What I did today! The next chapter!

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

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!

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

Pleased all went well Nellie

Glad to hear you are safely home Nellie

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

Glad you're ok!

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

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

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!!

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.

Delighted for you, Kitty and Nellie Well done!

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

Well done nellie and kitty

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.

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

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!!!!

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

Thank you all so much for your helpful advice.....! Daisy looks like a wee angel, but she's more like a shark, the amount of big sharp teeth she has.

anno

I can't help thinking there would be a market for a feline straitjacket, though how you'd get the cat into it would be the next problem. Dragon's Den, anyone?

What a handsome young man!
Yes, Marelli, it worked, but it took an awful lot of rinsing off, but it`s what the vet recommended. Next time you tackle Daisy, has your hubby got any strong gardening or driving gloves he can put on whilst he`s holding onto her?

You leave the head and neck sticking out?
Are you handy with a needle? Perhaps you could make a kind of straight jacket with relevant bits sticking out. I'm trying to picture one now!

Yes, Torben is certainly no longer a "little baby"...he says that "I'm a big boy now"...

soop Torben looks so grown up now! Gorgeous!