HiQ in La Lucia were really good when I went there a few months ago.
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Ek se hello julle ook 
Experiencing some serious déjà vu vibes right now.
Almost exactly one year to the day and I’m back in the same hospital again. This time fortunately for something a little more planned than then. Had an umbilical hernia repair operation this afternoon. It was caused as a side effect of my issues from last year and was quite bad. Had a plan and schedule to get it repaired early in the new year once the new medical aid benefits year started, but the hernia had other plans. It had been getting significantly more tender and swollen the last week. So much so that when I saw my doctor on Tuesday for a checkup he “strongly encouraged” me to have it taken care of right now.
So a little over an hour in theatre, a bunch of mesh inside me, and a 7cm incision scar to score “check my war wound” points, and it’s done. An overnight stay here, then a week of limited movement bed rest, and then another 4-6 weeks of zero strenuous life. Guess I’m going to be spending the Christmas break floating in the pool as opposed to swimming in it.
Hopefully this will be the last of the health issues for a while for me and I can get my exercise regime back on track in the new year and kill these way too many extra kilos.
Besides, Mrs Redd also needs to have a procedure done, so I guess she can have a turn now. 
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Hope youre back on your feet like a spring chicken asap, take it easy
When you said mesh going into you the first thing popping in my head was cyberpunk augmentation 
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Father in law also had the mesh implant thing. Please keep a close eye on your general health, and be wary of discomfort and especially fever. FIL didn’t listen to the rehab instructions, did some gardening and picked up heavy tools, and got a bad infection. Take care of yourself, bud!
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I’ve been told much the same, and fully intend doing everything I can to avoid coming back to this place.
Did have a whole bunch of December mini projects planned specifically because I was (until yesterday) only going to be having it done in January next year. Guess they’ll all have to wait now. 
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Turn those projects into Lego and gaming projects.
I’m home through my Dec off time, let me know by if you want to jump in some games together.
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Good morning!
Hospital overnight pro tip: bring earbuds!
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My wife also went for hernia surgery earlier in the year and she also complained how noisy the hospital is.
Take it easy @GregRedd and get well soon!
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Good morning everyone.
@GregRedd Yeah hospitals aren’t exactly conducive to quiet rest. Hope this is the last time you need to visit the hospital.
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Me too!!
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Morning people of the palace
@GregRedd please take it easy and take the recovery slow! I hope you get released soon
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Hope you get well soon and that the medical procedures are all behind you now!
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@GregRedd best of luck man! I have full faith in a full recovery! Hopefully you can sit still now and enjoy some of the many games in the backlog 
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NOW I NEEEEEEEEEEEEED the rest of this
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Can someone just help me to think please, my brain is struggling with the logic as to what I have encountered today, and I cannot think straight.
So our company laptop and my very nice networking toolkit, is just gone from my car, I only noticed it today, the last time I worked with them was on the 15 November, the thing that has my brain in a spin is, that nothing else is missing, the charging cables, network cables, and the router is still in the bag, the glove compartment is untouched, and every time I got in and out of the car, I could see nothing out of place, my windows weren’t broken, I never leave the car unlocked.
So my brain is going crazy now, because if it was stolen, why not steal anything else? if I or someone who drove my car, placed it somewhere, where can it be? its not in the office and I cannot find it at home, these are not small items so where the heck are they, and what do I even do now, I cannot find them, I don’t know where they are, if they were somehow stolen, what then? I am, I don’t know what to do now. I am not completely panicking, but I am drawing a blank.
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That sounds very weird. And sadly, if it has been stolen, possibly by someone who knows your habits and knew that you leave in your car and that it would be a while before you potentially noticed it missing. Also, the missing networking toolkit sounds like something only someone else who know what it is and it’s value would take.
Back in my hotel ops days, we’d have issues with things like housekeepers lifting a couple of R100 notes from the middle of a guests wallet and leaving most of the money, and the ladies diamond earrings right next to it alone. They knew their theft was unlikely to be noticed immediately, if at all.
Only thing I can suggest is only useful with a lot of ifs: if it’s a Windows laptop and was signed in with a Microsoft account, and if it had the default Find My Device feature left on, and if it was powered on and connected to an internet signal, it may have stored the laptops last location.
Only other suggestion is to try retrace your steps from 15 November. Where were you when you used them last? Did you perhaps just inadvertently leave them there. I know I’ve arrived at work before with all the cables and mouse and speakers ready to give a lecture only to discover I’ve left the laptop sitting on the desk at home. 
I hope you figure it out.
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yeah its nowhere to be found, must have been stolen from my car, they only stole the laptop and tools, so probably people who are above your average thief, gonna go open a case at the police station when I can.
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Sorry dude, that is like 75km away from me 
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