Sweiss Posted July 18, 2013 Share My last ride was on the 1st of June. In the week following that I was diagnosed with some colon issues and that is where my hell started. To cut a long story short, in the past 6 weeks I had 3 operations, spent 18 days in hospital, was on a liquid diet for 3 of the 6 weeks and have lost 13kg as a result. My wife and my family have been great but they could not be around 24/7 and that is where you guys come into the picture. The hub became my daily dose of humour, inspiration, motivation and the place where I could go to for a couple of minutes, sometimes even hours to forget about my own aches and pains for a bit. Just by reading the hub my general knowledge about cycling and just about any other topic for that matter have skyrocketed over the last couple of weeks. I have never met any of you or had any discussions with you and most of you probably don't even know about my existence but to dipslick, cpt armpies mayhem, patches, dirt-rider, grumpy old guy, skinny sweaty man to name but a few and every other hubber out there who take time out of your busy days to post new topics and conversations on this site I want to thank you. Without you even knowing about it you have made a positive contribution to my life and made the last 6 weeks a lot more bearable than it would have been otherwise. A special mention to the admin team for giving us this platform and for doing a great job running it. I will be back in the office from next week and will have considerably less time to visit here but I do hope that somewhere in the future I can get to meet some of you guys and make a positive contribution to your lives in one or anotherway the same way you did for me. My new outlook on lifeis: Even if Google doesn't have the answer someone on the hub will. Keep safe and keep on riding! See you all on the trials in September when I can get back on the bike. RegardsSweiss (Deon), Abercrombie, Stretch and 40 others 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 18, 2013 Share Sweet message. All the best forward, Sweiss! Hope Sept comes flying through to you quick quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkie Posted July 18, 2013 Share Dipslick? Serioussly? He is a grumpy old fart Andrew Steer, Bobbo_SA, DIPSLICK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coenie Posted July 18, 2013 Share Nice one Sweiss. Hope you heal completely, and that you will be better off afterwards than you were before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derik F Posted July 18, 2013 Share All the best hope for a speedy recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigghead Posted July 18, 2013 Share This is one of the best posts I have read on The Hub. Here's wishing for a speedy recovery to you and strength to both you and the family at this time. The upside is, that September is not too far away. It just so happens that September is when I'll be back from injury too, so perhaps we should meet up for a "re-introductory" ride on spring day which happens to be on a Sunday this year? I see you're in Centurion, so maybe meet halfway at the Redbarn? PM me, at least we'll have similar fitness levels after the winter and injuries etc. MONS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweiss Posted July 18, 2013 Share To Jigghead: I will definately take you up on that offer. Thanks! Jigghead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted July 18, 2013 Share The hub became my daily dose of humour, inspiration, motivation and the place where I could go to Nice Post Sweiss....also shows how integral the off-topic posts are in making the hub a great place to go Jigghead and jaxtun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted July 18, 2013 Share Jeez Sweiss, your post has got me a bit choked up here. I'm getting old, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 18, 2013 Share i'm bookmarking this thread - in fact it should be made a sticky....if i ever get a bout of the man-flu again, i am coming straight to this thread. Sweiss, all the best for the recovery, and i hope you will be riding very soon. Good post man. Edited July 18, 2013 by RocknRolla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONS Posted July 18, 2013 Share AWESOME post!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted July 18, 2013 Share Wishing u a speedy recovery, YOU MUST HAVE CAUGHT ME ON A GOOD DAY Jigghead and Help.Me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted July 18, 2013 Share So we're a wunch of bankers that help people get to world champs AND heal the sick. We rock chaps - back slaps all round :-) Heal up and come ride with us! RocknRolla, DirtyFrank, Jigghead and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted July 18, 2013 Share Cool post. Thanks for sharing. Now get better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted July 18, 2013 Share Thought I would change my AVATAR since I am out here saving lives Help.Me., Stretch and Pieta Stumpy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayleyearth Posted July 18, 2013 Share I know exactly what you mean, walked almost the same path last year. The crazy people in this place helps more than they think they do. Hope it goes better from here on and let us know when you ready to meet up, there are a few of us always keen to meet fellow hubbers. Eddy Gordo and Stretch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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