God Bless the NHS.

• by clockman1
• 2013-08-22 07:08:07
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In the words of Spike Milligan..."We haven't got a plan,so nothing can go wrong".My plan was retire in November 2011 and do all the things I had planned. Up to now I haven't got round to any of 'em.
I said to my wife on Friday last, jokingly,"well now that's all over (last spell in hospital) ,I wonder what's next"? Didn't have long to wait. But I digress, here's the plot to date.

February 2012, collapsed,3 weeks in hospital and a pacemaker.
April 2012, massive heart attack,3 shocks back to life again, stent quadruple by-pass,3 more weeks in hospital.
July 2012, back in hospital with palpitations 2 days,meds. adjusted.
September 2012, same again 1 night in hospital.
Feb 2013, mouth cancer scare, all clear thank God.
May 2013, diagnosed with Macular de-generation right eye, currently under observation.
June 2013, arm pains and breathlessness, diagnosed with Angina (someone forgot to prescribe the tablets and spray)!
July 2013, 8 days in hospital serious palpitations, diagnosed with Hypokalaemia (chronic Potassium shortage).More tablets.
August 2013, A & E urine infection (very unpleasant)! Gents, if you've had one of these you will never forget the feeling, there is a correlation between broken glass and taking a pee!
August 2013, enlarged prostate gland, in for treatment and investigation next week.
Next week, who knows!
So, everything is going to plan, not my plan, but a plan. Thankfully I like hospital food. And the funny thing is I have never had a day in hospital or a serious illness in my life until I retired.Should have kept working. I didn't really plan on having my full quota of illness inside 18 months,but hey, I'm still warm and vertical, I'm just glad i'm still here. It's easy to get a bit down when life goes wrong, but I always think lot's of people have got it a lot worse,at least all mine is curable. The moral of the story? Well, in February last year when I got the pacemaker, I thought my world had come to an end, after never having been seriously ill before it was a big shock. However, not to make light of pacemakers, everything is relative.After all the stuff that's happened in the last 18 months I hardly give it a thought anymore. Its there, doing what it's supposed to do and keeping me alive, like many other people on here. Life can be scary, you never know what the next 5 minutes will bring, I have been minutes away from death 3 times in the last year, but I'm still here, and there is a sort of acceptance and peace that comes with realising we're all vulnerable and there is no promise of to-morrow. Get right with God if you have one and keep smiling.
God Bless
clockman1