Hi everyone, been away for a while concentrating on family and work for a while as the Z funds ran dry...

 

I managed to procure an original Nissan Consult unit and have successfully repaired it over the past month or so....

 

If anyone locally needs to use it then let me know if I can help..... and you can either pop round or I maybe able to come to you....

 

Getting ready to swap out the faulty auto box, transmission ECU and prop shaft when the weather picks up....

 

Paint maybe a while off yet.......

Well, tomorrow's the big day!

 

I will try and stay away from the light.

 

:sweatdrop::eek:

Well, tomorrow's the big day!

 

I will try and stay away from the light.

 

:sweatdrop::eek:

 

Best wishes mate! Keep us updated with your progress please!

Well, tomorrow's the big day!

 

I will try and stay away from the light.

 

:sweatdrop::eek:

 

Goodluck mate and the 4 hours will soon pass:yes:...Better to get put under,they had me under for almost 7 hours in Jan 2016 and it felt like 2 seconds from closing my eyes to coming round.

Well, tomorrow's the big day!

 

I will try and stay away from the light.

 

:sweatdrop::eek:

 

Best wishes for you mate, and do stay away from said light....

 

Think happy thoughts about the z and the next job to tackle on it.:thumbup1:

Best Wishes for a rapid recovery David!

 

Well, tomorrow's the big day!

 

I will try and stay away from the light.

 

:sweatdrop::eek:

 

best wishes!

Thanks everyone! :thumbup1:

 

Theatre is booked for 11:00am this morning.

 

Roll on tomorrow. :lol:

All the best for today Redwine

:wheelchair:Best of luck today bud, it'll all be over and done with shortly:wheelchair:

Good luck dude, 4 minutes to go!

What a day!

Theatre time was brought forward, what a panic.

For some reason the first patient failed to qualify.

Anyway, could not get fully anaesthetised prior to surgery, surgeon needed some ongoing feedback.

However, I became so uncomfortable during the process that he increased the sedation to such a degree l was totally unaware of what was going on anyway.

After 3 hours I was back on the ward, but totally oblivious of what was going on.

After another couple of hours, I was sort of back in the real world with my wife and daughter at my bedside.

What could be better, all was going so well, or so I thought.

The next couple of hours were to be a little different.

Firstly, the wounds at the point of entry at the groin decided to give way, not a pretty sight.

Once the nursing staff had remedied this, all appeared to be well, or so I thought.

What happened next was quite a shock, frightening to be honest.

I suffered 2 nigh on cardiac arrests with blood pressures around 65/40 on both cases.

As you can imagine, hearing the words "stay with us David" are not a sentence I care to relive.

Anyway, after several hours of monitoring, to my surprise they have let me come home.

A bit nervous to be honest, as I am still finding it difficult to breath without a high level of discomfort, only to be expected I guess.

Hopefully things will return to some sort of normality tomorrow, just hope I can get some sleep.

 

Ps. Meant to add, after an ultrasound just before release, they tell me I know have excess fluid in the pericardium and a leaky valve! Great.

I think I will have to ring tomorrow if things do not improve

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OMG what a nightmare, thank god your ok. Can't imagine what your wife and daughters felt, as they say it's not your time yet. Plenty of rest and let your body heal.

 

All the best take care.

Damn thats some shit to go through, wishing you a speedy recovery, just take it slow :thumbup1:

You have been through the mill mate but so glad to see you posting as I was starting to get worried. Just take it easy and let your body recover. My wife has a leaky mitral valve and she is fine with it but it can cause problems.

Jeez dude!! You don't do things by half!!! Plenty of rest and TLC, You sound a bit like a Z, go in for a routine fix and then all hell breaks loose!! Think you need to go to Jimmer to get a full overhaul of that motor inside ya :thumbup:

Glad you "Stayed with us" matey:thumbup1:

Cripes! [emoji15]

Glad you "Stayed with us" matey:thumbup1:

 

Exactly!

Glad to see you got through it, and best of luck with the recovery. Looking forward to bumping into you again this year!

Good to see you back Russ.......:thumbup:

 

And all the best with your health issues mate; hope everything goes well...:clover:

Speedy recovery, would scare anyone, could be everything is fine & just the post op discomfort?

Just a little update..

 

Breathing issues and chest pains have eased quite considerably.

Incisions seem to be healing nicely, albeit still quite painful. (only to be expected I guess.)

Even managing to sleep through.

 

Anyway, I initially thought of thanking everyone for their kind words collectively, but have tried to reply on an individual basis.

 

 

Best wishes mate! Keep us updated with your progress please!

 

Cheers Si'

 

Goodluck mate and the 4 hours will soon pass:yes:...Better to get put under,they had me under for almost 7 hours in Jan 2016 and it felt like 2 seconds from closing my eyes to coming round.

 

Thanks znut. As you say, I was better of out of it for the more critical stage.

(7 hours! that must have been some opp' mate)

 

Best wishes for you mate, and do stay away from said light....

 

Think happy thoughts about the z and the next job to tackle on it.:thumbup1:

 

Cheers Chris.

 

Best Wishes for a rapid recovery David!

 

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Cheers Andrew. :lol:

 

best wishes!

 

Thanks Craig.

 

All the best for today Redwine

 

Cheers Gary.

 

:wheelchair:Best of luck today bud, it'll all be over and done with shortly:wheelchair:

 

Thanks Richie, can't believe it is all over and done with.

 

Good luck dude, 4 minutes to go!

 

Cheers buddy.

 

OMG what a nightmare, thank god your ok. Can't imagine what your wife and daughters felt, as they say it's not your time yet. Plenty of rest and let your body heal.

 

All the best take care.

 

Nightmare indeed my friend, my wife and daughter were both a bit shaken.

As you say, plenty of rest.

Cheers mate.

 

Damn thats some shit to go through, wishing you a speedy recovery, just take it slow :thumbup1:

 

Cheers Groover, will do.

 

Jeez dude!! You don't do things by half!!! Plenty of rest and TLC, You sound a bit like a Z, go in for a routine fix and then all hell breaks loose!! Think you need to go to Jimmer to get a full overhaul of that motor inside ya :thumbup:

Glad you "Stayed with us" matey:thumbup1:

 

I know, what I thought would be straight forward turned out to be a right drama.

 

Cripes! [emoji15]

 

Indeed.

 

Exactly!

Glad to see you got through it, and best of luck with the recovery. Looking forward to bumping into you again this year!

 

Cheers Craig,

As you say, hopefully bump into you sometime soon mate.

Look forward to it.

 

Speedy recovery, would scare anyone, could be everything is fine & just the post op discomfort?

 

Thanks Art213.

As you say, I think everything is fine, just a bit of post operative shock I guess.

 

If I have missed anyone, I apologise.

So, Russ, I think it is about time I handed your thread back.

Sorry bud.

Lol.... has been handy to keep me updated on how your doing my friend...

Glad to hear your on the mend... you had me worried.... Thought I would be waiting ages to finally meet up with you...

Looks like your surgeon is as good at mending you as you are welding your Z..... lol

Russ

Lol.... has been handy to keep me updated on how your doing my friend...

Glad to hear your on the mend... you had me worried.... Thought I would be waiting ages to finally meet up with you...

Looks like your surgeon is as good at mending you as you are welding your Z..... lol

Russ

 

Well, initially Russ, things were going well, but unfortunately not for long.

After a promising start, and a much improved feeling of well being, it appears that the surgery has failed.

This is not unheard of however, the success rate is only 80%, approximately.

So, in 3 weeks time, I will have to undergo more internal heart surgery.

In the meantime, they have doubled my medication so as to try and manage the condition.

Bummer.

 

Hopefully you are fairing better, are you still on the mend?

Well, initially Russ, things were going well, but unfortunately not for long.

After a promising start, and a much improved feeling of well being, it appears that the surgery has failed.

This is not unheard of however, the success rate is only 80%, approximately.

So, in 3 weeks time, I will have to undergo more internal heart surgery.

In the meantime, they have doubled my medication so as to try and manage the condition.

Bummer.

 

Hopefully you are fairing better, are you still on the mend?

 

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Sorry to hear this Dave, I feel for ya buddy, I really do, hopefully you'll be sorted in 3 weeks time, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for you pal:thumbup1: Try not to stress yourself out worrying about it though

Good luck Dave hope all goes well this time and keep us updated mate.