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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 10 – Naming and Shaming
Saturday 9 March – I awoke to discover the mini Vesuvius on the top of my finger had erupted during the night and was gently oozing, and I was soon covered in molten … ok, don’t get carried away … (see nice… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 9 – Sax and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll
Tuesday 5 March – Day 1 of 720 days of drug taking – only 719 to go! An uneventful day otherwise! It was now exactly one month since the operation but the wound had not fully closed and the new… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 8 – The Clinic For Infectious Diseases
Friday 21 Feb – I found myself once more at the hospital, this time across the road in outpatients waiting to see a specialist in infectious diseases. I was eventually called in by a doctor who asked if I minded… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 7 – Stitches out
i left the GPs surgery having had the wound re-dressed and told to return after the weekend when the stitches would have to be removed, and when the senior nurse would be on duty. On Monday 18 Feb I rolled… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 6 – The wraps are off …
Firstly, thanks to everyone for their kind messages having read earlier episodes. I must emphasise I am writing this blog not to fish for sympathy (ouch!), but with the sole intention of highlighting the dangers that lurk in our apparently… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND – Episode 5 – Surgical procedure, 5 Feb 2013
Following on from my visit to A&E, I was asked to go to the Orthopaedic Outpatients Dept on Monday 4 Feb. I was assessed by the consultant and surgeon and asked to return the very next day for a minor… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND … Episode 4 – Unhappy New Year!
So, with my ever expanding finger slowly making itself known, I got through a few gigs in November and December, notably our Christmas show at The Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham-by-Sea when we had two extra special Bonzo guests and… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND …. Episode 3 – The Expanding Finger
I should mention at this point that I am a PIANIST !!!! I’ve worked all my life in music of one kind or another, as well as teaching not only the piano and music in our local state secondary schools,… Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND …. Episode 3 – The Expanding Finger
MY LEFT HAND …. Episode 3 – The Expanding Finger. Continue reading
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MY LEFT HAND … Episode 2 – Some background
Some background. Continue reading
MY LEFT HAND (danger in the fish pond ) 