I said pardon......what?

[Stafford]

Well here we are nearly a week has passed since I’ve had an operation on my left ear. I’ve had a new prosthetic Stapes fitted to try and overcome a loss of hearing due to Otosclerosis which causes the bones in your ear to seize up. That entails a general anaesthetic and entrance to the middle ear via the ear canal by lifting the ear drum.
The first few days were interesting where I was pretty dizzy all the time and felt essentially sea sick, so any strong smell or tasty food was enough to turn my tummy so I’ve lost a few kilos as well. Certainly on the mend now but still dizzy and I have the odd moment as a pocket of air seems to pop in your ear and that throws me a bit.
So, no bikes for me for another week or two, which is a bit of a bummer as the weather is great today.

[bex]

Hope its a huge success Stafford and that you feel better and are back on two wheels very soon :thumbsup:

[J.P]

Best stay away from loud Ducati's then.
Get well soon

[gary tompkins]

Suddenly the avatar makes sense

Hope the ear gets better soon

[Stafford]

Suddenly the avatar makes sense

Which only makes me worry more about yours GT!
We are now both the owners of prosthetic items. :D

Thanks for the kind wishes, unfortunately I'm on light duties only so I can't even sneak off to the garage to fettle a few things. :thumbsdown:

[Char]

eat plenty of ice cream ;)

[bigredduke]

Look after yourself mate. I will ring you re. cans

[alan c]

Hope its a success, i said hope its a success. Get well soon :thumbsup:

[Nickj]

[QUOTE=Stafford;398032]I’ve lost a few kilos as well. QUOTE]

A strict regime of pies will sort that out ;)

Hope you're back out on the road soon

[He11cat]

Get well soon Stafford :)

[Liz]

Unfortunately I'm on light duties only so I can't even sneak off to the garage to fettle a few things. :thumbsdown:

And the car's parked up against the door and the keys are hidden....

eat plenty of ice cream ;)

He's been mainly eating Haagen Darz Belgian Chocolate ice cream!

[number24]

Get well soon mate

[the_adam]

He's been mainly eating Haagen Darz Belgian Chocolate ice cream!

That doesn't sound like such a bad deal to me...bike or icecream would be a tough choice, guess it's different when the choice is made for you though...Get well soon!

...Then if you could get one of those small tubs and wedge it inside your helmet, you could have the best of both worlds...riding a Monster, but icecream-flavoured :thumbsup:

[Albie]

best wishes to you mate and hope the dizzy spells go away.

[JerryT]

Sorry to hear you have been to the menders - hope you make a full recovery and get your 'sea legs' back again!

;-)

[Pomp1]

Hope you get well soon Stafford.

[Rally]

Hope you get well soon Stafford.

Ear, ear! :mand:

[Gadget]

Aye! What?

Take it easy. Get well soon.

[Gordon H]

Hope the discomfort is fading and you're gradually getting back to your normal self......... anyways I find that in this kind of situation, a suitable medication, eg Talisker, Caol Isla, Lagavulin works wonders.

Mind you I would also suggest those for easing the symptoms of flu, cold, aching joints, athletes foot, baldness, ingrowing toe nails....... (any excuse!!)

[Stafford]

anyways I find that in this kind of situation, a suitable medication, eg Talisker, Caol Isla, Lagavulin works wonders.

Mind you I would also suggest those for easing the symptoms of flu, cold, aching joints, athletes foot, baldness, ingrowing toe nails....... (any excuse!!)

Cheers guys, I've not had a drink in a week. :hissy:

[steeevvvooo]

Get well soon mate. My Dad has Menieres disease, so he has dizzy spells/loss of hearing etc

Hope you're on the mend :thumbsup:

[MrsC_772]

Hope you make a speedy recovery. Being off the bikes, booze and curry can't be any fun.

Much as I'd normally second Gordon's suggestion of what my dentist referred to as "the Scottish cure" (though prefer a Highland or Speyside to the kipper and fisherman's friend flavour of the peated Island malts myself), if you're head's spinning I can see they might lack their usual appeal.

We'll really start to worry if you're off the Limoncello and start asking people to swap their termis for original baffled pipes!

[Stuart42]

Hi Stafford

Just imagine how glourious your triple 8 cans will sound now, lucky devil.

Get well soon

Cheers
Stuart

[Gordon H]

(though prefer a Highland or Speyside to the kipper and fisherman's friend flavour of the peated Island malts myself)

Talisker - Skye, with others being Islay malts........

To the educated pallette, the way a single malt should taste. :biggrin:

[Stuart42]

Talisker - Skye, with others being Islay malts........

To the educated pallette, the way a single malt should taste. :biggrin:

All tastes like petrol to me.

[Gordon H]

All tastes like petrol to me.

Peasant!!!

[gary tompkins]

Ahh.. but not all petrol tastes the same

[the_adam]

According to my dad helicopter fuel tasted quite nice...never worked on one myself so can't say for sure though :chuckle:

[MrsC_772]

"Talisker - Skye, with others being Islay malts........"

I said Island not Islay - or do you not count Skye as a proper island since the bridge was built?

Not having tasted helicopter fuel I couldn't compare it to Lagavulin - does that make me a peasant too?

[Stafford]

Here's what happened when I tried to go shopping!

Link (http://youtu.be/89vV2Yhn2D8)