Dave Bryant - Illness

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 08:34 AM

Please be sure that the hospital is not letting him out too soon under threat from impending carol singing Mudcatters!
Giok ;~0

Seriously though, great news.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Essex Girl
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 07:55 AM

Kevin, if you ever heard me try to play the guitar you wouldn't say that. I can pick a few tunes on the penny whistle & recorder and strum a few chords on my autoharp, otherwise it's percussion. But as Dave says we can always do harmonies. All being well he should be out by Wednesday.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 08:04 PM

Till your right arm is back you could always try having Essex Girl do that bit on the guitar, and you just do the left hand.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 07:57 PM

Keep at it Dave - Failing all else , you could always become a 'Trad' singer and do unnaccomplished stuff !!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: skarpi
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 03:28 PM

Halló Dave, welcome on your feet again I just saw this thread today
I am sorry about that , hope you are taking good care about your self?
And play the guitar it helps you get better, i have just been
out of a hostpital my self and the music helps.
So from Iceland lots of pray from me , are you coming to Portaferry?
All the best SkarpiIceland.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 07:34 AM

Well done Dave its good to hear from you in person,take it easy and get that hand working for Miskin.
Scooby

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 06:58 AM

STOP PRESS> Dave Bryant allowed out unsupervised. STOP> Lock up your daughters STOP:

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dipsodeb
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 06:29 AM

Great news Dave keep up the good work... You will soon be chasing around the wards getting on everyones tits ;-) BEHAVE!
~Debs~ XX

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 04:46 AM

So glad to read this, Dave - and my congratulations that you are still able to sing. I have learned to live without a guitar (bad wrist), but having lost my ability to sing still grieves me every day. So be glad, lucky one!

Best wishes for your recovery, and remember - patience!

Wilfried

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 15 Dec 04 - 11:27 PM

Well done, Dave! Great progress – keep up the good work!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,woodsie
Date: 15 Dec 04 - 07:00 PM

Rock on Dave!!!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 15 Dec 04 - 06:20 PM

Tue 14th Dec

Here I am again. Linda's recharged my PDA (an iPaq 2210 running Pocket Windows) and I'll send this file back (on a compact flash card) with her to post as soon as she can.

Well one little victory to report, I've gained my "walking licence" so I don't have to get a nurse to follow me around before l go anywhere - I can now walk for exercise (and practice), rather than just to go to the loo. I've even been promised a short walk outside
tomorrow.

I've been doing physio on my arm this morning and I'm getting more strenght in it, but still no movement in the wrist and hand. Still, I'll keep trying - I want to play that guitar again some day - even if Breezy and some others might object to me usinng the word "again".

PDA permitting, I'll try and write something each day and get Linda to post it when she gets the chance.

Dave

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Dec 04 - 05:43 AM

Has it got a hole in one corner so's you can get your dinger out?
Giok :~)

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dead Horse
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 09:22 PM

Hey Giok, I got me one of them from China, place called Wan-kin if I remember rightly............

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 05:53 PM

Personal
Digital
Assistant

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: breezy
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 04:26 PM

Good going Dave, keep it up!

oops, I'm sure that'll come later

oops again

I think you pulled a cracker already, its Essex girl.

Love to you both.

There's a Spotlight gig when your up for it.

oops

bye

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 11:55 AM

celt??

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 11:30 AM

Mmmmmmm closer

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 11:16 AM

Shouldn't that be cult?
Giok

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 10:24 AM

Just an idea, but if Nurse Ratchett and Avril Betts where to supervise his recouperation they could walk a few paces in front of him, he'd soon be galloping along like a young colt


colt ? ........... is that the correct spelling ?

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Essex Girl
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 09:50 AM

Now he's walking alone they will probably let him out for Christmas. Weather permitting he is being allowed outside tomorrow and depending on his progress he might only have to go back on a daily basis, but we are not getting our hopes up yet.
Linda

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dead Horse
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 07:54 PM

Is Dave gonna pull a cracker, or will they kick him out for Xmas?

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dipsodeb
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 07:44 AM

Hiya Linda
it's great to hear that Dave is doing well give him our love.((X))
and I believe a HAPPY BIRTHDAY is in order for you but unfortunately not quite as happy as it should have been! but anyway best wishes an hugs from us all at the TB anyway ((X))

~Debs~

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: freda underhill
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 06:58 AM

if you can give detailed instructions about transfering data from pdas to computers, well, you're doing pretty well. good luck, Dave, keep at it.

non hospitalum bureabumdum carborundum as they say.

(don't let the hospital bureaucrats get you down!)

freda

(and as for yoouuu, mr giok.)

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Essex Girl
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 06:31 AM

Dave has just rung to say that he has his 'walking licence', which means he will be able to move around the ward on his own and so build up his mobility. The staff are very pleased with his progress. Noreen, a PDA is a pocket computer, great for storing addresses, telephone numbers, songs etc. (You can also play games!!!)You can transfer all information between a PC and PDA, which I managed to do after detailed instructions from Dave.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 05:40 AM

It's a thing you put batteries in Noreen, LTS has one called a Rabbit I believe ;~)
Giok [Now I'm really in trouble; were's me coat?]

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 08:29 PM

Sorry to hear about this, Dave, and I am sending some positive thoughts your way.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Noreen
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 08:20 PM

Great to hear from you, Dave- but what's a PDA?

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 07:35 PM

HEY!! Sounds like some real progress!!! Remember you'll hit plateaus for a bit so don't get worried.....just keep working. Knowing you Dave, I am surprised they would give you a stick of any sort!!! Should someone warn them to be nice to you when you have stick in hand???

BTW, since the two outside legs are working better don't forget to take some time to get the middle one back in shape as well(:<))

Spaw

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Whistler - Scotland
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 07:14 PM

Hi Linda,

Have just discovered Dave's messae board and add my good wishes for a complete and rapid recovery. Neil and I will be at Weirdside on Saturday 18th December and will hope to be able to visit Dave wherever he may be. Hopefully at home again. Anyway will ring before then to get an update.

Love to you both,

B.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 05:57 PM

Great news to hear from you Dave,sorry about the stroke i am sure your make a speedy recovery soon.
Lots of love,
Yas

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 03:06 PM

Hello, this is Dave - I've entered this on my PDA at the hospital - Linda's going to try and post it later tonight. Thank you all for your best wishes, you've all been wonderful. My right leg is working much better and I can get around with a stick, with a member of staff in tow - they may let me go solo soon. I have limited movement in my right shoulder and a little in the forearm, but my hand is still completely paralyzed.

PS from Essex Girl. Dave would like to have posted more but his PDA ran out of power and he can't charge it up in hospital. I'll take it back tomorrow and he can compose some more

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Tobyjug
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 10:55 AM

Just became mudcat aware and sorry to hear about Dave's condition. If I remember him well, it was as someone who won't take things lying down. Get fully fit soon, you old folker. From another old folker, who 'used to be your boss'.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 09:20 AM

He's only squeezing oranges at the moment NR, he's got to work up to melons!
Giok ;~) [I'm in trouble now!]

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 08:56 AM

Didn't see this til just today. Get well soon Dave and come back to the sesh in Rochester. Hope the medical conference goes well and you are released by Christmas.!!!!

Sarah

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Nurse Ratched
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 08:18 AM

If he piches MY arse, he'll regret it.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: woodsie
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 05:56 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 10:35 AM

just picked up this thread
all the best dave...hope the recovery is soon and full

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 10:01 AM

Send that Avril Betts round for his squeezing practice.
Best wishes for continued recovery.

RtS

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Essex Girl
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 09:26 AM

We will not know for certain when they'll let him out for good,but all being well he will be around for Christmas. We will probably know more after the medical team 'conference' on Tuesday. If anyone is in our area in the days following Christmas, please drop in and have a drink. (He might not be able to but we can)!!!!!
Linda

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: gnu2
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 06:23 AM

Give 'er some Dave !!!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 06:02 AM

Just spoken to Dave, he seems in good spirits, sadly not he alcoholic one's. Apparently he has to squeeze oranges as part of his physio to strengthen his grip, now his nurse is nicely rounded in certain departments ........ guess what Dave is thinking about squeezing !

Hope's to be out over Christmas and is determined to be bloody minded about a full recovery

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 08:59 PM

Truly encouraging to hear he's made such good progress. I think that really is an extremely quick rate of recovery, so fingers crossed it continues & you two get to spend Christmas at home together. Sounds like before too long he may be taking it upon himself to entertain the rest of the folks in the ward...!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: breezy
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 03:48 PM

All the best.

Sounds like he's making good early progress.

Can we have his guitar for a raffle prize?

'He was the tenor section' I like that, and all before G4 came into view.

And I've resisted being rude about him.

So far.

Look , no hi-jack -out of respect.

He can get on with cutting his own CD albums of songs he knows, he's got to produce 21 albums with 14 songs on each to beat my total, that'll give him something to do in the new year.

Unless he's got something better to do!, nah not for a while.

Good wishes Linda

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 03:46 PM

This does sound like pretty rapid progress, as these things go (though I don't imagine he'd feel it that way).

Incidentally, would it be the left or the right arm that is affected?

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 03:15 PM

Impatience is the first sign that he is feeling better. Good news. Merry Christmas to you both!
SINS

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 01:58 PM

It should be up in the music section - but if it encourages a few people to stop being all hoity-toity about coming down "below the line" that'll be a good thing.

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 01:33 PM

Great news Linda to have Dave home soon.Give him my regards and we will see you hopfully at Miskin or somewhere later in the year.Please remember to look after yourself too.
Love Yas

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: GUEST,Gadaffi
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 08:38 AM

Best wishes, Dave. Get well soon!

Glad to hear the voice is unaffected. My fondest memory is from the early days of the Thomas Clark Quire when Dave WAS the tenor section!
Couldn't hear what line we basses were supposed to be singing with him in full flow, at any rate!

Subject: RE: Dave Bryant - Illness
From: Bassic
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 08:21 AM

Thats GOOD progress Linda! Even in the last couple of days......a little shrug of the shoulder on Monday and now down to the elbow!:-) Give him my best and same to you. Great news that xmas might be at home. Will do my best to call again next time I get down to London. And tell Dave to start being a patient patient!! ;-)