The weekend before last, we had some friends to Sunday lunch, and, with all of us being of a certain age, one of them at one point talked about needing a cataract operation in the near future. This got me wondering, as I had recently noticed that I had rather a large blob in the vision in my right eye. So, as it was about three years since my last ( Read more... )

I've been back at work this week, which has been a little strange, as we moved office last week. And because I was at home feeling sorry for myself on Monday and Tuesday, my colleagues had to pack the contents of my desk drawers in crates for me. Fortunately for them, I had already cleared out most of the rubbish. (We were not allowed to go in to ( Read more... )

I finished taking the oral antibiotics on Friday, which was also the first day on which I took no pain killers. I'm still using the spray that the GP prescribed for me last last Monday, which she told me to use instead of the spray the walk-in centre had prescribed ( Read more... )

I went back to work on Monday. Fortunately we're not too busy this time of year, and I had been able to leave my work in such a state that those covering for me were able to deal with anything that happened. So I have not come back to a huge mess, and I have been able to start easing myself in. I brought work home with me on Tuesday night and ( Read more... )

Winter has arrived. Parts of the UK are covered in Snow, with forecasts for more. Earlier this week, the Met Office was forecasting snow in London for yesterday. By yesterday, the predicted day for snow here had moved to Tuesday. Today they are predicting snow for Wednesday. So at present it's just very, very cold with severe overnight frosts ( Read more... )

On Sunday I went for my first drive since the operation at the beginning of September. D came with me as a passenger, and I drove up to Sydenham then to Forest Hill and back to Dulwich, duration about half an hour or so ( Read more... )

Because I have been feeling much better, I asked D to drive me to the nMC rehearsal chez hrrunka on Sunday 24th October. It was great seeing everyone again, and the singing blew the cobwebs off my vocal chords and I was really glad that I went ( Read more... )

I have my six-week check-up at Kings College Hospital a week today. So far my convalescence has gone quite well. The only time I take pain-killers is last thing at night. I forgot to take them once, and although I felt fine overnight, I felt rather more sore the next day, so I've taken them at night since then. I'm still a little tender around the ( Read more... )

I feel I'm doing ok. aunty_marion came to visit on Monday, bring her craft bag, and I admired the project she's working on for FilkCONtinental - Bring your Euros, guys! And we talked about knitting, and I showed her my completed left mitt, and the patterns for the other projects I have planned. And she updated me on Sunday's nMC rehearsal. And she helped me ( Read more... )

Not a lot, actually. I have watched a few more DVDs, and sat in front of the snooker with D. I seem to have made the same mistake knitting the right mitt as I did with the left, which means I will probably have to undo a few rows and knit them again... And I have been increasing the time I spend walking round the garden every day.

On Friday little_cinnamon and callylevy ( Read more... )