tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post3905918693255221923..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Minor opRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-60430913635344334992022-12-25T16:05:40.935+00:002022-12-25T16:05:40.935+00:00Zu Schwer: I liked on of the non-literal translate...Zu Schwer: I liked on of the non-literal translates: "High shall you live." Thanks for the sentimentRoderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-89941464969476836552022-12-25T16:02:58.263+00:002022-12-25T16:02:58.263+00:00Jean: Step by step without trying to forecast thin...Jean: Step by step without trying to forecast things. Now it's a case of "Dare we start looking at villa bookings in France for August 23?" Last year all the medicoes pushed us hard to make the holiday. All agreed we would profit mentally as well as medically.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-43648297106648953552022-12-25T15:56:55.484+00:002022-12-25T15:56:55.484+00:00NewRobin13: Coughing - we were both masked. But th...NewRobin13: Coughing - we were both masked. But this wasn't a time for knee-jerk timidity. We were both humans with a back story. I wanted to reach out and - eventually - so did she.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-32835818875836132702022-12-25T15:53:08.572+00:002022-12-25T15:53:08.572+00:00Colette: The best re-comment continues to be "...Colette: The best re-comment continues to be "You should see the other guy." More sardonically, "I mis-squeezed a blackhead."Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-57753315245125084602022-12-25T15:48:12.366+00:002022-12-25T15:48:12.366+00:00Avus: VR, my wife, SRN at one of "London'...Avus: VR, my wife, SRN at one of "London's greatest teaching hospitals" used to do this. The trick is to trim the "loose" end of the stitch as close to the flesh as possible, so that the the smallest possible length of thread passes through the flesh during the pull. The practice nurse who did me noted several different kinds of stitch had been employed, somewhat complicating her work. It helped that I'd patted the stitches with moist cotton balls, washing a lot of the dried blood away.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-85281861584576059552022-12-24T20:03:09.625+00:002022-12-24T20:03:09.625+00:00Hoch zum Leben!!Hoch zum Leben!!rouchswalwehttps://5fingerplatz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-71122211945157941842022-12-24T17:05:22.345+00:002022-12-24T17:05:22.345+00:00Another ordeal banished to memory and a good job t...Another ordeal banished to memory and a good job too!<br />Happy Christmas and a fab New Year to you and yours!!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-50404972602418174952022-12-24T15:17:35.463+00:002022-12-24T15:17:35.463+00:00I'm glad that the stitches are gone, but I hav...I'm glad that the stitches are gone, but I have to say that I'm worried about the nurse coughing. Take care there and Merry Christmas to you and your family.NewRobin13https://www.blogger.com/profile/00325825087101632977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-85649147064054197632022-12-24T13:06:58.931+00:002022-12-24T13:06:58.931+00:00You could make up a variety of reasons for the sca...You could make up a variety of reasons for the scar, none of them the truth. It's going to be an impressive scar, and could be fodder for many imaginative short stories. Seriously, I'm glad to hear the stitches have been removed. It means you are that much closer to feeling better. Best Christmas wishes to you and your family. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-65220223452522548092022-12-24T09:34:43.193+00:002022-12-24T09:34:43.193+00:00My prostate op. left me with a scar from crutch to...My prostate op. left me with a scar from crutch to navel - it looked like the surgeon had been in me with both hands. It had been stapled up, not very professionally ( I still have an ugly puckering of that area) by, presumably, a minion left to tidy up..<br /><br />When I went to my GP to have the staples removed he used something akin to fine nosed pliers and managed two before I was writhing in agony. "I'm not very good at this" he said - I wholeheartedly agreed. The result was he sent a skilled nurse to my home the next day to do the deed. I tensed myself in anticipation but hardly felt a thing. "All done" she announced. The difference in technique was amazing.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.com