Flying without wings.

[glowing]

Last Friday, one week after an operation on three toes, I had cause to visit the district nurse to check whether or not one of the wounds had become infected. I sat in the treatment chair and suddenly without any count down or we have lift off warning the chair took off and kept rising until my feet were level with the waist of the taller than average nurse. The words of an old song sprang to mind - I'm so dizzy my head is spinning. I could see the top of her head and noticed her roots needed touching up. I didn't dare release my grip on the chair arms to point to the problem area. I was describing the exact spot whilst the nurse was undoing the bandage and before I could warn her about the pins sticking out the end of two toes or about the dressing having stuck fast to an open wound she had already tried to remove it all by tugging at it. By the time she had finished I was almost passing out. Whether it was from the pain or the fact that anything more than twelve inches off the ground gives me vertigo, or a combination of both, I don't know. The nurse called my husband in to help me out. He was surprised to see me very pale and with a cold wet towel mopping the sweat from my brow, which helped me fight off the need to vomit. It took a few minutes for my brain to remind my legs of their duties before I could walk to the car.

It turned out to be a large blister that had burst and soaked the dressing, though why it was there in the first place I have no idea. I am dreading having the stitches removed on Tuesday.

[john]

poor you.
i hope all goes well next week. you've been through a lot lately, fingers crossed for a quiet time from now on eh?
take care, john

[gilliem]

We're back to the lack-on-communication thing! What would it have cost that nurse to warn you about the chair, or ask about what was under the dressing? This kind of thing makes me cross! Seeing those hair roots would have had me mentally touching them up with green or blue, or that psychedelic carrot red you see some youngsters sporting! Hope you're feeling calmer and better by now.
Best wishes,
Gillie.

[bamber]

Sounds awful. How insensitive they were.

[mali42]

Hi Glowing

Tuesday will be a breeze after that ordeal and lets hope you get a different nurse :-)

Malcolm.

[liz2mac]

Good grief, I hope all is as well with you now as can be hoped! Pity you didn't vomit on the head, that would have been a learning curve that they would not have forgotten. I do hope that there isn't an infection and that all is well.
Liz