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nelliedeane Mon 14-May-12 10:07:22

with there being manys GNs on here,I am thinking that one of us might be having a birthday.each day........now I remember reading NIGHTOWL HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY if you are having a birthday today and want to be mentioned please put your name below....
so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR..........NIGHTOWL AND....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU].flowers[cake]wine

should we have a birthday club sunshine

harrigran Mon 14-May-12 10:11:46

Happy Birthday nightowl have put this somewhere else too but I can't remember where, I have only been on the computer about twenty minutes grin

Greatnan Mon 14-May-12 10:33:20

I hope everyone will forgive me if I forget their birthday - after ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren I am all birthdayed out! I never celebrate my own birthday and don't mind if others forget it.

Faye Mon 14-May-12 10:34:41

Happy 60th Birthday Nightowl Have a special day. flowers wine cupcake smile

Anagram Mon 14-May-12 10:49:22

Happy Birthday nightowl!

You can look forward to receiving your Poo Kit now! grin

jeni Mon 14-May-12 11:08:11

Happy birthdayflowers

Libradi Mon 14-May-12 11:10:13

Happy Birthday nightowl flowers

nightowl Mon 14-May-12 11:13:14

Thank you all for your good wishes, I am sitting here in my dressing gown with my favourite little boy here for the day. Don't intend to do very much although we will go out for a walk if the weather holds. I have never been so old before but trying to comfort myself with the thought that I will never be so young again! So glad I found gransnet and lots of lovely equally young friends x

nightowl Mon 14-May-12 11:14:47

PS. The cake and flowers were lovely, but disappointed to say the poo kit has not yet arrived!

glassortwo Mon 14-May-12 11:42:30

Happy Birthday nightowl hope you have a lovely day, and you can look on the non delivery of the poo kit as a bonus for today grin grin

Anagram Mon 14-May-12 11:48:12

Yes, they probably thought it might be a bit too much on your special day! grin

Hunt Mon 14-May-12 12:07:49

la le la la la la, la le la la la la, la le la la dear nightowl! la le la la la la.I always text this to my family members on their birthdays so here it is for you.

greenmossgiel Mon 14-May-12 17:05:13

Happy birthday, nightowl! (Thankfully when you receive your poo kit, you're also given poo(h) sticks.....you can float them down the river if you like)! grin

jeni Mon 14-May-12 17:08:51

Pollution!

greenmossgiel Mon 14-May-12 17:13:06

It would be pollution, jeni....but there again 'those' Poo(h) sticks are made of cardboard, so would just break up in the water! wink

jeni Mon 14-May-12 17:15:23

It's what's on them I worry about!

JessM Mon 14-May-12 18:13:11

Ah yes, what a lovely 60th birthday gift from the NHS. Somewhere in the depths of the Health section is my thread on this , from 12 months ago.

Anagram Mon 14-May-12 18:20:05

What did you do with yours, Jess?
I'm afraid I binned mine....

jeni Mon 14-May-12 18:27:05

Same here!

greenmossgiel Mon 14-May-12 18:28:29

It would just be a tiny wee bit, jeni grin (*Anagram*, mine went the same way as yours).

jeni Mon 14-May-12 18:31:40

I wonder just what the response rate is and how many of those are positive? And of those positive results, how many are actual Ca rather than other causes of bleeding!
In other words, is this survey economically viable?

Ariadne Mon 14-May-12 18:42:31

Happy birthday, Nightowl xxxx

Anagram Mon 14-May-12 18:47:58

Surve, jeni? I thought it was a health initiative that was being rolled out all over the country - but I could certainly be wrong!

greenmossgiel Mon 14-May-12 18:49:24

It's not a survey, is it?

Elegran Mon 14-May-12 18:50:42

I don't know any statistics on this, but I do know that my DH tested positive and was sent for more tests, which showed that he had a tumour in his bowel. He had in fact been having other symptoms but (just like a man) he thought they were normal.

A year before he received his kit, I received mine, which did not have any nasty results. Now, had his been the earlier one, perhaps his tumour would have been detected before it spread, and I would not have had to organise his funeral two weeks ago. That may not be economically viable, but it would have made me very much happier.

Do not bin it. Grit your teeth and get scraping with the little spatula. It could save your life