Now that is over....back to hunting dead people!

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MarkCDodd
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Now that is over....back to hunting dead people!

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Just had the all clear from a bout of pleurisy that lasted six weeks!

Every time you cough it feels like somebody is stabbing you between the shoulder blades.

Since I was coughing without a break from the time I got up to the time I went to bed, it wasn't much fun.

I get pleurisy at least once a year but the longest it ever lasted was three days.

After three different anti-biotics didn't work they took a sample (which involved stabbing me in the back with a large needle to get to the lung cavity).

Turns out I was lucky enough to have one of those drug resistent staph that hang around in hospitals.

Probably caught it when visiting my mother in hospital.

So a very expensive and not often used anti-biotic was given and it cleared the problem in a few days.

I did no genealogy in those six weeks and have over 40 messages on Ancestry and 50 on Genes Reunited to tackle.
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Sorry to hear you've not been well Mark - I remember my daughter having a bout of that years ago - she was in agony. Hope your feeling better - and now back to work :-)
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Ooh, nasty, Mark! Terrible way to get a break from digging up dead rellies. Try not to do it again, eh?
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Good to hear you're better, Billy Connolly has some advice regarding pleurisy:

Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
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Welcome Back Marky Babes missed ya!

now we can go and watch the Royal Wedding together :P
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Sorry to hear you have been poorly Mark.
Hope you feel much better.
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Welcome back Mark -- it has been quiet without you!

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