Hello fellow BC people. I managed last Monday to have a flexible cystoscopy albeit it should have been completed in January. All clear thank goodness but a further check required in four months time. The following day the shut down begun.I feel for all those cancer patients who have had appointments and procedures cancelled because of staff shortages during this dreadful time. Ten days on and the governments record on testing, provision of PPE for our wonderful NHS staff and ventilators for needy patients is abysmal. The hypocrisy from Ministers and the clown we have for PM who exulted us all to social distance whilst bragging about shaking hands with Nurses and Health workers beggars belief and guess what he and Matt Hancock got the virus.
The news in the last few days regarding the testing of NHS staff and provision of safety equipment in our hospitals is extremely worrying. At the height of the crisis our MP’s have started their Easter break early with Parliament only due to reconvene in three weeks time. It is vital Ministers and Health officials performances and decisions are scrutinised and questioned by MP’s. I have emailed my MP today demanding he requests a recall of Parliament immediately albeit using video links and other self isolating technology in order Ministers are cajoled and instructed to increase NHS testing quickly and intensely and to provide the necessary equipment in order to deal with this virus
Rant over! Stay well everyone
Garviv
Yes great news but slightly offset by the current crisis. However, it’s Friday and it’s curry night! Chicken 
madras(home made) and garlic naan bread washed down with a bottle of Rioja. Off for my daily five mile stroll with our 12 year old chocolate Labrador.
Stay safe and well
Garviv
Garviv
Pleased to report that my local pub has started doing take away dinners on Fridays & Saturdays, that gives me a night off the hob! I am looking forward to normality, necking a pint or two in the bar, once this pestilence is over and were released from house arrest (apart from walking the dog).
My neighbour said to me yesterday, 'Keep your chin up' to which I replied, 'Which one?'
CB
I may appear to be listening but in my head I'm all at sea.
Totally reasonable to worry about the delay implications for "ordinary" NHS procedures. These are scary times. Perhaps I could share a bit of black humour? I thought I had come to terms with the likelihood my life being shortened by bladder cancer now with Covid 19 I aspire to live long enough to die from BC 
Love to you at this tough time AllotmentP x
