Not much to say for myself today, I’m merely slothing around in the wake of my procedure on Tuesday which removed a skin cancer on my arm. My forearm is bandaged up and is to be left dry and intact until I see the nurse at the plastic surgery next Tuesday when I’m sure the unsightly horror will be revealed. My arm itself isn’t painful at all. There is the occasional twinge of discomfort when I move my fingers and I am slightly restricted with it’s use but as I am sedentary for the rest of the week that is not going to be a problem. The procedure itself was a long drawn out affair. Arrived at the day hospital at 11am as requested and, in the best medical tradition, didn’t get allocated a surgical smock or bed for another three hours! Then it was another one hour wait until I was wheeled into surgery and the next thing I knew I was regaining conciousness in the recovery room. Once I seemed to be fully functional they were quite happy to let me go. Before that the surgeon paid me a quick visit, merely asking me if I was alright then quickly going on his way. As he had suggested at my initial consultation that he would like me to have ten days off after the procedure I figured, as he is the doctor, I better ask him about my ability to work after having him remove pieces from my arm. He asked me what I did for a living and them merely stated, “have a couple of days off”! Thanks Vlad. Any chance of some documentation to confirm that? No matter. I rang the surgery yesterday to confirm my Tuesday appointment and they will backdate a medical certificate for me so there should be no hassle. I don’t know why I feel guilty about not going to work? I have enough sick leave that if it was a tangible item it would sink a cargo vessel. I’ve given 25 years service for it, why shouldn’t I take it? In fact it would be stupid to attempt to do anything at work for a few days at least anyway. I could probably get away with sorting a few small parcels but anything more than that such as tipping mail bags would just be silly. So home I will stay until Tuesday at least. And that is all I am up to at the moment. Easing into the last days of the week, relaxing at home, reading, writing and trying to keep myself out of trouble. And just to note, Blogger is still causing me to lose paragraphs, something I will have to investigate so please excuse my editing. It’s not as bad as it looks on this page! Until next time when I will hopefully have found a little more to say, adieu.
Strange Notations From a Laborious Life 