yes, it's a waiting room

i barely move all afternoon. resting, dozing, sleeping. deb and grandson play around me, i guess. tired ? i blame the drugs :-)

deb drops me at the clinic just after 4pm. the plan is, i give a blood sample then walk to the clinic for 4:30.

blood collection is a locked door with a sign, take a number and ring the bell. so i do. and wait. and wait. a lab courier walks by. i stop her, ask... she says the collection centres are all closed by now. i suggest that the notice here should include opening times.

on to the clinic, well before 4:30.

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it's now after 5:30. we -- people waiting -- are told that next chairs may be free by six pm. sigh...

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hmmm i may have lost something there. not to worry, nothing too exciting i'm sure. i'll invent something new :-)

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i'm in and intubated bt 6:30. dinner arrives first and gets put aside. not much different warm or cold. chicken rendang, i'm told. it may be chicken, hard to be sure. rendang? not if rendang includes spices. still, an enjoyable meal.

the dex effect may be adapting. appetite seems up, water seems to be passing faster. but today's weigh in is still up a kilo on yesterday.

all very easy today... once rush hour has passed. i do twitch my wrist a couple of times and stop the pump. just can't go to the toilet one-handed.

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i doze a lot. it's now 8:30pm, i'm on the first drug still. i think. most patients have left. i expect to leave by 10 or 10:30. another late pickup for deb.

now i'll relax some more. it's still very cold in here but i'm wearing an extra thermal and jacket. cold but not frozen.

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I'm either last or second-last to leave, just after 9:30pm. Nice to be picked up by Deb. Having a mobile does make the pick-up easy to arrange.

Now home. Ready for bed. Once I've unwound a bit. Unwound after a day of doing nothing ? Well, once I've spent some time enjoying being home again :-)

====    Dr Nick Lethbridge  /  Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.
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"If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution." … Einstein
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dying for you to read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com.au :-)
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