I had a mental breakdown

[Violet]

Painful. I hope it doesn't happen again to you such a degree. Any degree really... be nice to have a breather from the both of your primary debilitating conditions.

Wishing you near to the best, and hoping that you'll find the best through it.

[brewer]

I'm going to have to go see my Chron's specialist as this is the second episode within a few months. I don't know if there's anything else he can do at the moment. He's said ultimately he plans to remove the stricture by surgery, but at the moment it's so small that it would be too hard to find once I'm opened up.

After, up date us with the details if you don't mind. Thanks.

[robvalue]

Thanks Violet, nice to hear from you

Brewer: Sure, I'll let you know how I get on.

[KevinM1]

I thought I'd tell you all about the amazing day I had on Sunday. It came just at the right time, I really needed a boost after that awful couple of days.

I went to a video game event in Margate, I believe they are touring all over the place. It was just unbelievable! It's set up for people like me who are bonkers about all sorts of games. You buy your ticket, then you can play in anything you want for free. They had just about every gaming device you could think up set up, with multiple copies of each, and each had a different game set up. There were hundreds to choose from! Too many for me to play in the 5 hours or so I was there. Oh wow it was so cool...

It was a like walking through my own memory, seeing all the games and systems I've loved for over 30 years. There were also some I'd never seen before. They had an arcade section with genuine retro arcade machines all set to free play! I played on a game I'd literally never seen anywhere for about 20 years. There was also about 10 pinball machines all set to free play. The atmosphere was incredible, there was no one being a dick, everyone was just sharing in their love of games. There was no pushing or shoving, and there was so much to play there was always things available.

They had the front room set up with stalls as well, with people selling all manner of retro games and consoles. I was half hoping to pick up an N64 and donkey kong 64, but they cost too much! Instead I bought a card game called Lords of War which is made by a small indy company. The guys who designed it were there and showed me how to play.

I was also sort of hoping there would be a street fighter 2 tournament... Not quite, a street fighter 4 tournament! Cool, but shit, I've not played SF4 hardly at all. I thought what the hell, I'll give it a try. I'd just rely on my old tactics and have a bit of fun while probably getting wiped out in the first round. I'm just not up on all the new crazy shit. I live in the past, a simpler age...

But somehow I actually did quite well! I got through to the final. I faced a guy who I had a few friendlies with before the tournament, and I knew he would crush me. He crushed me. He was way too good, he said he'd been playing SF4 like mental since it came out. Oh well! It was a massive adrenaline rush, and in all my years of playing street fighter as a kid, the first time I'd ever played in a tournament. I played Akuma as he follows the same kind of formula as ryu but he has a few more tricks that I'd picked up while playing him briefly in later games.

It was a fantastic day, I hope I get to go to something like this again one day!

Dude, that's awesome!