January 2015 – A happy and healthier new year.

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
—Frank Herbert, Dune

That’s about as close to a resolution I’m going to make.
Resolutions at this time of year? Not feasible.
Mid June might be a time more sympathetic to achievement.

2014 has passed,thank god and new year begins with more hospital appointments.
Last year averaged almost one a week !
Good news; bad news?
Well, I am off Warfarin, after a call from my consultant, who also informed me that as a result of a recent kidney scan, I should need further treatment of possible , sluggish passing of urine through the conduits ,fashioned during the big op. in July.
I am not to be unduly concerned by this procedure , apparently.
So, presuming there are no problems ascertained during my pre- op. appointment, I go in for the day on 19 th January ,for Percutaneous Nephrostomy.
Sound awful doesn’t it?
However, it only means a local anaesthetic, given in the Angiography suite, followed by an incision to allow a temporary catheter to be attached to the kidney, the other end of which will be attached to a bag to drain off urine.
It is a procedure used to remove kidney stones.
It should only take 20 minutes or so, followed by rest and supervision, hopefully not more than the day itself.

For myself , apart from a seasonal cold, I feel really well most days and have resumed regular walks in the locality, averaging 13 minutes a KM, which is an improvement.
Whether I shall get back to a 12 minute KM, will depend on the amount of walking I can do, in the next months.
I do not intend to let hospital appointments etc; to become a barrier.

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

I hope everyone that finds time to read the Blog has a healthy and harmonious new year and if Resolutions have been made, every good wish for their fulfilment.
Thanks as always to my wonderful family,just for being themselves.