A very Happy Birthday to Conall!! 8 Today!!
Well, life on the farm has been pretty quiet. Si's been working hard and I've been doing the odd job here and there to earn some pennies.
Si' had a CT Scan last Wednesday and now we're patiently waiting for his 2nd appointment with the ENT Specialist on the 10th Feb. The steroid nose drops he's been taking seem to be working as Simons not had a nose bleed for the last 5 days YIPEEE
In the meantime thoughj, we've booked ourselves to go for a Dry Dive at the London Diving Chamber Thurs 3rd Feb to 50 meters, so we'll be able to see if Si's fit to dive :-D and we'll decompress on 100% oxygen ...which will be lovely!!
Check out: londondivingchamber.co.uk
Jen
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Monday, 31 January 2011
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
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
Saturday, 18 December 2010
18th December 2010
Monday, 13 December 2010
13th December 2010
Not much to say...
I've been working... Jen has been doing stuff that needed sorting..
But at the weekend, we went to Kent to visit Chris and his new baby Ethan...
Its strange to see, because we left the UK before Claire was pregnant... so upon our return they have a new baby...
Well done guys..
I've been working... Jen has been doing stuff that needed sorting..
But at the weekend, we went to Kent to visit Chris and his new baby Ethan...
Its strange to see, because we left the UK before Claire was pregnant... so upon our return they have a new baby...
Well done guys..
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
8th December 2010
Busy busy busy!!
From super snowfalls came some slightly warmer weather (still under 0 degrees!)
We met up with some friends at the weekend to have a few beers and a curry in Basingstoke. It was lovely to see everybody and catch us with gossip.....but it was a stark reminder of a Saturday night in Basingstoke... never an enjoyable sight when it starts to get late.
After the weekend, most of the snow had melted.This gave me a chance to remove 20,000 DVDs from my premises to ship out to another warehouse as the client has moved on to pastures greener (he thinks...) and was just using us as storage..
Here they are finally packed up and ready to go.
Next up for the cleaning treatment, was the dvd print area... A few hours of washing surfaces, putting things away, and hoovering made me a lot happier...
Now just the rest of the office to do....
Meanwhile, in Koh Tao.... yesterday they had a return of the Monsoon in a big way.. Major rainfall in 1 hour caused this...
Maybe I should stop moaning about the weather? NAH!!
x
SD
From super snowfalls came some slightly warmer weather (still under 0 degrees!)
We met up with some friends at the weekend to have a few beers and a curry in Basingstoke. It was lovely to see everybody and catch us with gossip.....but it was a stark reminder of a Saturday night in Basingstoke... never an enjoyable sight when it starts to get late.
After the weekend, most of the snow had melted.This gave me a chance to remove 20,000 DVDs from my premises to ship out to another warehouse as the client has moved on to pastures greener (he thinks...) and was just using us as storage..Here they are finally packed up and ready to go.
Next up for the cleaning treatment, was the dvd print area... A few hours of washing surfaces, putting things away, and hoovering made me a lot happier...
Now just the rest of the office to do....Meanwhile, in Koh Tao.... yesterday they had a return of the Monsoon in a big way.. Major rainfall in 1 hour caused this...
Maybe I should stop moaning about the weather? NAH!!x
SD
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
1st December 2010
So, its back to work as normal for me.... except the office when I walked in looked more like a dump than an office... It'll take me a week or so to get things tidy.... grrrr.
The office being an absolute mess, the weather being -4, snow and ice, rotten cold and ear infection... and you can imagine I am not in the best of moods!
x
SD
The office being an absolute mess, the weather being -4, snow and ice, rotten cold and ear infection... and you can imagine I am not in the best of moods!
xSD
Saturday, 27 November 2010
26th November 2010
Off the plane at 5am, and back to Jen's sisters house.
Jesus, its cold here. -2c on arrival, and it has not increased. Snow is still forecast... We are still in a state of shock (or frozen?)..
First on the agenda was doctors appointments. Then collect our car (ka!). Thanks to Martyn for purchasing ahead of our arrival. The only thing that doesn't work is the damm heater!!! Typical!!
After visit to the docs, and booking an ENT appointment for 6th Jan, we sorted out insurance on the car.
A quick visit to the office, to say Hi, and back to the farm, where I decided to fall asleep on the sofa.. Could not keep my eyes open. Eventually, both of us were in bed by 8pm.
Up for a couple of hours at 3am (jet lag) I got back to sleep, and we both woke up bright and early...
Jesus, its cold here. -2c on arrival, and it has not increased. Snow is still forecast... We are still in a state of shock (or frozen?)..
First on the agenda was doctors appointments. Then collect our car (ka!). Thanks to Martyn for purchasing ahead of our arrival. The only thing that doesn't work is the damm heater!!! Typical!!
After visit to the docs, and booking an ENT appointment for 6th Jan, we sorted out insurance on the car.
A quick visit to the office, to say Hi, and back to the farm, where I decided to fall asleep on the sofa.. Could not keep my eyes open. Eventually, both of us were in bed by 8pm.
Up for a couple of hours at 3am (jet lag) I got back to sleep, and we both woke up bright and early...
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