Peter's Hospital Diary

A little cooler this morning, here in Corsham, so I hope that wasn’t the totality of summer! But it was a glorious weekend, although Saturday was spent doing some work, while Sunday saw me getting to grips with the vagaries of Corporation Tax! Last week was uneventful, although the conjunctivitis has still not cleared up, but I have a check-up with the opthalmic specialist at St Thomas’s next week, so if it hasn’t gone then, he might be able to suggest an alternative anti-biotic. However, although there is occasionally a little discomfort, and I can’t wear contact lenses, it is of little practical consequence. It is certainly a lot better than it was.

Delighted to see that Richard is back commenting (no idea about the Firefox spell checker! ) and also to hear from Simon (BT) again!

So with another Bank Holiday approaching… Onwards and Upwards!

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Not necessarily for me, but watching events unfold in the political arena. Interesting times!

On the home front, we went down to a family wedding in Cornwall – I drove home from Corsham on Friday afternoon in time for an optician’s appointment when it was confirmed that I had conjunctivitis, so that meant a quick trip to the doctors top get a prescription for some eye drops.

Once that was done it was off to Cornwall (Lostwithiel) arriving at about 9:30. It was my youngest cousin getting married, but it was good to see them all and catch up on family news. On Sunday we popped over to see my Uncle, and then it was the long(ish) drive back home – before I set off back to Corsham!

I drove home again on Monday, ready to travel up the London on the Tuesday morning for my haematology check up. I had just bought my ticket and paid the car parking charge when I had a call saying the Dr Kazmi (consultant) wouldn’t be there (but other members of the vteam would be). However, just before I got into Waterloo, there was another call saying that he was now in!

The check was fine – nothing untoward, apart from my immune system and this persistent niggly cold. I left with a prescription for more anti-biotics and the possibility that I may have an immunoglobulin transfusion to give it a bit of a boost.

Back to Corsham for three days then back to the optician’s where it seems I still have mild conjunctivitis (although my eyes are a lot better now) but not as severe as the week before.

Olivia (now 3ys 4 months!) stayed over on Friday night but much of the weekend was spent finishing off the work on the client’s server – and then back to Corsham. It seems I may have left hospital with more than a prescription as I have the snuffles back again!

One little landmark – this is my 450th blog entry!

Still, a relatively minor thing, so “Onwards and Upwards”

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I started this entry on Tuesday with a tag line of “So that was the Bank Holiday weekend!”, but I didn’t quite get round to finishing it, and I was away in London yesterday.

It was a good Bank holiday though. On Saturday we nipped up the road to Odiham for a friend’s Birthday Party – great to see Sheila and Philip – friends from our Plymouth days – along with other mutual friends from that era.

Sunday was a bit damp and was spent at home, trying to do my tax online – which wasn’t a success! Monday was a bit brighter, but I spent some time configuring a client’s fileserver (part of an ongoing project. I also had a minor accident with a cup of coffee and an open filing cabinet! Fortunately not too much paperwork was affected and of that, a lot was fairly old and needed a sift through anyway.

I returned to Corsham on Tuesday morning, and went back home on Tuesday evening, ready for an appointment at Guys on Wednesday.

I also had some end of year paperwork to return to HMRCS, so I made a start on that on Tuesday evening, although not helped by a bit of ‘flaky’ software (supplied by HMRCS!) that prevented me from completing the return, although on Wednesday morning I discovered a ‘patch’ for it, and manged to complete it. One job completed, before it was time to nip down to the station and get the train.

This appointment was for for one of the minor check-ups by a specialist looking at specific GvHd areas. No problems – a 90 minute journey up to Guy’s, a 30 minute wait for a 15 minute appointment, and a 90 minute trip back – next appointment in six months! It was also an confirm my next haematology appointment – which is next Tuesday.

I had a bit of time at home before driving back to Corsham, so I completed another little job, a Companies House return, then it was back to Corsham for another couple of days before going back home tomorrow for an eye check and a weekend in Cornwall for a family wedding (a cousin).

So a busyish week, but generally onwards and upwards!

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