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Addenbrooke’s circular
Jul. 5th, 2007 10:53 pmLast time, on the Suzy show… I’d got my left ear stud stuck inside the lobe, it was starting to swell and get painful, and neither of us could get it out. A local doctors surgery in Royston referred us to A&E in Cambridge or Stevenage.
I prepared myself for the worst, and headed for Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge A&E. Royston is half-way between Cambridge and Stevenage. The other A&E I could visit from here is the Lister in Stevenage, but I’ve not been there before. Addenbrooke’s was easy enough to get to – 26 to Trumpington High Street then a citi7, although that move may not be possible soon enough during forthcoming roadworks.
Anyway, once I got there, and almost missed the A&E reception when one of the directional signs was barely visible (someone had placed a CCTV camera in front of it), I made it to reception, and was booked in with “left ear problem”. Interestingly, someone else from my own doctors surgery has been here before, as they already had the details – spelt incorrectly though. Never mind, better than explaining!
So anyway, after being looked at by a few people, one of the nurse practitioners went off to get her boss. Her boss brought with him a pair of sterile nutcracker-size tweezers. He tries to see if he can get the “butterfly” back off the ear stud.
He starts trying, and then feels he has a little more give than he expected. He pulls a bit more, and the entire stud comes out – through the back of my ear.
Ouch.
I manage to down some painkillers (my own, I hasten to add – I brought some paracetemol. After asking Caroline to get me some while she was out yesterday – I’d used all my own – she pointed me in the direction of a Spanish text printed packet in the bedroom… this isn’t getting too contrived for you lot, is it?)
Anyway, I then was able to proceed to the pharmacy, waiting a bit, having a walk, finding the food court (yes, believe it or not, there is a Burger King not far from the A&E unit at Addenbrooke’s), and returning for my script. In the ten minutes which I had to wait after walking, I was able to use one of the free web terminals that are provided around the site.
So, around three hours or so, and it went better than I feared!
I went out to the bus station at Addenbrooke’s, and the first bus to arrive heading towards the city centre was a Park & Ride (Service 99 – the green one). This was no green Trident though, this was one of the citiPlus branded examples for the 13. Got off at Emmanuel Street, as I am sure you can tell from the pic…
… and behind us on the 77 (the red one), was this…
… went for a bite to eat, and then received a phone call about tomorrow…
I prepared myself for the worst, and headed for Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge A&E. Royston is half-way between Cambridge and Stevenage. The other A&E I could visit from here is the Lister in Stevenage, but I’ve not been there before. Addenbrooke’s was easy enough to get to – 26 to Trumpington High Street then a citi7, although that move may not be possible soon enough during forthcoming roadworks.
Anyway, once I got there, and almost missed the A&E reception when one of the directional signs was barely visible (someone had placed a CCTV camera in front of it), I made it to reception, and was booked in with “left ear problem”. Interestingly, someone else from my own doctors surgery has been here before, as they already had the details – spelt incorrectly though. Never mind, better than explaining!
So anyway, after being looked at by a few people, one of the nurse practitioners went off to get her boss. Her boss brought with him a pair of sterile nutcracker-size tweezers. He tries to see if he can get the “butterfly” back off the ear stud.
He starts trying, and then feels he has a little more give than he expected. He pulls a bit more, and the entire stud comes out – through the back of my ear.
Ouch.
I manage to down some painkillers (my own, I hasten to add – I brought some paracetemol. After asking Caroline to get me some while she was out yesterday – I’d used all my own – she pointed me in the direction of a Spanish text printed packet in the bedroom… this isn’t getting too contrived for you lot, is it?)
Anyway, I then was able to proceed to the pharmacy, waiting a bit, having a walk, finding the food court (yes, believe it or not, there is a Burger King not far from the A&E unit at Addenbrooke’s), and returning for my script. In the ten minutes which I had to wait after walking, I was able to use one of the free web terminals that are provided around the site.
So, around three hours or so, and it went better than I feared!
I went out to the bus station at Addenbrooke’s, and the first bus to arrive heading towards the city centre was a Park & Ride (Service 99 – the green one). This was no green Trident though, this was one of the citiPlus branded examples for the 13. Got off at Emmanuel Street, as I am sure you can tell from the pic…
… and behind us on the 77 (the red one), was this…
… went for a bite to eat, and then received a phone call about tomorrow…
