Dear Bob, in regards to this message to Gaelyne Gasson.

 > > A really hard dry cough that left my chest muscles sore...

 > GG> Maybe you broke a few ribs coughing? Apparently that's what all my

 >  Bloody hell!


Ditto.

 > It was just muscles in my case.


Aha.

 > You must *really* cough well (or poory, depending on how you look at it).


At any rate i think the word is Hard.

 > GG> If they weren't in a row, they'd be telling me the BC spread to the

 > GG> I still have a bit of laryngitis but I think that has to do with
 
 >  It's a fiendish flu.


Aha.

 > I'm okay now, but I still cough a bit.


Good to read.
    
 > GG> muscles repairing themselves from my recent bout of the flu (first 

 >  That's right... the treatment knocks the hell out fo your immune system.


Indeed it does, mind you all "treatments" do, but chemo is a cure
that can make the disease look pleasant.

 > GG> Radiation apparently has made my rib bones very weak and brittle.

 >  I didn't know that.


Just 1 of its many sideeffects,.

 > GG> Bloody hell, I have a whole list of crappy things radiation treatment

 >  Maybe they can't notice the other pain with broken ribs...


Or they are too busy chucking up,.

 > > This year's flu seems to be an utter bastard. And I had the anti-flu

 > GG> Nope, I wish. You can't bottle that 'not hungry' feeling, but if you

 >  I lost three kilos!


How quickly?.

 > Another three, and I'll be able to fight as a light heavyweight.


Aha.

 > They gave me a stress-echo heart test the other day, and these new   
       > ultrasound machines are fantastic!


Yes they are.

 > I've had heart echo before, and it you squint you can see it *might*
be a    > heart, and sometimes you see the valve, but this new machine
is as clear as  > day!


Aha.

 > It's incredibly clear!


As are a lot of days.

 > The whole thing is computerised, and recorded.


Aha.

 > They take a few quick movies and then you can sit up and watch the
instant   > replay with the doctor while he shows you which part of the
heart is dead    > and the blood flow in the good part...


Foxtel eat your heart out.

 > incredible!


Indeed.

 > I have absolutely no idea how they do it.


Magnets, smoke and mirrors i think, that and of course shitloads of money.

 > They can even adjust the depth of the picture so they get the desired
cross  > - section of the heart.


Blimey.

 > Then they put you on the treadmill and show the before and after
shots side  > - by - side.


Aha.

 > Anyway, my heart still works.


Obvously.

 > It really works hard, though.


Aha, not unlike my Kidneys and liver.

 > It makes the rest of me look lazy.


Same here, of course the rest of me is lazy, particularly ATM.

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