Hi all,

I was discharged late afternoon on the day before Christmas Eve - Hurrah with Brass Knobs on!!!
Just when my bowels were appearing to work and I thought I'd be able to go home, they were concerned about infection markers showing up in my blood tests, so they put me on antibiotics, did another set of blood tests and kept me in overnight for observations. The infection markers must have either stayed the same or reduced as the let me out the following day.

Although my bowels/hernia situation is fine, the stay in hospital has really exacerbated my back pain and I'm on the maximum daily dose of painkillers at the moment. On Christmas Eve I walked to and from the chemist without having to stop for breathers/recovery in either direction, so my frequent mobilisation walking up and down the ward (including incorporating the practice stairs) obviously had a positive effect.

With my back the way it was and my reliance on the hodpital bed's electric adjustment to help me get up, I ordered a mobilty aid for me bed at home:

This was an absolute godsend; I don't think I would have been able to get out of bed without it.

I'm hoping my back will start to improve now I'm out of hospital.

That's all for now folks,
Enjoy the rest of your Christmas,
Chris*
(when I was little and writing Christmas cards, I use to be so intend on the writing I'd end up writing 'Happy Christopher'!)