Hello !
So today I'm blogging about my work history.
4 jobs that I've had have stuck out in my mind.
The 1st was my 1st job. I got on a YTS scheme at a company called Saxon Sanbec who made fire engines, ambulance and specialised vehicles. My apprenticeship was on the repair section, which I loved. You wouldn't believe how many emergency vehicles meet at traffic lights !
I loved this job, I had saved up my money and bought some decent tools, and made my own rolling box.
Saxon made the fire engines for the TV show 'Londons Burning' dont you know.
I worked there for just short of 4 years, until they decided to get rid of half of us, I was gutted. But managed to get my City and Guilds of it.
My 2nd was working at Oulton Park race circuit. Motorsport is a big passion of mine, and this was my dream job. I worked has a full time marshal, sometimes 7 days a week. I marshalled for the race school, private and open testing and corporate events. And on days off I helped out in the garage looking after the race school cars.
Doing this job I got to meet a lot of drivers and even the great Murray Walker.
Through doing this I also got to do the British Grand Prix twice. I worked here for 5 years.
The 3rd job was working for a shopfitting company. We installed the metal shelving that you see in tesco, Asda etc.
This job involved working in a team, traveling all over the uk, often at very short notice and for weeks on end, fitting the shelving.
The plus point were. Good money, I got to see a LOT of the Uk and the days off while away.
The bad points were. Away from home a lot, stupid working times, often nights and the boss was a knob.
The most dangerous thing I have ever done was, me and a mate had been sent to Inverness and Inverurie to do some work on there tesco. It was just before Xmas and we had been given a rare day/night off, until we got a phone call saying, could we go to glasgow and drop some parts of that we had spare. Stupidly we said yes, not realising what the weather was like. Within half an hour of being on a pitch black road we got thick freezing fog, and I mean thick. I couldn't see anything, but pushed on with the heater on full, trying to clear the windscreen. Another half hour later, we missed a Stag stood in the middle of the road by millimetres. If we had hit it we would of been in a valley upside down somewhere. But after many, many hours we got to Glasgow and recovered.
I worked in this job for 6 years and I left just before I met shelley.
My 4th job was my last job, working has a support worker in a residential home for adults with learning difficulties and Autism. I will blog about this next time, because there is to much to put in here.
Thanks for reading
Offski
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Thursday, 9 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
8/06/2011
So I'm sat here all hooked up to my chemo, getting really bord. So I'm doing some blogging, this is my second today !
I went to see the specialist and have some bloods done yesterday. She says everything is going very well, my lumps are small bits of gravel (compared to the golf balls they were), and my White blood cell count is getting back to normal.
Today I'm having my 3rd of 6 chemo, and it's the same old shit, just seems to be going quicker !
So what does all this mean ? I hear you ask.
Well it could mean that this bout of leukaemia is beaten, and things are looking rosy.
But the reality is that this is just going to keep coming back, could be weeks, months or even years but it will be back. I guess has soon has I feel a lump somewhere, I start all over again.
The only way I have a chance of getting rid of this is by having the Stem cell/ Bone marrow transplant that I mentioned in an earlier blog, something which I'm not looking forward to, it's the month in hospital that will do my head in, But I suppose it's worth it.
Also the way the dates have fallen, i get to have my 5th and last chemo in the same month, August ! Looking forward to that month haha. Let's wait and see.
The planning of my bike ride from Lands end to John ogroats is coming together slowly. Just waiting for Marie Currie to put the details up so I can book my place. I'm looking forward to it, even though it's roughly a year away ! But a lot of training needs to be done from this September onwards, and I need a bike !
Anyway that's me for today, I've nearly finished my nuclear waste. Off home soon, and hoping these new anti-sickness tablets work this time round !
I am home now, feeling good at the moment.
Thank for reading
Offski.
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I went to see the specialist and have some bloods done yesterday. She says everything is going very well, my lumps are small bits of gravel (compared to the golf balls they were), and my White blood cell count is getting back to normal.
Today I'm having my 3rd of 6 chemo, and it's the same old shit, just seems to be going quicker !
So what does all this mean ? I hear you ask.
Well it could mean that this bout of leukaemia is beaten, and things are looking rosy.
But the reality is that this is just going to keep coming back, could be weeks, months or even years but it will be back. I guess has soon has I feel a lump somewhere, I start all over again.
The only way I have a chance of getting rid of this is by having the Stem cell/ Bone marrow transplant that I mentioned in an earlier blog, something which I'm not looking forward to, it's the month in hospital that will do my head in, But I suppose it's worth it.
Also the way the dates have fallen, i get to have my 5th and last chemo in the same month, August ! Looking forward to that month haha. Let's wait and see.
The planning of my bike ride from Lands end to John ogroats is coming together slowly. Just waiting for Marie Currie to put the details up so I can book my place. I'm looking forward to it, even though it's roughly a year away ! But a lot of training needs to be done from this September onwards, and I need a bike !
Anyway that's me for today, I've nearly finished my nuclear waste. Off home soon, and hoping these new anti-sickness tablets work this time round !
I am home now, feeling good at the moment.
Thank for reading
Offski.
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
24/05/2011
Hello ,
Glad you all survived the Rapture/Domesday/Armageddon, I wasn't really prepared for it, so maybe next time I will be.
Lots has been happening in the news. A wrestling Legend dies, and a footballer messes up his private life. But not going to talk about that.
Having leukaemia, I've had a lot of time on my hands, and I've been doing a lot of thinking.
Firstly money has been worrying me, or lack of it. I've applied for some benefits, but I've never claimed anything before and I can't get over how much hassle it is. I've applied for one benefit, sent all my hospital diagnosis letters off, to find out that the letters arnt good enough and I need a medical certificate from my GP. Having now got this certificate and sent it off, I now have to wait to see if I get it !
Another thing is we are desperate for a holiday. So I'm booking a cottage in the Lake District for a week in October. I don't really care what the weathers like because it's not home and we can unwind.
Also I've decided to buy a season ticket for Huddersfield town football club. Yes it's going to be a lot of money, but the brats can get free season tickets through school. So that's the excuse I'm going with (spending time with the boys).
I seem to have lost my Twitter mojo too with all this Cancer crap going on. I've lost touch with a couple of my oldest tweeters and seem to of upset a couple of them. For this I'm very sorry and will try and put things right.
Last but not least. I've been thinking about my health in general. Also I'm thinking about repaying all the help I've received from Kirkwood Hospice. I'm not a runner, so let's get that straight, but I did do a lot of bike riding.
So I've been on the old interweb and found an organisation that do charity bike rides. I've done a lot of thinking about this and decided to do one with them next year (2012). I need to raise a bit of money and need a bike, but that's the plan.
So there you have it, oh hang on didn't say it was from John O'groats to Lands End !
This is something I really want to do and try and split the sponsor money between Kirkwood and Leukaemia research. So I hope that when the time is right, I can count on a few of you for help.
Anyway that's it. Thanks for reading !
Offski.
I was sat in a wine bar, enjoying my own company. I took a sip of my drink and looked over to the other end of the bar. I saw a stunning brunette looking back at me.
She was wearing a Wonder Woman costume, with lots of flesh on show. We looked each other up and down, and both gave a knowing smile. I noticed she was drinking Budweiser like me, so I called the barman over. "Same again for me, and another for the pretty lady over there."
He said, "That's a mirror, you pisshead, and the rest of the stag do left an hour ago."
A famous Football Player is providing funding to build Travelodge, Holiday Inn, Premier Inn, Hilton & NOVOTEL Hotels on a busy crossroads in Manchester.
Apparently it's going to be a Super Inn Junction.
In the maternity wigwam, there were 3 squaws in labour.
The one on the left was lying on a horse skin, the one in the right was lying on a buffalo skin and the one in the middle was lying on a hippo skin.
The one on the hippo skin gave birth to twins, the other two gave birth to single babies.
This goes to prove that the squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the two adjacent hides.
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Glad you all survived the Rapture/Domesday/Armageddon, I wasn't really prepared for it, so maybe next time I will be.
Lots has been happening in the news. A wrestling Legend dies, and a footballer messes up his private life. But not going to talk about that.
Having leukaemia, I've had a lot of time on my hands, and I've been doing a lot of thinking.
Firstly money has been worrying me, or lack of it. I've applied for some benefits, but I've never claimed anything before and I can't get over how much hassle it is. I've applied for one benefit, sent all my hospital diagnosis letters off, to find out that the letters arnt good enough and I need a medical certificate from my GP. Having now got this certificate and sent it off, I now have to wait to see if I get it !
Another thing is we are desperate for a holiday. So I'm booking a cottage in the Lake District for a week in October. I don't really care what the weathers like because it's not home and we can unwind.
Also I've decided to buy a season ticket for Huddersfield town football club. Yes it's going to be a lot of money, but the brats can get free season tickets through school. So that's the excuse I'm going with (spending time with the boys).
I seem to have lost my Twitter mojo too with all this Cancer crap going on. I've lost touch with a couple of my oldest tweeters and seem to of upset a couple of them. For this I'm very sorry and will try and put things right.
Last but not least. I've been thinking about my health in general. Also I'm thinking about repaying all the help I've received from Kirkwood Hospice. I'm not a runner, so let's get that straight, but I did do a lot of bike riding.
So I've been on the old interweb and found an organisation that do charity bike rides. I've done a lot of thinking about this and decided to do one with them next year (2012). I need to raise a bit of money and need a bike, but that's the plan.
So there you have it, oh hang on didn't say it was from John O'groats to Lands End !
This is something I really want to do and try and split the sponsor money between Kirkwood and Leukaemia research. So I hope that when the time is right, I can count on a few of you for help.
Anyway that's it. Thanks for reading !
Offski.
I was sat in a wine bar, enjoying my own company. I took a sip of my drink and looked over to the other end of the bar. I saw a stunning brunette looking back at me.
She was wearing a Wonder Woman costume, with lots of flesh on show. We looked each other up and down, and both gave a knowing smile. I noticed she was drinking Budweiser like me, so I called the barman over. "Same again for me, and another for the pretty lady over there."
He said, "That's a mirror, you pisshead, and the rest of the stag do left an hour ago."
A famous Football Player is providing funding to build Travelodge, Holiday Inn, Premier Inn, Hilton & NOVOTEL Hotels on a busy crossroads in Manchester.
Apparently it's going to be a Super Inn Junction.
In the maternity wigwam, there were 3 squaws in labour.
The one on the left was lying on a horse skin, the one in the right was lying on a buffalo skin and the one in the middle was lying on a hippo skin.
The one on the hippo skin gave birth to twins, the other two gave birth to single babies.
This goes to prove that the squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the two adjacent hides.
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011
17/05/2011
Hello !
Yes I'm still alive ..... Just.
It must be catch up time surely ?
So last Wednesday I had my 2nd lump of Nuclear waste put into this temple of a body that's now a friggin ruin. I got there for 10am and was told to go to room 1. I sat on a sofa and was plugged in to my drip, all was going well until this old miserable bag came and sat next to me and didn't stop moaning till 3pm when, still feeling good I finished and got the bus home.
The rest of that day and Thursday went without much problem. Friday came and I could feel the chemo creeping up on me. How do you know I here you ask ?!? Well .....
1. Feeling tired
2. Getting snappy
3. Wanting to cry at everything/anything.
The crying thing is a bit embarrassing, for instance : a girl on Deal or no Deal won £250,000, and that was that, floods of tears.
Then watching Britain's got Talent on Saturday there was a drum group on, and cos they said no to putting them through I burst in to tears again.
By Saturday it had kicked in fully and was making me feel like shit. But I had an added bonus this time of sickness and the squirts. The throwing up started at 5pm and carried on until 7am Sunday morning. Then followed straight away with the shits. Everything that was coming out of me was a bright yellow, and I mean BRIGHT yellow..... Sorry.
Sunday followed much of the same sort of pattern but not as much. I spent the day in bed trying to watch sport but what with falling asleep and trips to the bathroom I missed most of it. At this time I still hadn't eaten anything much but I did try and eat some roast chicken and gravy which I wolfed down, this was a turning point. The rest of the day I still felt sick but wasn't.
I woke up Monday morning without having much sleep and instantly threw up again. Shelley said enough was enough and I was carted off to hospital to see the specialist, had some bloods taken (Grrrrr) and sat with him.
So we said I could try these wicked anti-sickness tablets, I only have to take a quarter of one tab, they work a dream !
So there you have it, up to date and feeling ok this morning.
Thanks for reading
Offski
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Yes I'm still alive ..... Just.
It must be catch up time surely ?
So last Wednesday I had my 2nd lump of Nuclear waste put into this temple of a body that's now a friggin ruin. I got there for 10am and was told to go to room 1. I sat on a sofa and was plugged in to my drip, all was going well until this old miserable bag came and sat next to me and didn't stop moaning till 3pm when, still feeling good I finished and got the bus home.
The rest of that day and Thursday went without much problem. Friday came and I could feel the chemo creeping up on me. How do you know I here you ask ?!? Well .....
1. Feeling tired
2. Getting snappy
3. Wanting to cry at everything/anything.
The crying thing is a bit embarrassing, for instance : a girl on Deal or no Deal won £250,000, and that was that, floods of tears.
Then watching Britain's got Talent on Saturday there was a drum group on, and cos they said no to putting them through I burst in to tears again.
By Saturday it had kicked in fully and was making me feel like shit. But I had an added bonus this time of sickness and the squirts. The throwing up started at 5pm and carried on until 7am Sunday morning. Then followed straight away with the shits. Everything that was coming out of me was a bright yellow, and I mean BRIGHT yellow..... Sorry.
Sunday followed much of the same sort of pattern but not as much. I spent the day in bed trying to watch sport but what with falling asleep and trips to the bathroom I missed most of it. At this time I still hadn't eaten anything much but I did try and eat some roast chicken and gravy which I wolfed down, this was a turning point. The rest of the day I still felt sick but wasn't.
I woke up Monday morning without having much sleep and instantly threw up again. Shelley said enough was enough and I was carted off to hospital to see the specialist, had some bloods taken (Grrrrr) and sat with him.
So we said I could try these wicked anti-sickness tablets, I only have to take a quarter of one tab, they work a dream !
So there you have it, up to date and feeling ok this morning.
Thanks for reading
Offski
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
05/05/2011
It's been a while I know ! ..... I'm sorry.
It's been a weird week really, and I'm beginning to understand what a nasty piece of work Chemotherapy really is. It's making me and my body do things I don't like.
It makes my body tired, if I want to do anything, I have to plan 3 days in advance. So if I want to play on Xbox Kinect, I know the next day I'm gonna be rough, and the 3rd day all I'm going to want to do is sleep.
I baked yesterday for the first time in ages, in all about 2 hours. Today I feel like crap and I've had a nap for an hour and half.
On the other side of things, I'm short tempered then I'm quiet. I feel useless and bad for not helping around the house. I also feel unloved, but I hope that's not true.
Anyway enough of that again. I have to go for my next chemo (full fat this time) which I'm really shitting myself over because I had my first lot over 4days and also had flush to water it down, and I've felt really crap. The second is the same amount but over 4 hours and no flush, so I'm readying myself for a hard couple of weeks.
Did I say I had started baking ?
I have a bit of time on my hands now obviously, so I've bought 3 books off eBay. So far I've made Flapjacks and a Banana Tealoaf, both of which were yummy. Next time it's Parkin and a Cheesecake of some sort. I also want to make my own bread which I plan to do next week sometime.
So that's it for this week, going to leave you with a joke.
As my sister-in-law roared off in her new car my wife commented "I think I made a mistake marrying you, Look how happy my sister is in her new car"
I said "Yes, maybe if you sucked a lot of cock your boyfriend would buy you a Porsche too"
"I may well just do that" she sneered.
"It's a bit late now" I replied "I can't afford two".
Thanks for reading.
Offski
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It's been a weird week really, and I'm beginning to understand what a nasty piece of work Chemotherapy really is. It's making me and my body do things I don't like.
It makes my body tired, if I want to do anything, I have to plan 3 days in advance. So if I want to play on Xbox Kinect, I know the next day I'm gonna be rough, and the 3rd day all I'm going to want to do is sleep.
I baked yesterday for the first time in ages, in all about 2 hours. Today I feel like crap and I've had a nap for an hour and half.
On the other side of things, I'm short tempered then I'm quiet. I feel useless and bad for not helping around the house. I also feel unloved, but I hope that's not true.
Anyway enough of that again. I have to go for my next chemo (full fat this time) which I'm really shitting myself over because I had my first lot over 4days and also had flush to water it down, and I've felt really crap. The second is the same amount but over 4 hours and no flush, so I'm readying myself for a hard couple of weeks.
Did I say I had started baking ?
I have a bit of time on my hands now obviously, so I've bought 3 books off eBay. So far I've made Flapjacks and a Banana Tealoaf, both of which were yummy. Next time it's Parkin and a Cheesecake of some sort. I also want to make my own bread which I plan to do next week sometime.
So that's it for this week, going to leave you with a joke.
As my sister-in-law roared off in her new car my wife commented "I think I made a mistake marrying you, Look how happy my sister is in her new car"
I said "Yes, maybe if you sucked a lot of cock your boyfriend would buy you a Porsche too"
"I may well just do that" she sneered.
"It's a bit late now" I replied "I can't afford two".
Thanks for reading.
Offski
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
27/04/2011
Hello ! I've not blogged for a few days.
It's been 2 weeks since I had my first lump of chemo, and to be honest, Im not coping to well.
I have never been so tired. I get up at 8.30am and by 12 midday I'm ready for a kip. I did the hoovering a few days ago and suffered the next day, I played on Kinect Sports on the xbox yesterday and I'm absolutely knackered today.
I feel like I'm a burden to my family at the moment and really useless, it's even a friggin struggle going down stairs for a fag FFs.
My next chemo is on the 11th of may in out-patients for 4 hours then 4 days of tablets, and I'm not looking forward to it. My first lump was over 4 days and was watered down, the next lot is full fat over 4 hours ! So good knows what it's gonna do to me. I know my hair is on it's way because it's stopped growing, but I've got my hats now, so it can sod off.
So that's it for today, sorry it a miserable one today .... But you did want it warts and all !
Thanks for reading
Offski
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It's been 2 weeks since I had my first lump of chemo, and to be honest, Im not coping to well.
I have never been so tired. I get up at 8.30am and by 12 midday I'm ready for a kip. I did the hoovering a few days ago and suffered the next day, I played on Kinect Sports on the xbox yesterday and I'm absolutely knackered today.
I feel like I'm a burden to my family at the moment and really useless, it's even a friggin struggle going down stairs for a fag FFs.
My next chemo is on the 11th of may in out-patients for 4 hours then 4 days of tablets, and I'm not looking forward to it. My first lump was over 4 days and was watered down, the next lot is full fat over 4 hours ! So good knows what it's gonna do to me. I know my hair is on it's way because it's stopped growing, but I've got my hats now, so it can sod off.
So that's it for today, sorry it a miserable one today .... But you did want it warts and all !
Thanks for reading
Offski
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
The Venney
I grew up on a small estate with a pub The Flying Lady (named after the Rolls Royce mascot), and my local infant/junior school, Hungerford in Crewe. On this huge site, there was 2 school buildings,a nursery, a football field and a tarmac path widing the whole length of the site going through a tunnel half way. The rest was hills and fields.
In the late 70's Hungerford school decided they needed something for us todo in the school holidays, so 2 people were employed to run holiday activitys, using the nursey has a base. They were given some money for wood and tools, and the adventure playpark or the Venney has it was known was born. This play played a big part in my growing up in the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. It was brilliant, the holidays came and i would be up and out for 8am waiting for who was ever on that day, to help out and build stuff. I wasnt the only 1 either, there was at least 20 regulars, and we built eveything.
We built a fort on the highest hill, we had a 40ft slide down the other side. A huge metal rocket and a mono-rail put in by Rolls Royce due to all the kids parents worked there.
Our imaginations run wild, we built a wood shed, something we called the Haunted House and were even given an old railway carrige from British Rail.
We just didnt build stuff, we went on orginised trips on coaches and played games like 'capture the flag', 'british bulldog' and lots of sports all over the site. It was ace, when my brother was old enough i took him with me, and that was it Bignank and Littlenank were born. Every waking hour was spent there, helping out and messing around, parents didnt need to care then, they knew we would be back for tea.
We also had Bonfire night ! the week before we would make a guy and go 'penny for a guy' at the local shops, and we got good money too. All the money we made went to but the refreshments for Bonfire night party. We went around the estate collecting all the old wood and cardboard, and buy the time we finished we had enough for a big bonfire. It was organised ever year £2 a ticket and the whole estate came. The fire was lit at 6.30 pm, and the nursery opened to sell hot drinks, burgers etc. The Fireworks we set off at 7.30pm, and every year they bought 1 firework that we it exploded, it sent a dude in a parachute gliding of across the houses, and ever year there was a hoard of 20+ kids running after it to get it.
These years were probably the best years in my young life, and i will never forget it. I had my first drink there, i had my first ciggy there, it was OUR place we had built it.
But sadly, it was knocked down in 1998 and replaced with 40+houses for yuppies. I was gutted, we all were, there were a lot of tears in Crewe that day.
So that was it, the Venney was gone, but im still there in my head and that will never change.
Thanks for reading
Offski
In the late 70's Hungerford school decided they needed something for us todo in the school holidays, so 2 people were employed to run holiday activitys, using the nursey has a base. They were given some money for wood and tools, and the adventure playpark or the Venney has it was known was born. This play played a big part in my growing up in the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. It was brilliant, the holidays came and i would be up and out for 8am waiting for who was ever on that day, to help out and build stuff. I wasnt the only 1 either, there was at least 20 regulars, and we built eveything.
We built a fort on the highest hill, we had a 40ft slide down the other side. A huge metal rocket and a mono-rail put in by Rolls Royce due to all the kids parents worked there.
Our imaginations run wild, we built a wood shed, something we called the Haunted House and were even given an old railway carrige from British Rail.
We just didnt build stuff, we went on orginised trips on coaches and played games like 'capture the flag', 'british bulldog' and lots of sports all over the site. It was ace, when my brother was old enough i took him with me, and that was it Bignank and Littlenank were born. Every waking hour was spent there, helping out and messing around, parents didnt need to care then, they knew we would be back for tea.
We also had Bonfire night ! the week before we would make a guy and go 'penny for a guy' at the local shops, and we got good money too. All the money we made went to but the refreshments for Bonfire night party. We went around the estate collecting all the old wood and cardboard, and buy the time we finished we had enough for a big bonfire. It was organised ever year £2 a ticket and the whole estate came. The fire was lit at 6.30 pm, and the nursery opened to sell hot drinks, burgers etc. The Fireworks we set off at 7.30pm, and every year they bought 1 firework that we it exploded, it sent a dude in a parachute gliding of across the houses, and ever year there was a hoard of 20+ kids running after it to get it.
These years were probably the best years in my young life, and i will never forget it. I had my first drink there, i had my first ciggy there, it was OUR place we had built it.
But sadly, it was knocked down in 1998 and replaced with 40+houses for yuppies. I was gutted, we all were, there were a lot of tears in Crewe that day.
So that was it, the Venney was gone, but im still there in my head and that will never change.
Thanks for reading
Offski
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