Up The Farway Tree

Sorry for delay in transmission...

Had a busy week so not had the chance to update yet!  The building work is progressing well - we have had a few days of torrential rain and high winds but the joiner was still there trying to build a roof!  Someone was supposed to come on Monday to seal the wood (or something) but wouldn't go up because of the wind haha - the joiner was scoffing at him and carried on anyway.  Yesterday insulation was going on the walls and the plumbers were doing the first fix.  That was a bit stressful because they were in and out the house, with back door wide open and cables trailing everywhere so I had to shut Seb in the living room with me, and leave him there when I went out.  I think he thought I had gone mad and clearly enjoyed himself by trying out both sofas and all the cushions :-)   Today the electrician came and there appears to be cables hanging down where spot lights will be, and there are windows sitting in garden, so guessing we will soon we wind and water tight.

 Insulation on walls...

How do builders work in small gardens?  My lawn is like a builders yard..

Wires hanging down today for spotlights..

I had a fairly quiet weekend which I was in desperate need of.  I was teaching medical students on Friday, although need to remember and take back some time for that, so was looking forward to a long lie on Saturday.  Needless to say I woke up quite early regardless.   We went to mum and dads on Saturday because Corey was still visiting and on Sunday bought some tiles :-)  I seem to have had a busy week at work for no particular reason and the middle of it all have been room hopping because Infection Control consultant has said I have to move out of the corridor I work in due to risk of moulds growing in damp area.   It's good they have acted quickly and are looking after me but it's also stressful getting shifted about.  I did have one of the consultant's rooms today which was nice and had plants and nice pictures - I think my patients thought I'd been promoted ;-)  The staff are being nice about the fact I am the cause of all this hassle and tolerating me phoning downstairs an asking them to come and see me because I'm not allowed down any more!

I am planning a trip to Cambridge in a couple of weeks to attend a Transplant Psychiatry Interest Group which is just being set up.  One of my consultants sent me the information as thought I might be interested in getting involved which I think is a good idea.  It's not great timing because I seem to have so much on just now (start PBL next week, LLTGL advocate weekend in October and ball at end of October, plus builders here all the time!) but I have convinced Andrew to come down with me so we can stay a couple of nights and make it a little break at same time.  He will have to go exploring on the Friday himself but I am sure there are lots of things to see around Cambridge.   Bizarrely I took a phone call from the transplant psychiatrist in Edinburgh today for an unrelated reason and randomly asked him if he was going to this meeting.  He was a bit confused until I explained further :-)  Apparently there is another doctor talking at the meeting (not psychiatrist though) who had lung transplant for CF so will be interesting to chat to her.

Ball plans are going well and tickets are selling fast.  If you still owe me money for tickets can you try and get it to me asap please as we will have to pay Oran Mor early next month.   I am just going to start working on a programme for the evening so we can have a few on each table - just to explain the format and timings for the evening.  I will get Andrew to help me though as I feel rather busy!  I am thankfully finished the booklet though!!  I have the pdf sitting ready to go, but the pharmacy guy is on holiday at moment so not sure what time scale for printing will be.  It's exciting to have it finished though and I am really happy with the end result.

I had my CT scan yesterday - was waiting an hour in one of those wee gowns and was freezing.  You would think they could have let me stay in my own clothes longer if they knew they were running that late.  The scan itself was fine but obviously I don't get results at the time.  I am seeing the doctor tomorrow so hoping he will have a result by then.  I must be honest though - I am freaking myself out a bit.  I still have this dry cough and have managed to convince myself I have chronic rejection or something horrible.  Totally overreacting but I just don't want anything to be wrong.  I don't want my wee bubble to burst.  I am feeling otherwise ok though so they will probably just tell me there is nothing wrong and to quit the moaning ;-)  I seem to have had a bit of reflux lately which also could make me cough.  I will attempt to stop self diagnosis though and see what the proper doctors think :-)

September is generally a difficult month so I think I am just feeling the pressure a bit.  Lots happening and even more running through my mind.  Sometimes I would like to be able to switch my brain off!  I was supposed to be going to a course on Monday which is cancelled so I am taking the day as annual leave instead - I didn't have any clinics booked so might as well take advantage of that.  This will give me a nice wee long weekend to recharge and get back to full speed next week :-)

How cute is Seb here?  Note the little teeth sticking out :-)