I’ve been thinking about the delay in getting the results back from the lab about the severity of my NLB. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t changed my position on it since I learned there was a delay. It has however ocurred to me that I would have liked an explanation. I found myself in […]

I’ve been doing quite a lot of thinking since I came home from St Trinians. Part of my daily regimen is gentle walking increasing as the days go along. Today Day 15 post op was the longest one I have managed so far – whoo hoo. I won’t embarass myself by saying how far I […]

I think I may have mentioned in previous # that effective communication is crucial in healthcare. So much depends on the health professional & the “patient” hearing & understanding eachother. It  would seem pretty obvious to the lay person that health professionals at least, should be able to talk about intimate bodily parts & functions, […]

Essentially, Mr B & the very fine professionals on Ward 101, thwarted my original plan to escape on the same day as the op (drat them I say!). However I did manage to extricate myself from St Trinians the next evening. In truth, I suspect that my cunning plan did have a few flaws on […]

Last night I dreamt about my op, but can’t recall it; which is perhaps a good or bad thing (either way I will never know). Unlike the other night when I dreamt that I arrived on the ward, was told to make my own way to theatre & kept asking people who looked like David […]