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by Carole S
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thanks everyone for yr support and encouragement
Im getting on the erg right now xx
by Carole S
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

I am now allowed max 200 meters 2mins at a time a few times a week, very slowly and carefully like a galleon in full sail lol
by Carole S
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thanks very much Iain
:fsgrin:
by Carole S
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Tried just a very few meters recently so machine doesnt go rusty
Cardiologist March 11th will give go ahead to slowly return properly
Or NOT in which case I will be withdrawing from team FS
by Carole S
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Carole Mc Memorial Row
Replies: 14
Views: 421

Re: Carole Mc Memorial Row

Well done all of you Carole M would be proud of you all
A much missed lady
by Carole S
Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Millionaires club - 2023/2024 season
Replies: 92
Views: 12350

Re: Millionaires club - 2023/2024 season

^O^ :fsbgrin:
Well done everyone
Keep going
^O^
by Carole S
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Hi all Just checking in to see how you all are =D> Keep rowing along with a few meters in my name Pete is abt to reassemble our erg so he can resume and Im going to try using it with just my weak wobbly legs to strengthen them if poss, need to see cardiologist in March to check when I could resume p...
by Carole S
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Anyone remember me?
Replies: 9
Views: 1110

Re: Anyone remember me?

^O^ I shall be cheering you all on from the sidelines if you do that marathon
by Carole S
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Scottish Tips
Replies: 8
Views: 632

Re: Scottish Tips

A great historical place in Edinburgh is
The Real Mary Kings Close where you go down underground into the original streets beneath the Royal Mile
And the guided ghost walks also
by Carole S
Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: BRIC 2023 Birmingham
Replies: 17
Views: 1934

Re: BRIC 2023 Birmingham

^O^ ^O^ =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
by Carole S
Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:33 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Dear friends, some of you will have heard my news but for those who havent, on Nov 27th I underwent a 4 hour open heart surgery on a heart lung bypass machine to replace a severely stenosed aortic valve, blissfully unaware of the problem till diagnosed after an illness in August and due to the sever...
by Carole S
Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thanks Paul good to hear from you and take yr recovery as an inspiration on what can be achieved when out the other side of it all...
Had my preop assessment last wk but unfortunately my iron levels too low to go ahead at mo so have 3 wks of pills then check again
by Carole S
Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Bit of a shock as we thought I was prob going to have op sometime next year ish
but NO surgeon hopes I'll have a new valve before THIS Christmas depending on strikes and how many emergencies come onto surgeons list
!!
by Carole S
Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: XIX Australian Masters Games
Replies: 9
Views: 1051

Re: XIX Australian Masters Games

Congratulations Philip and Colette
What an inspiration you both are
^O^ ^O^ ^O^ ^O^
by Carole S
Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Draggon
Replies: 3
Views: 538

Re: Happy Birthday Draggon

A very happy birthday to you Ron
by Carole S
Mon Sep 25, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thanks so much Lesley
Xx
by Carole S
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Tell us about your Holiday plans
Replies: 401
Views: 69376

Re: Tell us about your Holiday plans

Im jealous of all these trips I hope you all have the most wonderful time please post some pics My simple few weeks next spring in Spain to get warm instead of freezing in our cottage is obviously now firmly cancelled by my consultant and all my V neck sexy blouses wont look so good in future with a...
by Carole S
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??
Replies: 1385
Views: 107427

Re: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??

Love reading yr news and humour here its keeping me sane, just lol
Take care girls
Xx
by Carole S
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thank you so much yr very kind
by Carole S
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Anyone had any SEASON's bests recently?
Replies: 3102
Views: 182888

Re: Anyone had any SEASON's bests recently?

Well done all
Bravo
by Carole S
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: September CTC: The Rowing Maul
Replies: 23
Views: 1855

Re: September CTC: The Rowing Maul

Poor boys this sounds truly HORRIBLE Just supporting you from the sidelines Ive done a very few genteel metres carefully, helps the mental state currently Got a Fitbit charge5bto keep eye on HR etc And a free trial Libre2 cgm monitor for blood sugars, fascinating but will be expensive to continue wi...
by Carole S
Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thank you Jon
An experimental 500 m for me today just to see
So far ok
A lazier day tmrw
by Carole S
Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:46 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

Re: JR s health update

Thanks both yr very kind
That name change sounds fun
by Carole S
Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: JR s health update
Replies: 29
Views: 2461

JR s health update

recently I've been in hospital twice where they discovered 2 heart problems, a bicuspid stenosed aortic valve, and a resurgence of my old palpitations problem triggered by a week of antibiotics destroying my microbiome to put it politely lol, being taken off my old betablocker and replaced by more m...
by Carole S
Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??
Replies: 1385
Views: 107427

Re: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??

Hi everyone many thanks for your support
I see the consultant in 10 days

All the best to you all xx