This one was loaned to me by a colleague and was trickier than I realised it would be. The colour was all the same so made for some harder parts and difficult to sort. Although it was nice to have a challenge for a while.
Recovery is going well, but finding walking hard some days as my abdomen muscles are definitely telling me that they are not happy about being chopped up and then put back together!
Here we are, equal to my amount completed in 2024.
This one was a good one to complete to achieve number 19, as London holds a special part in my heart and life. Whilst I find the city large and overpowering, as I get older, I am appreciating what the city can offer and have enjoyed exploring it on the odd couple of times I have got back to the UK in the past 10 years. I also have some very special people living close to London and I just associate London with them.
Let's see how many more I can complete in 2025, but being at home on sick leave at present means the number may go up significantly.
2026 will be a challenge to keep up (and expensive)
With nothing else to do then you guessed it, jigsaws are helping to pass the time.
The next one completed will equal how many I completed in 2024; think I might surpass that number this year!
Has taken me a few days since being home from surgery to actually be able to work on a jigsaw, mainly because it involves leaning forward and that has been difficult when your abdominal muscles are not liking you.
Especially when the surgeon actually found a small umbilical hernia during surgery, so did an extra surgery at the time. That explains the tightness in my mid abdomen and reason things are so tight and painful.
Little bit by little bit I have been able to complete some of the jigsaw, have to do something to pass the time, although sleep has been a good thing in the middle of the day.
So, my first of I am sure, many jigsaws that will be completed over the next few weeks.
I know, I have covered a post on sorting of jigsaw pieces before but I have been researching the different methods that people use.
This has led to me acquiring some small trays and being a little more particular with my sorting. Yes, I am a 'sort the straight edges from the middle piece's person'. Then all the middle pieces just get put back into the box and I sort through as I am completing the jigsaw.
But I have seen others who specifically sort colours into separate piles, along with edge pieces. They ensure that all pieces go back into the box up the right way and some, even have large trays so that nothing goes back into the box, and you can see all pieces at all times!
I do not have enough space to do that method.
I have however, treated myself to a couple of smaller plastic trays (from Temu, where else!) to be able to do a small amount of colour sorting but that is as far as I go for now.
The extra day/night in hospital was by far the best thing to do, and now it is home time.
Whilst it will be good to be in my own surroundings, I know for certain it is not like a hotel there, everything at my fingertips and a mini fridge in the room. This room is exactly like a hotel room; in fact, I think I have stayed in hotel rooms far worse than this hospital room!
Onwards with my recovery
To say the past 24 hours have been rough is a definite understatement. Crap is a better word, I think. It has not been a pleasant journey and consequently, the surgeon has decided that I am not going home today, and I get the joy of staying in for another night, and believe me, I need it.
Reaction to medication, uncontrollable pain, nausea, vomiting, more pain, lots of tears and low blood pressure.
It was lovely when a colleague/friend came to see me and bought me a small gift to keep me smiling. Ok, she did make me walk up and down the corridor (for my own good) to get the blood flowing to my legs and assist with easing my tight muscles.
I told you, nurses make the worst patients!
Today is surgery day. Although I had to be nil by mouth and not report to the hospital until 12:30pm, I had nothing else to do in the morning, so rather than waste sick days, I carried on teaching this morning and then walked up the road to the hospital (about a 5-minute walk!) when required. Thus, why I have my laptop with me.
Talk about being a nurse patient and knowing how to push the limits 😎
I am all checked in, room allocated and now I sit and wait.
Been seen by the anaesthetist and the surgeon and just been told of a slight delay. Not much I can do about that.
My nursing was actually in the operating theatre for 20 years, so I totally understand all and everything to do with surgery and running of the department. I have scrubbed for many different specialties and have seen the inside of the body from the top of the head to the top of the big toe. I have helped to fix it, move it, remove it, replace it and generally anything to do with any part of the body, with the exception of cardiac and lungs, I have only scrubbed for one cardiac emergency case in my time, otherwise I have seen the inside of all of the body and it still fascinates me and amazes me at the miracle of what it does for our whole life. Even if it does go wrong occasionally and need bits removed 😇
I have lost count of the number of times I have scrubbed for this operation I am having today - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, so I know exactly how and what is going to happen. (Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing 😐)
On a roll now, and back into it.
Next one sorted and completed. Frustrating in parts due to some matching of colours but overall fun to complete,
