Sunday & Monday update

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Yesterday (Sunday) we went out to Harvester – I'm starting to enjoy the food, and C got a really nice lunch as well. In the evening, we watched Lost and Delirious, which was a fairly powerful movie! I was sure we had Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood, but we could not find it, so have requested this one next from LoveFilm.

Earlier on, I did a State of the Suzy, which I intend to do monthly. Even through only little effort, my weight is down by half-a-kilo. Does not seem like much, but I was more worried that, given everything, my weight would continue to rise substantially. I'm not that heavily built, but heavy enough.

Also mentioned in my State of the Suzy post was the fact that I'd got a letter to choose and book my own gastroenterology appointment via the NHS. The letter mentioned a choice of Saffron Walden Hospital, Addenbrooke's (Cambridge) or Lister Hospital (Stevenage). The website sounded easy enough, so I logged on after C went back to work after lunch. No appointments for any of the three of them were available! So, phoned them up, and my details have now been passed onto Addenbrooke's. In theory, I should hear within a fortnight, so I am hoping that I do. Two steps forward, one step back!

When the landlord came for their quarterly flat inspection on Thursday past, she asked me “Is everything working okay” and I mentioned the light switch between the lounge and the kitchen does not work, and has been baffling us! Well, the electrician called me up today on my mobile, and wanted to come round for a look at it – well done! It wasn't the bulb or the pendant, but a loose wire behind the switch plate.

Will be making dinner shortly!

Comments

[faroon.livejournal.com]

I trained at Addenbrookes. I went back there for my MD viva last March - it's changed loads. Barely recognised it. The middle bit looks more like a shopping centre.

[suzyscottdotcom.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Yes it does a bit - complete with Burger King not far from A&E!

Is Ninewells still also similar, i.e. with various shops in the concourse?

[faroon.livejournal.com]

An opticians, WHSmith, and the Metropole. And some charity shops. And the hairdressers and travel agents, of course.

There was a BK in the "old" Addies, but there seems to be much more now. The medical school bar has disappeared - I used to be the manager there, and now it's been replaced with a row of computers.

Can't remember who the Gastroenterologists were in Addies....

[suzyscottdotcom.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have only been to Addenbrookes during my time down here, either myself or with Caroline.

Funny, when I went for my first genetics appointment at AH, the doctor who was there trained the guy at Ninewells/Whitehills when he was a student. Small world indeed.

[thebustocrookes.livejournal.com]

Presumably " Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood" is about Connex? ;-)

[suzyscottdotcom.livejournal.com]

Ha ha!
No, but that's similar to what I was thinking!

Connex Metro, Just Turn Up & Go - Turn Up & Slow more like it...

[black-velvet73.livejournal.com]

Well done on the half kilo loss; as Tesco's says, every little helps!

Seems a bit pointless to offer a choose and book system for patients if you are unable to do it on-line! At least there was someone available at the end of a phone to speak to you.

[suzyscottdotcom.livejournal.com]

Thanks Kirsty!
It was a moral victory, even if unexpected.

Yes, just tried Choose & Book with Caroline watching (for the 2nd time) and there are no appointments. Hmm.