Author Topic: Richard (Read 2338 times)

blueshome · « **on:** November 27, 2013, 12:40:08 PM »

Our friend Richard, the voice of Weenie Campbell, has just suffered a serious heart attack and is recovering in hospital from a long operation today. Please put him in your thoughts and wish him well.
Hopefully he'll be home soon and be able to pick up messages.
(PM me if you want his email)

Slack · « **Reply #1 on:** November 27, 2013, 12:55:02 PM »

So sorry to hear this Phil. Thanks for letting us know and I'm glad to hear he is recovering --- thoughts and prayers for sure. Please keep us posted.

Norfolk Slim · « **Reply #2 on:** November 27, 2013, 12:55:41 PM »

Rotten news- but you sound optimistic which is great.

Do let us know when he makes it home and pass on my regards if you see / talk to him.

Richard is (in the best possible way) a wonderfully irrascible old devil and I wish him a full and speedy recovery.

If hes going to be stuck in the hospital for a bit - please say. I might be able to pop in and say hello.

Stuart · « **Reply #3 on:** November 27, 2013, 12:59:22 PM »

Pass along my wishes for a full and speedy recovery as well and let him know that he is in our thoughts and prayers. It's not good news, but it sounds like he will recover, something we're all hoping for.

banjochris · « **Reply #4 on:** November 27, 2013, 01:13:23 PM »

Hope he gets well and is back home soon!

harvey · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2013, 02:07:38 PM »

Thanks for letting us all know Phil. I will drop him a note.

Pan · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2013, 03:25:24 PM »

Horrible news!

Berlin wishes for a speedy recovery!

Pan

Mike Shipman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 27, 2013, 10:57:23 PM »

So sorry to hear that, please pass on my best wishes if you are in touch Phil, hope to be doing another duet with him in April at Euroweenie.
Regards. Mike

colm kill paul · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2013, 01:53:39 AM »

Phil,

Thank you for letting us know of Richard's recent illness. It is terrible news. I wish him a full and speedy recovery.

Colm

Parlor Picker · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2013, 02:16:06 AM »

I spoke to Richard on the telephone only a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, I wish him a very speedy recovery as well.

Prof Scratchy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2013, 02:47:52 AM »

What sad news. Wishing Richard a speedy and complete recovery! Sounds like he's had a very tough time since leaving Guernsey.

uncle bud · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2013, 03:02:34 AM »

Indeed, awful news. Here's to full and speedy recovery. Thanks for filling us in, Phil. Get well soon, Richard!

Bunker Hill · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2013, 04:37:55 AM »

Hell's teeth! Richard is the third of my acquaintances to suffer heart attacks this year. Make a full recovery Richard, your wit and wisdom is greatly missed.

Johnm · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2013, 05:53:45 AM »

Best wishes to Richard for a full recovery.

eric · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2013, 06:41:32 AM »

Best Wishes to Richard and all of you who make this site work.

blueshome · « **Reply #15 on:** November 28, 2013, 07:30:28 AM »

I've just spoken to Richard and he seems to be on the mend after having a multitude of stents inserted yesterday.

He has asked me to send his thanks to all those wishing him well.

GhostRider · « **Reply #16 on:** November 28, 2013, 09:41:51 AM »

Please pass on my best wishes as well. This seems to not have been a great year for Richard, but hopefully the next will be all roses.

Get well soon,
Alex

Gumbo · « **Reply #17 on:** November 28, 2013, 10:19:16 AM »

Stents? There'll be no stopping him, now!!

Enjoy your recovery, Richard

jrn · « **Reply #18 on:** November 28, 2013, 04:06:53 PM »

Best wishes Richard.

blueshome · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:46:29 AM »

I've just heard from Richard.

He has now been disconnected from all his drips and monitors and is able to walk a little way. If things continue to progress well he could be convalescing at home tomorrow. He says he is "bloody amazed".

Again thanks for all the good wishes.

Slack · « **Reply #20 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:30:32 AM »

Thanks Phil! great to hear of Richard's positive progress!

unezrider · « **Reply #21 on:** November 29, 2013, 08:14:10 AM »

glad to hear he's coming along!

Prof Scratchy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 29, 2013, 10:59:51 AM »

Great news. You can't keep a grumpy man down!

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Pan · « **Reply #23 on:** November 29, 2013, 02:07:58 PM »

Thank you, Phil.

Sounds promising already.

Pan

Rivers · « **Reply #24 on:** November 29, 2013, 05:09:04 PM »

Just seen this, best wishes to you Richard if you're reading this for a full and speedy recovery, and please pass on my message when you're in touch with him, Euroweenies.

uncle bud · « **Reply #25 on:** November 30, 2013, 07:46:09 AM »

Thanks for the positive update, Phil. Keep on keeping on, Richard.

blueshome · « **Reply #26 on:** November 30, 2013, 08:50:38 AM »

He's home and will be checking in here soon!

Slack · « **Reply #27 on:** November 30, 2013, 09:48:55 AM »

Hip! Hip! Welcome back Richard!

dj · « **Reply #28 on:** November 30, 2013, 10:08:16 AM »

I just got home and saw this. Sorry to hear about Richard, and glad to hear he's on the mend. I'll drop him a line.

Thanks for letting us know about this, Phil.

Bill Roggensack · « **Reply #29 on:** November 30, 2013, 05:07:37 PM »

Thanks for letting the Weenie Campbell community know about Richard's illness and surgery. I join all others in sending him healing thoughts, and hope for a rapid and full recovery. I like your characterization of Richard as (literally) being "the voice or Weenie Campbell."

Richard · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2013, 02:52:58 AM »

Hello Weenies

I really want to thank you all for your messages of support, something I find actually very touching all the more since it has been rather an emotional year one way and the other.

Having given me such fantastic care for the last week (at the cost of some ?30,00 or so we calculated in yet another moment of bedside boredom!) the much maligned National Health Service couldn?t take much more of me and threw me out yesterday morning! I had a bypass some years back, followed by two stents and now another six stents which were apparently more than a bit of a sod to do. For the uninitiated here follows the technical description, they find the main artery down by your willy and stuff various bits of tubing up it until theypoke their way into your heart. Then by some very clever means shore up the collapsing vessels around the heart with the expensive, magic stent thingies, sort of expandable chicken wire type stuff - even more amazing they manged to get some form of scanner up as well, whatever size is that?

Barring some nice morphine and vallium type stuff it all happens whilst you lay there, if you are brave enough you can glance up at the monitors and frighten yourself. Believe me after nearly three hours of it I was beginning to wonder if it would ever end ? only later did I discover because of the complications they were having an ongoing conference call to another large hospital to decide whether to ship me over for another bypass ? luckily they didn?t, I honestly don?t think I could have gone through that again?

So there we are, I am still here with a warped sense of humour although if not a little emotional as the whole thing was so bloody traumatic, which probably accounts for my current ramblings.

Thanks again for the messages of support they really are appreciated and finally a special thanks to Blueshome for moral support and keeping us all in touch. The upside is that since I can?t do too much for next few weeks it looks as though I will be forced to do a little guitar practice and continue to drive my wife mad, I really don't know how she does it!

Thanks again.
R

Parlor Picker · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2013, 06:31:44 AM »

News of Richard's progress is indeed wonderful news.

Carry on from strength to strength, mate. I will ring you when you are feeling less harassed (or you ring me if you want to talk at any time).

uncle bud · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2013, 08:18:59 AM »

Welcome back among the living, Richard! Glad to hear things are on the mend. What a scam universal health care is, eh?

Here's to a much better December and on into 2014 for you and the missus.

Mr.OMuck · « **Reply #33 on:** December 01, 2013, 10:29:19 AM »

Hey Richard glad you made it through. The Juke wouldn't be the same without your wonderful occasional announcements.

NotRevGDavis · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2013, 07:46:12 PM »

The voice of the Weenie Juke continues. Good luck on the mend!!!

colm kill paul · « **Reply #35 on:** December 02, 2013, 02:36:53 AM »

Great to hear you are home again Richard! I loved your description of the procedure ...accurate but witty as always! Be good and be patient while the new plumbing beds in...6 weeks R&R is the ticket!

Colm

frailer24 · « **Reply #36 on:** December 02, 2013, 09:43:26 AM »

Jumping for joy at the good news! The voice of the Juke has returned!

Richard · « **Reply #37 on:** December 02, 2013, 10:48:58 AM »

Thanks again weenies, even a couple of days later it feels as though I am on the mend

Would you believe today I even picked up a guitar again, must be something to do with alleviating the boredom factor I think or it could just be I want to play again

Thanks again for all your support.

pete1951 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 05, 2013, 11:57:36 AM »

Good to hear your `on the mend`
Pete (the sink) T.

At this point I usually put in some joke in poor taste, but not this time.

PS: you can ignore my letter about leaving me you guitar collection

PPS: couldn`t think of a joke

Richard · « **Reply #39 on:** December 06, 2013, 10:42:41 AM »

Thanks Pete, must confess I though I was heading for the plughole at one stage!

Carry on with poor taste, my sort of thing.. oh and that letter didn't arrive unless my wife saw the value and shredded it..

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