Aciclovir is your friend!!

chicken pox is only harmful to pregnant women who have never had chickenpox- few and far between.

i got all my snowboard gear end of season from CRC. usual great service and huge discounts.

don't listen to jezdavies he's clueless!!!

No mint and mustard is good, as is cibo's for italian-yum! MMMMM calzone.

the one's i use survive through good service to their happy customers. I'd happily pay a bit more for good service rather than go CRC cheap every time. I'd rather keep my LBS going by paying a bit more so they can help me out when i need a favour. And oh yeah alot of them give discount if you shop there regularly

yes i think in wales it's £5.12 per vaccine, doesnt come to me i'm a salaried gp not a partner fatcat!! ( kidding GP partner people ;0) ) . However our practice have taken on 2 extra members of staff to deal with this which theyve got to pay for! And as the practices are supplying an extra service which has implications on other clinics- eg asthma and diabetic clinics- and GP practices are a business and not a charity why shouldnt they be paid for it!!

Doris stole the show IMO

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8381836.stm

85 and living life to the full now thats occurrin!

yes the NHS is evil. lets have a private system like in the states. credit card first questions later!

TBH if you daughter has swine flu now you'll get it and the jab will make no difference. I don't believe in this tick box /phoneline swine flu diagnosing. I know of cases where patients have died because they have been incorrectly diagnosed with swine flu. it's cutting corners and risk taking on a huge scale and frankly it's not safe.

MMMM bundy and coke. I can confirm its nut juice!

Bundy , rough as a badger's arse and outback inbreds cant be wrong!!

Bundy , rough as a badger's arse and outback inbreds cant be wrong!!

a cracker, livened up an otherwise borinhg drive up the M5

great result, exactly the sort of game we would have lost a season or 2 ago. Now we need better results agaonst the established top 4 teams

bananaworld- go to switzerland and pop to dignatas. I'm sure they'll do it for you. Please go.

Well working in ITU puts you in an ideal position to follow this through crikey. You deal tragedies all the time in itu so you must have the right experience for the job. The nurse in neuro ITU in Brum was amazing as well as the transplant nurse. I'd say a thousand years in itu probably makes you an intensivist!

I seconf your thoughts re organ donation. better off being used than burnt or buried in the ground IMO.

Good call adam

and heres a link to help you along!

http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/how_to_become_a_donor.jsp

Hmmm crikey sounds like an intensivist!! 😉

don't worry crikey I'm in Wales!

I was wondering if you were in Brum

do alternative practitioners have indemnity? they should be forced to IMO.

Yes but families are more likely to aggree to donate when they know it was the wish of deceased.

it's a difficult call to make, when linds died and despite us knowing that she was on the register and there being 2 docs there too- me and my wife- my mother in law initially didnt want her organs taken and understandibly her husbands head was in the shed and he didnt know what to do. Sarah and I were both very pro going with Linds' wishes which is what eventually what swung the decision. the right one.

Our transplant co-ordinator nurse is great; I think I'm good at talking to people, but she puts me to shame.

(and, many years ago, I saw her with nothing on…. close up…. )

Did you lend her your organ while you were at it!( vice versa is you are a woman crikey)

BTW where are you based- personal interest re above

World class accident

this is what happens. Once brain death is declared, if you are on the register then your next of kin would be approached regarding organ donation as you were on the register. If the NOK is in disagreement they dont overule their wishes.

then tissue typing and donor matching is done before organ harvest and transplant procedures.

tandem jeremy you are absolutely right

My sis inlaw had a brain haemorrhage during childbirth but her organs were donated to at least 6-7 people

from what i recall lungs went to a cystic fibrosis kid, liver to a woman in scotland, 2 kidney recipients, Heart valves taken also, and skin taken for burns victims.

i think that's a pretty amazing outcome for such a tragedy up to 6 lives transformed.

and the transplant coordinating nurse was amazing. That has got to be one of the toughest jobs- approaching bereft families re organ donation. I recall how hard it was to broach in A+E from time to time. essentially her job is moving from tragedy to tragedy for the good of others.

Now FIFA would have plenty to say had it been an england game and a few idiots had caused a riot.

"Doctors putting in less effort to save you (from a coma etc) if they think that you can help the sprog in the next ward etc"

utter shite, theres more to it than whipping yours out and puting it in the guy next door. that's an insult to my profession
In brain death brainstem testing has to be carried out before organ donation can proceed, and the family can always ask for 3rd and 4th testing etc.

but seriously FIFA should make a statement for "fair play" and replay this one. I know it will never happen but if it's good enough for diego its good enough fot thierry

once a gunner always a gunner!

muse wembley next sept

and type 2 teens in whales sorry typo i meant wales

Raikkonen? loss of desire and motivation i imagine. rich beyond his wildest dreams , young and has already been WC for ferrari. Why not kick back and enjoy life. Maybe he doesnt have the desire to be a multi world champion a la schumacher etc.

queen 86 too. too young

And yes they do have to get consent of next of kin before donation as i found out last year

Yes.

I have also been at the sharp end of losing a close relative in tragic circs and going through the discussions with the family , some of whom didnt want to donate her organs even though she was registered.

The question is – would you take an organ if you needed it? If it is yes you should register.

Oh no worse than Bruce were Glasvegas supporting U2 at wembley in august. Lead singer an utter **** and clearly not interested in being there. Shame really as they are ine of the NME's current darlings and thought they would be good

Good call that one the pogues in the mid 80's

Bruce springsteen at the millennium stadium last year. the most boring 3 hours of my life. would have left but my father in law is a big fan. He didnt really play any of his hits either. Maybe if I was a fan i would have enjoyed it more.

second the type 1 comments. however most people with new onset type 1 diabetes have good going osmotic symptoms- excessive thirst and drinking Loads, weight loss lethargy and peeing all the time.

muse wembley 2010!!

hmmm zootv popmart vertigo or 360?? One of the above probably vertigo manchester with athlete as support.

other great gigs, pretenders newport ? 95, INXS get out of the house tour at cardiff uni was mad, REM at the arms paaaaark too many to list

I think James may has one of the best jobs in the world. Top gear, getting pissed round britain and now this. i could cope with the hair too for that job!

Achtung baby

All the bikes i have owned in the last 10 years!!

MMM yes and think about the road tax on that pete! Carbontastic!