Countdown to the Op!

 July 29th

Gulp....4 days to go. I'm starting to feel a tad apprehensive. I had the Pre-op, (blood pressure, blood tests, MRSA swab and of course weight) on the 21st with a thumbs up from the nurse. (Covid test no longer required.) Certainly made it real and brought it home to me that it really was going to happen. Even the junior doctor strike hasn't effected the date, probably because I'm going to a private hospital under the NHS. So to get ready for the op, 5 days before the day I must shower every day with Octenisan wash lotion, put on clean clothes and then spread a small amount of the tube Octenisan gel up each nostril twice daily. Today is day 2!

 

I have also managed to lose 12lb so far, just 2lb to reach my goal of a stone. With only 4 days left, I may have to skip one of my meals, or make it even smaller to achieve that! 

Exercising for thirty minutes a day has also been on the agenda. Mostly sitting down, but the Joe Wicks program certainly gets the heart rate going! And then there are the physio exercises, predominantly targeted at getting the muscles stronger around the knee, gosh the pain when I'm doing them.... but needs must and determination on a speedy recovery is my aim.

Had a welcome visitor on Pentland yesterday. Posed while I took the photo through the window.