Get well soon Nursedude

Blimey.

Surfing a few rugby related blogs this afternoon and was utterly gobsmacked to read that, less than 48 hours after playing rugby last Saturday, Nursedude - regular reader of and contributor to this blog - ended up in hospital with chronic chest pain that was soon diagnosed as a pulmonary embolism (that = blood clots on the lung to you and me).

For some unfathomable technical reason Nursedude's blog won't let me leave a comment so I'd like to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt "Get well soon fella."

It looks like the next 5 or 6 months will involve taking blood thinners which means rugby is off the agenda for a while but, as Nursedude admits, that's a small price to pay for being alive. Talk about a reminder of one's own mortality...

Nursedude's bravery, however, obviously knows no bounds as his willingness to publish a picture of himself in THIS SHIRT demonstrates! :)

Take care of yourself matey ...