tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:46:44 +0000matthewdrsmedicinefoodvisitorsholidayhomehospital lifeconsultantcornwallrelease datecampingcleaninginrgpnamesp+msideroom2bonjelafit notegardensick leavesideroom8travelworkagebargainsboredomcarechaplaincookingcream teadentisteyesfirefit dayisles of scillylupusnhsparamedicshoppingtiredtouristtrama2trauma2youthworkhttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)Blogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-8703331853019030227Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:41:00 +00002011-03-04T12:02:10.605+00:00drsgpmedicinerelease dateso now the wait begins...i have been told that i can go home, hurrah!however, i now have to wait for some medication to come from pharmacy. this can take some time...last time i was in i was hanging around for several hours and ended up in the rather soulless 'discharge lounge'. fortunately no one seems to be in a hurry to get me off this ward, so it looks as if i will be able to 'enjoy' my lunchhttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-now-wait-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-5161652016641387484Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:16:00 +00002011-03-04T09:34:20.368+00:00trauma2trauma 2 has 4 bays of beds and 4 siderooms. the numbering and lettering carry on from trauma 1, therefore bays e to h and rooms 5 to 8. there is a high turn over of patients here, they are admitted, have their bones set in theatre and then go home. so nurses often refer to their patients by their bed, so you have 'the gentleman in g3', 'the lady in room 8' etc. but what makes me smile every timehttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/e-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-5478085067083687144Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:56:00 +00002011-03-03T22:30:20.312+00:00cleaningfoodmatthewrelease dateunfortunately my superduper bedside tv/ phone/ internet screen thingamebob has not been playing ball for most of the day. this has meant that i have been unable to comment on the minutiae of life on trauma 2. so the entries on cleaning/ visiting/ today's meals/ fellow residents/ the nurse's new puppy will have to wait for another day or hopefully another hospital stay. (or indeed never!)i will http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/evening-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-2446622225324184932Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:22:00 +00002011-03-03T10:49:04.010+00:00drsrelease datesideroom8i can report that things were a lot quieter in sideroom 8 last night and as a result i slept a lot better. i was awake every few hours, but soon dropped off again. i am supposed to have the antibiotics every 12 hours. with having had the first dose at 1am the nurses said that they would set me off on the next dose about 11am. needless to say it was 2pm when i had the next dose, so i was http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/morning-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-4879789493290210021Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:12:00 +00002011-03-02T18:28:39.840+00:00foodhave now had my second meal as chosen by the previous occupant of sideroom 8. breakfast is sorted on the ward and was cereal and toast - can't really go wrong with that. lunch was chicken and bacon lasagne with potatoes, green beans and mixed veg followed by sliced peaches and custard. hmmm. this evening i was offered mushroom soup and a sandwich. this i rejected and was offered jacket potato http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/wheres-heston-when-you-need-him.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-2701779667863569177Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:04:00 +00002011-03-02T13:45:08.142+00:00firetrama2...and i missed them!!!!!we had a fire alarm this morning. the door to sideroom 8 was swiftly shut and i concentrated on reading my paper. from what i know of the fire alarms here, the continuous alarm means that it is nearby. (intermittant means an alarm has gone off somewhere else.)i was later told by a nurse that there had been a smell of smoke on this ward and that one of the staff had set http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/men-in-uniform.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-6102578521978070361Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:23:00 +00002011-03-02T11:49:12.638+00:00drsmedicinesideroom8i am currently occupying sideroom 8 on trauma 2. unlike sideroom 2 last year, this room has no ensuite facilities and the view is of a courtyard and the windows of the ward opposite. i always wonder if it would be considered polite to go and introduce yourself to the occupants of these wards, because if you can see them, they can see you! the reason why i've been given my own room is that i am http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-2955682768130995925Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:27:00 +00002011-03-01T23:45:47.435+00:00i can't really believe it, but i'm back at treliske. this time with an infected elbow - bursitis. after it failed to respond to antibiotics my gp sent me here this morning. i am to be given some IV antibiotics and see how i respond. if i don't then my elbow will be opened up. i've had to be a very patient girl as i only got to my bed at 11pm. i can tell you a lot about waiting room chairs. i http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-6215737377897577905Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:52:00 +00002010-09-24T14:18:30.025+01:00campingcornwallholiday matthew and i went out for sunday lunch last week, after failing to secure a lunch in st columb minor (meals from 12-3 but they were out of food by 2!) we drove on round the coast to st merryn where we had a cavery.after the meal we went to constantine and went down to mother ivey's bay the site of some of matthew's childhood holidays, on our way back to padstow we got stuck behind this monster http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/09/extreme-motorhomes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-7388150498266693433Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:17:00 +00002010-09-24T13:51:39.239+01:00cornwall i've been meaning to post about this all summer, but failed. as indeed i've failed to put much on here recently, so much so that there is a bit of a backlog of postings, which may or may not appear in one fell swoop... anyway back to lejog, don't worry this isn't about exercise or anything similarly strenous, it is the shorthand for land's end to john o'groats, should one attempt the journey in http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/09/lejog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-2374620265501913343Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:38:00 +00002010-09-03T16:38:43.246+01:00following on from my previous blog entry, i saw another namesake on my way back from truro today. not mine but for my mother. it was an eddie stobart lorry, with the name angela jane, my mother's forenames. haven't yet seen an elizabeth sarah, but i will be looking out for it from now on.http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-namesake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-572809767380810582Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:29:00 +00002010-08-25T17:55:28.137+01:00holidaytouristfollowing on from my previous post on how to work out if the car in front is from 'up country' this post is dedicated to helping you establish if someone is an emmet (cornish term for someone who isn't cornish). are they...1. wearing a Lifeguard hoodie, when they clearly aren't2. in a family group with two grumpy teenagers in tow3. wearing shorts, welly boots and a kagoul4. eating a full http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-work-out-if-someone-is-emmet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-4847335491962004587Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:17:00 +00002010-08-25T17:28:45.049+01:00campinggpinrnameswhen i go to the gp surgery for an inr test, the nurses use a special programme on the computer to monitor your results and tell you what dose of warfarin you should be taking. i've noticed that there is another patient on warfarin with the same surname as me, but he is an older gentleman, so there should be no confusing of results!well today i saw him. i came in and gave my name at the desk http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-namesake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-3525050499757695112Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:31:00 +00002010-08-19T15:52:15.430+01:00campingmatthew after the first hour or so* i can report that the weekend's camping trip went reasonably smoothly. the tent stayed up - although it took longer than the 12 mins that vango say to put up - you can stand up in it and cook in it, the campsite was lovely with a good sea view and the weather was extraordinarily kind. so much so that i can plan the rest of my greenbelt trip in reasonable confidence http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/holiday-from-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-1149740731118047098Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:17:00 +00002010-08-25T17:45:11.477+01:00cornwallholidaytravelhow to work out if the car in front is from 'up country' (on holiday in Cornwall).is it/ does it have...1. a foreign number plate2. a VW campervan3. a campervan (any make)4. a roof box5. a roof rack with surfboard(s)6. a roof-rack with bike(s)7. a roof-rack with boat8. a roof-rack with canoe(s)9. a shiny clean 4x4 with tow-hitch10. towing a boat11. contain any of the following - body boards/ http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-work-out-if-car-in-front-is-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-8519891949033911583Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:09:00 +00002010-08-12T21:24:18.362+01:00campingholidaymatthewas mentioned in the previous post matthew and i are going to Greenbelt at the end of the month. this is a work trip for me, and matthew has very kindly agreed to join us. we shall be taking a group of young people from across Cornwall. this is the first time that i will have been since i was a teenager myself and my memory is mainly of mud!we took stock of our camping equipment, we both had http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/camping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-5091031498231254073Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:54:00 +00002010-08-12T21:09:02.730+01:00cookinghomewe have a new lodger at home. goes by the name of herman. he doesn't require too much attention, just a daily chat and occasional feeding. though my budget for eggs, flour and sugar has suddenly increased. the bonus is that every ten days or so you do get some cake to eat! so he probably isn't doing too much for matthew's and my waistlines.i was given a herman starter dough, with http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/08/herman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-7211165253871015355Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:56:00 +00002010-07-30T19:07:06.142+01:00gardenjust to update you on our garden produce. we've had a few, very tasty, strawberries, but with only four plants there were never going to be loads, however the plants are reflowering so we may get a second crop. the potatoes were a let down. having had loads of healthy looking leaves, they suddenly wilted, so we decided to harvest and got a lot of very small, but again tasty, potatoes. i thinkhttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/07/good-life-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-9180968940503323607Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:37:00 +00002010-07-28T11:43:51.683+01:00dentistnhs yesterday was my postponed nine month dental check up. it was postponed from the easter holidays as i was a bit poorly back then, so it got rearranged for the summer holidays.for various reasons i have kept with my dentist in hereford. yes it is a bit of a trek back there now, but it generally gives an excuse to visit friends and it is nhs! so although it was a four hour journey each way, http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-miss-sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-7394874479826966310Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:30:00 +00002010-07-25T03:57:58.575+01:00bargainsmatthewshoppingtoday matthew and i 'saved' £76. one of our favourite glass shops Jo Downes had a 70% off sale, and for once there was no 'up to' in tiny weeny letters on the sign. even better this reduction was on everything (except mirrors but it did say that in reasonably large letters, they were 20% off), so we bought a soap and moisturiser holder (see picture) for the Moulton Brown products that we boughthttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/07/bargains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-8569239912963592224Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:55:00 +00002010-07-21T16:12:50.996+01:00drsgp the latest innovation in our surgery is a self service check-in, if there is a queue at the reception desk, you can go to a screen and enter your date of birth. it then recognises you, confirms your appointment, tells you that you have checked in and to wait until you are called.in some ways this is a bonus as it saves hanging around in the queue behind someone with a tedious query on their http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/07/another-surgery-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-8739712957406816706Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:47:00 +00002010-07-21T16:14:55.670+01:00 i see this phrase a lot on blogs...'sorry for not posting recently, i will try and do better', or a variation and it looks as if i am now posting it myself!excuses:-2 weeks away on holiday - rather expensive but very nicenew job is taking a bit of time to get my head aroundi'm tiredi can't always think of something amusing to say!so i have a few posts up my sleeve and will add them on when time http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/07/absence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-1410953379456740679Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:57:00 +00002010-06-16T17:12:30.165+01:00holidaymatthewmedicinetired i'm getting very tired at the moment. i suppose you could say that the drugs aren't working - yet. although i've started on a new immunosuppressant it takes two to three months to fully work, which makes sense as that was how long it took for me to get really ill when i came off the last lot of immunosuppressants in december. also, in an attempt to build up tolerance, i started on a lower dose http://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/06/drugs-dont-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-2756799200549269303Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:56:00 +00002010-07-25T03:57:26.455+01:00 this attractive property in ongar, essex is for sale. a bargain at £185, 950. for further details herehttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/06/house-for-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993121543737501705.post-1496820586613682502Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:38:00 +00002010-06-11T13:54:14.771+01:00gardenholidaymatthewmatthew and i have been undertaking some gardening recently. we are not quite tom and barbara in the good life, but we now have some veg growing. in the past i have been known to grow a few veggies in pots and when epping forest district council gave us all wheelie bins i took the opportunity to convert my old dustbin into a potato bin. however the last two summers have both involved moving househttp://sideroom2.blogspot.com/2010/06/good-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Impatient inpatient)0