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Incase anyone's wondering why he's not around, Andy's been taken ill to hospital today.

He collapsed earlier whilst shopping and is in A&E at the moment. I don't know anymore at the moment but will speak to his Dad in the morning.

I hope to god it's not serious  :cry:

Uh-oh :(  get well soon fred

Bummer.

Get well soon Andrew.

Get well soon hun.  :(

Shit. Keep us informed Sam..

You better be ok for Millwall Andy!!  :wink: Seriously tho, prob all the stress over the last few weeks with the house n stuff. get better soon fella.

he'll be back on the ciders on saturday no doubt

best wishes sire.

Cripes. Hope he's ok.

oh crap, hope he's OK.

He's probably got one on drip as we speak.

Hope its not bad news, take a lot to keep are' andy down.

Best wishes to you Andy, don't let the bastards grind you down!

that's shitty news, hope he's better soon.

Get well soon Fred.

Hope it's nothing too bad.

Get well soon Fred.

Fucking hell, hope he's ok, we're supposed to going to soho on saturday!!

Thats a shock, hope hes ok

Told him to strap up at the De Vere!

I hope to god you're right!

Hope you feel better soon Frederico...

Hope to see ya back soon Mr Elliot

shitlips. get home soon.

Shit, wasn't the news I wanted to get home to. Hope you're ok Fred.

Bollocks, that's rough.

Get well very soon Andy T.

Blimey, get well soon mate

Hopefully it's nothing serious.

Speedy recovery Andy..........

All the best Fred

Get well soon Andy

Fred, get well soon

Damn Ill miss you if you aint in the pub prematch ... get well soon Andy

Oh no poor Fred! Hope he gets better asap.

UPDATE

Andy's at home now, got let out at about midnight last night.

Docs don't know why he passed out but he took a hefty bang to the head when he fell.

I'm so relieved he's ok, the docs wouldn't have let him home otherwise.

Great news.

Good news Sam, glad he's home ok

My God, Get well soon Andy

Pissed up cunt  :mrgreen:   :wink: ....glad he's home....stay off the beer andrew til Millwall!!

I reckon he did it to scare Sam, hes such a joker our Sam, should of stayed in another 24 hours, I was gonna bring porn up the hospital.  As you have no nurses at yours (apart from the mrs) you arent getting any.

Good news tho

Excellent news.

Get well soon Fred.  Although taking a dive in a supermarket to get Friday off work is a bit extreme  :mrgreen:  :wink:  :wink:

Oooooh, was the supermarket floor wet? No win no fee!

Hope this isn't catching, thats two of us in a month

All the best, Andy

Thanks for the good wishes guys.

Unfortunately I have been diagnosed as epileptic, the damage done to my tongue during the fit is far worse than the bump on my head.

I have to now inform DVLA and undergo an obligitory 6 month driving ban with no repeat seizures.


Dont know how work are going to play this one !

What a cunt of a year !

fuck about fella, thats a bit shit :S glad you're ok, but bad news bout the epilepsy man :(

fuck. sorry to hear that Andy... chin up.

Least you are in one piece andy!

bit of a bummer ... still glad to see you are up and about

This is not the time for a cheeky dig at his sexuality Fatters! At least try and be supportive!

much love to you my dear

Crap news Andy. Hope work are ok with it.

On the plus side you can tell the stewards in the town end that due to a medical condition you have to stand...

i thought you had to have at least 3 seizures before epilepsy is diagnosed?
my brother has the condition and it started in his early 20s.but he has only had 3 seizures in total.now he's on tablets and hasn't had one for 4 years.
you will be ok fred as i'm sure it wont be a regular occurance for you and can be managed.
best of luck fella!

Good to hear your back okay Fred.  As Arriba said at first things may come as a bit of a shock but it is a managable condition these days.  Good luck with things and make sure your down at Millwall for a few beers  :beers:

Do you reckon the Hollyoaks script-writers have forgotten that Steph 'De la' Dean has epilepsy?? She hasn't had any effects for like 3 years now!

At least it's not grid.

Thanks all !!!!

Just been a bought a nice new shiny bicycle

http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/tricycle_542.jpg

 :D

Glad to hear you're ok mate. Did you get my text? Still ok for Millwall?

Thats good news fred!! Lot better than it could of been

Good to hear you're generally OK. Shit news about the epilepsy and driving, but I'm sure you'll cope. Hope your employer is understanding as well...

We can chip in and get you a shiny basket to go on the front  :D

abit late but chin up!

Im going to bring a mini strobe light to Football and try and set you off.

Glad its nothing life threatening though Fred.

Just incase that sounds like sarcasm thought id point out its not :D

A proper Fred Elliott butcher's bike!

http://www.tynelives.org.uk/whitley/butchbk.jpg

Good to see your back at home Fred. Shit news about the diagnosis and the DVLA thing though. Sorry to hear that.

I was thinking, what with not being able to drive, and possibly not able to talk to well with his knackered tounge, maybe we can get a TEF posse and 'carjack' Stephen Hawking. Kills two birds with one stone!

Shit news geezer - hope you feeling better soon, maybe you fancy taking out your frustrations on a certain M Diamandis esq

Maybe we can all chip in and buy you a bell for you new bike so you don't run over any old grannys  :shock:

I shouldn't laugh but thats funny as  :soapy tit wank:

Spoken to DVLA and sent my license off

It's 12 months off the road for ANY type of seizure................not 6 as the Consultant said

What an absoloute cunt

Get better soon Fred. Your a fighter dont let this shit get to you mate. Chin up.

I suppose you'll be protesting against the proposed strobe lightening show at half time next Fred!!!  Fucking board!!

In all seriousness mate glad you're okay, fair enough no driving for a bit but it could be worse, don't stop you from drinking though does it????

in an extension to what janaage said, at least you'll have people offering you lifts here there and everywhere.

that's the life, aint it?

Certainly is

Its just I work at an ace job in London which I love and the salary comes with a very healthy car allowance

 :(

You'll still get the car allowance though, just put it towards the cost of the train, and drink on the way home.

Or is it more complicated than that?

But then I am in effect loosing 500 a month


Ahh fuck it...................Im still fucking alive

Ill go and work in Honda or BMW

Is it too early to joke by saying your wouldnt pass the medical?!In all seriousness dont give in to it mate, the old girl travelled the world 3 months after she had her bowel removed.  Stick 2 fingers up to it mate

I know, but even if my boss kept me on as the docklands buildings are all over 20 storeys and roof top plant rooms

Ah mate thats fucking awful, my heart goes out to you, on the plus side....my missus was epileptic and hers cleared up as quickly as it came and my sister in law had the operation at frenchay to cure her epilepsy and came through with no side effects at all and is back driving fine after only about 6 months.

she only had to wait for 6 months not a year they must have changed the laws in the last year or 2 but to be honest mate its much better to be safe than dead due to a seizure while driving, and the tablets are damn good and work very very well in 90% of cases.

Best of luck to you.

Thanks JJ


As long as it can be controlled I have no problems

It has just scared the shit out of me in all honesty

Now with losing my licence I have started to worry about work etc

Ho Hum

We can both be dole bums together then.

Kind of late but....nice to see your ok Andy, take it easy from now on Fella.

At least she wont be able to get her hands on what I dont have !

You and Nickie in Town in the morning ?

Possibly will be.

Thanks Spud

Ill certainly try but cant promise anything !

 :wink:

Im in and was going to meet Macca for a coffee then move to the Merlin if you fancy it mate

Yeah cool, give me a buzz in the morning.

Best leave it till about 10ish though, you know I like my lie-ins on a Saturday  :mrgreen:

Too true

I can hardly move at the moment anyway

Hey fred. Sorry mate havent been on here for a few days. Hope all is ok with you mate?

I'll be in there at some point, i'll buy you a pint if you're allowed one.

Get a job at B&Q mate - you'll be an ace paint mixer person.

But back to seriousnous, I think under the DDA they can't sack you:

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/dda.html

They're looking for waiters at los gatos. You'd make a good barman. The Tips are immense on busy nights. The nice waitresses sometimes chip me in a bit if it's been a busy night.

Was busy enough tonight but a bit monotonous. So I wrote a song in my head.  It's called "Fred's got Ellie's Pepsi." I'm hoping I'll remember the in my head chord sequence tomorrow, it needs some playing about with (as do the lyrics) but I'm not supposed to play the guitar at 2am.

Oh and you better not get something worse Fred, I don't think I can come up with a clever word rhyme for something like Cervical cancer.

<Bites lip, tries not to laugh too much>

Sorry Fred, been away for a few days. Bad news about the license, but you need to work on the cycling proficiency (I'd let the train take the strain though) Glad to hear you're back home now.

At risk of being unsympathetic, you have something in common with fit women at last !  (sorry)

Thanks Nev

Feeling a lot better, yesterday with my mates did me the world of good.

I had no idea you'd been ill when I saw you Saturday Fred!

Losing your license must be a pain but hopefully you'll recover fine and get it back no trouble!

I am now taking a cocktail of 3 drugs, 4 times a day (which is a pain in the arse)

My licence has been sent away.

My Epilepsy I.D. card cam through today.

My car goes on sale tomorrow  :(

Got to go to a meeting with HR next Tuesday  :?

My life is fucking great !

 8)  :?

You're still alive. Count your blessings you miserable cunt  :wink:

Love Si x

Well mate, I still love you for what it's worth.

I meant to ask you on Tuesday night (but you didn't go - headache?) - what's your company's legal HR stance on your condition?

Have they got anything about having a valid driving licence in your contract? If so, how does that work? I'm sure that medical conditions must override any clauses?

God knows how I missed this but I did.  Sorry to (finally) read about this mate.

All the best and all that.

Yes, the valid driving license clause is there.

But they are also I.I.P AND ISO 9002, so there are internal measures etc.




In all honesty that is all bollocks !!!!

Sometimes I have worked 16 hour days for 12 days solid, slept in my office in Docklands and not seen my family because it needed doing.


Fuck all this HR crap, I want Stephen to say to me

"Andy, you have got me out the shit plenty of times. This time I'm going to make sure you are ok,  dont worry about it, this is what we are going to do................and you will not be hit in the pocket"

I can then start sleeping at night again

Thanks mate


Good to meet you at last Saturday

You too mate, I'll try to get involved with some pre-match build up soon, it's been a while since I had a few shandys before a game.

What you have to take drugs up your arse....I bet you enjoy that ?  :D

Fred/Andy,

To be honest your employer, (if he isn't a complete cunt) should feel a certain sense of responsibility in this. As I said to you the other week it's that sort of workload and lifestyle that's always brought this shit on for me.

Anyway, unless you're in a post that CANNOT be done without a driving licence, (driving a bus or something) the employers on pretty fucking dodgy ground not keeping you on thanks to the new DDA.

Have a gander at the stuff on this link, there are contacts on the site that might be able to help if the bastards try to shaft you.

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/dda.html

I have to say all my employers have always been very good, and I've had a couple of spells of being banned from driving (mind you both those times were when I was working in the NHS, so the attitude might be a bit more liberal)

if i was your boss i would fucking sack you for being an eppy.

or make you take a bath have a fit and throw my washing in.

Thats fucking ace Mex, Andy will piss himself when he reads that

intentionally?