This blog entry is going to be a little bit of a different from my normal style and is going to be a diary reflecting the spinal surgery that I have just had. 3 Days before Surgery – Tuesday 8th November Today is the pre-op and the meeting with the anaesthetist. All went well, they managed to get blood so that good and makes a change. I have been told today that I will be in hospital until Tuesday, TUESDAY! That’s 5 days in hospital. I am sure my surgeon said all being well it would only be 1 or 2 days. What on earth will I do for 5 days. It is all starting to feel a bit real now and daunting on me how big this operation is. 2 Days before Surgery – Wednesday 9th November So, as we head towar

Not only was it my birthday this week but it is also the blogs birthday – I have been writing for 1 year. Thank you to all you lovely people have been reading my blog and following my updates over the past year. I have been and got myself a heated foot rest for in my office, it is lovely to have toasty feet while I work. Now to find something to keep them warm in the house. You may laugh, but for the last 2 years I have had frost bite on my feet because of the Raynaud’s, so actually it is very practical as well as lovely :-). Well my quest to find something to keep my feet warm in the house was answered by my daughter who, for my birthday bought me snuggly boot slippers that are microwavable