[Ian Sheppard]

Focus on your health for now. give yourself a few days to ponder on the rest. You will have more options than you think.
My thoughts are with you

[Fin Clearview]

Get well soon matey, shocking to hear at your age, i'm 40 and still like to party like I'm 21. Bit of a wake up call for all of us. Good luck

[Walter Mitty]

I've thought about this before and my first step would be to write a letter explaining what is happening, be honest with your customers and then they will know what's happening. 

I have had prior experience of not being able to service my round due to poor health.  However, I did know that the health problem had a fixed, limited time as it was caused by medicine side-effects that were treating a particular illness.
My experience taught me that telling the customers too much was a bad idea.  It will probably be necessary to tell them that the work will sometimes be carried out by a "colleague".  That's all they need to know for now.  With many, they jump ship at the first sign of a leak.
Best wishes for good health in the future.

[richywilts]

richy get well soon pal sorry to hear of your predicament, im sure local window cleaners will pull together and help you through these difficult times your a well liked guy on here and im sure you will come back stronger stay positive mate

[pdale]

My uncle had a stroke a few years ago, had his own business (not window cleaning, but manual) and was in a similar situation. Fortunately for him he had a business partner who worked twice as hard. He has made a full recovery and went back to work. He just has to be careful now and mindful that it could happen again.

I wish you a speedy recovery

[hasti]

i wish you all the best Rich, just be positive mate, just to cheer you up, had a chat with Alex and he is going to surprise you with a nice pole soon 

[dazmond]

take it easy richy and good luck with your recovery.i had a heart scare around 10 years ago now.rushed into A & E twice in a matter of months.

i was 33 yrs of age at the time.a real shock.i took a few weeks off and sold a chunk of my work on and took it easy for a while.cleaned up my life.stopped smoking and drinking and stopped taking cocaine,ectasy and amphetamines.

id had a 15 yr history of drink/drug abuse from around the age of 17-18.

i sought help and battled back from misery and addiction.

it certainly puts your precious life into perspective.

i still work hard but have around 8 full weeks off a year and dont worry half as much over trivial things like i used to.

very best wishes


dazmond

[P @ F]

Well thanks again for all the good wishes chaps  , I'm no worse as yet , but due to all the probs in the hospitals at the moment things are moving slower than usual , have been in for a scan on my heart today ,  nothing obvious was found , and I am now in the special stroke dept ward .
I kid you not though  , this is not pleasant to see , hats off to the nurses on here , I have now seen just how bad these strokes can be , I'm  actualy pooping it , I'm nothing like what some of these chaps have ended up like, shouting , abusing , a lot cant even move .
Really really not nice to see , I am already sworn to myself that if I get no worse with respect to whats up with my brain and where the clot is traveling from I am in for some major life changes , and its only me who can do it.
Some of you have already been there, some of you have watched it, I will draw on that for a bit of inspiration to help

Lets just hope that what Hasti says is not in my imagination , that  kind of thing only happens on suprise, suprise, its either that or I'm a total sucker 
At least I can blame it on my poorly noggin eh 

Looks like lights out time here now     See ya  Rich

[trippyboy]

Wishing you a speedy recovery mate

[hasti]

Well thanks again for all the good wishes chaps  , I'm no worse as yet , but due to all the probs in the hospitals at the moment things are moving slower than usual , have been in for a scan on my heart today ,  nothing obvious was found , and I am now in the special stroke dept ward .
I kid you not though  , this is not pleasant to see , hats off to the nurses on here , I have now seen just how bad these strokes can be , I'm  actualy pooping it , I'm nothing like what some of these chaps have ended up like, shouting , abusing , a lot cant even move .
Really really not nice to see , I am already sworn to myself that if I get no worse with respect to whats up with my brain and where the clot is traveling from I am in for some major life changes , and its only me who can do it.
Some of you have already been there, some of you have watched it, I will draw on that for a bit of inspiration to help

Lets just hope that what Hasti says is not in my imagination , that  kind of thing only happens on suprise, suprise, its either that or I'm a total sucker 
At least I can blame it on my poorly noggin eh 

Looks like lights out time here now     See ya  Rich

Alex promised me that he will do it mate. I mean whats one pole worth to Alex than keeping a good man like you happy 

[Alex Gardiner]

Well thanks again for all the good wishes chaps  , I'm no worse as yet , but due to all the probs in the hospitals at the moment things are moving slower than usual , have been in for a scan on my heart today ,  nothing obvious was found , and I am now in the special stroke dept ward .
I kid you not though  , this is not pleasant to see , hats off to the nurses on here , I have now seen just how bad these strokes can be , I'm  actualy pooping it , I'm nothing like what some of these chaps have ended up like, shouting , abusing , a lot cant even move .
Really really not nice to see , I am already sworn to myself that if I get no worse with respect to whats up with my brain and where the clot is traveling from I am in for some major life changes , and its only me who can do it.
Some of you have already been there, some of you have watched it, I will draw on that for a bit of inspiration to help

Lets just hope that what Hasti says is not in my imagination , that  kind of thing only happens on suprise, suprise, its either that or I'm a total sucker 
At least I can blame it on my poorly noggin eh 

Looks like lights out time here now     See ya  Rich

Alex promised me that he will do it mate. I mean whats one pole worth to Alex than keeping a good man like you happy 

I think you must be pulling Rich's leg as you have not spoken to me about this. 

[Alex Gardiner]

Well thanks again for all the good wishes chaps  , I'm no worse as yet , but due to all the probs in the hospitals at the moment things are moving slower than usual , have been in for a scan on my heart today ,  nothing obvious was found , and I am now in the special stroke dept ward .
I kid you not though  , this is not pleasant to see , hats off to the nurses on here , I have now seen just how bad these strokes can be , I'm  actualy pooping it , I'm nothing like what some of these chaps have ended up like, shouting , abusing , a lot cant even move .
Really really not nice to see , I am already sworn to myself that if I get no worse with respect to whats up with my brain and where the clot is traveling from I am in for some major life changes , and its only me who can do it.
Some of you have already been there, some of you have watched it, I will draw on that for a bit of inspiration to help

Lets just hope that what Hasti says is not in my imagination , that  kind of thing only happens on suprise, suprise, its either that or I'm a total sucker 
At least I can blame it on my poorly noggin eh 

Looks like lights out time here now     See ya  Rich

Rich - I sent you an email at 9.57 am using your email addie on CIU.  If you didn't get it, could you email me on alex@agardiner.co.uk.

[Avo]

My brother had this happen to him when he was 30 and 13 years on at age 43 he's a window cleaner and loving life..
You might have to make some life style changes rich but there's no reason why you can't make a full recovery mate.

I wish you all the best. Rob.

 

[Dave Turley]

Best wishes Rich, get well soon.

[P @ F]

Update time , well what can I say , apart from I'm still here doing tests , clot is still present , results came back from the heart ultrasound and I'm told that one of my valves is deciding to turn itself inside out 
I went for another ct scan on my head and heart last night ....as its the weekend and we are short staffed we wont know anything now until monday !   

I am feeling real bad now about being here , its like the other blokes in the ward are all looking at me with resent , although I'm not right I'm up and about like I'm a visitor and they are all wearing nappies and getting spoon fed , today staff levels were so low I was eating my dinner and all the blokes were sat in bed watching me , now there is a guilt trip if you ever saw one , I ended up feeding 2 of them like babies , I went around the wards soon after and discovered that about 24 patients at least 12 of which need help to eat were being covered by way of 2 agency carers !
Later on I heard a shout from the bloke opposite me , I looked up to see him eating custard creams..........the problem was , they were still in the wrapper , the carer didnt open them , just left them on his table .
I know this isnt exactlty wc related mods but it will be again shortly , who knows , my journey back to work may outdo the vision saga 

Thanks again for your wishes and interest guys.
Oh Alex I did get your e mail thanks , I will be in touch shortly , I just want to make sure I have enough room in the van for the power reel and extreme +extension pack    Just kiddin guys 

Rich 

[AuRavelling79]

Sorry I missed this thread until now Rich; I do hope all goes well for you.

[P @ F]

Thanks Mr Gold , could get a bit more drama as of tomorrow , all the agency carers are probably out   on the lash tonight  , hangover city !

Rich

[ChumBucket]

Hope you're out of there & better soon buddy. I've been on here under different guises for about 8 years & I'll never forget you painting your van pink!! I actually thought you'd just photo-shopped it, I wet myself when I realised you had actually done it for real. Wasn't it you also who chopped a small van in half & used it as a trailer?

I'm sure you'll make a full recovery & keep us entertained for some time to come!!

[deeege]

Just seen this thread for the first time.

Best of luck on the road to recovery mate,  put the business on the back burner for a week or two, concentrate on getting yourself right first.

[Richard ham]

I reckon you have enough room for a Gardiner pen in that van of yours buddy.