When It Rains, It Poors!

 

Just before Skye, Scotland 2011

 

Well, you may be wondering why I’ve been missing in action for a couple of weeks now?  The day after my last post I went in to see my GP over a severe stitch in my side only to find out that I had acute appendicitis!  The upshot of all this being that I ended up in hospital that same evening and had surgery the next morning to remove it.  Since then I’ve been recuperating (which takes much longer and is far more painful than they tell you when you go in) and trying to make sure that I actually am taking it easy after last weekend when I ended up taking my first ambulance ride to the hospital again after trying to do too much, too soon and cutting back on painkillers too early (won’t be doing that again!!!).

On the upside, I did manage to play with my UV unit before I went in for surgery and it works like a dream!  Also, I’m an organised person so it hasn’t been too difficult to reorganise things for the month post-op (it’s going to be 4 to 6 weeks before I can lift or extend myself).  In the meantime, I’ve had to completely stop – everything.  And just take it easy.  This is the hardest thing to do for someone who is used to going a hundred mile an hour.  I can’t even do the most basic things for myself at the moment.

It has however, shown me just how lovely people can be – and how many good friends and family I have – really really wonderful people.  It’s truly appreciated and slowing down has allowed me to actually catch up with them more too – which I’m really enjoying.  Slowing down has forced me to see just how quickly I was going along in life, perhaps too quickly.  I think there are going to be some changes made when I’m back on my feet as a result.  I enjoy having my weekends back to give them up again!

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