I’m painting a repair to an interior wall when the phone rings. I look at the paint-laden brush and consider ignoring the phone. Most day-time calls are automated silent calls, scammers trying to persuade me to hand over my computer details or dubious sales calls, the last affectionately known as SPIT, spam over internet telephony. [...]
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Off with the cast
16 March, 2012
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No, I wasn’t planning a DIY amputation. After all the delays at the hospital, I decided to remove the cast from my fractured right wrist and get on with recovering in my own time. I ordered a brace with front and back splints, as recommended by the doctor, then planned how to remove the cast [...]
Read moreHeal thyself
13 March, 2012
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After a two-week gap, I was back at Aberdeenshire Royal Infirmary this morning to have my fractured wrist checked. The appointment started well: only a small queue of people waiting to be seen by the consultants, a small delay in X-Ray while a badly injured accident victim was seen to, and then in to see [...]
Read moreFractured wrist remains stable
21 February, 2012
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The Other Half took the morning off work today to drive me into town for my weekly visit to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to have my fractured wrist checked. I saw a professor of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal science, who’s also a trauma specialist. He said it was one of the worst wrist fractures he’d seen [...]
Read more Braving ‘the Big Freeze’
5 February, 2012
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We went for a family walk to the summit of Dunnideer today. Yes, we ignored the dire warnings about temperatures as low as the Himalayas and failed to heed the the advice to not make unnecessary journeys as we braved the ‘Siberian conditions’.
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