Peter’s Hospital Diary

So far the sniffles haven’t returned, although I seem to be coughing a bit more. However the really good news is that my appetite has returned. Bacon sandwiches have made a welcome return to my diet, as has ‘wet’ food such as Cottage Pie – and of course sponge puddings with lashings of custard! (I […]

Not because of any treatment, but at the amount of effort for so little clinical time! The appointment was (appropriately) at Chinese Dentist time (2:30) so it was quite a leisurely start to the day. I caught the train at half 12, and arrived spot on time at Guy’s 2 hours later… to be sat […]

I’m sorry that it has been a while since I posted, but this last week hasn’t been one of the best, healthwise. Nothing too dramatic, just not very good. In other ways it has been quite exciting! However before I go on, I know what you really look for on the blog, and here she […]

The brain is a funny thing. I was driving to work this morning, listening to the radio, when a song by KT Tunstall was played. It wasn’t announced as such, but she has quite a distinctive voice and style of music, and it instantly transported me back in time to 2004, when her first album […]

Following on from our mini-break in France, Mark sent me this photograph doing a handbrake turn on the garden tractor – it certainly is the way to cut the lawn – and makes short work of the molehills! That apart, it has been a quiet week. The anti-biotics seem to be doing the trick and […]

We arrived back on Friday, and the tranquility of the previous five days soon evaporated! The flight back was good, in an Embraer small jet, so it only took 55 minutes, and 15 minutes after landing we were in a taxi on our way home – a stark contrast with Heathrow! Once home it was […]

And all too soon the week comes to an end, as we have to be back home for an event for Katie tomorrow evening. However we have had another very enjoyable week out here. I have to say that it is lovely being able to come out at different seasons and see different facets of […]

It was a quick dash across the channel – literally as it was a Dash 8 turboprop from Southampton to Limoges on Sunday (I’d forgotten how noisy turboprops are!). A pleasant flight with Sue and Mark, although the flight was delayed by an hour, which meant that while it was light when we landed and […]

It was check-up time again at Guy’s yesterday – not in the clinic, but back at the day unit, so it wasn’t quite such an early start. Once again I was kept well away from any other patients “just in case” but the upshot was that my temperature was back to normal and my lungs […]

After Monday’s trip, I was still feeling a bit rough, so I agreed with my boss that taking out the rest of the office would be a bad thing, I have been at home all week, apart from a quick trip out on Tuesday to cash in the prescription (or should that be cash out?) […]