Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 17-Jan-24 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

Isn't Kate Watzzername also in hospital?

I dunno. All these royals hogging NHS beds. Where will it all end I
ask you?

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet wrote:

> On 17-Jan-24 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

> Isn't Kate Watzzername also in hospital?

> I dunno. All these royals hogging NHS beds. Where will it all end I
> ask you?

Well, I'm bloomin' well not dragging myself down to that London for
another state funeral for a while longer yet so they'd both better
hurry up and get better.

Nick

In message <c648ae3254fab2c5113debd60c154285@www.novabbs.com> at Wed, 17
Jan 2024 19:47:48, nick <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
>Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
>> On 17-Jan-24 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
output less). I can see someone who probably has a busy life as I
imagine he does might find the need to go frequently more inconvenient,
so worth having it fixed.
>
>> Isn't Kate Watzzername also in hospital?

She's apparently had her surgery, which had been planned (presumably
that means it wasn't something unexpected). But not expected out until
Easter, which hints it's maybe something quite major.
>
>> I dunno. All these royals hogging NHS beds. Where will it all end I
>>ask you?

(-: - one report I heard specifically said she was in a private
hospital. I haven't heard that he is, but I expect so, for security
reasons if nothing else.
>
>Well, I'm bloomin' well not dragging myself down to that London for
>another state funeral for a while longer yet so they'd both better
>hurry up and get better.

(-: [I didn't go to the last one - it never occurred to me to do so. I
now don't go into the ULEZ unless I have a very good reason (which I
haven't so far).]
>
>Nick
John
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I was never drawn to sport, to which I attribute my long life.
- Barry Humphries, RT 2016/1/9-15

On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:51:55 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>
> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
> output less).

Surely that's wrong. He's royal. They don't go at all. They're not like us
you know.

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:51:55 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
>> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
>> output less).
>
> Surely that's wrong. He's royal. They don't go at all. They're not like us
> you know.
>

Have you never heard of ‘The Royal Wee’?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 18/01/2024 08:05, Jim Easterbrook wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:51:55 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
>> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
>> output less).
>
> Surely that's wrong. He's royal. They don't go at all. They're not like us
> you know.
>

No. they have more money.

hemingway

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <c648ae3254fab2c5113debd60c154285@www.novabbs.com> at Wed, 17
> Jan 2024 19:47:48, nick <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
>> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>
>>> On 17-Jan-24 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>
> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
> output less). I can see someone who probably has a busy life as I
> imagine he does might find the need to go frequently more inconvenient,
> so worth having it fixed.
>>
>>> Isn't Kate Watzzername also in hospital?
>
> She's apparently had her surgery, which had been planned (presumably
> that means it wasn't something unexpected). But not expected out until
> Easter, which hints it's maybe something quite major.
>>
>>> I dunno. All these royals hogging NHS beds. Where will it all end I
>>> ask you?
>
> (-: - one report I heard specifically said she was in a private
> hospital. I haven't heard that he is, but I expect so, for security
> reasons if nothing else.
>>
>> Well, I'm bloomin' well not dragging myself down to that London for
>> another state funeral for a while longer yet so they'd both better
>> hurry up and get better.
>
> (-: [I didn't go to the last one - it never occurred to me to do so. I
> now don't go into the ULEZ unless I have a very good reason (which I
> haven't so far).]
>>
>> Nick
> John

In my own case, my prostate was enlarged - with advanced cancer that had
not gone beyond the organ itself. This was treated with radiotherapy (20
fractions M’Lud) and 18 months of daily doses of Bicalutamide tablets. I
was told my prostate was too enlarged for surgical removal (even with Robby
the Robot) and unfortunately I have recently been told (after further …
ahem, digital examination, that the prostate has not shrunk back despite
the hope that it would do so after radiotherapy. Just yesterday, I started
on a new tablet in an attempt to relax the prostate and bladder which ‘may’
alleviate the need to wee every hour or half hour or even every ten
minutes!!! (THBAPSA I don’t think!)

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:18:13 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>> John
>
>In my own case, my prostate was enlarged - with advanced cancer that had
>not gone beyond the organ itself. This was treated with radiotherapy (20
>fractions M’Lud) and 18 months of daily doses of Bicalutamide tablets. I
>was told my prostate was too enlarged for surgical removal (even with Robby
>the Robot) and unfortunately I have recently been told (after further …
>ahem, digital examination, that the prostate has not shrunk back despite
>the hope that it would do so after radiotherapy. Just yesterday, I started
>on a new tablet in an attempt to relax the prostate and bladder which ‘may’
>alleviate the need to wee every hour or half hour or even every ten
>minutes!!! (THBAPSA I don’t think!)

I hope the new pills help with that, Mike, and that things settle down
so you are more comfortable. Thinking of you as I have always liked to
know where the nearest loo is.

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:27:21 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

>On 17-Jan-24 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>
>Isn't Kate Watzzername also in hospital?
>
>I dunno. All these royals hogging NHS beds. Where will it all end I
>ask you?

And I'm sure the Junior Doctors' strikes didn't delay their treatment
<g>
---
Pete.

On 18/01/2024 01:51, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> (-: - one report I heard specifically said she was in a private
> hospital. I haven't heard that he is, but I expect so, for security
> reasons if nothing else.

The royals nearly always go to the King Edward VII hospital for most
operations. My late beloved had his hip done there by the Queen Mother's
surgeon (he'd worked for BUPA and they paid for it), and was
particularly impressed by the fact that for his post-op dinner he could
choose from the Berry Bros and Rudd wine-list.

--
Kate B

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:33:47 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:

> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

I've not seen any any commemorative plates advertised yet.

Iain

On 17/01/2024 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

Not sure if I heard it right, but apparently the king is pro state
enlargement?

--
Cheers
Clive

Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:33:47 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:
>
>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>
> I've not seen any any commemorative plates advertised yet.
>
> Iain
>

Well Guv, plates is extra Guv, but if you want ‘em, I’ll make ‘em for you
…. Whistles through teeth, shall we say 500 nicker each - I’ll do a dozen
fer a mere 5,000 nicker - can’t say fairer than that now!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
> On 17/01/2024 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>
> Not sure if I heard it right, but apparently the king is pro state
> enlargement?
>

I think the press releases are being serialised, First Epi, didimus, second
is your ethra.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Clive Arthur wrote:

> On 17/01/2024 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!

> Not sure if I heard it right, but apparently the king is pro state
> enlargement?

Wot?

Are we claiming Ireland back again?

Nick

On 18/01/2024 01:51, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
> output less). I can see someone who probably has a busy life as I
> imagine he does might find the need to go frequently more inconvenient,
> so worth having it fixed.

Some men are unlucky and it causes a complete, or near complete,
blockage and that isn't something that can just be lived with but will
require a catheter[1] until action can be taken to shrink the prostate.
Given that KCtU has had to cancel all this week's engagements, as well
as those immediately after his procedure, I rather assume that he's in
that category and that the past few days haven't been much fun for him.

[1] Which can cause numerous other problems of its own
--
Best wishes, Serena
Q. Why is Europe like a frying pan?
A. Because it has Greece at the bottom.

In message <uoapnt$2hbhq$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:07:09,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:51:55 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>>
>>> He's got an enlarged prostate; that's more or less normal for older men.
>>> Most of us live with it - it just means you go more often (because you
>>> output less).
>>
>> Surely that's wrong. He's royal. They don't go at all. They're not like us
>> you know.
>>
>
>Have you never heard of ‘The Royal Wee’?
>
Usually shortly followed by The Royal Flush
(kaboom ching! [Not original.])
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

By most scientific estimates sustained, useful fusion is ten years in
the future - and will be ten years in the future for the next fifty
years or more. - "Hamadryad", ~2016-4-4

In message <ff6d358fd4e7bee29f4dcff188a19cb8@www.novabbs.com> at Thu, 18
Jan 2024 16:47:37, nick <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
>Clive Arthur wrote:
>
>> On 17/01/2024 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>
>> Not sure if I heard it right, but apparently the king is pro state
>>enlargement?
>
>Wot?
>
>Are we claiming Ireland back again?
>
>Nick

I've recently had some arguments - on YouTube - about the phrase "The
British Isles". Which, to me, is purely a geographical expression for
the group of a few thousand islands (including two big ones) off the
northeast coast of Europe. But apparently some in Eire find it
offensive.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

By most scientific estimates sustained, useful fusion is ten years in
the future - and will be ten years in the future for the next fifty
years or more. - "Hamadryad", ~2016-4-4

In message <uoaqck$2hef9$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:18:13,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
[]
>In my own case, my prostate was enlarged - with advanced cancer that had

Sorry to hear that ...

>not gone beyond the organ itself. This was treated with radiotherapy (20
>fractions M’Lud) and 18 months of daily doses of Bicalutamide tablets. I

.... but glad it was sorted.

>was told my prostate was too enlarged for surgical removal (even with Robby
>the Robot) and unfortunately I have recently been told (after further …
>ahem, digital examination, that the prostate has not shrunk back despite
>the hope that it would do so after radiotherapy. Just yesterday, I started
>on a new tablet in an attempt to relax the prostate and bladder which ‘may’

(Not tamsulosin? That's the one I'm on.)

>alleviate the need to wee every hour or half hour or even every ten
>minutes!!! (THBAPSA I don’t think!)
>
One of the "explanations" I heard today suggested they might be
"enlarging the pipe", rather than removing any prostate - though
arguably that could be the same thing.

It _is_ rather a feature of our attitude to sex that, I believe, the
majority of people (of both genders) aren't too sure what the prostate
does, apart from give problems (cancer or enlargement blocking things)
in later life.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

By most scientific estimates sustained, useful fusion is ten years in
the future - and will be ten years in the future for the next fifty
years or more. - "Hamadryad", ~2016-4-4

On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:48:18 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:

> Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:33:47 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>
>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>>
>> I've not seen any any commemorative plates advertised yet.
>>
>> Iain
>>
>>
> Well Guv, plates is extra Guv, but if you want ‘em, I’ll make ‘em for
> you …. Whistles through teeth, shall we say 500 nicker each - I’ll do a
> dozen fer a mere 5,000 nicker - can’t say fairer than that now!

At that price I'd be looking for autographed high-definition holographic
MRI images of the royal gland. Tee shirts?

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>
> (Not tamsulosin? That's the one I'm on.)
>
Tried Tamsulosin - didn’t wotk for me and I have forgotten the name of
another medication (don’t these names just roll off your tongue eh?) yjay
didn’t wotk for me either, I’m now trying Betmiga mirabegron but it is
early days as I have only just had the second tablet today.
>>
>
> It _is_ rather a feature of our attitude to sex that, I believe, the
> majority of people (of both genders) aren't too sure what the prostate
> does, apart from give problems (cancer or enlargement blocking things)
> in later life.

Indeed, the human body is a very curious collection of organs, bones and
sinew - starting from scratch, even with modern technology and
micro-engineering, could we even approach 0.001% of the functions achieved
within a human bean? (Discuss)

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <ff6d358fd4e7bee29f4dcff188a19cb8@www.novabbs.com> at Thu, 18
> Jan 2024 16:47:37, nick <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
>> Clive Arthur wrote:
>>
>>> On 17/01/2024 18:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>>
>>> Not sure if I heard it right, but apparently the king is pro state
>>> enlargement?
>>
>> Wot?
>>
>> Are we claiming Ireland back again?
>>
>> Nick
>
> I've recently had some arguments - on YouTube - about the phrase "The
> British Isles". Which, to me, is purely a geographical expression for
> the group of a few thousand islands (including two big ones) off the
> northeast coast of Europe. But apparently some in Eire find it
> offensive.

You are not even safe voicing opinions of a geographical nature in N.
Ireland; the Derry/LondonDerry argument is enough to set the bombs and
mortars off!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:48:18 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:
>
>> Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:33:47 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, that didn’t take long did it?!
>>>
>>> I've not seen any any commemorative plates advertised yet.
>>>
>>> Iain
>>>
>>>
>> Well Guv, plates is extra Guv, but if you want ‘em, I’ll make ‘em for
>> you …. Whistles through teeth, shall we say 500 nicker each - I’ll do a
>> dozen fer a mere 5,000 nicker - can’t say fairer than that now!
>
> At that price I'd be looking for autographed high-definition holographic
> MRI images of the royal gland. Tee shirts?
>

Now Guv, ‘Sfunny you should mention Tee shirts, I could (for a considerable
consideration), lay my hands on some tee sirts but they will cost yer…

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

In message <uobrh8$2n391$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:43:52,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
>J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>> I've recently had some arguments - on YouTube - about the phrase "The
>> British Isles". Which, to me, is purely a geographical expression for
>> the group of a few thousand islands (including two big ones) off the
>> northeast coast of Europe. But apparently some in Eire find it
>> offensive.
>
>You are not even safe voicing opinions of a geographical nature in N.
>Ireland; the Derry/LondonDerry argument is enough to set the bombs and
>mortars off!
>
I believe some of the more sensible - and cynical - locals call it
"Stroke City".
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. -Ellen Glasgow,
novelist (1874-1945)