C-c-c-cold

I don't feel too well.

I've done quite well avoiding all the bugs going round for the last few months, but finally one's caught me (or rather I've caught one).

I have a cough & the snuffles, that's all, just a simple cold. I'm not dying. It's probably not actually Asian Bloke Flu...

Yesterday I noticed that every time after I'd got the patient off to sleep, my consultant supervisor sent me off for a teabreak. In fact, he & I barely spent any time in theatre together. And then he sent me home early.
I was taking it personally - had I done something wrong? He saw I looked a bit dejected so he took me to one side.
"Thanks for doing all the work today" he said. "It's just that I'm going skiing next week & don't want to catch your virus."

Fair enough; I got home early.
(I might cough a bit louder today...)

EDIT: I got sent home early again today! Woo hoo!

Anyone who knows me will, at some point in our friendship, have accused me of having either TB or Chronic Bronchitis because when I have a cough, it lasts for ages. Sometimes months.

When I've got a mild cold though, my voice deepens a bit, which I think makes me sound more reassuring when I talk to patients.
Truly a VTMK. Very good for manipulating nurses...



It all started last week. I found out that one of my shoes has a hole in it.
(Sadly my discovery came shortly after I set off walking to work in the thick snow and couldn't do anything about it; I had quite a soggy foot for the rest of the morning.)

Only the one shoe has perforated though. I have a perfectly functioning plain black right one.


It's a shame I can't use the good one at all, I thought


Then I had an idea...

(and if you've read previous posts on this blog, you might see where this is going... )



Some might call it stingy. I prefer to call it resourceful.

(OK, OK, I'll go shopping this weekend...)