Posted by Mark Alders on Thursday, June 17, 2010
Under: news
Well, I've been in hospital...again! How did it happen this time? Well, over the weekend I experienced a sharp, shooting pain in my left leg. I immediately panicked, thinking I had another DVT (Those who know what I've been through this year will know all about that) So I went to the doctor, who in turn and also concerned, told me to get to the hospital for scans as quick as I could. He did the referrals and all that straight away.
By this stage my blood pressure was through the roof, and I know, I shouldn't have driven (more on that in a minute) When I got to the hospital I was left to wait for nearly 2 hours, all the while my fears became so consuming that my ears began to ring. By this stage I knew without the nurse re-doing my blood pressure that it was higher...much much higher. I was stressed.
So, when I finally got into the scan room, the dude doing it reported that I didn't have a clot! Thank GOD! But he did say my Baker's Cyst (at the back of my knee) had ruptured and that was probably the cause for the pain. So yeah, another state of emergency for me, but one that thankfully didn't end with me having another DVT.
Now, as I left the hospital, ready to go home and still trying to calm down, I backed the car into a pole (which was a gray pole against a gray concrete wall BTW) and now I have to get that fixed. My ears were still ringing and it took me a couple of days to calm down. So no car for a few days next week! Holy shit can anything go right this year? ARGHHHH.
I am Mark Alders, writer, intactivist, post office worker, and all round nice guy...except when someone steals my chocolate! I am a proud Australian, and as such use different spellings and have some weird phrases, too. Hey, perhaps that's why I write some damn weird shit!
I can't change who I am.
So when you read one of my books, enjoy the ride, but please don't say I can't spell. I spell how I damn well feel like it! LOL Naw seriously, I spell like an Aussie...do forgive me because we are a breed unto ourselves. Where else can a place have 11 registered public holidays and no one has any idea what they are for except to have a BBQ and down some beers!
If you do find a genuine error in my work, please let me know so I can speak with my editor...also, as an addition to that, offer chocolates as well. Lots of chocolates.
*hugs*
Mark