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To be toetally honest, it's not my best work.
You’re on a good footing though
Nailed it!
Know what....its possibly a sad sign that I would quite fancy a few days with my feet up at the moment...
Well, hilarious development, the first....
York Hospital doesn’t have patient WiFi 😆
York Hospital doesn’t have patient WiFi
Does it have impatient WiFi?
"Hurry up and sign in, I haven't got all bloody day"
Luckily 4G is letting me take my time, I won’t be rushed into this modern world connectivity lark. (Much like the hospital, it seems)
christ, there goes youtube and netflix out of the window for entertainment then. No wifi! is this the dark ages?
That looks like one of those horrible minging flesh eating bugs that quickly munches on your whole body before you die an incredibly quick, yet too slow, painful death until you die to death.
Chin up old boy, it will be fine.
Haven't seen Dune in ages.
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That looks like one of those horrible minging flesh eating bugs that quickly munches on your whole body before you die an incredibly quick, yet too slow, painful death until you die to death
Sooo, better than no wifi then?
Tea time! Looking forward to a nice hearty meal to aid my recovery!
Nope.
Tomato soup and a packet ham sandwich. Lovely.
What is that lumpy stuff floating in your soup? I would use your data plan to go on Hungry House.
can you get pizza delivery to a hospital ward?
I haven’t asked, but as I’m bed bound, it’d have to be to the bedside, and I’m not sure that would go down too well. MrsTHtobe has offered her services as a fast food smuggler though, so all is not lost 😀
In other news, The Big Short is a good, funny, sobering film...
And they’re chopped onions and tomatoes, rustic food innit...
Sitrep.
I’ve been umming and ahhing over wether or not to get some new wireless headphones, to combat apples insistence on binning the headphone jack. The current symphony of snoring, farting and general loud and heavy exhalation/inhalation of breath surrounding me has forced my hand, also adding ‘noise cancelling’ to the list of features.
They cannot come quickly enough...
It’s not all bad news though, the fluorescent lights are still on and working, despite it being 1145 at night, the nurses haven’t lost their shouty voices and the trains outside are running on time, I think.
Night all, see you for the breakfast update...
(AKG N60 NC, as you are asking)
Did your ham sandwich contain real proper ham or was it 'reconstituted' from mechanically recovered sludge - dried, pressed and cut into ham shaped pieces.
Is there a wheelchair on the ward? If there is, hop across and then you have.....mobility!
Night all, see you for the breakfast update...
"Just some toast cut into soldiers, please......"
York Hospital doesn’t have patient WiFi
Well if you will get sick in the third world. (STW is banned in Ipswich Hospital, restricted at the router banned which is also inhuman).
Seems the soldiers are the DIY variety...
Oh, the ham was thick carved iberico negro. In its dreams. Before it was mechanically recovered and shaped in to what you saw above
nice socks...keep those on.
Think they will be vetoed shortly, they’ve gone off to get the gear to measure me up for some fetching white stockings. Ace
[i]STW is banned in Ipswich Hospital, restricted at the router banned which is also inhuman[/i]
VPN?
@tomhoward - My dad had much the same thing, exacerbated by poor circulation, diabetes, being 75 and not seeing it (it was underneath his big toe and he'd been 'uncomfortable for a couple of weeks but not wanted to look'). The were talking about cutting his leg off below the knee at one point when it proved particularly resistant to antibiotics and appeared to be turning into gangrene. Anyway, best of luck and keep smiling 🙂
Yeah, seen that happen to folks before, thankfully my pulse is still strong in my foot (despite being a 25 year veteran of T1 diabetes) and I think the reason it hasn’t healed quite as desired is that I haven’t been off my feet much the last couple of weeks, hence the enforced break.
Of a little concern at the moment is that I’ve been in here 21 hours now and no one here has [i]actually[/i] looked at my foot, I assume due to admiration of my socks.
Ah, well now - I thought you were on the mend and here I am making light of it. Apologies.
Ah, well now - I thought you were on the mend and here I am making light of it. Apologies
No need to apologise, light is what I’m after!
Well my Dad still has more than the average number of legs so it's not all doom gloom 🙂
I've looked at that picture and now I have a tune constantly playing in my head.
"Here we go-oh! Sockin' all over the ward....."
I’ve been in here 21 hours now and no one here has actually looked at my foot
well, they've got you now, haven't they, it's not like you're going anywhere...although I'd be making a bit more of a fuss about it.
Funnily enough, as soon as I posted that, the doc came round and had a look.
Makes you think
did he Dad joke? 'ohh that'll have to come off, nurse get my saw and some pliers' hahahahahahah 😐
Lol, no, not sure this doc has a sense of humour tbh... I’m more hopeful of a laugh from one of the vascular surgeons I saw yesterday, seemed quite the character, wearing braces and a cravat...
I’m more hopeful of a laugh from one of the vascular surgeons I saw yesterday, seemed quite the character, wearing braces and a cravat...
He treated you in a more jocular vein?
Lunchtime!
Beef casserole with mash and brocolli and a nice pear for afters
I do like a nice, juicy pear.
I do not like broccoli so over boiled that it barely retains its structure on the plate, nor do I care for mashed potato that is literally just that, sans butter/cream/seasoning...
You may also shocked to see that nurses aren’t [i]quite[/i] as proficient at dressing toes as podiatrists....
I do like a nice, juicy pear.
Ooooh! Matron!
If you have an iPad I recommend buying and downloading Darkest Dungeon. Much fun.
No gravy?
I take it pudding's off the menu.
Gravy was offered, I declined. Fruit was the best of the pudding options...
A veritable smorgasbord for tea tonight...
Mushroom soup, beef sandwich, cheese and onion seabrooks and a mandarin yoghurt.
Mushroom soup
only just...
Fear not, MrsTHtobe is en route with KFC and Haribo. Salivating just thinking about it...
Today's soup looks the same as yesterday's.
Can you put a santa costume on your foot? You've got the old beard and hair thing going on there with the bandages but I think it'll add a bit of a festive feeling to the pics if you have red coat on your foot.
Dont you just love mash potato that has been served with an ice cream scoop? That mushroom soup worries me more than your toe. Is there such a thing as mechanically recovered mushroom soup?
Take it easy and heal.
My mate has had a number of long stays in hospital with foot ulcers (T1) - over 100 days last year and he's just done about 2 months. Make sure you rest it as he is minus all his toes.
I did 6 1/2 weeks in hospital 2 years ago - broken spine - not much fun. Loads of dementia patients in the Spinal ward - my mate was put in the old folks ward which wasn't fun.
onion seabrooks
There. That's the budget blown right there...