Today is the day before yet another operation for me. Tomorrow I need to have a general anaesthetic (GA) to repair a blocked tear duct in my right eye, caused by past radiation treatments for thyroid cancer. I’ve lost count of the number of GA’s I’ve had over the past 10 years, but their effect is always the same – I’m awake for 3 days afterwards due to some strange reaction to the anaesthetic’s reversing agent.
Have you ever felt tired but as soon as you go to sleep, you are suddenly wide awake again? It’s definitely a kind of torture! The liquid cosh takes a week to get out of my system, and for all that time I walk about like some kind of zombie. I actually managed to make it through 2015 without one operation, but I’ve put this one off for far too long.
So……if you start to think that Stevie’s a bit quiet this week, you’ll know why. I’ll be circling the airport or sitting staring into space for a few days, but hey ho, at least I won’t have to walk around dabbing at my eye with mountains of tissues anymore.
Isn’t it easy to become institutionalised? If I’ve had to spend a few days in hospital in the past, I quickly become used to meals being brought to me, cleaning being carried out in my room by somebody else, and generally having to do absolutely nothing. However, reality creeps in after a couple of days recuperation at home, and it’s time to carry on running my house and life as normal.
I’m still feeling positive though, as I recently signed a contract to enable A House Without Windows and The Daughter-in-law Syndrome to be translated into German. As I write this, A House Without Windows already has a few chapters translated. Therefore one of my new year resolutions is happily beginning to take shape already!
See you all soon. Stevie’s off to zombie camp…….
lbeth1950 said:
Good luck.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks. I’m okay now.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thank you. On Monday I had a clear neck scan and a normal bone profile. My eye is no longer watery. I am surely bouncing with joy at the moment!
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ellenbest24 said:
Glad you are back and bouncing, great news about the translations and I wish you oodles of luck.
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Deanie Humphrys-Dunne said:
Hope you feel better soon.
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Deanie Humphrys-Dunne said:
Wishing you the best on the new endeavors and the surgery.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thank you. I’m home now and feeling a little delicate, but hopefully not for long.
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Stephany said:
Wishing you the best Stevie! Just think when this is over you’ll have so much on your plate you won’t have a spare moment. Looks like 2016 is going to be a great year for you. Congratulations on your new projects.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks!
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Maddy at Home said:
Good luck! Yes, I know that sleepless feeling . . .
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Carol A. Hand said:
Sending my best wishes and healing thoughts to you, Stevie ❤
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Carol.
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wendyannedarling said:
Best of luck, Stevie! Try to look at it as an enforced rest period, if you can! ♥
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Stevie Turner said:
Cheers Wendy.
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Haddon Musings said:
Stevie, That sounds down right awful. Three days without sleep is enough to make a person loose their mind. Try to stay sane and take good care of yourself and congratulations on the books. Looking forward to reading more from you after your recuperation.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for your message.
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cicampbell2013 said:
Hope the op and the recovery go well. I’m not a great sleeper either, so you could try messaging me and, if I’m awake, we could chat about books.
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Stevie Turner said:
Hopefully I’ll have internet but not sure.
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joanneeddy said:
Prayers for a great result and a better recovery for you, Stevie!
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Joanne.
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Jan Hawke said:
Good luck, Stevie and enjoy the one good thing hospitals do – enforced boredom! Great news about the German versions too! 😀
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Jan. I’ve put my Kindle in my case already!
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annabellefranklinauthor said:
Good luck for your operation, and I hope the zombie phase doesn’t last too long. I know that feeling of being exhausted and unable to sleep – I don’t even need a GA to bring that one on!
Thank you for following me and the storyhounds. I clicked your button to follow you back, but not sure if it worked.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Annabelle. Yes it’s worked. Thanks for the follow.
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Clive said:
Good luck Stevie, hope the op goes well. Looking forward to the high as a kite posts later this week 🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
Yeah, I’ll be circling the airport for days. The stuff they give you is far out, man….
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Clive said:
Some people pay lots of money for that! Presumably this isn’t a good time to tell you that the stress and pressure you commented on earlier was while I was working for the NHS? No, I thought not 🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
I know about that. I worked for the NHS until last June, and never want to go back. The op will be done privately!
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Clive said:
I can understand that! But the NHS are looking after me very well. So far……
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Stevie Turner said:
I’m fortunate that my husband’s employers also pay for me through his private health insurance. I’ve also gone via the NHS on occasions and can’t complain of the treatment, although I must admit it’ll be nice to have my own room tomorrow!
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Clive said:
A real bonus! You may like this: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/01/12/nhs-signs-post/
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Stevie Turner said:
I love the one about all the management levels! So true!
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Clive said:
As an ex-manager the disappointing thing for me was that in over 20 years I never found the sex bunker!
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writeanne said:
All the best for the op and for the recovery. Take care.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thank you.
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The Story Reading Ape said:
Good Luck with the Op Stevie – If you’re looking for a time passing activity while you’re awake, I have about 5000 posts on my blog and a Categories cloud to select from – and you never know, you may fall asleep reading them 😀
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Stevie Turner said:
Ha ha! Cheers Chris…
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The Story Reading Ape said:
😀
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jenanita01 said:
Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for the re-blog!
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jenanita01 said:
Best wishes for your op tomorrow, Stevie… Hopefully the after effects won’t be so bad this time?
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Stevie Turner said:
Hopefully not. The op only takes about 45 minutes compared to 6 hours that it took for the last one.
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