'The Crow, The Owl & the Dove'.....

Well Greetings World's !!

It's another Friday, here in England's South-West. I've not been outside yet, but it's really cold & dry out there...... just the way we like it !! There is nothing like walking thru' crispy, iced up
pavements !!

Anyways... It's about 10am & as I type, My Wife & Dearest Friend - B - is behind me, mixing the various things together........ it's baking day !! The menu today, is for a fruit loaf & some home made bread.

Friday has become "bread day" over recent months - I'm glad to say.... I do like fresh baked bread, it's just sooooo special, compared to shop bought !!

As for the rest of the family - we saw ME a day or 2 back. She had a meeting with her mid-wife & then came up to visit us. Altho' she has moved, into the town, she still prefers to use our Dr's surgery. I don't blame her - it's not too bad, as far as Dr's go.

I saw my Dr. yesterday - and I'm going back again, next Tuesday. It's no biggy.... I have a meeting next Thursday & the Dr. is going to write a letter for me. Telling someone about all the crap that has happened over the last 30+ months is one thing - but having a letter, from my Dr. explaining all of the technical details is a big help !!

More of that Thursday meeting, nearer the time....

Going back, to yesterday..... the Missionaries came over for an hour - they really are a pair of nutcases !! The German guy is sooooo much fun - he has this really infectious way of laughing, really so much fun. He has a newish companion, from Texas - and I don't think he knows how to take our sense of humour !! Give him time.... he'll realise, that we are only joking !!

Anyways - with one thing & another... time has got away from me this week !! So much so, that I've not posted as often as I intended - nevermind.....

I've to go back to the hospital, this afternoon - it's dressings changing time again !! It's been a bit of a nightmare this week.... to explain, as best I can...

When i was in hospital - for my last surgery.... the Dr's & nurses wanted me to have a Vac pump, so I left the hospital with Gordon (I name all of the pumps) & we both thought, he would stay on for a goodly while.... a good many weeks at least.

However, this week - the boss nurse, from our local hospital, decided to remove the pump & let things heal, as best they could, naturally. The result of this has been simple - all the goo, that Gordon would of sucked out of me, has just oozed into into the regular dressing & it's become a bloody mess !!

It got so bad, yesterday, that B had to put an extra dressing over the top of the nurses dressing... with me so far ?! This morning - even the newer dressing is saturated.... not good.... not good at all !!

When I go back to the hospital, this afternoon, I'm not really sure what is going to happen. Maybe Gordon will go back on - or maybe I'll stay with the current dressing.... I really don't know. As I often say - time will tell !! I just want it sorted, one way or another.....

..... But, there might be an up side, to the whole mess.

This meeting, next week, is to assess my general health - in a nut shell - to see if I'm fit for work again. Having a gooey hole in my back, well - along with all of the 'photo's I've mailed off already... I think it might be a shortish kind of interview !!

The Government - bless them - are trying to get long term sick people, like myself, back into work...... hence the meeting on Thursday. The fact that I only had to give up working, because of my health & over the last 15 years or whatever it's been.... healthcare professionals have all helped me, with my various problems.

I've not gone to the shops & bought my various odds & end.... the health service has provided me with almost everything !! The Dr's say I'm sick - actually not breathing last March, was a bit of a giveaway really - sooooo.... what this meeting will actually achieve, I don't know !! Once again - "time will tell" !!

It's going to be an interesting meeting & that's for sure !! Oh well !!

As for the music of the moment.....

Well, I've been fortunate to get a 2012 Nightwish 'single'.... 'The Crow, The Owl & the Dove'. It came over from Germany & reached me yesterday..... it's well good, with 2 tracks I didn't already have. The tracks are:

1) The Crow, The Owl & The Dove - radio edit
2) The Heart Asks Pleasure First
3) The Crow, The Owl & The Dove - album version
4) The Crow, The Owl & The Dove - instrumental version
5) The Heart Asks Pleasure First - instrumental version

I wasn't going to buy it - but I saw it, on a web site, for 5 Euros & I couldn't resist it. Mind you - the postage was twice that.... but, it was well worth it !!

I'll put it on the Mini Egg, some time today.... got to make room for it first !! Actually - I've still have to fit 'The Hobbit' Cd's in as well..... it's no good, I'll have to decide what I don't listen to & take that off....... it's not going to be easy, as I play nearly everything, at some point or another !!

Oh well..... I best be on my ways..... things to do & stuff like that. But - just going back to yesterday...

As mentioned, the Elders came around yesterday.... and, by chance, my giant poster of the back wound was here in the living room. It's the first time, that either of them had seen it... all 1008 square inches of it !! I'm not sure exactly what the American guy thought of it - but, the German guy loved it, so much, that he took a picture of it, with me beside it..... we really are mad !!

Right - I'm away... a neighbour has come over to see B... and have a natter !! Sooooo - as usual, I thank you for your time & for logging in to read my words. It's always good to know you're out there !! My thanks again... until next time.....

Bye Bye