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@misbegotten, I got your card, thank you so much! ♥
James had another appointment with his consultant yesterday, and it went really well.
We arrived at the hospital early, as we'd expected he'd have to go to x-ray, but it turned out he didn't need to. Plus, we got the last space in the closest car park to the fracture clinic, which was great timing.
The consultant is very happy with his progress, so apart from ongoing physio, he's got no need to go back to the hospital for his elbow. But, she is going to keep him on her books and see him six monthly, that way staying on top of any AMC related concerns. She also referred him to get a new splint made, which will hopefully sort out the skin infections he keeps getting on his leg.
She also asked a favour when we arrived, asking if James would be willing to give his history to a junior doctor who was about to take his consultant exam. The doctor was supposed to diagnose James' condition without any hints, but as thorough as his questions were, he couldn't diagnose correctly, despite trying a few times. He did make us laugh though as he asked what condition James had been born with, and the consultant had to say that condition was the same one he has now, so that was a cheating question. But, well done for trying future consultant!
The appointments the day before went well, too. First GP one for James, and the GP has written a note suggesting a phased return over 2 months, which would really help. Work doesn't have to agree, but they've always been pretty good, so hopefully they will. Then James was at physio in the afternoon and has been given a resistance band to start building strength up again.
Funny thing is, the break has let James' arm drop about an inch lower, which is great to have that bit more flex, but causes issues with strength and being able to bring his hand to his mouth without resting his elbow on a surface. Hopefully, the exercises will help with this, and he's back again at the end of this month for a progress review.
In between those, I was at the hospice for my lymphoedema appointment, and that went really well, too. The nurse didn't do a full measure of my legs, but the ones she did were pleasing. Right now I'm wearing extra large compression wraps, but going by numbers, the next set has been ordered in medium. So, guess all that stomping around at class and walks actually is helping.
Before the hospital appointment we called into Sainsburys as they're hugely reducing the Christmas stock. I got quite a few cheese truckles for 1p, some party food packs for 75p and best of all, Felix cat treats boxes for £1.75. Each box has five full size packets of treats in, so it made sense to stock up. So Murphy and Kevin are set for a while.
After two people on my flist recommended it, I've started to watch Matlock, and it's fun so far. I didn't see the twist at the end of the first ep coming, and I'm eager to watch more.
This morning it was tip day, and I dropped off five big black bags of rubbish and an old standard lamp. There wasn't actually room in the car to take the donations, so they'll go later. We did call in the tip shop anyway, where I was restrained and didn't buy any new books, no matter how temping the price was. But, James did buy himself two little 0.5 kg dumbbells, which will be perfect for his strength building.
After that we drove to Corey's and posted birthday cards for his girlfriend through the door as neither were awake at the time. But, Sharna got them on the right day, so I'll mark this day as productive.
James had another appointment with his consultant yesterday, and it went really well.
We arrived at the hospital early, as we'd expected he'd have to go to x-ray, but it turned out he didn't need to. Plus, we got the last space in the closest car park to the fracture clinic, which was great timing.
The consultant is very happy with his progress, so apart from ongoing physio, he's got no need to go back to the hospital for his elbow. But, she is going to keep him on her books and see him six monthly, that way staying on top of any AMC related concerns. She also referred him to get a new splint made, which will hopefully sort out the skin infections he keeps getting on his leg.
She also asked a favour when we arrived, asking if James would be willing to give his history to a junior doctor who was about to take his consultant exam. The doctor was supposed to diagnose James' condition without any hints, but as thorough as his questions were, he couldn't diagnose correctly, despite trying a few times. He did make us laugh though as he asked what condition James had been born with, and the consultant had to say that condition was the same one he has now, so that was a cheating question. But, well done for trying future consultant!
The appointments the day before went well, too. First GP one for James, and the GP has written a note suggesting a phased return over 2 months, which would really help. Work doesn't have to agree, but they've always been pretty good, so hopefully they will. Then James was at physio in the afternoon and has been given a resistance band to start building strength up again.
Funny thing is, the break has let James' arm drop about an inch lower, which is great to have that bit more flex, but causes issues with strength and being able to bring his hand to his mouth without resting his elbow on a surface. Hopefully, the exercises will help with this, and he's back again at the end of this month for a progress review.
In between those, I was at the hospice for my lymphoedema appointment, and that went really well, too. The nurse didn't do a full measure of my legs, but the ones she did were pleasing. Right now I'm wearing extra large compression wraps, but going by numbers, the next set has been ordered in medium. So, guess all that stomping around at class and walks actually is helping.
Before the hospital appointment we called into Sainsburys as they're hugely reducing the Christmas stock. I got quite a few cheese truckles for 1p, some party food packs for 75p and best of all, Felix cat treats boxes for £1.75. Each box has five full size packets of treats in, so it made sense to stock up. So Murphy and Kevin are set for a while.
After two people on my flist recommended it, I've started to watch Matlock, and it's fun so far. I didn't see the twist at the end of the first ep coming, and I'm eager to watch more.
This morning it was tip day, and I dropped off five big black bags of rubbish and an old standard lamp. There wasn't actually room in the car to take the donations, so they'll go later. We did call in the tip shop anyway, where I was restrained and didn't buy any new books, no matter how temping the price was. But, James did buy himself two little 0.5 kg dumbbells, which will be perfect for his strength building.
After that we drove to Corey's and posted birthday cards for his girlfriend through the door as neither were awake at the time. But, Sharna got them on the right day, so I'll mark this day as productive.