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citymancs => off topic => Topic started by: bluebrendan on June 15, 2020, 18:38:14

Title: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: bluebrendan on June 15, 2020, 18:38:14
Billy Owen from Shropshire - I can't recall his user name - used to post on here and a couple of earlier sites like quite a few on here.

He's having a bad time with cataracts and is effectively blind and the long NHS waiting lists mean he's trying to raise money to get the op done privately.

The link to his f/book post is :

https://www.facebook.com/billy.owen.3/posts/3238698812817625?notif_id=1592235429245368&notif_t=nf_share_story
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: goat on June 15, 2020, 20:13:45
Gav, Brenda had become a spam scam poster, ban the old sod


Fucking hell, he's a name from the distant past
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: gavin on June 15, 2020, 21:17:49
Billy is one of the nicest blokes to post on here over the years, I hope he's better soon. I have donated, thanks for posting Brendan.
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: bluebrendan on August 04, 2020, 12:23:12
An update on Billy's situation from his son.

You'll all be thrilled to know Dad was finally seen at the private eye clinic today and although the procedure may be a bit more complex because of the thickness of the cataracts, the surgeon is optimistic he can restore his sight and providing there aren't any covid related delays the surgery will take place in the next 2 or 3 weeks! Dad is ecstatic and we just wanted to keep you all updated as we're more grateful than you'll ever know for the contributions on the gofundme page!
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: gavin on August 04, 2020, 20:55:13
Great news. Hope it goes well.
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: bluebrendan on September 05, 2020, 20:05:41
Just to update things, Billy had the op last Thursday and it was a complete success as detailed in the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-billy-see-again?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-159931056215-b6cf3615e4cc42e1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b
Title: Re: For those who remember Billy Owen
Post by: gavin on September 05, 2020, 20:45:38
Fantastic