Hi everyone I regret to inform you all that due to my current back problems I am forced to sell of alot of my prized collection, I have done some damage now and I will need an operation which I cant afford but needs to be done so its going to be very hard to see some of them go I hopefully wont have to sell them all but just enough for the operation so id rather give you all the first option. please msg me with what you are after I will get some pictures up shortly then you can let me know which you are interested in and I can let you know the prices I'm after.
thanks everyone ill be glad to see them going to a good home

I am sorry to hear of your difficulties. I had some sharp backpain about 20 years ago and at its peak I was flat on it for several days until the inflammation went down.

I hope you are well soon and able to resume your hobby, even if it means collecting something a tad more portable.

When you have some pictures ready, start a new thread in Wanted and For Sale and either post links or send me the pics and I will host them here.

Anyone who has back pain has my sympathy. Not being able to walk or sleep or even sit in the one place for more than a few minutes does nothing for one's mood.

I hope the op goes well.

Sorry to hear that. I too suffered with a bad back some years ago. Injections in the discs and all.............

Post up what you've got so we can see

cheers
ben

Hi guys yes it sux you dont realise how attached you get to them I'm looking at other avenues finance wise as well but not looking good so ill try and get piks up tonight otherwise msg me and I can email piks thanks for the kind words!!

"I will need an operation which I cant afford but needs to be done so its going to be very hard to see some of them go." And I thought it was that the USA was the only advanced country without decent health coverage for everyone. Anyway...

I suppose you're looking to sell off the heavier items, but my being in the USA would make shipping prohibitively expensive.

I do hope that you can get well soon.

In one respect we are fairly lucky. You can have just about any operation you want in a public hospital here.

The downside is that unless your problem is critical then you have to wait, in some cases for several years and this includes things like knee replacements.

If its something like an organ transplant you are on a seperate waiting list and are in the door as soon as a compatible organ becomes available.

A sticking point for a lot of people here is that we sometimes end up with normal citizens waiting for surgery whilst prisoners with psychiatric issues occupy beds for taxpayer-funded sex change operations.

Having the benefit of previously working for the NSW Department of Health and later with Ramsay Healthcare, Australia's largest private hospital operator, I can see why health is a hot issue. Medical equipment is so expensive, regardless of where it is made and in the case of private hospitals, margins are small despite the billions of dollars that flow in and out of them. In the case of public hospitals, there's just too many of them for the amounts of funding they receive. NSW alone has 240 public hospitals and community health services with a population of only 7.5 million.