Just got "That" phone call

[smithers1603]

Sad news, my best mate died last year on my sons 1st birthday of heart attack, he was 42. My sympathy goes out to you and the family.

[mendiplogs]

just had a call to tell me that a good mate of mine collapsed and died last night. He was only 48. And to look at him you would of thought he was as fit as a butchers dog.

 

RIP

 

pete (Dicko) Dickson.

 

HI egg sorry to hear that mate not good at all jon

[button1803]

sorry to hear about your loss mate.

[western]

sorry to hear of your loss mate, regards western

[felixthelogchopper]

Sorry for your loss, mate, I know exactly how you feel. We lost my uncle Pete on the 27th and then Pearl, a very dear friend of my girlfriend's family, on the 28th. Both of them will be sorely missed. Not looking forward to two funerals in two days next week.

[Pedroski]

Really sorry to hear your news Egg. This is something that's worrying me at the moment - I'm fit as a flea, don't smoke, hardly drink, active life etc. I'm 44 and have had bad shortness of breath on exertion for past 12 months, and chest pains. Back at end of August I was staying in hospital with daughter and got hit with bibasal pneumonia and CT scan showed couple of problems. I'm now being seen by cardiac consultants and stuff, had bubble contrast echocardiogram that confirmed finding of CT scan, now got to have "catheterised cardiac angiogram" in few weeks and all sorts of stuff. Being in hospital due to my daughter's accident, and being his with bibasal pneumonia has kind of saved my life. Weird!

40s are a dodgy age for so many people. I'd urge everyone who starts suffering from shortness of breath and chest pains to go get proper checked out. Keep on at the GP, get referred to consultants. Make a fuss. Too many people say nowt and hope they'll just be ok. Unfortunately, too many of these die, often leaving partners and kids without Dad.

[eggsarascal]

Thanks all, for your kind words, it's a tough one but life goes on, as they say.

[kev_s]

Sorry to hear that, all the more reason to make the best of today.

 

Kev

[kernowstu]

so sorry for your loss,same thing happened to me my daughters god father a fortnight before christmas aged 39 also a fellow woodman....