Sometimes Sayings.

Reginald Hill, the English author claims that Sammy Davis Junior's reply when asked on a golf course, what his handicap was, said:- I am a black, one-eyed Jew.
 

 

My wife saw this on the internet and I have read something similar:-

Husband says to wife "What would you do if I won the lottery?"
Wife replies "I would take half and leave you"

Husband says "I won $12, here's your 6, keep in touch"

 

I got out of hospital a couple of Saturdays ago and had to go back to have my catheter removed last Wednesday. An hour or two later my wife and were told by the surgeon that we could go to a nearby Cafe for breakfast/lunch on condition that I came back to see him later that day. After food and coffee I went to the toilet and lost as much blood as anything else.

My wife drove me back to the hospital and I told the receptionist that I had to see the surgeon again. He fitted a new catheter and re-admitted me to hospital.  I spent to rest of the day in a lot of pain and felt very cold.

After the doctors saying I had Golden Staf. and then E.Coli, they decided I did not have an infection and sent me home on Saturday with a prescription for 14 days of a strong antibiotic. Also an instruction to phone the surgeon's rooms on Monday and make an appointment to have the catheter removed.
When I phoned, I was told that the surgeon was away on holiday for three weeks from today.
I still have the catheter.

Well that is a lot more than you ever wanted to know about me, so I will give you what is probably my last quote from Bryce Courteney. It may not make any sense to you if have not read his books:-

Outside, high above me, a full moon, pale as skimmed milk, floated in a day sky. I felt clean, all the bone-beaked loneliness birds banished, their rocky nests turned to river stones. Cool, clear water bubbled over them, streams in the desert.
 

Bugger me Morris, that's a rough trott indeed, I hope things improve for you

And you are right, I probably need to read a Bryce Courteney book

I do enjoy a good book, more biography type books than story type


Paul

Gee Morris, sounds like the surgeon made a cock up of that. Sorry couldn't help myself.

Relax and enjoy not having to get up in the middle f the night for a leak.

I hope it sort out to your benefit.

Catheters are no fun.

Zuffen,
I liked your comment.
Yes, it is a prick of a thing. After almost eighty years of trying not to wet myself, it is difficult to just let it go. It was good not to have to get out of bed in the night for a wee. I had the catheter taken out two days ago and my biggest fear was that I might wet the bed but the feeling of needing to go was still there.
Now the Doctors say I have to have a heart pacemaker fitted next week. Oh, well, as I told my sister yesterday, I suppose I have to get old some day.

Good luck on the pacemaker.

At least it's a pretty straight forward operation nowadays.

One advantage of a pacemaker is you can't use the microwave, Good reason to get the Mrs cooking.

Off topic a bit but important I think- Morris- Good luck with pacemaker. Medicos may not tell you all the things you should avoid with pacemaker. Didn’t realize microwaves could set it awry. X-rays do- airport security screening, and I guess any magnetic or other electric field can or could send pacemakers out of tune