i can work myself into a lather over anything!!

i just had to ring the hospital - i had a letter weeks ago, telling me i had a "telephone appointment for an orthopaedic assessment" (gyppy shoulder!!) - the letter said i had to ring at 10am on 17th june - i was up at the crack of dawn worrying about what i would say and how i would be able to describe the problems i was having - when i rang (dead on 10am), it was just to MAKE a bloody appointment - what a let down! i've still got pins and needles running up and down my arm from where i'd got so stressed about it all

i think it must be lovely to be one of those people who just takes life in their stride instead of getting worked up about everything

my life just seems to be a succession of hospital appointments these days

i was in for an operation monday - keyhole surgery on a tiny hernia - they'd said that it wasn't important to have it operated on, but i'd got myself into such a state that i was waking up in the middle of the night thinking it'd popped out and got strangulated!! so i elected to have the op

i was first on the list as well, which is a first in itself! when the surgeon came to see me prior to the operation, he talked me out of it

they never give you a straight answer of course, but i THINK he was more or less saying that i was wasting his time and putting myself throught the discomfort of an operation for nothing

so i picked up my pyjamas and came home!

now i can't sleep again for fear of it popping out!

aaaaarrgggghhh!!!