This morning saw the departure of my new friends from the Wrexham area to whom I sent a message with links to Minerals, Mining and railways web articles from our conversations over the last few days. That made me think about all the work I did on tip reclamation around North and Mid Wales back in the late 1980’s.
At breakfast I met up with William and then John joined us for his last breakfast at UPA. I will see him later for group physiotherapy and lunch before his departure.
My first appointment this morning is with the doctor at 11:10 when I will get some clarity on the pain levels.
John and I met up for coffee in reception after his first appointment and arranged for the final sendoff at 12:30.
OK, all good with the doctor, Viktoras and he says I can take paracetamol 1 tablet every 5 hours and increase it to two tablets in pain doesn’t clear. Mustn’t overdo the exercise and use the gel (like we get at home) on all the affected areas. He has changed the date of clip removal on the schedule not to tomorrow so that 2 days after I can go to the pool. He is very happy on two counts, one that I am flexible and seem to be doing well and the other that I am staying for a longer period than most patients.
After seeing the doctor I didn’t have much time before Physiotherapy, which was run again today by Svajūnas. The workout was good and once again he is emphatic about not doing too much. Now with a couple of patients waiting for cryotherapy I took the doctor’s schedule revisions to the front desk so that I could get Version 3 ratified and printed. I then returned to 116 to see if I could reschedule my cryotherapy treatment so that I could see John off at 12:30.
Here is John leaviing UPA; “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday snow” in shorts!
I returned to room 219 and sorted out various bits and bobs before lunch….
Now back in 219 for a quick ice over before massage at 14:30. Another really good session of massage but the temptation to fall asleep is pretty overwhelming! A couple of snores quickly reminded me to stay conscious! Following the doctor’s changes to my regime I next had the clips (staples) removed by the nurse and as can be seen all is good, wiith a significantly longer scar than the left leg,
As all my group had gone I was keen to meet up with William and seeing him sitting in the reception area, as I was leaving the nurse’s station, I walked down the stairs and had a chat over a coffee about cars, motorbikes etc..
Later we met up over dinner and discussed the current political situation in the UK and Northern Ireland. Why can we all see the stupidity of politicians but they continue to perpetuate irrational policies.
William then moved on and I was joined by the Canadian lady now working in the Hague for an international organisation, opcw, so the political theme continued. We had a most interesting discussion on a variety of topics but it is clear that to everyone outside the UK we are now an imploding remnant of an Empire run by politicians who have no honour or respect. My brother had sent me a ‘threadreader’ to review. This really brought things home to me in the current political situation with oversight by those who have been promoted through failure. Heaven help us! Cressida Dick’s involvement in the 2005 bombing horror in London. If I wasn’t depressed this morning I certainly could become that way this evening. And theen there is the BBC reporting on the election result for the replacement for the murdered MP not making it clear in their reports, unless you read to the end of the article, that the opposition parties didn’t stand out of respect so a majority of under 13000 with a 24% turnout cannot be called a success especially as moree than a 1000 ballot papers were ‘spoilt’
Now resting and waiting for Catharine to get home for a chat before I keel over.
Today's progress
- Today’s significant improvement is that I can now lift my operated leg onto the bed, so I no longer have to lift it on with the other leg.
- Walking around with 2 crutches for the most part but allowing some exercise with just one seems to work well.
- Clips were removed today.
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