in hospital (Stallion)

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 06:03 PM

Peter now missing from this thread can a bit troubling here. Could well indicate he's doing the surgery or has done it and is now doing the post-op. Anyone close enough to check perhaps? Anyone know if he has family of friends that might have some info?

Whatever is going on Peter has all my best going his way to get back to us as soon as possible.


Spaw

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Banjiman
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 05:08 PM

Oh heck, there we were enjoying ourselves all weekend while you've been taken into hospital. Not good.

Best of luck for a speedy recovery.

Paul & wendy.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SussexCarole
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 04:28 PM

More best wishes from Sussex that have now travelled back to Wales! We've only just caught up with your news Peter. Was great to see you at Herga now just you get better quickly so we can all sing together again (soon).    xxx

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: pavane
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 02:17 PM

Just seen the news - best wishes for a speedy recovery from Pavane & Mrs Pavane

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 11:07 AM

Hi Peter

Martin told me on Friday when I saw him and Ron in York

Perhaps it's time to take the 'over' out of overdo.

Get well soon and look after yourself.

Nick

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,Tweets
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 10:37 AM

Hugs but gentle ones x

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 10:12 AM

Very best wishes from Sussex.

Valmai (Lewes)

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 06:05 AM

I've only just spotted this thread..... I too enjoyed hearing you for the first time on Monday, but it was very naughty of you to overdo it like that!

All best wishes for a good recovery, and hope to see you next year. Somewhere further north, perhaps.

Kitty

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 05:24 AM

Morning Peter, hope you're comfortable and being well attended!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 11:05 PM

Best wishes from me and Nessie too, Pete!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SylviaN
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:54 PM

Not much more we can add to what's been said above - just our get well wishes to add to the rest.

xxx

Sylvia and Keith

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 07:07 PM

I was another guy who only met you and heard you sing for the first time at the cd launch. Sorry to hear you have been laid low. Plenty of good advice on the thread ! Be good and take good care of yourself.

Best wishes

Peter

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:32 PM

Peter I just watched your set at Herga on Monday night. All I can say is, well done. I really enjoyed it.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:18 PM

Where's the guest of honour?

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:09 PM

Just seen this Pete ! That'll teach you to go to CD Launches at Herga ! Hope all goes well mate !

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:00 PM

BTW Nice to see your demotion to BS was temporary ;-)

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:58 PM

Get well soon Pete - I don't think we have met in the real world but you feel like a friend like so many on here.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:30 PM

Grampus - I saw (on and off - I was doing other things too) from Moses & the Ref onwards ie end of 1st half and all of 2nd half. If it's still there I might give the first half a look too.

Mick

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Grampus
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:13 PM

In reply to Mick Pearce (12.27 above) the broadcast still seems to be available here:

CD Launch at Herga - on Ustream

If you ignore the advert(s) Peter's performance is at about 02.09.00 in the programme.

Enjoy.

Get well soonest Peter.

G.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 02:59 PM

I hope I don't go to heaven. I prefer to be with my friends!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 01:13 PM

This, of course, all for your amusement and distraction, Peter.
SINS


Kendall! CELLAR!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 01:11 PM

You're going to hell, MacKenzie

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 01:01 PM

Stabat Mater

(a hymn to Mary)

Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacrimosa,
dum pendebat Filius.

Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem
pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflicta
fuit illa benedicta,
mater Unigeniti!

Quae moerebat et dolebat,
pia Mater, dum videbat
nati poenas inclyti.

Quis est homo qui non fleret,
matrem Christi si videret
in tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristari
Christi Matrem contemplari
dolentem cum Filio?

Pro peccatis suae gentis
vidit Iesum in tormentis,
et flagellis subditum.

Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriendo desolatum,
dum emisit spiritum.

Eia, Mater, fons amoris
me sentire vim doloris
fac, ut tecum lugeam.

Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum
ut sibi complaceam.

Sancta Mater, istud agas,
crucifixi fige plagas
cordi meo valide.

Tui Nati vulnerati,
tam dignati pro me pati,
poenas mecum divide.

Fac me tecum pie flere,
crucifixo condolere,
donec ego vixero.

Juxta Crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociare
in planctu desidero.

Virgo virginum praeclara,
mihi iam non sis amara,
fac me tecum plangere.

Fac, ut portem Christi mortem,
passionis fac consortem,
et plagas recolere.

Fac me plagis vulnerari,
fac me Cruce inebriari,
et cruore Filii.

Flammis ne urar succensus,
per te, Virgo, sim defensus
in die iudicii.

Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
da per Matrem me venire
ad palmam victoriae.

Quando corpus morietur,
fac, ut animae donetur
paradisi gloria. Amen.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 12:27 PM

Sorry to hear this. You were one of the ones I managed to see on the streaming video last Monday. I was at Herga for 25 years or so before I moved away and it never had that effect on me. They've obviously got more stressful since I left.

Hope things go well and you're out soon.

Mick

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: kendall
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 12:13 PM

...rather well endowed? you are becoming a Mainer with that kind of understatement!

Stallion,You promised that you would be around to spend some time with us when I come over next year. I will hold you to that promise.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 12:03 PM

I'll give it a try when I get over the image, SINS.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 11:40 AM

One word of advice as I think back on Kendall's surgery. Have a huge supply of comfortable bed pillows on hand when you return home. It will help you find a comfortable position for sleeping.
And if 999 wants to tell the biggest needle story, I will have to share my experience with a breast lump aspiration. Ahab came in, harpoon in hand screaming "Have you seen the white whale?" as he drove this monstronsity ten inches into my right appendage (I am rather well endowed. Didn't feel a thing. Match that you wuss!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 11:02 AM

What Sinsull said! And pay close attention to Spaw -- his encouragement and advice helped Tom through his valve job, tune-up and electrical work back in 2004. (That's replacement aortic valve, tricuspid valve repaired, double bypass and installation of a defibrillator -- his heart capacity was down to 20% but he never had a heart attack.)

You're part of a large club -- but ya gotta take care of yourself!!! (Please)

Linn

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 10:56 AM

Well, yeah, the needle YOU use. The one she was jabbing in me was closer to the size of the thing on top of the Empire State Building.

LOVEnox? LOVENOX? They haven't told you I guess. It's just a fancy name for the old saltpeter treatment the army used.

Peter, he's Spaw, ya know? The guy who invented the seat belt for people to use on toilets. Who thinks of stuff like that?

But he's also the guy who's set Guinness records for facing adversity in health/hospital situations, so take his word for anything medical. Except the size of the needle they used on me. Would a picture lie?

Wuss my Aunt Mehitabel's golden knockers.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 10:25 AM

Geeziz Bruce....You are a wuss. Those shots were "Lovenox" not coumadin. Lovenox is used short term and coumadin (warfarin) is in pill form and if you need to stay on thinners as I do, you have a check done about monthly to be sure you are getting the right dosage. Lovenox only works for a few hours.....coumadin is systemic.

My point is.......I've had to do Lovenox on a lot of occasions when I've had to be off coumadin and I gave the shots to myself! The needle is less than an inch long!!!! Admit it man.....you're a wuss!!!!!

LMAO........luvya Bruce...


Spaw

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:52 AM

Peter-

Steady, hold 'er steady!

I look forward to posting something funny in a week or so.

Charley Noble and JudyB

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,Annie Alexander at South Shields Folk Club
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 08:36 AM

Peter Stallion
Don't worry, you are in good hands and heart treatment is routine nowadays. Best Wishes. My sister in law has had 2 heart attacks and bypass with complications, but she's doing well. You'll be singing again soon! Annie

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 08:07 AM

Peter, I hope you're feeling much better today. And since I'm in the mood to fart about, lemme tell you about bypass surgery, all true to life as recounted by that friend I mentioned earlier.

He said that where his chest had been opened caused him very little discomfort. BUT, where they took some veins from his leg--well, THAT hurt like a sonuvagun for a few weeks. He was back on fire calls commanding a scene just six weeks after the quintuple bypass operation, and that's no word of a lie. He's like the energizer bunny: takes a lickin', keeps on tickin'. He did grumble about some dietary changes he was forced to make, and to my knowledge he still does, but he made them.

Another thing you won't like post-op are the damned coumadin (blood thinner) 'sticks' (although you may luck out and get pills instead). They are sub-cutaneous and they hurt like the dickens. Mine were given in the skin a few inches above the belly button. (I'd had a hip replacement.) When the nurse came in I would greet her with, "Well, if it isn't the Angel of Love and Light!" She would reply along the lines of, "I'll ask the doctor if we can halve the dose and double the injections." I would say, "You DO brighten my day." About a month later I took her a box of chocolates. Nice gal.

The thing that's so positive about waking up feeling like you've been run over by a lorry is the waking up part. As Kendall(?) mentioned, bypass surgery is routine these days. I'd get a bit apprehensive if your doctor walks in to the operating theatre carrying a copy of 'The Beginner's Guide to Grey's Anatomy', 'Surgery for the Novice' or 'How To Plumb Your Kitchen Sink While Taking LSD-25', but otherwise you'll waste lots of worry on something you don't need to worry about. There are as many possible complications getting teeth pulled, but I've heard that since the days of Lister hospitals have got a handle on the importance of cleanliness, and they understand the prophylactic measures necessary to prevent infection.

They know what they're doing. Believe that, because they really do.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:43 AM

One night in hospital and he took a turn for the nurse . . .

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: theleveller
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 05:38 AM

Sorry to hear you're not well - hope you make a full and fast recovery.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Barb'ry
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:49 AM

Hope you're feeling much better soon. Let everyone wait on your every need...

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Megan L
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:40 AM

You are way to lively at this hour in the morning NURSE one bed bath required

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:39 AM

Nurses wake you early did they? They do that you know.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: stallion
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 03:36 AM

Report from good morning

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 01:43 AM

more good wishes winging their way, from the other side of the world

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 12:00 AM

What? No! Get better now--or at least soon!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: ranger1
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 08:18 PM

Peter, my mum had a triple bypass last summer. She feels better now than she had in years. First couple of days were tough, but got better pretty quickly after that.

Get better soon, my friend.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Janie
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 07:36 PM

Cut this crap out!!!!

Too many folks in this joint with essential parts wearing out and needing an overhaul.

More good thoughts from across the waves....

Janie

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 07:28 PM

Peter,
Bypass is good. That and a black leather jacket will earn you a troup of loyal groupies and who knows what perks.
Hang in there, Sweetie.
SINS

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 07:23 PM

Good idea! Here's the deal.....ya' gotta' trust me on this........When you get up against this sort of diagnosis the trick is to relax! I've had 4 heart surgeries plus an artificial valve and an implanted defibrillator in the past 14 years.... including a quad by-pass.

Bypasses and many other heart surgeries are very routine. Not that "routine" can't go wrong. I had an appendectomy last November and ended up not getting home until February. But see, if whatever the diagnosis and action that is needed, once you agree then it is exactly like riding an elephant downhill.   Its important to trust and believe in the Doctor......if you don't get a second opinion....or more.

So Peter.....You are now riding the elephant. When an elephant starts running downhill, all you can do is sit back, hang on, and enjoy the ride. If you have a bypass, the first 24 hours are a bit tough. After that things get better. Follow the post op routines and and take your meds. Hold on tight and DON'T fall off. You have all my best thoughts your way!


Spaw (I have a degree in Cardiology from Ivehadit College of Medicine)

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: stallion
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 06:44 PM

I am turning in now, I will post an update on the morning should I make it!

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,SSFC
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 06:27 PM

Good wishes mate all at South Shields FC

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 06:08 PM

Don't forget Pete "Death is Nature's way of telling you to slow down"! Get better or else.

Chris.

PS - Is there anything you need bringing in?

C.

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: My guru always said
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 05:31 PM

Like Micca, I only just met you on Monday! Like Mysha I wondered if you really ought to be driving back to York that night. 'Overdoing it' is probably something you've been doing for a while. NOW is the time to slow down and conserve your energies. Take better care of yourself, I hope we'll all meet again one day.

Meanwhile, behave yourself & do as the nice Nursies tell you....
Hil

Subject: RE: in hospital (Stallion)
From: Jeri
Date: 18 Nov 11 - 05:28 PM

Peter, the apprehension is making things unpleasant, but getting things sorted out will probably make life better, if only that you can stop worrying. Of course, it may hurt a bit in the meantime. Get repaired and get well. Bypasses these days are routine.