Hospital cut backs

I got an email late yesterday from my surgeons secretary, she was just telling me that she is concerned because there are nine of her at the moment and they have been told that there will need to be only four from next month, she does not know if she will be one of the five to be put out on the streets. It just seems crazy that we are cutting operations and increasing waiting time to the extent that one in six die (or go privately) whilst waiting and yet we are the "world police" getting involved in civil wars all over the world. I don't understand it, and nobody has been able to explain to me why we do this

Plastic bags - update

Hi all, Just a quick update, spooky really but today in the daily mail there is a big article about how there are MORE plastic bags in use now, not less. I have the full article on PDF if anybody wants it just let me know please

Wastage / Argos

On a different note today, I'm not a tree hugger or a recycling, save the planet fanatic, BUT I do try not to waste the planets resources. I think in the future there will be problems for the young, I'm not young and I don't have kids so it won't effect me, but in many ways I'm glad I'm not young, I think that life will be hard for the adults of the future, but in some ways it's their own fault, I see wastage everywhere

Yesterday I was in town, as I walked by the Argos store they were grabbing passers by and trying to "force" the new Argos catalogue on them, it's a really thick catalogue and comes in a plastic bag too, I see no need for this at all. Apparently despite all of the green hype, we are now using more plastic bags than ever before.

Argos showroom July 2011

I should / would also like to point out that I have nothing against Argos in particular, its just that this caught my eye and I find it amazing

Amy Winehouse

I don't normally comment or get involved with the "celebrity" world, I say celebrity world, because in general it's a different world to the world the rest of us are in, but I do think Amy's death is a tragedy, not only because she was so young, and so talented, but mostly because from what I can see it's just a terrific waste of life, she seemed to have everything going for her, then died at 27. I just think MAYBE this will serve as a warning to other young people that try to mimic her; my local pub is full of young girls that try to be her, they look like her, dress like her, and they hang around the pub most of the day; in honesty I don't know if they take drugs, but I do know that they don't work and they do waste their lives, I just hope maybe Amy's death will make them rethink their lives, in which case, something good will have come from a tragedy

New operation date

Well, late yesterday I got a call from the hospital, they have given me a new appointment, it's September 20th, I guess that's quite quick, - 62 days, but it seems like a long time to me. I know others suffer more, but that doesn't stop me feeling the pain and much lower quality of life than normal. I cannot do much at the moment, I just have to wait.

Operation Cancelled

Just a quick note today as I'm  a little stressed and so off to the pub

I've just heard by phone that my life changing operation scheduled all next week, with the big event in Plymouth on Wednesday has been CANCELLED, this was booked on 28/04/11 so I've been worrying and planning this for nearly 3 months and then it's cancelled with no alternative date offered

It's amazing that they can just do this

I had booked trains, and hotels for recovery after the operation

Cancelled appointment

12/07 I was supposed to be seeing Dr.in Leicester this afternoon re Crones disease, BUT at 3:30pm yesterday I got a call cancelling cos something cropped up, they said they would write with a new appointment "soon". To be fare the weather forecast looks good so it's no surprise, it just means I've waited six weeks for nothing