tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2530496167653617147..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: New Year on the wardDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-10006270002057771082019-01-06T21:19:31.329+00:002019-01-06T21:19:31.329+00:00Thanks. Noel, all the very best to you. It's b...Thanks. Noel, all the very best to you. It's been too long.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31959728655335884112019-01-06T20:57:03.249+00:002019-01-06T20:57:03.249+00:00Liam told me of your hospitalisation.
Get well soo...Liam told me of your hospitalisation.<br />Get well soonNoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303609084203653236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-23228264670852658592019-01-06T13:45:57.667+00:002019-01-06T13:45:57.667+00:00As one of the nurses said, it's never boring h...As one of the nurses said, it's never boring here if you enjoy the human scene. A watered-down version of Dostoyevsky's 'From the House of the Dead', but conducted from a position of prone more-or-less comfort. Thanks for the well-wishing. The one thing folk can realistically wish me is a 'convalescent New Year'.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-40489658754703889092019-01-06T13:00:20.006+00:002019-01-06T13:00:20.006+00:00Well - that sucks for New Year. Which is actually ...Well - that sucks for New Year. Which is actually a ridiculous comment because it would suck at any time of the year. Sounds like you are "keeping cheerful" and "making the best of it' in true stoic fashion. You've turned the ordeal into an entertaining commentary on closely observed humans. Really hoping this trial by hospital ward and kidney end soon and you are fully recovered. All the best David.Josie Holfordhttp://www.josieholford.com/snows-part-two/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-62437283426697019682019-01-06T09:02:56.026+00:002019-01-06T09:02:56.026+00:00Thank you, John; I'm lucky in that it just hap...Thank you, John; I'm lucky in that it just happens around me. Plenty of ins and outs so the stories accumulate. I am currently stricken for 94 year old John, who had a good day yesterday - the members of his Iranian Anglican church came to see him, and he is 100 per cent lucid when he speaks, but in the night he fell out of bed twice. Heartrending.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-520006864387923382019-01-06T08:38:25.249+00:002019-01-06T08:38:25.249+00:00Wishing you well, David. Your evocative snippets r...Wishing you well, David. Your evocative snippets reminded me of something I read about the novelist William Trevor: that he loved sitting on park benches just long enough to pick up a scrap of a story sufficient to prompt his imagination before getting up and moving on to another bench. I'm sorry that the analogy breaks down in as far as you don't have the option of mobility, but I hope you're comfortable and discharged very soon. JohnGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-7581611690338713332019-01-05T18:50:20.447+00:002019-01-05T18:50:20.447+00:00Thank you, Jan (David, please). At least five days...Thank you, Jan (David, please). At least five days to go. I feel perfectly well but a temperature still needs reducing. They've found the source which means another horrid 'intervention'.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-82702611039391756952019-01-05T15:44:59.956+00:002019-01-05T15:44:59.956+00:00Sorry to hear that, Mr Nice! Nine days! I wish you...Sorry to hear that, Mr Nice! Nine days! I wish you full and comfortable recovery!honza_klhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00232796321950835956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-1224435269155768922019-01-05T09:05:22.567+00:002019-01-05T09:05:22.567+00:00I do support the NHS as a principle, and it is won...I do support the NHS as a principle, and it is wonderful that it saves so many people's lives. In big things it is superb. The people who work for it are mostly dedicated and heroic. But I see so many flaws and false economies going on here, chiefly in the strict demarcation of roles and the shocking lack of attention to hygiene (the bathrooms can get filthy; the company to which the work is contracted out cleans them only twice a day, and fails to send anyone if there's a mess. The nurses aren't allowed even to pick up detritus left in them). I'll list all the defects in another post.<br /><br />It was J who said I should remove the name of the ward and the nationalities involved - privacy protection etc. <br /><br />Willym, mixed emotions are very much what I feel. I only wish things that happen here didn't keep raising my blood pressure. <br /><br />Sue, it was exactly my thought that a novelist with a fine imagination could spin this into gold. I wish I had that sort of imagination! <br /><br />Thanks to all for good wishes.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31999291997217606642019-01-05T00:37:51.671+00:002019-01-05T00:37:51.671+00:00Good grief, what a change of year you are having. ...Good grief, what a change of year you are having. You have the makings of a brilliant novel here, though one I suspect you’d prefer not to live through it as you are, let alone write about later. Weak remedy though they might offer, we send you all the very best wishes for recovery and escape from your current environs.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-20390435541699729652019-01-04T23:55:35.092+00:002019-01-04T23:55:35.092+00:00If I had to post one of the emoji things to indica...If I had to post one of the emoji things to indicate how to feel about this post I'd be at a loss. At times I want to laugh, other times cry and quite often feel angry. Then I realized that the old heart would have done fine. Sending all those hearts to you, J and them as what's looking after you. As always you painted a picture of what's happening around you with wit though this is not a trip I want to go on with you.<br /><br />Big, but gentle hugs from this side of the ocean for a speedy recovery.<br />Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-74071550041719762952019-01-04T23:37:06.885+00:002019-01-04T23:37:06.885+00:00Name ward if you want to.
You are not living in v...Name ward if you want to.<br /><br />You are not living in village Russia.<br /><br />I am sure it is a fine hospital it just the other patients.<br /><br />Liam mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788263195389627235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-56700196433445811902019-01-04T23:34:34.669+00:002019-01-04T23:34:34.669+00:00Very unpleasant David .
It is called been ill.
An...Very unpleasant David .<br />It is called been ill.<br /><br />And the need to have private health insurance.<br /><br />Yo are experiencing democracy in action. .Life post Russian revolution.<br /><br />I had it for two nights two years ago before moving to my private hospital.<br /><br />Reality is very harsh. ..<br /><br />Get well soonLiam mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788263195389627235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85993614134358493982019-01-04T16:42:47.906+00:002019-01-04T16:42:47.906+00:00Thank you, Laurent, and especially for refraining ...Thank you, Laurent, and especially for refraining from 'Happy New Year' - it can realistically be called a 'Convalescent New Year'.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-87001602191232816742019-01-04T14:25:41.212+00:002019-01-04T14:25:41.212+00:00Wishing you a speedy recovery. All best wishes to ...Wishing you a speedy recovery. All best wishes to you.larrymuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137517764919401795noreply@blogger.com