What would you do if you won a million pounds/dollars ?

Go back to Australia, take my wife with me, and stay there!

wow that is amazing  

I would donate most of it to charity and the rest to family. I do a lot of fundraising events so I'd fund those as well. I love to help people. 

Hello, I would donate every penny to my local autism charity who have done so much to support myself and others.  

you're the first to donate to charity ! 

If you enjoy your work yes keep doing it .   There is nothing better than having a job you enjoy 

oh you are new so Welcome to this Forum for autistics and their carers/parents/partners 

Are u going to do a degree on video gaming at uni say in Glasgow ?

i would have a recycling centre  ---  I could effort all the machinery needed. I could have loads of autistics trained up to use the vehicles.  

it would be in the middle of nowhere processing tonnes of waste food, cupboard, and vegetable matter back into topsoil, compost, and fertiliser. 

I already do it in small scale. It would be simply bigger.

I'm away to buy a lottery ticket

Divide half.

Put one half to charity. Live off the rest. 

As long as I'm satisfied with my job, I can continue working. 

Yeah I would get my mum to buy the house for me I wouldn’t know where to start.

 Yeah that would be nice too not sure what kind of business 

thats cool ,,,,   it would be hard to control, just knowing you can buy what you want. 

you could even start your own company/business :)

Buy my self a nice flat/house and a car and bike and just some stuff that I like 

There, for the grace of God, go I.

Oh, I do hope they'll be able to help.  In theory a beer tap style device sounds very useful but I expect that there can be complications from this kind of intervention.  Hopefully it'll just need tweaking to provide better drainage and relief.

Best of luck for tomorrow!   

They fit a beer tap - like a Watneys Party Seven       It gets punched into my side and connected to a measuring bag.

I'm not totally sure what the problem is - the draining should have fixed it but I think I'll be on a drip tomorrow while they fit a feeding tube.

I'm suffering from massive acid reflux which builds up until I'm sick - it's a real drag.

Oh, Plastic, I'm so sorry to hear this!  2 gallons is an awful lot!  I might have that sort of amount inside me too and one of my fantasies is of having a kind of rubber-tapping device fitted to keep draining my abdomen!   I seem to remember a documentary about a woman with cancer ("Living with Lesley"?) who stayed at home but had a little hand pump to drain the fluid herself.  

Unable to eat or drink - are they planning on tube-feeding you?  I do hope they're able to help you, even if just a little, cos comfort and quality of life are so important too. 

My very best wishes to you! 

Thanks for the memories!

Hiya Jenny

50/50 is terrifying - literally being put to sleep.

When you say about looking pregnant - I had over 2 gallons of fluid drained from my abdomen last week.   I gave birth to a 23lb puddle   

I'm in a serious way right now - might not see the end of next week - lots of things are swinging into action - probably in hospital tomorrow as I'm unable to eat or drink..

right back to work for me  talk to you later Jenny

Peter O'Toole was some kid

thanks for the advice  its hard to know these days what to do ---- eg saving money is no longer good advice !

It depends...   it would need very high levels of trust and confidence for me to take that step.  It does, after all, give them a LOT of power, including the power to make you homeless or make foolish decisions which cannot be reversed.   I'd discuss it with a solicitor, paying considerable attention to a whole host of "What ifs".  Not all of these are likely or pleasant, but when it comes to legal matters I think it's better to dot the Is and cross the Ts. 

e.g. What if one of them predeceases me?  What if one of them needs to claim benefits?  What if they disagree on a sale or rental?  Might one of them try to buy the other(s) out and what might be the consequences?  What if they fall into debt and the property needs to be sold to pay it?  Where might I live if the worst happens (bad financial decisions and the bailiffs are coming round)?  What if they marry/divorce/have kids themselves?  The list goes on (and apologies that it's a bit of a sad and sorry one).   

My personal approach is to try and stay in the driving seat for as long as possible but also make reasonable plans and make these known.  Some of these might be clear cut, others not so much so.  And the time might also come for Power of Attorney.  One bit of advice to us from our late mother, "If I'm getting weaker and frailer, drain the accounts!"