Silence!

Yesterday was a good and bad day in equal measure.

I had to attend a hospital appointment (I am particularly not good at hospitals) to investigate something 'peculiar' in my throat. In my sublime ignorance I imagined the surgeon would merely take a look and decide on a course of action to be followed at a later date............ How wrong was I??

Within minutes I had a gob full of needles and knives, thankfully allowing me no time to panic in my normal fashion!!

I now can't eat temporarliy and to the joy of those around me can't speak in anything more than a very pathetic whisper....I am not renowned for having 'demure feminine tones' and the relative silence has caused much humour among those around me :o)

We hear much criticism in the media on the subject of our national health service, in fact we seem to hear nothing but criticism.......well for my part I have never had anything but excellent and sensitive treatment at the hands of our medical professionals......and believe me I have had my fair share of dealings with them. Yes, I'm sure waiting lists could be shorter, management more efficient and that among their numbers there must be one or two 'dodgy characters' but at the sharp end it seems to me we are damn lucky to have so many dedicated individuals.

So it's soup and ice cream on the menu for a few days............bring on the Haagen Dazs :o)