Tuesday and I am so calm about being in the Day Surgery Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital. I thought that I would be nervous with a feeling of dreadful events coming to pass. How come I am not dreading having my elbow cut open and having someone poke around to put a main nerve right? Most of the people involved in this operation are total strangers that I have only just met. I am somewhat amazed at the confidence that I am showing in these people. With the way my mind has been behaving in recent times, I would have bet money on me being a nervous wreck on this day. Now that crunch time has arrived, I am in the operating theatre laughing and joking with the people who are going to be attempting to repair my elbow. So I wilfully lie down and accept the I V valve being inserted into the back of my hand before the oxygen mask descends onto my face. "Take a few deep breaths" is the last thing I hear until I start to wake up in the recovery room. My first feeling is of the ventilator pipe sliding out of my throat. I hear a voice but don't know what it is saying at first. Then I hear my name and start to focus on my surroundings as well as I can without my glasses. The bed starts to move and I am soon back in the ward where I walked from about an hour or so before. On the chair is my dressing gown that I hung up in theatre earlier. Now I just need to wait for my lift home. I got plenty of reading done and most of the Planet Maz script written and watched people coming and going until, just before 7pm, my lift arrived. I had been getting a plentiful supply of tea and biscuits while I wiled away the time until I left for home. I did make a few fans while I was there and the link to the Planet Maz Radio site is being passed around and shared. The team were brilliant and there will be mentions for them on Thursday's PM Live Midweek, so I hope they will all be listening.
Wednesday is supposed to be my pay day except that the benefits office has messed up again and I haven't been paid. To add insult to injury, the council has sent me a bill for council tax and I'm supposed to be receiving Housing and council tax benefits, so I have more incompetence to deal with tomorrow. Also tomorrow, I get to take the padded bandage off my elbow. Talking of which, I hope that I get a better night's sleep tonight. I am not someone who can lie on their back and go to sleep. I have to elevate my arm so I have to sleep on my back. I don't like it at all. So I'll try to get some better sleep than I had last night. At least Planet Maz got recorded and uploaded successfully. That's about all for now. Let's see what else can go wrong tomorrow. TTFN.
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