to do is to find a few people in other 
distant lands and far off kingdoms who could also take and send few random 
cards for me. I am not expecting people to do this for free, I would paypal 
appropriate funds in advance. My son Alex will trigger the event and let 
people know when I no longer inhabit the planet. He will also let people 
know if my wife moves house.

If anyone might help, could they please contact me off list?

Love to my fellow nixie friends,

John S

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[neonixie-l] OT request - the grim reaper approaches

[Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ]

As many of you know, I have been a moderator of this group for some 
years. I now have an average of six months left to live. I am not having 
any more cancer chemo, which would only give me another six months even 
if I did.


I don't mind dying, it is the sadness of leaving my wife Jean alone that 
really cracks me up. Paul Parry of Bad Dog Design in the UK came up with 
a great idea. I send Paul some envelopes addressed to my wife and once I 
am pushing up the daisies, these will be sent out from random locations, 
at random times, over the coming years. I rather like this idea. A 
couple of other Nixie friends have generously offered to help, Simon Law 
in Australia and Michail Wilson in the US.


I am in the UK and what I would like to do is to find a few people in 
other distant lands and far off kingdoms who could also take and send 
few random cards for me. I am not expecting people to do this for free, 
I would paypal appropriate funds in advance. My son Alex will trigger 
the event and let people know when I no longer inhabit the planet. He 
will also let people know if my wife moves house.


If anyone might help, could they please contact me off list?

Love to my fellow nixie friends,

John S

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