Horty's Blog

A new exciting procedure....

2021-03-06T20:46:00Z

Two days to go. I'm having problems with my NG Tube. Before you can get food and drugs through it, the acid levels in the stomach need to be 5 or below. Mine are constantly 7 and above. This means that the tube could have become misplaced. Added ...(read more)

Another week, another Ward...

2021-02-23T19:38:00Z

Here we go again. It's morning and it's a new ward, new nurses, new patients. I have a bed by the window. There is just one TV in the room, which will certainly lead me to not giving the ward five stars on Trip Advisor. I phone my wife and as...(read more)

38 Point Something,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

2021-02-12T19:58:00Z

So the Radiotherapy continues. Everyday, I wake up, leap out of bed and wonder what delights the day has in store for me...Oh yeh, it's Radiotherapy day. I've had 14 sessions so far. I've noticed that I've got a mouth ulcers and my neck is start...(read more)

Boredom then it's Radio Gaga.

2021-02-07T19:46:00Z

The period between discharge from hospital and Radiotherapy, has been taken up with regular appointments but not a lot else. I've given up watching the BBC news, as it is too negative to be of any use and it has become a bee in my bonnet.....I can th...(read more)

More of the same.......

2021-02-06T20:22:00Z

Well, it's the day off my fitting. The last time I had a fitting I was 18, getting a suit from Burtons, for my first job at a Bank since leaving school. I'm more nervous this time though, but I try to reassure myself that at least I'm...(read more)

Radiotherapy....The induction

2021-02-05T19:38:00Z

Before I start this section, can I apologise if there are any spelling mistakes. The Spell Checker is dreadful, it must have been bought from Aldi's Middle Section. When I was first told I needed Radiotherapy, it filled me with dread. Did I have...(read more)

Radiotherapy. How hard can it be?

2021-02-05T16:25:00Z

I'm home... Now the hard work starts.

2021-02-04T18:58:00Z

I'm home. The last 5 weeks have been a dream. It wasn't me, I haven't got the courage to have an operation. My Black Lab, Rossi ....(he's named after Francis Rossi from Status Quo. Apparently there is some motorcyclist with the same name) leaps at me...(read more)

....Definitely home time....

2021-02-03T13:59:00Z

It's my discharge day. I didn't sleep. I never could. I've tried 1 pillow, 2 pillows, 5 pillows, all to no avail. What's the point of those blankets? You may as well just wrap them round your legs before going to bed. But the thing that has had me wo...(read more)

Horty's coming home

2021-02-02T20:21:00Z

...Just a bit more about my last week on the ward. I'd completely forgotten about the important bits. I'm going to have my Trachy Tube taken out. I've never wanted to look at it. The idea of having a whole in my throat, never appealed to me. The doc ...(read more)

Here goes. May 2020 and the sun is shining.

2021-01-28T15:26:00Z

I suppose I better say a little bit about me. Back in 2020, I was 59, so I will keep it at that. My age increased to the tune of 1 in December, but, I'm not really keen on that number. I was also Male, and continue to be so.. I'm taking my Black Labr...(read more)