Another week of recovery over, and despite the reduction in medication half way through the week I cannot comment that i feel any better or any worse. All i do know is that my appetite is down, there is only so much you can look forward to mashed/pureed food, and i am having to drink additional nutritional shakes to keep the calories up. Still it is the weekend and off to watch son play rugby this afternoon and hopefully…
After a reasonably positive day yesterday, today could not have started any worse. I decided to go for a drive in the car and bumped it getting out of the drive, the car was parked back up with a scuff mark from the wall down the rear passenger door so no real damage done - what an idiot! Mission Failed! Had a visit from the welfare team from work today, they seem very positive and have sorted out my new post this summer…
Lots of excitement today as my better half arranged for an early appointment at hospital to address the amount of drugs I am taking and whether they could start to be reduced somewhat. I headed for Southampton to discuss with the team, who had kindly offered to slot me in for a consultation rather than having to wait another week. I came out of hospital with a reduced pain relief (less 25%) and the removal of one of my…
another day another dollar, had a brief visit from an old judo colleague and a walk of the dog in the rain proved to be the highlights of a pretty uneventful day. Managed to force some mince mash and swede down for dinner, and Doc has agreed to reduction in pain relief (just need to wait for paperwork to get to district nurses now). that is all...
