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20:20 hrs
Today did not go as planned...
Fair Damsel had done everything required for her hospital visit and despite a difficult night we arrived well in advance of her appointment which was arranged for 08:00 hrs.
The first hiccup was the revelation that she would not be released until mid-afternoon. I was told to go home and wait for the call to collect her. I saw no point in making two long journeys, so elected to wait in the car. It was a long wait.
Then, came Fair Damsel's phone call. The procedure had been halted due to an adverse reaction to the anaesthetic. Talk about gutted! All her preparation counted for nothing. I joined her whilst she waited to be discharged and once everything was sorted, with her procedure to be rescheduled within two months using a different anaesthetic, we made our way to the exit. To save her a long walk, I left her inside whilst I went for the car.
Then came disaster. It had been raining nonstop and, as I retrieved her bags from the boot to save her having to do it, I slipped and went full length on the rough carpark surface. My right shin struck a high kerb and within seconds blood was soaking through my trouser leg.
To cut a long story short, I endured over two hours in casualty most of which was spent waiting to be seen despite the blood clearly trickling down onto my trainer which I stemmed with paper towels from the toilet. I was x-rayed for some reason before being returned to the waiting area.
Following another interminable wait, a nurse led me to a treatment room, cleaned the wound and covered it with a pad before departing. I waited... and waited... and waited.
Finally, I pressed the call button and when another nurse arrived I explained, with the aid of Google translate, that I was concerned about Fair Damsel who was waiting in the car and needed to get home after her stressful day. Luckily, a doctor looked in and overheard the conversation. She took charge and ten minutes later I left with five stitches.
The least I could do was treat Fair Damsel to a tasty fryup.
All's well in our world, Sunbeams.
😊☄️🌻🌞
I've started my 3 day diet to prep for my colonoscopy. I need to avoid fiber and lactose. I'm allowed butter and aged cheeses because the lactose is in the whey which gets separated out from butter and cheese.
#GetAColonoscopy
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19:00 hrs.
We were both pretty tired after yesterday's debacle and were going to just chill at home, but we did need a few things. We planned to let shopping wait until tomorrow until Sarah stopped by and asked if we could get her a loaf of bread as Mr. C had told her this morning that we'd be going to Intermarche.
So, off we went. Our first stop was Action where I found 2 more flavours of Brets that I haven't tried yet.
I also got a new yarn bucket to hold my yarn while I work. Its handle light's up. 🎃
I wanted to stop by Lidl for some of their focaccia brie but was disappointed when they were out of it. I did, however have the opportunity to give a baby safe octopus and a beaded octopus to a family with a baby and a girl about 8 years old.
We stopped in town so Mr. C could pop into the news agent's and finished at Intermarche. Unfortunately they did not have any of the bread Sarah wanted; so, I called her to see if she wanted something else. She missed my first call and hurried to our door thinking I might be home alone and in need of help. I finally got through to her and reassured her. She said they could make due with a baguette they had until they go out tomorrow.
We finished shopping and headed home (Isn't home a wonderful word?) just as it began lightly raining.
All's well in our world, Sunbeams. 🌞❤️🤩
20:15 hrs.
We had a fairly quiet day and got some much needed rest as life has been a bit unsettled recently.
After having breakfast, doing our French lessons, and watching Jon Oliver, we finished listening to the audiobook of Sir Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent' while I tried to get on with a rather involved crochet project.
I decided to get fancy with dinner by making a pair of upside-down tomato tarts with bacon. I very nearly ruined the bacon through inattentiveness but, fortunately, it survived and was nicely crispy. Mr. C had a fried egg on his tart and I had Boursin on mine. They went down well with tasty mugs of tea and a ghost story read by Simon Stanhope on YouTube.
All's well in our world, Sunbeams. 🌞❤️🌻
Update on us
17:01 hrs
As we drove to Fair Damsel's hospital appointment this afternoon we came upon a road traffic accident with les pompiers in attendance which delayed us for a couple of minutes.
Not long afterwards, somewhere between Cuille and Argentré-du-Plessis, we saw plumes of smoke emanating from the woods to our right and it soon became clear that a wildfire was in progress. Fair Damsel was able to snap a photo of the smoke and another of a fire engine speeding to the scene.
On the return journey it was evident that the fire had been successfully dealt with.
All's well in our world, Sunbeams.
😊☄️🌻🌞
Update on us.
22:11 hrs
I've been unable to do much for the last week or so due to excruciating back pain which may be due to overstretching when I was trimming the trees. I tried to see my doctor yesterday but she's on holiday until Tuesday.
I've been taking paracetamol but needed to replenish my supply this morning and thought I'd do some shopping at the same time. I drove to our local pharmacy only to find it permanently closed with whitewashed windows and no explanation. Undaunted, I headed for the pharmacy in town but that one was closed too. Luckily, the one by the doctors was open. Next stop was Super U where I bought a box of Weetabix before heading for home (Isn't home a wonderful word?).
As I parked up I saw Michel and thought I'd better mention the pharmacy closure. He already knew and told me that they'd simply moved into a new building a 100 metres down the road... I hadn't even noticed it.🙄
Dinner was an absolute treat of homemade sausage rolls by Fair Damsel who used the filling from Lincolnshire sausages. They're the best sausage rolls I've ever tasted and went down beautifully with homemade chips by me. Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious!😋
All's well in our world, Sunbeams.
😊☄️🌻🌞
