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The best part of the day was taken up with body maintenance. We began with a drive to New Hall Hospital and a post-operative examination by Mr. Kask, the surgeon, who pronounced progress satisfactory. We did not take a diversion on the way back home because I had a G.P. appointment after lunch.
There was one complication during the knee replacement that I have felt indelicate to mention before. The insertion of a catheter is routine there. They couldn’t get mine in. A urologist was summoned to do the deed. An enlarged prostate was considered to be the problem. This was news to me. Rather unpleasant symptoms continued for the next three weeks. Given that my other knee replacement is due in about four months, it seemed a good idea to deal with the prostate post haste. That is why I saw G.P. Doctor Jansen this afternoon. She prescribed antibiotics, asked for a urine sample, and made a referral to Mr. Guy, the urologist at New Hall.
After this, Jackie drove us into the drier and drier forest. On the road to Exbury a very small grey pony tagged along with his bigger cousins, foraging for what fresh greenery could be found.
Not far on a squirrel squatted on the bed of a pool that normally contains paddling mallards and larger ponies up to their knees in the water they drink.
There was, however, no shortage of seawater at Lepe beach, where synchronised swimming
and solitary sailboarding was under way.
Back on the Exbury road, a group of small cattle found some potable water, slaked their thirsts, and pestered the traffic.
The rice Jackie produced this evening – so packed with chopped omelette, chestnut mushrooms, peppers, onions and peas – was a meal in itself. It was, however, accompanied by pork spare ribs in barbecue sauce. Neither of us imbibed.
Nice photos and good luck Derrick on the urology follow up.
Thanks very much, Gary
Oh dear – a prostate problem can leave you prostrate for a while! Lets move this year along and have you returned to full health and fully functioning perambulation! This particular dinner though sounds marvelous!!
Many thanks, Pauline. That would be good 🙂 X
Well, it’s good that you are following doctor’s orders and taking care of yourself. Good luck with this next bit. Enlarged prostate is practically a given as men age.
It’s dry here, too. The only one happy is our dog, Riley. She likes to roll in the brown dead grass.
Thanks very much, Jodie. But these things aren’t meant to happen to me 🙂
Yes, agreed. I think you’ve had you fair share by now. I’ll file a complaint. <3
🙂 X
I hope is well with your prostate, and also hope that you get some steady rain soon.
That rice sounds delicious!
Thanks very much for this, Merril
A friend was referred to a urologist a few years ago who turned out to be Dutch. Edwin Dyk. Who was known to said friend and maybe others as Dr Dyk the Dick Doc…
You made that up!! lol
We have a chain of convenience stores locally called Wawa (I have no explanation for that..) The founder is Dick Wood. A popular man with the ladies.
Well, said friend may have rather than me but yes it is such a good story it cries out to be true… I certainly knew a Richard Head who couldn’t stand being called Dick – much like Sally Seaman who preferred to be called Sally Seaweed… funny that.
🙂
Now perhaps you both have some idea of why I’ve withheld that info up to now 🙂
Oh, man. I had no idea the possibilities . . . You people are hilarious. : )
I knew you’d have a good tale for this one, Geoff. Thanks very much
My ex used to work at a hospital (St Georges in Tooting) they had a visiting American Prof who gloried in the name Dick Schitt, his head of department (a dour Scot) insisted on referring to him as Richard the Turd.
Jackie, you need your own blog. : )
How heavy do you think the package will have to be to send that Shetland pony my way? I’m sure it won’t be too bad will it? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS so this is a bit weird but I swear it to be true I used this natural medication that a regular urologist recommended to me, it’s Aloe Vera but it’s highly condensed very very high potency with the part taken out that gives you the squitters, and it’s made by Desert Harvest and it helps with all those types of things well I was hesitant I didn’t think it could, I tried it and it changed my life. Just saying incase you’re open to it. LMK if you need more info.
Many thanks, Candy. I’m pleased you liked the little pony. That is worth knowing about the Aloe Vera. I’ll see what the outcome of the urology session is.
LOVED the ponies.
I can send you some if you want to try it. I know it sounds hoky I thought so too but I tried it and WHAM it worked I couldn’t believe it plus it was a doctor who recommended it when I was having some urology related issues after surgery – I know it was the Aloe Vera that cured them but not just any it has to be this kind it is absolutely created for that, I gave some to my step father who was having urology issues and WHAM he was fine. I just really recommend it. http://www.desertharvest.com LMK if I can send you some or anything I can do.
Thanks again. It does look interesting, but first I would like a proper diagnosis. I hadn’t had any problems before surgery. I will certainly let you know XX
I had some after surgery too – wondered if it was the catheter or just the side-effect of having surgery – the good thing is usually those things will ameleorate and go away with time I am certain of it, drink a lot of water always helps w/ urology related issues. Hope doctor can explain more, try not to let them talk you into any unnecessary tho. xo
🙂 XX
If there is anything I can do please let me know I would like to help if I can okay?
Definitely OK. Your concern is very welcome
Doesn’t it seem like it’s always something, Derrick? I hope everything checks out okay. It’s so dry here the lake behind our house is beginning to look like a desert…we’ve never seen it this low.
It certainly has been a dry time, Jill. In fact I have hardly troubled the NHS until comparatively recently. Now I’m getting my money back. Thanks very much.
Goodness, that pony is cute. But being sucked into the medical maw is not. I hope things go well and no surgery is needed.
Me, too, Lisa. Many thanks
The water, the ponies, the cows, the good news about your recovery, all great. The gardener is also scheduled to see the urologist. Fun times!
Many thanks, Luanne. I wish the gardener well
Thank you!
“Water, water everywhere, but no single drop to drink.” How amazing it describes my feeling now after hours trying to log into my site but to no avail; no answer from WordPress either. I can visit my site but cannot write to post, etc.
Thank you very much. I hope that problem is soon resolved, Byung.
I enjoyed your descriptive wording for your last set of photos, “Back on the Exbury road, a group of small cattle found some potable water, slaked their thirsts, and pestered the traffic.”, lovely, Derrick
Thanks very much, Ivor. I’m pleased you liked that. Your comment was in the Spam – I fished it out.
Yes, some of my readers comments go to spam too, Aaaah the wonders of cyberspace.
YES! “Pestered the traffic” thrilled me.
🙂 I’m pleased
: )
Words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge from THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, greet us tonight. Words I had to memorize in the 8th or 9th grade but have never forgotten some many decades later. I wish it were true here but we haven’t had nor are we getting any much needed rain hereabouts. And this week we’ll be soaring up into the 100’s and close to 110. On well such is life on the north Texas prairie. I pray all is will with your and yours dear Derrick. Love, N 🙂 <3
And we think we have it hot. I guess that is one poem we all remember snatches of. Thanks very much, Natalie.
You withheld the mystery of the Coleridgean spin till the very last sentence. I pray to God to bless you in all your quests for body maintenance.
Very many thanks, Uma. As astute as ever.
I need to get smarter.
🙂
I love seeing those ponies. Oh my, here we have low pressure area and a typhoon at the same time. Good thing it is not raining that much but in some places, they are flooded. Enjoy your summer Derrick and good luck on the treatment.
Very many thanks, Arlene
Send you all my love and my best wishes . May you recover quickly and enjoy the best of health for many years to come!!!!!!
Water is so precious in our lifes as our health too…..
I send you all my positive thought and love !!!!!!!!!
Many thanks, Efi X
I love these farm animals and the way roam freely and block the traffic 😉
Good wishes to you.
Thank you very much, Rupali
Best wishes that all is well and you don’t need any surgery! Continued good wishes for your healing!
Oh, those pony faces are THE best!
HUGS!!! 🙂
Thanks very much, Carolyn X
PS…your rice sounds so delicious! Last night I fixed grilled salmon, a garden salad, and black beans!
Sounds good
My GP told me that ALL men of our age have enlarged prostates – it’s perfectly normal and in most cases nothing to worry about unduly. Hope that’s the case with you.
I’m sure it is Geoff – except when they want to shove a catheter in – so I need to see if it can be reduced before next knee in 4 months time. Thanks very much 🙂
Great photos, Derrick. Where will the animals find water?
There are still a few streams (largely springing from underground) Also there is a trough on a common not too far away; but it is getting harder all the time. Thanks very much, GP
Glad that you are in such good hands with your medical team. It’s all quite the bore for you but better in the long term when you are springing about on your new bionic knees and doing all the things a Derrick wants to do!
Many thanks, Osyth.
It sounds like you are on the path to recovery, Derrick. And even with the appointments, you seem to have enjoyed a beautiful day. 🙂
We did, thank you very much, Diana
Good luck with all the health issues. I am hoping you get rain there, also. Poor creatures.
Yes. They are struggling. Thanks very much, Flower
Goodness, if it is not one thing, it’s something else. Good luck!
Thanks very much, Laurie. I remain optimistic
Well, wishing good health and fitness to you! I know you want to get up and gallivant about at your leisure. I enjoyed the water shots and the large mammals are always fun to view.\.
Thanks very much, Cynthia 🙂
The head bones connected to the…..neck bone…and everything needs repair 😀 By golly what an ordeal. Lucky to noticed any prostate issues early. Sending good vibes for favourable outcomes and a healthy bit of rain too. The ponies mustn’t go thirsty !! x Boomdee
Very many thanks, Boomdee. I’m thinking of changing my name to Steve Austin
Yes ! The Bionic Knight 😀 Hey, have you ever done your family tree. You have a last name that seems like there must have been some important servicemen in the past. I’ve heard that’s how a lot of the surnames began. ie. The baker was Mr Baker, the banker was Mr Banks, etc
Not quite what you had in mind, but here’s my branch: https://derrickjknight.com/2014/01/05/my-branch-of-the-family-tree/
My brother, Chris did venture into genealogy and went back about 300 years. He didn’t finish the work before he died. It is there for anyone to pick up. Interestingly, he said that if your surname is Knight you almost certainly weren’t one, but a squire. Just as slaves took the name of their masters.
History has so many secrets. Yet it’s amazing we know the birth dates of people that lived in Egyptian times. I wonder if history will be more accessible in the future given the advent of the internet. If the internet was ever to be corrupted, I think we’d loose a lot if we don’t continue to publish books and newspapers.
That final thought it quite worrying, Boomdee
truly, yes!
A M.O.T. has nothing on you at the moment Derrick! 🙂 Gee, do hope the hyperplasia reduces effortlessly – apparently a handful of Almonds and Pumpkin seeds also helps!
Many thanks, Rob 🙂
Best wishes with the prostrate problem mate, been there and done that a couple of times now. Pays to have it checked every couple of years when you attain the age of us elderly Gentlemen.
Thanks very much, Ian
Don’t they do a PSA scan of the blood, that’s what told them I had prostate cancer in 2005; my reading was 18.8 and I should have been dead, but brachytherapy cured me. Side effects are not pleasant though.
I’ve had that many catheter ‘s shoved into me the past 10-12 years that my u/track is all messed up and I have to take a capsule each day for the rest of my life to keep it operating..
c’est la vie.
I thought it was “nor any drop to drink”,
That’s all rather nasty, Brian. I don’t envy you. They do do the scans, but, hopefully, it’s not cancer. I amended the quotation to fit my theme – you are correct, though. Thanks very much
Oh it wasn’t too bad having 17 nuclear rods inserted through the back passage, I was asleep, but it was fun when they removed them. I was wide awake. It was quite hilarious.
Aaaarrhgh
Ive never done a post/blog on that might be fun 😀
I hope you are soon fit and well again, Derrick. Best of luck 🙂
Many thanks, Clare
We have an informal Prostate Discussion Group in the shop on Saturday mornings – it’s a hazard of being the sort of shop where middle-aged men meet. 🙂
Sorry to hear you are suffering Derrick, I seem to have missed this post and only discovered it by accident.
I was looking for words to use in a limerick…
Feel free, Quercus…… Thanks very much
Great photographs!
Thanks very much, B & B
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