Not me, but my brother
My older brother used to be quite a useful sportsman. Captain of the hockey team, rugby player, football wizard, swimmer, you name it, he could play it (fnar, fnar).
Then he found booze.
After this his sporting activity dropped off to the level that he would turn up on a Sunday to play football and spend half the match running around and the other half throwing up on the sidelines.
Eventually, he found himself a nice lady and became a bit more settled. He stopped drinking so much and decided to get back into a bit more sport. He started training and entered to run in the New York marathon to raise money for charity.
Shortly before this was due to happen he started to feel a little ill but ignored the doctor and got on the plane and ran the marathon. He was a little bit annoyed with the fact he ran it in just under 4 hours 20 minutes, but had completed it.
When he got home he couldn't seem to shift this illness, he started losing weight and went for more tests.
A few days later we get a call and after a few stressful hours brother is tracked down and whisked off to hospital with ulcerated colitis.
A few days later, he's been operated on, had his large intestine removed and has lost a third of his body weight in less than a week.
He's had a hard road to recovery. Infections plagued his first few months. He was too weak to move out of the house for weeks. The firm he worked at went bust while he was recovering. He now has a colostomy bag. Our mum died shortly after his wedding.
Despite all that he still remains upbeat and will never complain about his condition. He's got a new, better job. Has run a sub 3 hour marathon. Competes in triathalons. And has now announced he's going to enter an Iron Man (look it up if you don't know, it's ludicrous).
No funnies, but just thought I might share.
( monkeyboyalpha jumping on the bandwagon since, Mon 17 Dec 2012, 16:15, 4 replies)

Tell him to stop
He's making the rest of us look rather lazy.
(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Mon 17 Dec 2012, 16:26, closed)

It's not often that someone else shitting in a bag
will make the rest of us look bad, but I think he might have managed it. Bloody over-achievers.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 17 Dec 2012, 17:35, closed)

he'll be dead by Easter.
hth xx
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Mon 17 Dec 2012, 16:41, closed)

Well, I'm glad he regained his fitness enough to woo Robert Downey Jr.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 18 Dec 2012, 19:56, closed)