Back in one piece

Phew, completed a tune-up in hospital. Scary stuff. Remind me not to go in again too soon. I am exhausted. Sleeping in hospitals seems to be a low priority. My last night I got my usual 2am dose of antibiotics, but woke up with an uncomfortable feeling hand at 230am.

The cannula stuffed up and the antibiotics went into my hand! It took a few hours to get a doctor in and the verdict was that it would go down in a matter of weeks and I do not need to worry about it. Since it was my last night he did not worry about putting another cannula in, and I could go back to sleep. Sweet dreams with that hand!!!

Anyway, I got discharged in the morning, drove home to Devonport, and now that I am updating this blog I am glad to report my hand is almost completely normal again. I am home with a sh1tl0ad of medicine, needles other stuff to cover me for the next two weeks. Then I need more procedures and tests and then get issued with another 2 weeks worth of stuff. Maybe after that I can return to normal except better then ever - we hope.

Gourmet care parcels

Katherine got the ambulance service to deliver me a bag of clean clothing and goodies including home-brew and nice Tasmanian cheeses. Sitting there with my favourite stout, olives, cheese, wasabi peas and crackers I felt very privileged. After I bribed my doctor with one brewski he immediately put a couple of beers on my official drug list. Life is good.

A few tests have shown I might be out of here by next monday, but other dark horizons are on the horizon. I hope they go away.

PS Nurses still have not succumbed to my demands of spongebaths.

Tune-up in Hobart

The Adult Cf clinic has cinvinced me to come in for a two-week tune-up in hospital. Involvves lots of antibiotic treatment. I came to Hobart with Katherine and stayed in a nice hotel. The second night K. had the room to herself and I got admitted. Not all going according to plan, as I was intending to walk everyday, but right now I am tethered to a machine. Not meant to be fun.
If I sit with my laptop on the window sill and connect to an unsecured random network I can occasionally get internet access. Thank goodness.

Sick

Well on the way to recovery again, but I got pretty sick there for a while. It all starts with a call from the doctor to say I 'cultured' a bad bug in my sputum sample and I should go on stronger antibiotics. I knew I had been very 'productive' in that department but that has been so for a year or more now - which has kept me on antibiotics ever since before I even went on the big ride in Europe.

So I change antibiotics to the reccomended ones, the ones that are tested in the lab as being the most effective. inhaled Tobramycin and Ciprofloxacin. I stopped taking my regular broad spectrum antibiotic and started on them. Within days I was really sick. To me these antibiotics obviously do not seem to work as well as the regular stuff I take. I could hardly breathe until after a week I called up and asked if I could take my regular antibiotics as well. So I started on them and now I feel much better again.... Lesson to be learned?

Next week I am going into hospital to get a real big dose of IV antibiotics to clear up my lungs. I have avoided this for 7 years or so since the last time I went in for such 'tune-up'. I am going on the provision I can leave everyday for a walk. Bummer it is in Hobart CBD and the car will be parked 20 minutes walk up the road with friends. I really do not like going into hospitals...

Not much happening...

BBP is guarding the house, I am busy doing stuff and Katherine is doing long hours at the Sheffield station... Go look at the wandksport blog to see some more fun stuff. More to come there still.

Beer in Canberra

Pussycat 'Beer' reclining above Jonah on YouTube...

Sawdust Bridge

I've been taking to running at dusk. Between 5 and 6pm or a little later. When it gets dark in the Don forest and the wobblies come out it is perfect. Love this place.

This is one place where Google hasn't crawled past. They did come past our street, and it wasn't long ago as I can see the cherry blossom out, and they still are!

Water Reservoir

Just near our house, at Kelcey Tier where we regularly walk up the hill, we have this canvas covered reservoir. It is fenced off securely, and I have never seen anyone there. I cannot imagine we cover our water reservoir with canvas... Any explanations? Someone? Anyone? Help me out here.

End of the trip comes all too quick

Well, done my dash, organised a lot of stuff, saw Lucas and worked on the documentary, walked up the ridge and went for a run, and it is back to Devonport for me! See the other blog: http://www.cofe4cf.blogspot.com/

Mum and I walked for miles and miles around Isaacs, enjoying the views of snow topped mountains in the distance and got home just in time to rush to the airport.


As the plane bolted down the runway we saw all these kangaroos behind the fence. Hard to see in the pic, but was pretty cool. I can understand they need to cull them occasionally.


Goodbye cold weather, hello sunny Devonport (8 degrees C. when I landed at 830pm).


A decorated tree in Isaacs...


I also found a Reece's Peanutbutter cup wrapper on top of the ridge, which I found worrying as we just brought back a whole bunch from the USA recently!

Farewell Olivia

Trust me to visit Canberra just when Frank and Jackie are hosting a fare-well party for the twin's friend Olivia who is moving back to mother England with her mum (to work for The Ministry!). Good luck to them, you will be missed, but we'll be alright!

Everybody brought a dish!



Left overs for Kimba....