jk136 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Seem nothings gone right this year so far. My dad passed away on the 10th January after developing a brain tumor. He was 67 and fit as a fiddle. I sat as his bedside for 5 days while he was in a coma and slowly slipped away. Whilst I was there, one of the guys I worked with had a serious accident and got severly burned. He was working on a crane that operates over a furnace. He didnt take the control box with him to do some maintenance, and they started up with him up there. Luckly he had his protective gear on which saved 90% of his body but he still got burned on the face and hands and will require skin grafts. (The furnace operating temperature is upwards of 1560 degrees and he was right above it) And I came in to work today to find another of my rugby mates has had an accident. Some kind of door has 'fallen off' and hit him on the back of his leg and torn his calf in 2....lots of claret everywhere and now hes in hospital. I contacted him and he said they are having trouble closing the wound! Surely it cant get any worse than this.....except maybe the funeral next Tuesday for my old man! How can a year start so badly?? Surely rule of 3 applies and it can only get better eh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Heart goes out to you mate. Life has a strange way of working sometimes, keep your chin up high and try and look to the future. Take one day at a time, time is a great healer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sorry to hear that mate, deepest condolences. I've had a tough year so far as well, seems like everything is going wrong for me, but like Geo said, time is a healer. I'll ride this bad luck wave for now, I know some good luck is just round the corner, surely. I've never had a time in my life like it, so it's been a little hard to deal with, but i'll live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk136 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am naturally an optimistic person, so I do think good things can only be around the corner. Glass half full...that kind of thing. Just didnt expect what happened to my dad to be so quick. He got diagnosed on 5th November (day after my birthday), operated on 18th November which removed 98% of the tumor which was 40mm diameter. Quite literally within 2 hours of the op he was back to normal...like a miracle! And back home after 2 days! Then over Christmas he dropped back off again until we found out on 4th Jan that they werent going to do treatment as he was too weak - from taking steriods for the brain swelling. I think inside he knew it would be a matter of weeks at that point, so came home, had lunch and dinner and as we went to put him to bed he said 'Im not ready to go'. It breaks my heart thinking about that now. Next morning, my mum called me saying she couldnt wake him up for his medication...and that was pretty much it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am naturally an optimistic person, so I do think good things can only be around the corner. Glass half full...that kind of thing. Just didnt expect what happened to my dad to be so quick. He got diagnosed on 5th November (day after my birthday), operated on 18th November which removed 98% of the tumor which was 40mm diameter. Quite literally within 2 hours of the op he was back to normal...like a miracle! And back home after 2 days! Then over Christmas he dropped back off again until we found out on 4th Jan that they werent going to do treatment as he was too weak - from taking steriods for the brain swelling. I think inside he knew it would be a matter of weeks at that point, so came home, had lunch and dinner and as we went to put him to bed he said 'Im not ready to go'. It breaks my heart thinking about that now. Next morning, my mum called me saying she couldnt wake him up for his medication...and that was pretty much it. I'm glad you have an attitude to life like that - I like to think I do - but when times get hard and all that... I genuinely feel for you mate, I'm absolutely gutted for you. I can't even imagine how I'd feel. So quick as well. Like I said before, deepest condolences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Feel for u mate and as other have said, chin up and dont really know what else to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 He was working on a crane that operates over a furnace. He didnt take the control box with him to do some maintenance, and they started up with him up there. Luckly he had his protective gear on which saved 90% of his body but he still got burned on the face and hands and will require skin grafts. (The furnace operating temperature is upwards of 1560 degrees and he was right above it) Jesus that must have been horific! poor bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j80leo Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Try to make the best of a bad situation hard to do sometimes, keep your chin up a things will turn around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk136 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Jesus that must have been horific! poor bloke. They said they could hear his screaming above the sound of the furnace. Like 115db+. He said later in hospital that another 3 seconds and his body would have given up! You cant imagine the hell he would have gone through! He said he just tucked into a ball waiting for the inevitable to happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 They said they could hear his screaming above the sound of the furnace. Like 115db+. He said later in hospital that another 3 seconds and his body would have given up! You cant imagine the hell he would have gone through! He said he just tucked into a ball waiting for the inevitable to happen! Oh my god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 They said they could hear his screaming above the sound of the furnace. Like 115db+. He said later in hospital that another 3 seconds and his body would have given up! You cant imagine the hell he would have gone through! He said he just tucked into a ball waiting for the inevitable to happen! Unimaginable. Being burnt alive has to be up there with the most horrible things possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul372 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 i'm sorry to hear your bad news but you must keep your head up mate, i had the same sort of year last year, my mum got a brain tumor but they manage to remove it then my other halfs mum got breast cancer and now this year i'm out of work with a wedding to pay for in 4 months great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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