I have my appointment for CT scan and pre-assessment at UCLH (Euston) on Wed 17th, probable surgery date for the cement injection Thursday 25th. Of course there were the usual NHS complications over contradictory messages about the appointment and arrival times. Sadly you just have to accept that as par for the course these days. At least it was all digital and not reliant on what now passes for second class post. Fifth class in a third-world country, more like.
My blood sugar levels (HbA1c test) have drifted up gradually from high 30s (OK) to 41 and 42 (borderline "pre-diabetes") and now 45, which isn't actually diabetic, that starts at 48 or 49). Probably age-related increase in glucose intolerance rather than anything nastier - I hope! So I've been put on a pre-diabetes course for a couple of months now and am trying to make a few diet changes (basically, eat less!) and get the exercise up a bit. To that end I've got a pair of carbon-fibre Nordic walking poles and use them to power along the corridors here. Gets the heart and lungs going better than any amount of ordinary walking. Took them outside yesterday for the first time.
Mine are black with red trim - not luminous green!
Had a burst of the arthritis or whatever it is I get occasionally in the base of my right thumb. Well, it's there at low level all the time, but these acute bursts happen maybe two or three times a year and make my right hand both painful enough to disturb sleep and 75% useless for most things. I treat with Volterol and Co-Codamol (with the usual consequences) and whichever herbal ointment I've talked myself into trying on an "it just might work" basis. The attacks build up over a few days, bad for a day and a half, I sleep better on the second night and it's gone - or at least as gone as it ever is - in the morning. Works every time, I have no idea why...
