Bought another boat.

[kashurst]

Very inconsiderate of your arteries to get a bit clogged up….they clearly don’t care about the forum content enough.

I would say good luck but this is an op done 1000’s of times a day. One thing NHS is good at is cardiac. No luck required

You’ll be back picking the wrong colour for kitchen cabinet doors before you know it

Everything crossed for a good result. The NHS and modern medicine is amazing.
I had a bit of a funny turn 14 years ago whilst changing a turbo charger on a 63P - they are heavy. Had a lie down for a hour then finished fitting the refurbed port turbo and took boat for a blast. A week later NHS surgeon very kindly put in two stents in one blockage in one artery. The rest looked pretty good and the starboard turbo was OK too.

Last week had another angiogram hoping a stent or two might do it. The Dr showed me the X ray video of my heart arteries. My first thought was VolvoPaul is going to struggle flushing all that out. Despite being a vegan athlete (well kind of) I come from a long line of people with cardio issues, so it's not a surprise.

 

[Mr Googler]

Everything crossed for a good result. The NHS and modern medicine is amazing.
I had a bit of a funny turn 14 years ago whilst changing a turbo charger on a 63P - they are heavy. Had a lie down for a hour then finished fitting the refurbed port turbo and took boat for a blast. A week later NHS surgeon very kindly put in two stents in one blockage in one artery. The rest looked pretty good and the starboard turbo was OK too.

Last week had another angiogram hoping a stent or two might do it. The Dr showed me the X ray video of my heart arteries. My first thought was VolvoPaul is going to struggle flushing all that out. Despite being a vegan athelete (well kind of) I come from a long line of people with cardio issues, so it's not a surprise.

Yeah….family history…..the gift that keeps on giving.

Great you’re on the ball with it. Prevention is better than cure innit. Just a bit of servicing……Volvopaul could probably fix it to be fair. A reverse flush with rydlyme probably not the treatment of choice though in this situation

 

[Mr Googler]

No......there is no recipe. It’s a rebuttal to Seastoke saying my posts are like the Women’s Institute lectures

They are not that good…..and like Seacock knows what the word rebuttal means. He’s probably thinking K needs work doing the other end now

 

[steadyeddy]

Best wishes i had a double by pass in and out of hospital in a week only banned from driving for six weeks ,it will not be long before you feel like a new man

 

[sharpness]

All the best Kashurst and for a strong speedy recovery

 

[Ribtecer]

Yeah….family history…..the gift that keeps on giving.

We all get something I'm afraid

 

[Seastoke]

Best wishes i had a double by pass in and out of hospital in a week only banned from driving for six weeks ,it will not be long before you feel like a new man

. Bouba would like a new man.

 

[Greg2]

Sorry to hear about your health issues Kashurst, which as if not bad enough in its own right is compounded by the very serious matter of not being able to work on the boat!

All joking aside, it sounds as though the prognosis is good and I wish you well in making a speedy and full recovery and look forward to reading reports on the boat being finished.
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[Bouba]

K’s boat renovation experience could come in handy.....for example, he could tell the surgeon to keep all the left over parts....in case one day they might be useful

 

[Boathook]

K’s boat renovation experience could come in handy.....for example, he could tell the surgeon to keep all the left over parts....in case one day they might be useful

Which parts do you think that you might require Bouba ?

 

[Bouba]

Which parts do you think that you might require Bouba ?

He wouldn’t be much be much of a surgeon if he forgot some anodes

 

[Alicatt]

Get better soon @kashurst
A friend in Maastricht is waiting on getting his stents replaced in his legs, it's not high on the list as being urgent, but it is a painfully slow walk with lots of rest stops, he has had the heart bypass done a number of years ago, for a big lad and an ex-paratrooper it is saddening seeing him brought so low.

 

[kashurst]

Well a small update. I am now booked in for re plumbing in June fingers crossed.
So I have been doing a bit more albeit slowly and little bits.

dashboard is now dark grey instead of dirty white with stains. The dog kennel hole is for my fossibot 2.4kWh 2.2kW Li Ion power pack. Needs a bit of trim around it and the new consumer unit above it needs wiring up. The bare wood trim to disguise the saggy fibre glass join of the dash board will be wrapped in the grey wood effect as per the side area with the throttles on.

and the transom is pretty much finished, just waiting for a new name sticker. I even polished it so it is actually extremely smooth and very shiny. It looks like it belongs to a different boat. Started a "big sand" on the sides to sand out the raised areas where the old labels and stripe used to be too.

and I painted the bathroom all white for now. Need to let ot go hard for a few weeks, which works out quite well now.

 

[Bouba]

Well a small update. I am now booked in for re plumbing in June fingers crossed.
So I have been doing a bit more albeit slowly and little bits.

dashboard is now dark grey instead of dirty white with stains. The dog kennel hole is for my fossibot 2.4kWh 2.2kW Li Ion power pack. Needs a bit of trim around it and the new consumer unit above it needs wiring up. The bare wood trim to disguise the saggy fibre glass join of the dash board will be wrapped in the grey wood effect as per the side area with the throttles on.

and the transom is pretty much finished, just waiting for a new name sticker. I even polished it so it is actually extremely smooth and very shiny. It looks like it belongs to a different boat. Started a "big sand" on the sides to sand out the raised areas where the old labels and stripe used to be too.

and I painted the bathroom all white for now. Need to let ot go hard for a few weeks, which works out quite well now.

Good luck with the op !

 

[Alicatt]

Good luck with the op, friend had it done last week, re-plumbed, now he is fine and waiting to get back to his golf.

Boat is looking good

 

[Jamiedh871]

Well a small update. I am now booked in for re plumbing in June fingers crossed.
So I have been doing a bit more albeit slowly and little bits.

dashboard is now dark grey instead of dirty white with stains. The dog kennel hole is for my fossibot 2.4kWh 2.2kW Li Ion power pack. Needs a bit of trim around it and the new consumer unit above it needs wiring up. The bare wood trim to disguise the saggy fibre glass join of the dash board will be wrapped in the grey wood effect as per the side area with the throttles on.

and the transom is pretty much finished, just waiting for a new name sticker. I even polished it so it is actually extremely smooth and very shiny. It looks like it belongs to a different boat. Started a "big sand" on the sides to sand out the raised areas where the old labels and stripe used to be too.

and I painted the bathroom all white for now. Need to let ot go hard for a few weeks, which works out quite well now.

 

[Jamiedh871]

Hello Kashurst I’m told you have a mooring in Torrevieja I’ve just got one there can you recommend anyone for repairs non mechanical please

 

[kashurst]

Hello Kashurst I’m told you have a mooring in Torrevieja I’ve just got one there can you recommend anyone for repairs non mechanical please

I no longer moor in Torrevieja, but the man you probably want to talk to is Dennis at Costa Blanca Yacht Services. They are based in the International Marina. The office is at the far end of the car park at the entrance to the boat yard. I have used them a few times over the years for non mechanical repairs and copper coating etc.
No connection just good service.

Costa Blanca Yacht Services - Costa Blanca Yacht Services

 

[Jamiedh871]

Thank you very much

 

[kashurst]

Good luck with the op !

Good luck with the op, friend had it done last week, re-plumbed, now he is fine and waiting to get back to his golf.

Boat is looking good

I can't believe this. You won't believe it.
I had the big operation at 8-00 am Monday 2nd June
I sat down in my favorite armchair at home the following Saturday 7th june late afternoon.

The surgeon came to see me last Tuesday morning and said the Op had gone well overall. Two great strong grafts. Big leak a few hours later so they went back in the engine bay again, tightened up a few titanium jubilee clips, installed a bilge pump and topped me up with salt water.
The surgeon is proper Yorkshire. He has declared I am fixed! I will have to find something else to die from. He gave my big toe a hearty shake and said goodbye for now. I will see him again for a review in six weeks and hopefully a sign off. I will take my three favourite boat carpet samples along with me. He can choose, it's the least I can do.

Two days after the op, the drain tubes, etc all came out of the various bilges. There was a very long length of plastic tube that would be handy on the boat but they wouldn't let me keep it. I guess the NHS is like me waste not want not. I guess it's food grade so they want it back. Not cheap that stuff. They probably chuck it in the corner of the theatre just in case. You can never have too much 12mm PVC tube can you? It will be just the right length for another patient. edit: Mind you if they use it for transfering diesel, the poor sod who gets pumped out with it afterwards will spend the rest of his life saying to all and sundry "can you smell diesel?"

The two main scars are remarkably straight. Proper job they must have used a steel ruler. A few days ago about 8 surgeon/registrars came to see me. At one point they asked to see my leg where they took the spare piping from. They got very excited as the stitching is excellent. One asked who did it. Apparently a surgeon called Laura.
Laura clearly has a great future in boat upholstery if the ships surgeon thing doesn't work out.

Anyway, I have six weeks to finish my boat cushions. I will fire up the sewing machine in a week or two. Need to wait for the aneasthetic to completely leave my system. I don't want wobbly piping.

I feel amazing, very hungry all the time. I was fortunately and quite specifically told not eat anything Viago cooked.

Hope you are all well and out boating. Salut!