[Araucaria Dx] Fwd: Update on G3SXW, Roger Western

[Fred Carvalho]

A noticia é boa, porem me da uma profunda tristeza de ver o Roger nesta
situação. Ele e o Niguel (G3TXF) fizeram belissimas DXpeditions light way
ha 15-25 anos atras. O cara é um otimo operador e cwbilista. Muitos de nós
lembramos do Vodu contest group e as expediçoes na Africa para contests.
Li  dois livros que o Roger escreveu, sendo UP TWO o que mais gostei. Tenho
um inclusive autografado.
O mundo gira e a fila anda.... mas é triste.

Fred

Vodu Contest Group:  https://www.voodoocontestgroup.com/voodoo-history
Livros:
https://www.amazon.com/Contesting-Africa-Multi-Multi-Equator-Western/dp/B00DSD5MHM

https://ham-supply.myshopify.com/products/up-two

All
Several of you have been asking about Roger G3SXW, so now is probably a
good time to give an update.

As a reminder, Roger fell from a ladder in late October last year and was
admitted to hospital with heavy body bruising but more worryingly, a nasty
blow to the rear of his head.

He is still in the same hospital and recently transferred to a specialist
neurological unit (at St. George's Hospital, Tooting). His head injury was
initially the primary concern - after the accident he went through a stage
of not being able to speak for several weeks; when he came through that it
was clear for several further weeks that he was hallucinating, imagining
people and places and events. Although in good spirits, conversational and
with a sharp memory for people and events prior to the accident, he was
very confused and disorientated.

He's still confused about the lapse of time but now appears to have largely
recovered from the hallucinations and imaginary events. He tells me that
he's starting to recognise the unreal images and that their frequency is
diminishing - so it sounds like the brain injury is starting to recover at
last.

>From not being able to walk after the accident, Roger has started building
a little strength through regular physiotherapy sessions. He can't walk
without a walking frame and needs someone nearby watching over him, however
he can now shuffle around and get himself to the bathroom. He has lost a
lot of weight while in hospital and will need to bring his strength back up
over time.

Aside from the physical recovery, the other main concern is his eyesight -
he tells me that images are blurred and he can't see things in the lower
line of vision. Although his son has given him an iPhone, he can't operate
it because he can't see it properly.

It's hard to say when Roger will leave hospital, or even whether he will
make a full recovery, however he's in good spirits and has been really
uplifted by the messages, emails and cards of goodwill I've passed onto him
from the ham radio community. He really has got quite emotional over the
love and goodwill that's been sent.

Aside from my recent trip to Costa Rica I've continued to visit Roger on a
weekly basis (as have several other nearby ham friends). He himself feels
that progress is slow but I keep reminding him that there have been steady
improvements over the weeks.

Roger agreed to a photo being taken today and I've put it here: Roger
G3SXW
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012fL-V3DjMP0XmeINvJw6UkH3iLGeP0hHiQqeagRCu8rp4Kkez8-8qtYN5JMU-aXuBrHmxJGTSQB5MMLLxk_hNuDyeBaXtm36bZj-q8sd6_Y2AiPrpJL0VZd0TyN2eOQZLmQz123dapjWqIq0cOvHZf364nvCy7-xlyY1bQoggeA=&c=VYwuABkc5v4KiBmBZyeG_EPqz13i86VovcQWoLXGQuLLObsLVaW4Ew==&ch=Ki4Tf5IdBvGhcfaaQ5Fh-1-fPkPmMC35rmmaJCTCCD2WzRnoMwRTkg==>-
I'm happy to continue receiving messages for Roger and will pass them on
when I visit. They certainly help him - many thanks for those already sent.

73 John G4IRN.




-- 
Fred - PY2XB

PY2FXH, PY2FXH/W2, PY2FXH/9, PY2XB/0, F/PY2XB, ZX2XB, PT7BXB, PY2XB/PY0F,
PQ0F <https://www.qrz.com/db/pq0f>, VP5/PY2XB, PW2IO
<https://www.qrz.com/db/pw2io>(SA-071), ZX8W
<https://www.qrz.com/db/zx8w> (SA-060),
PY2XB/1 (SA-029), 8P9XB <https://www.qrz.com/db/8p9xb>, PQ8XB
<http://www.qrz.com/db/pq8xb> (SA-045), ZX2S
<http://www.qrz.com/db/zx2s> (SA-028);
W4/PY2XB, 3D2XB <http://www.qrz.com/db/3d2xb>, PY22XB
<http://www.qrz.com/db/py22xb>,PY0FX, W2/PY2XB, W9/PY2XB, VE3/PY2XB, PY2XB/5

*Team member** :* PW2M <https://www.qrz.com/db/pw2m> (SA-071), PX8J
<http://www.px8j.com/> (SA-041), T30PY - T30SIX <http://www.mdxc.org/t30py/>
, PT0S <http://www.pt0s.com/>, 9M0W <http://www.yt1ad.info/9m0w/>
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