Nips tucks and other highlights...and lowlights... of my week!

Farewell w/c 9th May...and dont come back! lol!

What a week...starting with yet more shuffling around on a dodgy hip which of course, as predicted, was just fine and dandy on the day I was due at the quacks...sigh! Actually, I made sure I strided about during the morning at work...just to set it off, and then the drive did kind of finish it off...so the doc could see my discomfort just by looking at me! A big hooray, the x-rays I had some time ago had come back all clear...no lingering nasties, so the diagnosis was indeed a sciatica type of thing, which was flaring up creating nasty spasms. More pills to add to the colourful array I already have...which was preferable to the physio therapy I was offered...geez, no thanks - I didnt walk for two days after the last session!

Anyway, the pills (and the TENS machine I kind of got sucked into buying in the chemist waiting for the pills) seem to have done the trick - I can at least walk without limping....for now anyway!

The highlights of my week were all the election shenanigans...I did enjoy all the 'will he wont he'....and 'thank goodness...HE's gone!' Im feeling quite positive about the new set up personally, they dont dare let us down (or do they....mmmmm?!?)

And then came the main event of the week.....my next appointment with my wonderful plastic surgeon Mr V after I walked out in a huff last time...

Once again Dad insists that he will wait for me...sigh...but thankfully we were sent to a much nicer bit of the hospital which had a tv on for him to watch...and more comfy chairs.

For me, not such a long wait and before I knew it I was lying on my side covered in sheets, with a nice little man keeping me company at the head end giving me a blow by blow account of what was happening...yikes! I have to say, for an area that has been quite numb since my original ops, it decided to be somewhat un-numb on Thursday...tut...leading me to beg for more and more local anaesthetic! As it was I could still feel lots of pulling about which was very weird, and almost every stitch, although not painful - and I was so glad when it was all over!!!

Im glad to report that the wound areas are not painful...as long as I dont stretch too much, and Im avoiding laying on that side just now, but thats okay. I felt rather wretched this morning but I think that was all these blooming meds...and the thought of going shopping today - as you all know - not my most favourite pastime, and today my fears were realised!!! Having asked Dad specifically to take things easy on the drive, seeing as I was in a fragile state, what does he go and do but back into the garage wall across the road...aaagggghhh! In the event, I was okay with that...which is more than can be said for the car!!! I thought to myself, OMG...we havent even got out of the close and he's already gouged chunks out of the car, but thankfully noone or nothing got in his way after that...because of course, it was the WALLs fault!

Once the shopping was done, packed away and I got a cuppa down me, I made my escape and went to visit the lovely Babs. It was great to have a good natter and lots of giggles...and generally get away from it all!

I was SO glad to get home though and look forward to a weekend of doing NOTHING! Well, hopefully not nothing...I would like to think I might find my mojo lurking around here somewhere and feel the urge to craft.

But the week is over....and hip hip hooray for that (excuse the pun..lol!)

Before I sign off, a few special sparkle deliveries....for Valerie and Gina - I hope you will both be feeling a lot better soon, for Tracy who will be meeting her little Daisy Ann very very soon, and for Maria - I hope Steven loves his new room!

Nighty night, and a great weekend to you all!
Sue x