- Fri May 12, 2023 8:19 pm
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Well. I'm back online and touched by all the kind and thoughtful wishes. Thank you!
I have had better weeks, to be honest. Just as the arterial work was being finalised, summat popped and there were two embolisms to contend with. This meant that another surgeon was rushed in to help shore up the defences. Scan the fuckers, cut in, and scoop them out before they could wreak their havoc.
How do I know this? Because it was done under local and I could witness the panic stations from closer that I would ordinarily have preferred.
Anyway, all is well. No stroke, no heart attack, a right leg that works, and some very, very bruised nethers. The main surgeon is reasonably pleased with the outcome, and she and the Kreuzette are getting on like a house on fire. Things could have been worse.
So, I am back down there on June 1st to schedule the second, final, and much smaller phase of this procedure. I have asked for laughing-gas next time to top up my oxycodone breakfast.
I am not looking forward to it, to be brutally honest.