Peter’s Hospital Diary

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 in a waiting room for an hour. I was eventaully called in, gave a saliva sample, had my mouth inspected (all well) and was out agin in about 5 minutes! Plenty of time to get to the station and get home – 2 hours later. Next appointment in 6 months! “Was it worth it?” I ask myself. Well I suppose yes if the sample shows anything, but since I have been giving nose samples at my GP clinic (and they did a saliva sample 3 weeks ago) I do wonder!

Anyway, as you might gather, I’m feeling a whole lot better! I spent much of last weekend wrapped up warm and with long lie-ins, but by the time my birthday came round on Monday, I was up and bout. My parents were down for the weekend, and we had a fairly relaxing time. The weather was mixed, but sunny enough to make sitting in the conservatory pleasant – which is what we did.

I finished the anti-biotics today, so I will be checking carefully for any signs of any returning symptoms, but I hope this time it has been knocked on the head. And my appetite has returned – another bonus!

I had a long chat with Simon this evening. He is in excellent spirits and is looking forward to the next stages of “getting his life back”. He has commented on the previous post with his news. Sadly nothing on John’s blog, so I hope all is OK for him. However he did say that the builders were starting work on the adaptations to his house and he would be away, so maybe he just hasn’t had internet access.

So, to one and all – Onwards and Upwards!