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Thursday 11 December 2014

Thursday things

I got a return phone call from Albyn Orthopaedics yesterday, following my chaser to them after I had seen our GP on Tuesday. They apologised - apparently they had somehow overlooked the results of my scan, so they immediately offered me a consultation with Mr. Bidwell this morning - and that's where I've just been.

I have a tear on my cartilage to the rear of my left knee. He also said that the gap between my bones was a bit narrower, although it's not ready for drastic surgery yet. There were two possible solutions - keyhole surgery to fix the cartilage (day patient, but general anaesthetic), or, more short-term, try an injection. I opted for the latter, which should happen next week. The type of injection is:


Need to read up on this now.

Everything grinding to a halt at work - I've emptied all the cupboards and drawers and passed my keys on now. Our in-house Quarterly Newsletter has now been issued as well, with the following extract on the front page:


No going back now.

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Still counting down

Another working day out of the way - each one is proving to be more dull than the last. It's hard to concentrate fully when I'm contributing so little. It's the way it should be, of course - and the way I planned it - so I can't complain really, but I now can't wait for it to end.

It's actually a bit of a baptism of fire for my replacement, Ross, as we're in the middle of changing banks just now and, inevitably, there are wrinkles. It's all supposed to happen this week but it's looking very tight now.

Beyond that, not much to report today. Jo had a nice time with her friends on Sunday evening but she's now suffering with a sore back again. I think a hot water bottle for Xmas would be an appropriate gift.

Despite the black ice yesterday, I did get out for an afternoon cycle, but I'm not sure what was creaking most - me or my old bike. I must start looking for a new one - virtually all of my pals now have lighter framed, larger wheeled bikes with many more gears than mine. Some have bought former hire bikes from the shop at Ballater (http://www.cyclehighlands.com/) and I might pop in here when doing some of the CAMRA pub surveys before we head Down Under.

Talking about CAMRA, there's another committee meeting in Aberdeen tomorrow night, but the weather forecast is so awful, I don't think I'll be attending.

To close, my Doctor's appointment tonight was a waste of time. When I phoned the receptionist the other day, she told me there was some correspondence in from Albyn Orthopaedics, but it turned out to be a routine letter, not the results of my MRI scan. Unfortunate, but the receptionist wasn't to know - they aren't allowed to see the details of medical correspondence. I'll just have to wait a bit longer.

Sunday 7 December 2014

Saturday/Sunday

Gary did bring Luca over yesterday for an overnight stay with us, whilst he considered whether to do the Beach 10K or not this morning.

When Jo was at church this morning, Luca and I eventually got dressed and walked along to get my paper, passing Luca's favourite spot - the mound at the corner of Corsee Road, which he loves to climb up on:

On the way up

At the top
Getting down is a bit trickier - and Luca is pretty cautious as he edges his way down.

We met Jo in the High St. and went for tea/coffee/hot chocolate with marshmallows at Tease. Guess who had what?

In the mornings, especially on the days I'm not working, Jo and I have tea/coffee in bed, watching the world - or mostly the trees - through our bedroom windows. I'm still waiting for my first sighting of the red squirrel who was a daily feature last year when I was recuperating from my knee op. Jo says she's seen the squirrel once this year - and he/she now apparently has a mate.

The low morning sun often creates interesting and unusual colour patterns on the trees and there was a moment yesterday morning when Jo exclaimed "look at that!" - so I tried to capture the moment:


It didn't quite come out the way that we saw it.

So that's Sunday almost over now. Gary arrived and took Luca home and then Jo went out to the Tor-na-Coille again - this time with her friends - so I'm home alone, listening to some Spotify.

Planning to go cycling tomorrow then it's back to work again on Tuesday.

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