Am I ill?

Well am I? My doctor said I should stop driving straight away. Yes, really that will happen as well. For those who might think I am being selfish, I will explain. 

A couple of weeks ago I had a 'funny' turn while I was in town and felt quite unwell for the rest of the day. I had stopped taking aspirin that I had taken for years, on advice because I have been having stomach problems. As this was the only change I had made in my medication, I decided to restart it, and have had no further problems.

Well yesterday I had an appointment about a scan I had on my hip, as I had been having some pain there. (oh the joy of getting older!) That was no problem, just wear and tear, but I then mentioned that I had restarted Aspirin and the reason why.

You would think I had passed out on the spot.She arranged for blood tests, ( I had them today) and a heart trace that will happen next week, and has also arranged to get me a check up with the cardiology unit in our local hospital! And then she said I should stop driving until it is sorted. I also had a blood pressure check and my heartbeat checked. Both were fine, so I think she overreacted.

I have had no problems at all since the last one a few weeks ago, and have been driving since. But I guess they have to cover themselves and I cannot blame them with the culture of blame we have today. 

I was going to go back to driving buses a couple of days a week, but that is out I am sure. If I even felt for a minute that I was a danger in any way, I would not drive, but I feel fine, and will continue. We have plans anyway for this weekend, and more of that in another blog.

Monday April 12th

I have finally got the new camera that I have been trying to get for over a week. My wife has been and still is very poorly so we have not been out much. She was a bit better on Saturday so out we went to town to get the camera. Due to the extraordinary kindness of my old work mates I was given a voucher for £430 to spend in a camera shop.

I have always been a Nikon lover and the camera that I wanted and could afford was the D3000 SLR. I wanted a zoom lens as well so by paying just a small amount extra I got a Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens. What a combination! OK so it is not in the pro league but for me it is the best I will get unless I win the lottery! I am going to enjoy this one and want to get out as soon as I can to take some photos with it.

However my wife Mary is still very ill. We went out for a meal yesterday and she just not was not with it at all. When we came back home she went straight to bed and there she has stayed not moving. I will get a doctor today. I think she may have a severe water infection as the urine has just about stopped working. She had kidney failure two years ago and I hope that does not come up again.

Back to work

Well after that visit to the doctors yesterday I feel a bit of a sham. He could not find anything wrong with me (Thank goodness) but I still felt a bit rotten. However I have to take blood tests on next Tuesday to see if anything crops up. They will be starvation tests and I am up at 02.30 on that day so I will be bloody starving by the time they are finished.

The snow is starting to thaw rapidly today thank goodness so hopefully by tomorrow I can get my wife out for an hour or two. I think she will start to climb the bloody walls if she does not get out soon!

In work today I and some other supervisors had to take some 'psychometric tests'. These are designed apparently to check your communication skills. What a lot of old bollocks! I have been communicating with staff for 25 bloody years and one more test is not going to make a scrap of difference to me.

The firm have been bleating on for ages about saving money but they can afford this crap by bringing in an outside consultant to do this. It makes me spit. I could understand it if I was going for promotion but as all I want to do is retire it makes no sense.