Tag Archives: bronchiectasis

I Don’t Love It When A Plan Doesn’t Come Together

Posted on February 27, 2024 by S

Oh boo, and indeed, hoo. No, not a ghost haunting Horton, my sentiments when today’s nebuliser trial prior to me being discharged from hopstical went badly and has seen me not be discharged today at all. With luck and no … Continue reading →

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Carry On Hopstical

Posted on July 6, 2023 by S

When I saw the chest specialist last week we discussed the probability of me coming in to hospital for a two week course of antibiotics. There had been no news on that front when I checked in with my GP … Continue reading →

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In Two Hundred Millimetres, Turn Left

Posted on May 25, 2020 by S

Oh hello, you caught me right in the middle of the absolutely nothing I’ve been doing for nine weeks. I’ll just wash my hands. And burn my clothes. And hide any SatNav evidence I may have been to visit Dominic … Continue reading →

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Sergeant Rock Cake

Posted on February 21, 2020 by S

In the future all entertainments will be interactive and interchangeable. Mr Bean will be able to come in like a wrecking ball dressed as Miles Cypress Hill if that’s what you’d like. The Beatles can be John, Paul, George and … Continue reading →

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Couldn’t Put Humpty Together Again

Posted on November 12, 2019 by S

It seems I’m not meant to arrive in America via Chicago’s O’Hare airport. In July 2018 a vacation had to be cancelled because of my stupid lungs. This week I’ve just had to cancel another USA trip but only indirectly … Continue reading →

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Hopstical#4

Posted on September 22, 2019 by S

Managing to get enough sleep in hopstical is a big deal. I’ve not had enough all the time I’ve been here but last night I got almost seven hours in two chunks. Ooh the luxury of not having a shouty, … Continue reading →

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Hopstical#3

Posted on September 21, 2019 by S

All prayers are answered. Sometimes the answer is ‘Yes’. Just as I was dreading the approach odd another night when the hospital bay I’m in would be disrupted and rendered a poor sleep zone by Mr Cantankerously Loud in the … Continue reading →

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Hopstical#1

Posted on September 20, 2019 by S

I’ve been in hospital having intravenous antibiotics for the last eight days and will remain here until the course is completed in a few more days time. For about a month prior to admission I had been pretty rough with … Continue reading →

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A Kind of Hush

Posted on September 6, 2019 by S

It’s been slightly quieter here than it usually is. In this blog place, I mean, not my life. Although my life is necessarily quiet because of continued respiratory flare-up. A month of two different antibiotics hasn’t improved things very much … Continue reading →

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Just Say Meh

Posted on August 13, 2019 by S

I did an outside today. Did you see me? I was the one looking really out of breath and muttering about not wanting to do an outside. But I had to do an outside to pick up some meds. I … Continue reading →

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