What I did today! The next chapter!

Thank you for the good wishes it was a parathyroid adenoma. One of the four glands became enlarged and made too much parathyroid hormone which very closely regulates blood calicum. Too much PTH and the calcium leaches out of your bones.

All went ok but I was very nervous Thursday am. Even the porter who walked me down from the the ward to the theaters was nice chatty and reassuring he clearly knew about nervous patients.

I now 10cm of steri-strip over stitches right across my throat just above the two bony bits now all very bruised, and tender.

Last night was dreadful back on the surgical ward, lots of us had inflating socks on with a little pump machine attached to the bedframe.
The one I had was very noisy and vibrated against frame. I dont know if it was these very noisy pumps and the vibrations or the anaesthetic but I began feeling very nauseous and upchucked lots in the the night. I have begun to feel sick on a moored boat just feeling the engine running. Much better when I got up this a/m had a wash and was no longer attached to a drip or the wretched pump. I realised with great relief that I was feeling better and could have a drink with no ill effects. Back home now neck swollen and sore. Must not do too much. Do you hear that Mr M

Glad it all went well, Nellie take care of yourself and make sure you rets and get looked after.

Today, my brothers and I moved our Mum to a new care home!!!!

That's a triumph for you, kitty and it must be a tremendous relief. Well done.

Wonderful visit to the ballet. We usually get BRB tryouts with not a large cast but Aladdin was excellent with beautiful sets and sparkling costumes. The music was by Carl Davis and I think they all had fun. A lovely performance I think it's at the Lowry next then London . Struggling to get going today but had my haircut letting a little light to the brain and fed cream cakes to a friend.

Well done nellie and kitty

Glad you're ok Nellie take it easy, and Kitty...sleep well tonight!

Delighted for you, Kitty and Nellie Well done!

Nellimoser - you'll be so glad that's all over. Let everyone be kind to you, including yourself.
And also to you, kittylester. At last your mum will be settled in a place where better-trained staff will be supportive to her needs. You can relax now.

Thank you all - it is a relief, but we are not sure how she will cope. At least we know that she is in safe, capable and competent hands and that is such a relief!

Off to watch mindless Red Nose Day TV!!

Nellie Glad you are ok I recall you mentioned your daughter was visiting at the weekend. Enjoy.

kitty That must be a great weight off your mind. Take care

Take it easy, Nellie. I'm so glad the op is over and done with.

Glad you're ok!

nellie I bet your pleased thats done and dusted, let them look after you for a few days
kitty

Glad to hear you are safely home Nellie

Pleased all went well Nellie

Nellie good to see you're up and about and the op is in the past now. I hope you have a great recovery

Glad you are OK nellie hope you don't have much of a scar. DH promised me a double row of pearls to cover the scar when my thyroid was removed but you simply can't see it. He still bought me the pearls!

Just a quick update on Mum: one of my brothers went today and was told 'I'm not stopping' - oh, dear.

nellie so glad it's all over for you.
kitty and happy that things are looking up for you.

kitty I'm sure she'll settle in after a while if not, chain her ankle to the bed , I think we all need time to adapt

kitty "I'm not stopping..." that could me, a few years down the line...
My father went into a very pleasant convalescent home, to recouperate after major surgery. He refused point blank to join the other "inmates" [his word] because "they're all grouchy old folk". He was in his early 80s and master of the art of grouching...

nelliem, that doesn't sound very comfortable, but I'm glad you're beginning to feel better

kitty, keep smiling!

Which phrase, 'keep smiling', makes me think of bikergran. Thinking of you, biker. Come back when you can

Today I went shopping and as I walked along the high street a man standing outside a Mc Donalds asked me did I have any spare change to buy some food, obviously as he was standing outside this food chain place and was asking for money, I believed that he was truly hungry and could not afford to buy food and gave him the change I had in my pocket as I wanted to help him.

As I walked back down that way there he was chaining up his new state of the art bike to a pole near by the Mc Donalds, I was quite angry and approached him, asking him if this was his bike and he answered that it was, with a look of shame and surprise of my cheek of asking him.

I asked him because he was pleading poverty and homlessness and coned me into giving him my change that I was going to spend on myself to buy a magazine but gave it to him instead(I had just the right amount of change on me to buy my magazine without having to go to ATM machine)

When I got in I told my husband what had happened and he said that there was a man in The Market that was boasting that by begging he had made £62 in one day!!!

Well I never!

I think I might try it tomorrow, I need a new bike ha ha ha

You do know I am only joking right!!

Nellie