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Worth a try.. At least you get them out of the way.

That's the only silver lining, that apart from flu vaccines there are no more until he's three and a half

And I don't need to tell you that in the long run, it's much, much better to have a few minutes of crying over a needle than to go through the horrible illnesses that it's preventing.

Hope it's over quickly and he doesn't get too upset Mimi

Oh yes, I know it's for the best, It's just difficult to be part of something that scares and hurts them. I have to be the one who holds him, too, and he's strong. Russell will be there, but I feel it has to be me for some reason. I think because I need to hold him tight and just be there, doing something.

This will be the worst of them as there are more in this round than any other time, a couple in each leg and one in the arm. Today's have both his first MMR and the last of his meningitis jabs. He's in the first round of babes to gave the new meningitis jab, and that's the one that tends to make them feel so poorly afterwards. I'll be glad when it's over and he's back to cheery in a few days, especially when the cold passes.

This is also, of course, an important opportunity for Darwin to learn that very important lesson:

"Life is pain, highness. If anyone tells you otherwise, they're selling something".

As you wish...

I have been short of breath for 2 to 3 weeks now. Coupled with a chest infection I have had dor the past week, I was had to stop three times walking up the hill from the shops (i just realised only Kern will know where I mean). I am off work today and probably tomorrow if i can get to doctors.

Not good. Let's hope you get better before your break.

Hope you feel better soon!

Don't fuck about Mali. Get to the doctor.

Shortness of breath is a very serious symptom and was one of the last things Owen tweeted about when going up the stairs.

We love you, stay safe.

Totally yes, and I am pretty certain Doc G will agree. Just get checked out so you are in full energy for Cottage.

I'm sure he'll agree, but he's a Ross from Friends doctor, so isn't that qualified

He's a paeleontologist?!

He's a transpondster?

Thank you for your concern. My death would be both untimely and cause major issues for the news cycles. With this in mind i am off to the doctors at half five tomorrow.

Mali, get to the doctors you nitwit. Why is it men take so long to actually go?

Anyway, hope you're OK and it isn't something serious like having turned into a massive weakling. Or an accidental aging process due to a bad case of the wormholes. Xx

Hope it's nothing serious. Defo get checked out though.

In the olden days it was because they took a newspaper, magazine or book in there with them. These days it's their smartphone or iPad.

Suriarsely, hope yer prognosis is positive MaliA.

That doesn't sound good, hit the casualty at your local hospital if the Dr messes you around?

At least there you will get seen and spend hours sat down waiting\resting

Piss taking aside go and sort that out as it could turn nasty quickly

Let us know what the results are MaliA. Hope it's simply an infection and nothing more serious.

Went to see GP who wrote me a letter and told me to go to A&E post haste. So I am at A&E waiting to be seen and I assume they will EKG me and chest x ray. I do bot think i am wearing underpants but packed my jim jams.

In the right place...

Not really, fucktons of people die in hospitals. I'd rather be in obs and gynae than A and E as they keep a positive balance sheet

you are not dead yet... suck it up butter cup

I only die on other people's timelines, not my own.

Thank you for your concerns. I found them genuinely nice.

Have they put a pulsox meter on you? What was the reading? Has anyone mentioned doing an arterial gas blood test?

Good stuff. No rush, please.

Yes and possibly, they took blood. And ecg and chest x ray. All done pretty quickly as i arrived at 7.15

All done and all fine. Got antibiotics.

Glad you're ok.

Stop smoking, idiot.

Glad to hear you're ok. Look after yourself.

Fucking time waster.

What a diva!

Mali smokes?!

That's not Malicool.

He doesn't. I was being 'funny'.

Arterial blood draw is... quite different. You would know if they'd done it. Believe me.

It appears they have concluded you're not having a PE, which is very good given Beex's track record in this arena.

We all sucked at PE.

I really didn't until I fucked my knee up in 1989. Then I had a sick note, so even then I didn't.

Saturday morning work. 8am start. Bloody students.

Smoking was MaliCool until about 45 months ago. Then craving it and never stopping thinking about it became MaliCool.

I hope you feel better soon Mali, we need you right for the cottage. Xxx

Neither did I, to be quite honest. But, you know, nerd joke.

I've just got out of bed if that helps

It's a comfort in these dark times.

But seriously, 9hrs at time-and-a-half is soothing the worst of the pain

I clearly caught something in Amsterdam (hoho), as I'm now in bed with some serious manflu. I had planned on spending the weekend continuing some landscaping work in the garden (just took delivery of a load of railway sleepers ) but no, in bed watching films. NAY.

In bed watching films a nay?

What is WRONG with you?!