Come on, Come on, Come on
Nope still nothing in the post from the NHS, apart from a request for blood. I've got my private medical all sorted, I've even got a card to say I'm a member. All that I need to do now is tell the doctor... So I'm waiting and waiting for the next appointment so I can find out the results of the scan and get some fixin'.
The knee isn't too bad at the moment and I can walk around reasonable well at the minute without my stick. and apart from the odd bit of swelling and locking up it will behave itself so long as I don't try to run or turn quickly.
Oh but I can go biking. Which is great because the weather is good and Watton at Stone is a great place to cycle around with lots of bridleways and country roads.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Insurance final payment
another £959.15 which is a bit closer to what I figured was right
So I got some more money for the Insurance company but in the accompanying letter they said that the calculation for me was correct and that Jason's was wrong. That would make it so that most of the money would have been in the 150 pounds limit and so I would have got next to nothing, making the policy completely unsuitable for the trip. They couldn't really ask Jason for some of the money back so in stead the paid me using the same calculations. so we differ in our payments only due to the cost of the medical bills.
I think the insurance company was completely wrong to promote this policy as suitable for any kind for trip where injury is a possibility. The only thing is had going for it in the end was if the trip got cancelled for any reason, then I would have got a full refund.
I guess that this latest amount is the best I'm going to get out of them without recourse to the law and all I can really do now is make sure no one else has to have this problem.
So I'm going to write Alan at Crystal with the results and suggest to him that they really should not use towergate chase parkinson in future or at least use that policy for that trip.
So I got some more money for the Insurance company but in the accompanying letter they said that the calculation for me was correct and that Jason's was wrong. That would make it so that most of the money would have been in the 150 pounds limit and so I would have got next to nothing, making the policy completely unsuitable for the trip. They couldn't really ask Jason for some of the money back so in stead the paid me using the same calculations. so we differ in our payments only due to the cost of the medical bills.
I think the insurance company was completely wrong to promote this policy as suitable for any kind for trip where injury is a possibility. The only thing is had going for it in the end was if the trip got cancelled for any reason, then I would have got a full refund.
I guess that this latest amount is the best I'm going to get out of them without recourse to the law and all I can really do now is make sure no one else has to have this problem.
So I'm going to write Alan at Crystal with the results and suggest to him that they really should not use towergate chase parkinson in future or at least use that policy for that trip.
A bit of Stick
We have just had a pool night at work.
I'm not the greatest player on the planet as was demonstrated by my need not to play any further games after the first round.
During the night and as I've noticed more since, quite a few people have complemented me on my wide range of walking sticks. Trouble is though, I've only got two so I'm not sure what's going on.
One is my Mums (A simple wood stick with a easily gripped handle) from when she injured her leg a while ago. The other is my Dad's from Austria, from when injured his foot on some coral on the Great Barrier Reef, it black wood with lots of cool carvings on it (very voodoo/mojo).
Still I suppose its a talking point and I'm getting a little fed up with the question 'So how long will you be needing the stick for?', as I've still now word from the doctors about my scan results!
I'm not the greatest player on the planet as was demonstrated by my need not to play any further games after the first round.
During the night and as I've noticed more since, quite a few people have complemented me on my wide range of walking sticks. Trouble is though, I've only got two so I'm not sure what's going on.
One is my Mums (A simple wood stick with a easily gripped handle) from when she injured her leg a while ago. The other is my Dad's from Austria, from when injured his foot on some coral on the Great Barrier Reef, it black wood with lots of cool carvings on it (very voodoo/mojo).
Still I suppose its a talking point and I'm getting a little fed up with the question 'So how long will you be needing the stick for?', as I've still now word from the doctors about my scan results!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Scan Friday
You wouldn't believe how hard it is to stay completely still for twenty minutes!
Friday was my Scan, at long last. So off I went to the MRI department of the same hospital as last time.
When you get there you put all your stuff and valuables into a locker with a metal key! which I had to leave in the lock... as you can't take anything metal into the room!
The machine is a huge (10ft high) cylinder and you lie on a little tray which rises to about 5 feet off the ground, which is a bit high when your leg is tied down, and slides in and out of the machine. I looked like I was in an iron lung with just my head sticking out of one end of the machine.
For the exam you have to stay completely still, otherwise the image it produces is blurred and you have to stay that way for about 20 minutes which so hard. First you lie there and think about moving and then you think about not moving and you get tense. So you have to think about not being tense as that's moving too and you go in circles in you mind;
don't think about moving, think about something else, keep still, don't start laughing, OK think of something serious so you don't laugh, oh no now your tensing up, relax so you don't move, don't think about moving....arrggh!
Another thing I wasn't prepared for was the noise. the 20 minutes it takes is broken down into 2:45-3min chunks or very loud banging and buzzing as the machine works and so you have to wear noise protection.
The hospital was fine, if typical in its confusing amount of corridors and staircases. The staircases featured a lot of rope and netting I guess to stop anymore trying to top themselves. The Psychiatry department is probably on the top floor.
The only thing really annoying about the whole experience was that I won't know the results until I have another meeting with the consultant so I'm waiting for another letter in the post.
Friday was my Scan, at long last. So off I went to the MRI department of the same hospital as last time.
When you get there you put all your stuff and valuables into a locker with a metal key! which I had to leave in the lock... as you can't take anything metal into the room!
The machine is a huge (10ft high) cylinder and you lie on a little tray which rises to about 5 feet off the ground, which is a bit high when your leg is tied down, and slides in and out of the machine. I looked like I was in an iron lung with just my head sticking out of one end of the machine.
For the exam you have to stay completely still, otherwise the image it produces is blurred and you have to stay that way for about 20 minutes which so hard. First you lie there and think about moving and then you think about not moving and you get tense. So you have to think about not being tense as that's moving too and you go in circles in you mind;
don't think about moving, think about something else, keep still, don't start laughing, OK think of something serious so you don't laugh, oh no now your tensing up, relax so you don't move, don't think about moving....arrggh!
Another thing I wasn't prepared for was the noise. the 20 minutes it takes is broken down into 2:45-3min chunks or very loud banging and buzzing as the machine works and so you have to wear noise protection.
The hospital was fine, if typical in its confusing amount of corridors and staircases. The staircases featured a lot of rope and netting I guess to stop anymore trying to top themselves. The Psychiatry department is probably on the top floor.
The only thing really annoying about the whole experience was that I won't know the results until I have another meeting with the consultant so I'm waiting for another letter in the post.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
3 Times - there and back
A nice sunny Easter weekend. I managed to go out cycling three times. Once around the village, once up onto the ridge to the north, well small hill, and once across to the next village Datchworth via our church.
Very Healthy, and fine so long as I don't need to put my left foot down.
Although I'm a bit sore now! might have to buy a softer seat!!
Very Healthy, and fine so long as I don't need to put my left foot down.
Although I'm a bit sore now! might have to buy a softer seat!!
Saturday, April 07, 2007
New Bike
for my knee you understand.
as part of the cycle2work thing I spent my 350 quid voucher at Halfords, not the most helpful people on the planet, and got a mountain bike.
its a GT Aggressor XC.3 I think, well its a hardtail, has shimarno (er!) breaks and its blue! for 299.99 GBP
I also, because it was the Easter weekend, got 50 quids won't of extras thrown in which was every nice. So I got the bike, a BIG lock (weights about half as much as the bike!), lights, some bike clip thingies (suggested by my Dad who knows heaps about cycling) and a suitably odd looking helmet.
So I'm all kitted out for the easter weekend
as part of the cycle2work thing I spent my 350 quid voucher at Halfords, not the most helpful people on the planet, and got a mountain bike.
its a GT Aggressor XC.3 I think, well its a hardtail, has shimarno (er!) breaks and its blue! for 299.99 GBP
I also, because it was the Easter weekend, got 50 quids won't of extras thrown in which was every nice. So I got the bike, a BIG lock (weights about half as much as the bike!), lights, some bike clip thingies (suggested by my Dad who knows heaps about cycling) and a suitably odd looking helmet.
So I'm all kitted out for the easter weekend
End of an era
No more Reno or Craig at work
It was a case of a couple of speeches, some silly presents and the usual trip downstairs for a large amount of beer.
Other traditions were held including a caption competition (were a picture (or two in this case) of a person is doctored and a funny caption added and everyone submits them and then they are all voted on by email). I've never actually won this event (we used to do it most Fridays) but I did manage to come third this time.
This of course happened on Thursday due to it being Easter weekend.
No more Julian either, he left a few days earlier quietly with little fuss.
It was a case of a couple of speeches, some silly presents and the usual trip downstairs for a large amount of beer.
Other traditions were held including a caption competition (were a picture (or two in this case) of a person is doctored and a funny caption added and everyone submits them and then they are all voted on by email). I've never actually won this event (we used to do it most Fridays) but I did manage to come third this time.
This of course happened on Thursday due to it being Easter weekend.
No more Julian either, he left a few days earlier quietly with little fuss.
Monday, April 02, 2007
They're back!
From Canada all safe and well. Except, of course, the ones that are staying out there. The word from Bryn is that its been a very successful trip with a pass mark for the level two exam of around 90%.
I'm very glad for them but also a little sad and envious that I wasn't there as well.
Hopefully there's always next year...
I'm very glad for them but also a little sad and envious that I wasn't there as well.
Hopefully there's always next year...
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