After 2 days I still couldn’t remember the name of my new doctor. I kept referring to him as “Curly” to Yvonne. So, Curly came to see me today at around 11:00 and removed the bandages (and the toilet roll!) of the stefanography. It didn’t look pretty down there! My right groin was all...
Read more →I didn’t sleep well at all. The roll of toilet paper they had tightly strapped to my right groin was hurting all night. The nurse had explained that it was necessary, to make sure that the vein in my groin would close completely. A good thing they will take it away in a couple...
Read more →During breakfast the doctors come in and tell me to get ready for the stress test. I haven’t finished my tea yet and I ask “Now?“. Yes, is the simple answer. A nurse is already waiting with a wheelchair to bring me to the test room. There I get strapped up with a dozen...
Read more →Some facts at last (around 13:00). The young doctor — I learned today that his name is Michalis — came to see me. It’s Friday, the end of the week and it’s quiet. Earlier today I had an echography of the heart. Michalis hadn’t seen the result yet though. But he “had a plan”,...
Read more →My neighbour’s wife has stayed with him the whole night. Unfortunately she installed herself on a chair between my bed and his. There is about 40 centimeters room between the 2 beds. She has been snoring all night, right next to my ear. At 4 in the morning Giorgos starts his reshuffling-of-the-medical-papers routine. Giorgos...
Read more →Wednesday, twenty third of February two thousand and five At 06:00 temperature taken. At 08:30 medication distributed (my infusion is removed). At 09:00 breakfast served. At 09:10 bed linnen changed. At 09:30 the “young” doctors start their visit. I’m first as usual. Potassium too high. I get some yellow powder to mix with some...
Read more →Today Birte is moving out and I have promised to give the movers a hand with the heavy stuff. She lives on the first floor and since the elevator has not been fixed, we have to carry everything down the stairs. In the meantime I also have to contact Tellas for the new ADSL...
Read more →It’s February 15 again, 6 o’clock in the afternoon (they refuse to call this “the evening” here). Last year around this time we were covered in 15 centimeters of snow, now the air is filled with the warmth of the south wind, and it is still light outside. What a difference a year makes....
Read more →Back in January 2003, when I was preparing to drive off from Kleine Spouwen to Iraklio, I used a route planner on the internet to give me some guidance on how to drive to my destination. I don’t remember anymore which website I used, but it definitely wasn’t mappoint.msn.com. And a good thing too...
Read more →We’re back, landed last night around 23:00 local time in Iraklio. We survived, allthough barely. We both have a terrible cold, sore throat, popping eyes, sweating forehead, running nose, the works. But it was fun. Much more relax than last year. We signed the preliminary sales contract for the house, got rid of most...
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