Springtime Blip

Yikes! It has been a while since my last post to say the very least. I got a headache on the afternoon of my last post. It hurt a lot and then it hurt some more and stayed with me until an operation in April stopped it in its tracks. I spent 8 worrying days in hospital during this time and lost a lot of weight (I didn't have a lot to lose!) but eventually got my allotted MRI slot which was the turning point in my diagnosis.

The Neurologist identified what he described as, "some crud" in my Sphenoid sinus (later, properly diagnosed as Acute Sphenoid Sinusitis). You have to remember that human nature had had me thinking the worst so this sounded like great news! I asked if he could give me a tablet to make it all go away but he referred me to Lincoln's senior ENT consultant, Mr McRae. To cut a long story short, antibiotics didn't help and he operated to cut into the sinus cavity, drain the infection out and make my drainage holes larger to hopefully prevent a recurrence.

I woke up from the anaesthetic without a headache for the first time in 5 weeks! A really strange experience, it feels like it happened to someone else now, very worrying for my family and friends, all of whom were fantastic throughout - I wish I had felt like eating and drinking all the lovely things they bought to hospital for me! A huge thank you also to the nursing staff at Lincoln County Hospital - such kind, hard-working people - they really made a difference to me. Such a shame that the poorly managed behemoth that is the NHS makes it so hard for them to earn a decent living....politics is for another day...

Blogging and many other aspects of my life have therefore been put on hold for a number of weeks. The OCG has however taken up a lot of my recovery time and I'll leave you with a couple of pics to bring you further up to date with progress.

Construction finished late Jan. Much work now needed on the soil!

3 beds de-stoned and weeded - only 4 more and the fence beds to go!

Getting into shape finally!