Poor Dave...

[Gann]

Not sure if its common knowledge and been shared already, but poor old Dave has contracted Chicken pox on his holiday cruise and he and Tammy have been offloaded to a hotel on the Greek mainland (from what I can make out from Tammy's face book posts) and have to stay there for 9 days until Dave can get a "fit to Travel " document.
Then it sounds like a ferry over to Corfu for a flight home..

And to quote Tammys last post...

" Apart from being itchy and sore Dave is OK in himself... I on the other hand , am absolutely bloody fuming !!!"

[ETA]

" Apart from being itchy and sore Dave is OK in himself... I on the other hand , am absolutely bloody fuming !!!"

And not a decent drop of cider in sight.

This is why I take all my holidays West of Calais.

Get well soon, Dave.

[Mobyduck]

poor old Dave has contracted Chicken pox
Its not nice when you are knocking on a bit, :D, hope it clears up soon.

[sheffield hatter]

Its not nice when you are knocking on a bit, :D, hope it clears up soon.


This is why I take all my holidays West of Calais.

I think I've got immunity, as my brothers both had it when I was about 11 and my daughters both had it when they were very young. I'd offer to fly out to keep Dave company, but there's no real ale out there...

[Quinno]

Get well soon Dave! That's a proper rotter.

[Aqualung]

I hope he makes a good recovery as I had the impression that it was a lot more serious in adults or am I thinking of measles? I had the disease as a child but manages to get German Measles for a second time when I was around 20.

[Wittenden]

Its not nice when you are knocking on a bit, :D, hope it clears up soon.

Seconded.

[oldboots]

I hope he makes a good recovery as I had the impression that it was a lot more serious in adults or am I thinking of measles?

Yes you are right, it can turn into Shingles which is much worse.

Get well soon Dave.

[sheffield hatter]

I hope he makes a good recovery as I had the impression that it was a lot more serious in adults or am I thinking of measles? I had the disease as a child but manages to get German Measles for a second time when I was around 20.

Measles and rubella are different diseases. I had measles when I was about three - my earliest memory - and rubella (or German measles) when I was 19. Neither have anything to do with chicken pox, of course.

[trainman]

Well I'm pleased to hear Dave is 'ok in himself' - that certainly wasn't the case when I had cp ~20yrs old, properly poorly.
But what a bummer for you both, when on holiday too! Hope you're feeling better and out of quarantine soon Dave, I'd get working on the next hols asap...

[Dave M]

Thanks for all the kind wishes. We did make it back to the UK last week after a very hot time in Greece, not a place I wanted to be with a fever.

Now 18 days since the first signs of it and I still don't feel 100% but at least I've lost most of the spots!