This last week has seen me take a couple of days sick, my first since joining Fidelity. I went into work on Wednesday despite a sore throat but Thursday morning I woke to find it was much worse and my voice had gone AWOL. Not much point going in when you can't function - so popped them an email and hopefully I'll be back in tomorrow (Monday) because goodness knows, I've enough work on my plate right now.
I tried to get to see my GP, but was told to "go away and we'll get the nurse to phone you". I'm into the car and on my way back home when the mobile rings - less than 2 minutes after being told to "go away" the nurse is on my case. I'm told to take paracetamol, drink lots and rest, and if there's no improvement come into surgery tomorrow. So Friday morning I get an appointment for 9:10 to see Dr Spincer - a good "old school" GP. He checks me over, notices I'd already had one high blood pressure test reading so does another test and I'm now on Beta Blockers for high blood pressure. All part of being a diabetic I'm told. The results of my last retina check-up were not on file so he's going to chase it up and I've to go back next month to find out the news.
Mark & Eleanor spent last Monday - Friday in Barcelona, 4 days & nights site seeing and relaxing prior to restarting their final year at university. Mark's results see him on course for a 1st, and Eleanor is 4% away from a 1st for herself, which she's finding unbelievable, she's not used to having results at that level. That's just reward for the effort she's putting in so we all hope she can maintain it through this last year.
Andy took the first exam in the series towards his Senior Technician's ticket following a couple of weeks at BMW's college during August - and was classified as "Mastered" with 80% on all sections - so he's mightily pleased and ready for the next stage. Right now he's busy fitting some really special Alpine SPX-17REF speakers into his Civic Type R. Although they are available here in the UK he imported them from America and made a 30% saving.
Earlier this afternoon I visited Mum & Dad. They've had a bit of a week, with a trip to the hospital on Tuesday for Dad to have a check over. Transport is by ambulance, so they get collected, get seen, then spend 3 hours waiting for a return ambulance - 4 hours in the hospital for a 15 minute consultation, seems bonkers to me but there you go. Mum was very tired mid-week but she seems better today. Wednesday they had to have the District Nurse out to a problem with Dad's catheter, right when mum was at her most fraught.
Dad's off to Helen Lay for 2 weeks respite on the last weekend of the month and Mum so needs the rest that will give her, a chance to recharge her batteries prior to the run down to Christmas. I don't know if they will be, but I'm hoping Angie & John will be up to see Mum while Dad is in Helen Lay, especially as John now has a rather nice Ford Focus estate.
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