Perspective......

[Yanto_csl]

Had some very sad news in the last hour....a good school mate of mine has passed away today. Diagnosed with the big C at the end of last year out the blue, great guy, successful job, in complete love with his wife (we used to rib him as he fell hard for her in his early 20's) 4 daughters under age of 12..everything to live for and gone at the ripe old age of 38.

This comes on the back of the missus cousin who feeling ill, went into hospital on a Sat in early December complaining of severe headaches, sent away with paracetamol, returned on the Sunday still unwell and sent away again. She died in her sleep on the Sun night / Monday morning...initially suspected virus, now thought possible swine flu. Fit and healthy, no previous problems and RIP at 39. Two kids under 11 years old. We buried her on the first Fri in Jan..

Not a sympathy seeking post this one boys and girls (coz I'm hard !), but more a wake up call for those (and me !) that life is precious and we need to get out and enjoy each day to the full....never know when the reaper will strike. Dont put off till tomorrow what you can do today and if you wanna do something, fookin DO IT. :thumbs:

RIP Tyron & Laura

(am afraid you get the brunt of this shock I am feeling...missus is away and I aint in a chatty mood with pals locally !! - much love :beer

[rstoughy]

Very sad news mate :sad:

With you 110% on the live life to the full and live it now.

[mole]

Very sad news mate - the good always die young :bigcry:
200% agree with the comment re living life to the full.... I lost my old man when he was 38 (and me 18.) so very much try and live to that motto anyway - that's why I am doing all I can to keep the CSL and get the gaf I want :hahaha:

Keep your chin up mate :thumbs:

PS. Must arrange those :beer: soon!!!

[karbonkid]

Deeply sorry to hear Ian. Totally with you on the live each day like its your last!
I lost a member of our family (53) last week with Swine flu, fit and healthy also, one of the nicest guys in the world! Its been a hard past few weeks for us too so im with you all the way mate. Atb :beer:

[shimmy]

its a fragile life matey and no guarantees

'live for today but prepare for tomorrow' has been my moto for a few years now after my neighbour died in his sleep in 2007 at 38 yo with no warning leaving 2 kids

its a shocker when you see up close how fragile life can be, Dunc and I were talking about this over a bowl of cabbage soup today and gave me something to think about all the way home, likewise now.

dont dwell too long mate, just mourn the dead, then get on and enjoy the living. No second chances:smokin:

[Sailorbaz]

Sorry to hear about your loss mate and as has been said, live life to the full now, you don't know what's round the corner. I get grief from friends and family for not thinking about the future, but so what, we don't know when our future might be taken from us without warning!

This scares the sh1t out of me as a very good friend of mine's Wife went into hospital on Sunday with suspected Swine flu. Fit as a fiddle, only 27 married a couple of years and looking to try for a family soon.

Some good advice here, chin up mate.

[AlexGTT]

Sorry to hear that mate. As you say and mentioned above, makes you think a bit and get things in perspective. Got to get on with life and try to enjoy your time.

[Yanto_csl]

Good advice there fellas :thumbs:

[Bounce]

sorry to hear this ian. Its always very sad when people pass away before their time. As said we all need to live life to the full. I came very close to passing away when i was in my 20s, so i try to do what i want to do now,hence the csl which i couldn't really afford but thought fook it. So go and order a s/s exhaust and cheer yourself up mate.

[Mark CSL]

SAD Start to 2011 lets hope it gets better for you YANTO :smt055

[_Nathan_]

Just caught this - shit news matey. RIP.

[cslgirl]

Sorry to hear the news Yanto. It does indeed put things into perspective.

[mattCSLnut]

My deepest sympathies to you and your family Ian. Indeed this does put things very much into perspective. Sorry for your loss.
Having personally suffered a great loss myself in 2009 I can tell you from my own experience that time is a great healer and having my own CSL has been very therapeutic.

[SachaR]

My condolences for your loss Ian,

MattCSLnut, same here, I had a close call in 2007 and jumping in the CSL when not in treatment really helped clear my mind.

[Curly]

Sorry to hear the sad news