Hi all 😁 Feel free to join in this weekly challenge whenever you find yourself thinking “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how to).
This week’s Fan Of… is best wishes & being home. A massive thank you to all you awesome folk out there around the globe sending me your best wishes 😃
For those of you that follow me, you’ll know about my recent unscheduled visit to the hospital. It all started last Wednesday with what I believed was a simple stomach ache. Come Thursday morning, it was still there but not really any worse. It was my day off so I’d already decided to head to Cumbernauld Park to boost my autumn photographs, & a bit of a sore stomach was not stopping that. Still no real issues, until lunchtime, & my first inkling that all was maybe not as it should be.
At midday, I decided to phone work & let them know that I wouldn’t be in for my 5 o’clock shift the following day & then everything (including my pain levels) started to accelerate. Within the next 3 hrs, my wife filled out the patient questionnaire on the NHS Scotland Website, was prompted in a huge red box (seriously, you can’t miss this big red box) to call an ambulance immediately & I was blue lighted & nee-nawed to Monklands hospital & there diagnosed with suspected appendicitis.
I put up a quick blog on Thursday evening (from my iPhone — ain’t technology a wonderous thing), just to let you guys know I’d be off the scene for a while.
Friday was a day of being prodded & poked by various knowledgable looking people, a CT Scan, & a lot of blood tests. Apparently the norm for appendicitis is an age bracket of 20-30 years old; since I’m kicking down the door of 50, they wanted to make absolutely sure that there wasn’t something else going on.
1730 rolls around & I’m off to theatre, a new one for me. Now time didn’t just accelerate, it disappeared. I’ve never had a general anaesthetic before, so wasn’t aware of what it was like. To my mind, it seems like a switch was flicked off, & some time later flicked back on. The anaesthetist had told me to think about something good as I was going under, so I remembered back to the Jurassic Park ride in Universal Studios, Hollywood, that my wife & I went on so many times, & in particular the theme music. I was humming this in my mind when I went to sleep, & was still humming it when I woke up again, wierd 😲
Friday night was pretty uncomfortable & sleepless & Saturday afternoon I was discharged & back home. In all, I went from a sore stomach, to being back home with no appendix (and an increased sense of smell–what the?) in a little over 48 hrs (did I mention they shaved my left thigh 🤣).
I’ve still a long way to go before I’m back to normal. Although the procedure was done using keyhole surgery, it is still very invasive & I have 3 entry wounds to heal (I’m held together with upwards of 20 clamps at the moment).
I’ll be taking it quiet for a while & hope to start getting back to normal with more regular Fan Of… & Water Water Posts in a couple of weeks (sometime in November).
Again, a massive big thank you 🙏 for all the support & best wishes from you guys, makes everything a bit better when you know you’ve got folk rooting for you.
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Take care & I’ll see you all in November 😃
Hey, hoping you are a lot better now. Amber. ❤🙏
Guess what David got me for my birthday!!! Glass reflection balls! A whole set of them in different sizes. So excited to try them out. I hope you are feeling a lot better since this post!
Getting there slowly, thanks, Christine 😊 Looking forward to seeing some lensball shots when you get the chance to get out & play 😃
Just caught up with your post Jez. Hope you are feeling better by now. Like you, our eldest informed me one night that doctors thought he might have a suspected appendicitis. He wouldn’t budge until he had watched Criminal Minds or was it CSI. Hope all is well.
Wishing you a speedy recovery… take it easy… looking forward to when you are back on your feet.
Thank you so much, Bren 😊 I haven’t heard from you guys for ages, hope all is well!
Hi yes we are fine… but took a long break from photography… and social media.
All best wishes for your recovery. Don’t be like my daughter though. She was whisked into hospital just like you, aged 11, just as school broke up for half term. Hospital, groggy convalescence, and lo! she was pronounced fit and well the day school went back on the Monday after. She was displeased.
Thanks, Margaret 😊 That is a shame for your daughter!
She’s over it now. It was 30 years ago!
Good to hear that you are home and healing. I thought I use your experience as an inspiration for my weekly “I’m a fan of…” 🙂 https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/20/im-a-fan-of-hospitals-not/
Get well soon! (btw: nice leg, at least what we can see of it)
I hope you back to normal soon. Hugs! Heal quickly.
Thank you, Natalie 😊
Glad to hear recovery is going well! All the best.
Thanks, Anabel 😊
Good to hear from you. Take care 🤗
Thanks, Rita 😊
Sorry to hear Jez! I took a few days break from my computer and prepared some scheduled posts ! Glad you are on the mend. Best wishes to you!
Glad you are okay and all is well. Take it easy and rest 🙂 Hope your wife is looking after you well and that your work is supportive.
An increased sense of smell? Hmm I have a good sense of smell and trust me it ain’t a good thing! And it was so heightened when I was pregnant too! Hopefully you’ll get back to normal soon with that. I really don’t recommend having a super nose haha!!!
Thank you so much, Ananka 😊 It’s wierd having an increased sense of smell, I can now smell things that my wife can 😂
Have a quick recovery! 🙂
Thanks, Nicole 😊
I am so thrilled you are back home and recovering. Jurassic Park theme. How cool 😀 😀
Thank you so much, my friend 😊
Glad to hear you are back home and doing well. Take it easy for awhile. 🙂
Thank you so much, Barbara 😊
Glad your home, safe and sound. Motherhenning: Remember sleep is when your body heals. Take care of you! God bless.
Thanks, Judy 😊
Glad things are going on well.Take care my friend
More Best Wishes coming your way, Jez. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
That’s so good to hear, Jez. Thanks for the update as I was wondering, from time to time, what had been your lot. Take it easy. It’s all just time.