A Condition
Week from Monday 29th January 2024 whatever! - I've eventually got through to a GENERAL PRACTITIONER who is willing to talk to me about my CONDITION(s)! A longish phone call ensued, but it's telling that neither of us have yet mentioned 'THE Cov-WORD' out loud. Of main concern to the Doctor is my RAPID(ish) WEIGHT LOSS. I'm more interested in the fact that, having enjoyed a lifetime of WALKING everywhere for business and pleasure, as of last summer I can no longer comfortably call myself a PEDESTRIAN. I'm venturing out to the Elf Centre on Friday for 'SOME TESTS'... anaemic (i.e. VERY low blood count), erratic BP (well, I've ALWAYS had that!), weight loss, etc etc... Anway, that escalated rather quickly... No sooner had I got home from seeing the doctor, I get another call, urgently summoning me to QA hospital for YET MORE 'tests', necessitating an OVERNIGHT STAY... Long story very short, a month later, I was still there! Turns out I have ...