The dual line bombshell

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Friday night had arrived, and walking home from school little one was buzzing with what was going to unfold: Library trip, gymnastics cafe lunch and a birthday party was locked in for Saturday and Sunday was end of year show for her class then whatever she wanted. So full of life and happy they went to sleep excited.

The morning was strange, ”i’m tired Daddy” and then finding out temp was up, alarm bells rang. Out with the lateral flow and thats when everything changed:

In that nanosecond all those plans melted, there was initial floods of tears followed by a very mature for age ”there will be another time“. So what to do now?

In the next nanosecond the ”sort the garage” list item sprang to the top of the list. Rewind 3 years and the removal lorries arrived at our new house. All the boxes labeled ”cellar” or ”garage” were stacked neatly in the garage. Back to the hear and now and they were still there, all damp and collapsed, moved about looking for things an just a complete headache.

I had to start in that moment otherwise something else would quickly fill this crazy ideas slot. 2 hours later and there was a mountain of ”stuff” on the patio. Luckily I had bought racking some time back with this exact moment in mind, so building started. This was slowed down by supper, hair drying and books for little one, and finished in the dark by torchlight. This is the moment I thought ”I need sleep” closely followed by “but what if I get covid” so press on it was”

Next thought that sprang to mind was where a few thing would go, and hanging from the roof beams seemed the perfect place. Tea break and a quick check on amazon found the perfect solution, it order for next day (Sunday) delivery and carried on.

11pm hit a low point tired and dark are never a good combination, tripped over (not in) the pond and skinned my hand at the base of my thumb, quick emergency plaster later and I was back on. It was midnight when everything was on shelves or in boxes, and all in the garage. Quick shower, bandage up hand and sleep as I would be up at 06:30.

06:30 came all to fast and covid or no covid there is no stopping the little ones body clock! Opening the door to take the dog out and I was immediately reminded of the mountain of decaying damp cardboard boxes I had created. Quick bite to eat and load the car time. Had to spend an hour flattening boxes if I had a chance. Whilst flattening amazon delivery dropped off the roof beam hooks, so took a “distraction break” to hang up a couple of items. Car loaded to the gunnels I set off for the tip.

The queue at the tip was mental, but for once I didn’t mind I could slow down and lose myself in an audiobook whilst inching forward once in a while. Soon enough I was leaving the tip with that feeling of elation after throwing away old clutter to return home. I had to open the garage door just to look, and it felt great.

So my take-away here is when faced with bomb-shell moments look for the the things that can turn them around, this moment will now forever be remembered for crossing a gnarly 3 year old item off the list. There are now more items on the list as yes its all in the garage, but there is still too much of it! Have added, “sort out racking unit 1”, “sort out racking unit 2” …. hopefully these are smaller more achievable tasks!

I will train tomorrow

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Well 2011 was quite a year for me, started it training for the London Marathon in the snow and then straight into training for the Eden project marathon. Between the two posting a 1:49 in the Tewksbury half marathon. Then it all stopped.

I was beginning to see the consequences of stopping running when the fleet half marathon “entry open” e-mail hit my inbox. So before I knew it I had signed up, dialed in training plan on the Adidas micoach website and was ready to train. That was it I thought.

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Leckhampton hill.

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I have not walked on Leckhampton hill

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for ages, thrashed about on bikes yes but walked no.

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Prescott ward

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In the battle to find out just what caused the blood clots last year a few thing are in the pipeline, one of which has come round this being the removal of a benign tumour in my stomach area.

I arrived on the ward for 11am on the 11 March and waited in the day room for a bed to become available.*

4.27 km – the first run

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It’s been a while, with quite a lot going on.
To summarise the last 6 months I have:

• Had a smash and grab from the car.
• Been misdiagnosed with a fractured rib.
• Been admitted to hospital twice.
• Been correctly diagnosed with multiple blood clots on both lungs (Pulmonary emboli). Read the rest of this entry »

The escape

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Doctor Sarah Holden came round Thursday morning and we had the best doc chat so far. She showed me a picture of the tummy polyp it’s like a limpet, and explained exactly what the process of sorting it would be. She answered my whole list of questions the I had compiled and confirmed that all we were waiting for was the INR to be in range before going home. Then the oddest thing happened, they needed the bed so I had the staff chasing the phlebotomists, pharmacists and the leg ultrasound for me, believe me this does not happen! 12:30 was the ultrasound of the legs, all clear of clots, and by 13:00 I was out.

It is strange in the real world cars go fast! But it is oh so good. Home is a fab place, all your own stuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Hazelton ward

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My doc dr Khan came round at 2 ish wednesday and gave me loads of answers not direct answers to the tum questions but an assureance that everything is in place to answer them after I leave hospital. He also put my mind at rest that the sudden onset of pain that had that wiped the morning out was to be expected for the next 2 to 4 weeks and left with the plan of get the INR in theraputic range and continue recovery at home, hopefully friday. This left me feeling like I had all the answers and looking forward to going home.

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The Nutter

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Well still in Cheltenham General Hospital, in terms of pain killers I took diclofenac and kicked the Tramadol last night.  Have to say I feel better for it 🙂 no itching and less pain has to be good.  But (there is that word again) the pharmacist is a an uber unhappy chappie (a girlie actually) as diclofenac is a real no no to be taken with walferin, it increases the risk of stomach bleed.  So stuck between that rock and a hard place again.

On to the nutter,  one of the patients turned nasty last night. Read the rest of this entry »

The endoscopy

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I have had the endoscopy now and think all went well.   I am being put on walferin again tonight to thin the blood.  So best case scenario is that I am out of here in 2-3 days time once in therapeutic range.

I have been prescribed diclofenac for my pain as this is better than tramadol that I have been on but does not always agree with walferin.  Pharmacy not happy doctor wins 🙂

Hopefully that is it

But, there always is one,  the doc that I am under has requested that I be taken over by the respiratory team to move forward.  They are currently waiting for a bed.  Why would they move me if I am on my way out? Read the rest of this entry »

Pulmonary Emboli

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Hi all

3 weeks ago I went to Chelsea and Westminster hospital with lower right hand chest pains, after an ECG showed up that it was not heart related I was sent back to the waiting room for 3 hours.  When I was seen it took them 10 minutes to ask  me loads of questions including “have you been coughing” to conclude, without further tests, that I had fractured a rib coughing.

Never actually believed them but what can you do?  After a while I stopped the pain killers and carried on with my life, 2 weeks later I was watching the apprentice the interviews and at the start of the program I was thinking I have a twinge again and by the end I was in real pain.  2:00am I gave in and headed for A&E, 2 hours later and a mix up with lost notes and the like I was admitted to Cheltenham General Hospital Read the rest of this entry »

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