Another what I did today thread

When I went in for my last hip replacement I had nil by mouth from midnight. At 2.30 pm the consultant came to tell me that the instruments had not been properly sterilised so he couldn't go ahead. He rebooked me for the next week as first on the list.
Boy was I cross!

I wasn't allowed anything from midnight until after the op, and the anaesthetic makes me sick, so it was 20 hours between [gagging]

They can't afford it it's the nhs!

Ella

Ella, you mean they didn't even give you a and a biscuit?

Ella screws in your toe joint...hours waiting around...dehydrated into the bargain. 5 gold stars for fortitude. Well done

soop best wishes to Mr soop and to you both.
Ariadne deep breaths!

I spent yesterday in hospital having 2 screws taken out of my toe joint.
Thanks to 'administration systems being in a state of flux', total cock-up , I had to sit waiting for 12 hours, op and recovery time another hour.
Got there at 7.15am,got home at 8.30pm very thirsty and very hungry.

Pyjama day today

Working on the NHS 111 campaign today, but have popped into the pub across from the office to get online and catch up with my personal and freelance stuff and have a cup of coffee. I may go to see a film after work if the mood takes me.

number You're in my thoughts.
Ariadne my love to you.

Very pleased to read that Mr.Soop is home and well, all the best to all 3 of you xxx

Ariadne Feet up time and a sip of wine time. I hope you'll be feeling refreshed in the morning. It's been a hectic time for you.

Very please all went well with Mr. Soop.

Been out all day with a good friend and we both came home with bunches of beautiful tulips.

Thank you all! He is a dear, dear man, who is trying hard not to be frustrated. This meeting is one where he is a bit of a star player, and he is also dying to get out and do his job. And I sometimes want to strangle him. Will now go to the thread on said subject. #chinuptime

Put him on the train? 1st class of course with disabled assistance?

Ariadne and Gally
Pleased Mr soop is home and safe for you too soop

ariadne,

likewise ariadne and there is such a thing as putting ones foot down and saying you do not feel up to the drive.

Ariadne I'm sending you love from Kintyre.

Mr soop had a general anaesthetic and the repaired femoral hernia was re-repaired with mesh. The surgeon said that it was "text book successful". He's sore and badly bruised but overjoyed to be home again. Rory "gonnaballs" is curled up beside him on the sofa. They are snoring [pleasantly]. Mr soop wishes to say a big thank you for the many kind messages.

Looking after under-fives is exhausting! When my little grandsons have stayed over, I need to rest and recharge my batteries the next day, as I ache and feel tired. My 62 year old sister is still fostering a baby (at least her husband is now retired) and I don't know where she finds the energy.

ga the Ryands now has a lovely cafe area where one can sit in comfort and read the papers or get a meal, and watch the world go by. I could stay in there all day!

Oh Ariadne I think you need som tlc and some

DD1, SIL and 2 boys arrived on tuesday night for a 5 night stay; phew, I feel as if a whirlwind has whipped through the house. The eldest, Freddie was 3 yesterday, so after a visit to the local toddlers group and a front row seat to watch a crane move the village toilets (no money to fund them) we had a Birthday tea party - oldest was Uncle Hamish at 67 and youngest was DGS 18 months. Much sickly cake was consumed. They are now at a soft play centre with friends, so I am having an hour to myself before a brisk walk round the harbour. [exhausted emoticon]

Oh Ariadne I do feel for you!

I thought Theseus had decided not to go? I do think it's a bit ambitious, sitting for that length of time, can't see it doing him much good at all, but they won't be told, will they?

Plus I expect you could do without it too, especially after such a busy week.

Two little boys and their parents now on the road home! We've had a loving, special time with them, and I wouldn't have it any other way. (bet you can guess what's coming next!) but I am exhausted, achy and feeling rather vulnerable. I think it is probably a pile up of things - Theseus and the hip (so he can't do as much as he would normally) and the looking after him, then the non stop attention with my little lads and so on. My DS and DDiL are wonderful, and do bung in and help a lot but - I really feel my age today

And T is insisting on going to this big meeting in Birmingham tomorrow, and yes, I understand why, but he's not driving yet, and can't get into my little car, so I'll have to drive his big car.

Oh dear, I am feeling sorry for myself, aren't I? Sorry to have gone on and on, but this is the place where I know people will understand.

when, my first job was on Deansgate and I used to love walking past the John Rylands building. At school we had four 'houses'; Rylands, Dalton, Joule and Peel - all named for famous men who had connections to Manchester - and one of my school visits was to the Rylands library.