The Anonymous Widower

A Funny Turn On Thursday

Because of my endoscopy at five on Thursday, I had a quiet day. I wasn’t allowed to eat anything for eight hours before or drink anything but water for four hours.

About one in the afternoon, I was sitting at my computer, typing a post into my blog.

And then everything, went rather fuzzy and words were coming out garbage. Often each letter was replaced by one of the next on the keyboard.

I was also a bit unsteady on my feet and as I was alone in my house, I decided to go out, so that if it was something worse and I collapsed, there would be someone to help me.

As I got to the bus stop, which is about fifty metres away, a violent thunderstorm broke out.

On the bus to The Angel, I tried to check my phone to get the time. It didn’t respond and I couldn’t unlock it. And even with help from the EE Shop and a guy on the bus, the phone wouldn’t respond to my fingers.

At the Angel, I did at least have a sensible conversation with an assistant about a clothes purchase, but in the end I bought nothing.

I left the Angel earlier than I’d intended and as I was on a 38 bus, which starts my journey to Homerton Hospital, I gave up on the idea of going home for some water.

I had a long change at Dalston Junction for the 242 bus for the hospital, but at least the rain had stopped somewhat and I was by now steady on my feet.

My phone was also working, so I was able to read the instructions about where to go at the hospital.

So what had happened to me at one in the afternoon?

Was there a low pressure before the storm, that sucked all the water out of my body and in the process made my fingers dry, so they didn’t work the phone?

Interestingly, I lost 0.9 of a Kg between 08:00 on Thursday and 08:00 on Friday. Was that just the fasting?

My INR also dropped from 2.4 at 08:00 on Thursday to 2.0 at 08:00 on Saturday. Was that because of all the fluid I lost, thickened my blood?

September 15, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Endoscopy, Homerton Hospital, INR, Phones, Shopping, The Angel, Weather