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Originally Posted by coolcat
Morning Phil,
After that big Roast dinner last night I went to bed early to sleep it off 
The downside is........I was wide awake by 05.00am 
All good here, plenty of leftovers for dinner today 
How’s things with Jessica and yourself? |
I saw the photos Jeff of your slap up meal and it looked very tasty. With leftovers, yum yum
Jessica is using an app learning to play bridge, it’s slow progress. This afternoon she will be swimming
Hot today at 29C
How am I?
When I had the vascular scan in South Africa in December, the surgeon said the aneurysm had grown to 5.6cm in diameter. At 5.5cm, the standard in the UK is to operate, but he said to keep an eye on it and to remain active to stop it growing any larger. Apparently the operation is dangerous. I had a CT chest scan and no lung cancer seen, excellent!
I have a monitoring scan every 3-6 months. Fortunately aneurysms can be repaired using a graft, but they can also blow. When mum was in hospital being investigated for constipation, she suddenly collapsed and died.
An autopsy showed her death was caused by an unknown aneurysm blowing.
I wonder how many people have slipped through the UK National aneurysm monitoring programme net because of Covid suspending the scans for people aged 65 and over. It’s NHS screening using a simple abdominal vascular ultrasound scan and it saves lives
If you were to see me now Jeff, I am a picture of health. But last year when I came out of hospital, whilst eating apples, my top 2 front teeth snapped in half and I have not had the chance to have them repaired, so when I wear the face mask the missing front teeth can’t be seen
Looking forward to getting back to the UK and having the broken teeth pulled out and new ones put in. Maybe the aneurysm will also be repaired.
Apart from that I have no complaints and next week I am taking Jessica on Safari. We are renting a self catering cottage in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and it will make a nice break, something different.