Reasons to be cheerful!

[Dave]

Been de-catheterised now, have bottles for friends. Just hope that I recognise the signals again!

They will still be measuring my input/output until my weight goes down and my ankles looks a little less like those of an elephant.

[Dave]

Made my first walkies trip to the loo today, escort there but found my own way home.

Well, that's something anyway.

Only problem was a minute spent deciding if gammy leg was going to behave. The leg is going to be xrayed, doc says thereis no-way it is the teenage problem, that happens because of a growth spurt.

So what are they thinking if the leg remains difficult?  Cane, roller, scooter?

The leg has a whole new story . . . This has happened before, but not quite as bad - it flares. The teen-age problem flares normally last a month. I can get about OK but though I know that I will be able to do stairs the ladder to the loft is a no-go. Gonna be crutches and patience for a few weeks at least if they find no treatment. Night pain relief would be nice but I am well practiced in this kind of scenario.

Not sure about driving my automatic, still need to bend right leg a little. But I have learned left foot baking once. Can live without car for few weeks. Scooters different story, no-where secure to keep one and charge it at road level and no lift. Love one of the sporty jobs and can afford it but . . . Bus to shops and town every 12 minutes within 40 yard walk.

[Guardian85]

Just had an engine and cockpit heating system installed in my car. Very satisfying getting into my warmed car in the morning while the neighbours are busy scraping ice off their car windows! 

[jumbojak]

Just had an engine and cockpit heating system installed in my car. Very satisfying getting into my warmed car in the morning while the neighbours are busy scraping ice off their car windows! 

Like a block heater and then a heater for the cabin?

[Tank]

Just had an engine and cockpit heating system installed in my car. Very satisfying getting into my warmed car in the morning while the neighbours are busy scraping ice off their car windows! 

That sounds like an excellent investment where you live.

[Asmodean]

I'm finally finished with a very, VERY long work week, and starting next week, I'll have me a trainee to pass my vast knowledge and wisdom on to in exchange for slave labour.

[Buddy]

Just had an engine and cockpit heating system installed in my car. Very satisfying getting into my warmed car in the morning while the neighbours are busy scraping ice off their car windows! 

Is it remote start or do you still have to suffer the cold to start it?

[Guardian85]

Just had an engine and cockpit heating system installed in my car. Very satisfying getting into my warmed car in the morning while the neighbours are busy scraping ice off their car windows! 

Is it remote start or do you still have to suffer the cold to start it?

It draws power from the plug in the wall, and is on a timer. Starts up an hour before I drive to work if I plug it in.

[Sandra Craft]

The leg has a whole new story . . . This has happened before, but not quite as bad - it flares. The teen-age problem flares normally last a month. I can get about OK but though I know that I will be able to do stairs the ladder to the loft is a no-go. Gonna be crutches and patience for a few weeks at least if they find no treatment. Night pain relief would be nice but I am well practiced in this kind of scenario.

Sounds gruesome.

Not sure about driving my automatic, still need to bend right leg a little. But I have learned left foot baking once. Can live without car for few weeks. Scooters different story, no-where secure to keep one and charge it at road level and no lift. Love one of the sporty jobs and can afford it but . . . Bus to shops and town every 12 minutes within 40 yard walk.

That's not so bad then tho it could certainly be better.  I depend on the buses myself to get around and the main one I need stops right in front of my apartment. 

[Dave]

Qualified cheerfulness. Very qualified.

After a week, I think, on the wards - lights full on 6am to 10pm, noise almost 24/7, crowds of visitors most of day, little sleep (even with sleeper), leg pain etc etc - for one who has lived alone for 50 years, and I ended up a shivering, blubbering wreck.

I had asked about a side room with no response, was willing to pay. This time they have put me in the special side room, the one with the body lift etc, on the understanding that I might be chucked out at short notice.

If I only get one decent night's sleep it will be a bonus!

[Tank]

Qualified cheerfulness. Very qualified.

After a week, I think, on the wards - lights full on 6am to 10pm, noise almost 24/7, crowds of visitors most of day, little sleep (even with sleeper), leg pain etc etc - for one who has lived alone for 50 years, and I ended up a shivering, blubbering wreck.

I had asked about a side room with no response, was willing to pay. This time they have put me in the special side room, the one with the body lift etc, on the understanding that I might be chucked out at short notice.

If I only get one decent night's sleep it will be a bonus!

Good to see you have enough energy to complain!

[xSilverPhinx]

Qualified cheerfulness. Very qualified.

After a week, I think, on the wards - lights full on 6am to 10pm, noise almost 24/7, crowds of visitors most of day, little sleep (even with sleeper), leg pain etc etc - for one who has lived alone for 50 years, and I ended up a shivering, blubbering wreck.

I had asked about a side room with no response, was willing to pay. This time they have put me in the special side room, the one with the body lift etc, on the understanding that I might be chucked out at short notice.

If I only get one decent night's sleep it will be a bonus!

Good to see you have enough energy to complain!

[Dark Lightning]

Qualified cheerfulness. Very qualified.

After a week, I think, on the wards - lights full on 6am to 10pm, noise almost 24/7, crowds of visitors most of day, little sleep (even with sleeper), leg pain etc etc - for one who has lived alone for 50 years, and I ended up a shivering, blubbering wreck.

I had asked about a side room with no response, was willing to pay. This time they have put me in the special side room, the one with the body lift etc, on the understanding that I might be chucked out at short notice.

If I only get one decent night's sleep it will be a bonus!

That whole meat market routine really does take it out of a person, so getting off that track should be very good for you! I hope you get to keep it for the duration. 

[Buddy]

Three day weekend thanks to useless bank holidays. 

[hermes2015]

Qualified cheerfulness. Very qualified.

After a week, I think, on the wards - lights full on 6am to 10pm, noise almost 24/7, crowds of visitors most of day, little sleep (even with sleeper), leg pain etc etc - for one who has lived alone for 50 years, and I ended up a shivering, blubbering wreck.

I had asked about a side room with no response, was willing to pay. This time they have put me in the special side room, the one with the body lift etc, on the understanding that I might be chucked out at short notice.

If I only get one decent night's sleep it will be a bonus!

I see a glimmer of our old plucky Dave, which means you are on the mend.