, YA DUUB!

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Hi ,

Yup, UC was very cruel to me, never settled socially in the States

because of it. I'd always save the good times for the craic at home

with buddies I've kept since college. I don't think PSC (hope not

anyway) will be as stressful, no panicing if a restroom is not

visible, my illeostomy is a blessing. That's why I'm heading home,

made a few bob, want to enjoy simple stuff, good friends for the

quiet pint after a movie or game. The fear of not being able to do

that is what's pissed me off since I was told I might have PSC a few

weeks back. Your posts have helped a lot, the healthcare insurance

issue was/is a big issue. So what did all those ercp and stent

procedures cost you even though your private health care won't cover

it. Very little if I understand you, financially anyway. I have no

symptoms, at my ercp yesterday the doc dialated something or another,

did not stent, I remember him saying that, I was too doped out to

remember too much.

When you wrote " Do not be surprised if you start feeling angry ,

stressed , tearful , aggressive its normal " well, by Jasus, 'tis

funny, that's what I went through from 7pm yesterday to 1pm today. At

bang on 1pm I shook my head a few times and said to myself, gotta

pull yourself out of this funk, and it worked, feeling pretty ok all

evening, the games the mind plays, the MATRIX eh?

Also , when you said " If for talk sake you end up back in

Ireland you can stop alot of awkward questions by going to a gp(say

nothing about psc) and saying you do not feel ok and after a couple

of blood tests you will end up being sent to a hep doctor and then

you are in the same game i am in (keep this advise incase of

everything going bad) . " I have no point playing games with the

private health insurance crowd, my illeostomy is undeniable proof of

a preexisting illness IBD, and sure it's not an issue to the public

healthcare system. Is that what you were getting at? Like you I would

get the private stuff though, 5 years down the road it'll come in

handy.

So thanks for the posts, been terrific, everyone has, Oh, how did

you manage with car insurance when you returned from Australia? I

only have a US licience, gotta get a provisional before I do the

test, they screw good drivers with 5 years EU liciences, I'll be

crucified. Yerrah,, I wish that was all I had to worry about. Enjoy

your holiday,, Diarmuid