Thursday, 6 January 2011

6th January 2011

Happy New Year.!

Let me start by apologising for lack of posts, but UK wise, not much is happening besides work, family, and weather.

However, today I finally got to see the ENT specialist after a long 6 week wait. Since arriving back in the UK, I have had nose bleeds every single day, plus earaches, loss of hearing etc.

So, after explaining everything to the consultant regarding my diving issue ... (see http://diveinstructorjournal.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-145-29th-june-2010-reverse-squeeze.html ) he sprayed a local anaesthaetic up my nose. Then up went the camera to have a good poke around.. It was a little uncomfortable, and I was trying not to sneeze!

Nothing untoward up there, so I have been referred for a CT scan to see higher up in my sinuses (where the issue was) and then a possible operation to widen the sinus area. I hope that this operation will not be needed as it will delay any diving for at least 2 months.

My next appointment is the 10th of Feb. A bit of a downer considering our original plans to return to Koh Tao at the end of January.

I shall keep you updated!

SD

x

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That is terrible news about your return date. I wish you could make it sooner!

Unknown said...

I know mate... Trying to stay positive and see what happens with the CT scan... National Health Service is a great system but slow!!