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  • Thoughts from the frontline - 33 - Special Results Edition

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    Well, we're back from the hospital and the news is not too bad! Now we were late going into see the consultant as they had forgotten to get my notes out! Anyway, I can forgive them as my appointment had been brought forward from about 5pm back to 2pm right at the beginning of afternoon clinic. T was getting more nervous and frustrated by the minute. So we had, in the end, to wait nearly an hour for "the call". A quick…
  • Thoughts from the frontline - 32

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    And so it came to pass that the good Lady T agreed, after the bringing forward of the evening meal to do nothing about the castle. Lord A and Lady T had dined on the noblewoman Lady Linda McCartney most gracious food parcels of meatless meat in a pie and excluding all the four and twenty blackbirds. To this pie of magic the Lady T had added wedges of the new food called "potatoes" and beanus organicas from an item called…
  • Thoughts from the frontline - 31

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    Tuesday morning and I awake to find myself on the sofa again. Oh yes, the leaky bag incident the night before. But I seemed to have survived the night without another accident. Now that was GOOD news. :-) But I am a determined sod at times so decided that I wouldn't rush to change my bag this morning. I was using a different bag type and despite the problems over the last couple of days I was sure it wasn't the fault…
  • Thoughts from the frontline - 30

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    What a difference a day makes. But I'm getting ahead of myself a bit. Sunday was another day of rest as much as possible after the busy Saturday. A day of taking it easy and limited visitors so I spent the day being chilled, thoughtful and generally a happy little bunny. Still having problems sleeping at night but the restful days normally include a session of falling asleep on the sofa. Three Sunday papers bought this…
  • Thoughts from the frontline - 29

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    After feeling so bad on Thursday (I know - self inflicted) I decided to have a restful Friday. A day of doing, well, nothing really. So I had breakfast then had a shower ready to start the day. Shower done I collected all my required supplies and set about changing my stoma bag. Now, it had been recommended that I change my bag every other day so that was the current frequency maintained since leaving hospital and I…