Saturday 28 November 2009

12 months

On Sunday November 29th it will be my 58th birthday. So what you might say we all have a birthday every year!

Well this time last year I did not imagine what the next 12 months would bring including a week long spell in intensive care when they thought I would not live longer than 24 hours. My disease has now been classed as incurable but I am actually going back to work on Tuesday 1st December. Mind you I have 31 days holiday to use up by the end of the year! On a five day week that is going to be interesting......

I am pleased to say that I feel very well and even my GP says I look disgustingly healthy so instead of sitting round at home vegetating going back to work was an easy decision to make.

As it is my birthday I thought I would take the opportunity to say a very big thank you to all my followers and say a very large THANK YOU to you all. Your support has has been very important to me and has helped me through some black times.

As a professional railwayman the news of the train crash in Russia saddens me especially as it appears to have been caused by an act of terrorism.

I do not know if the person who left an anonymous comment a couple of weeks ago about the Bluebell Hill Ghost entry I made back in February is reading this but I am not certain if he is interested in just that incident or ghosts in general. If it is in general I have recently been reading about a ghostly apparition following a railway fatality in Northern England.

Andy

7 comments:

Ken Riches said...

Hope you have a great birthday, you have had an amazing year.

Frances said...

You have had a very interesting year. I do hope the next year will be a better one for you, Andy. A very 'Happy Birthday' to you, and I hope you will be with us many more years. Please take care of yourself.

Connie said...

Happy Birthday and I pray many more to come!!

ADB said...

Happy Birthday, Andy, and I'm very pleased you're doing so well that you can go back to work.

Anonymous said...

*Happy happy Birthday Andy* rache

Liz said...

Here is to you using up every day of your holiday quota.
Thirty one days will indeed take you safely into the New Year :D

Beth said...

I only just now read this, Andy, so I wish you a happy belated birthday! I'm glad to hear you're feeling so good! Hugs, Beth