What Happens Next?
23rd September
Well, the book is published,
the Colonoscopy now completed, so in both cases it’s time to sit back and wait
for the results.
I’m slightly disappointed by
the book sales if I’m honest. To date it’s shifted just over 60 copies, raising
somewhere in the region of £150. With the amount of shares, tweets, Facebook
posts and emails I’d hoped to be closer to the 200 sales by now. I know how
many people read this blog on a weekly basis. I know that a lot of friends have
shared the link of their pages. I’ve had folk from work sharing the link via
their email contacts. But the sales just aren’t coming. Maybe the price is
putting people off, or perhaps it’s just come in with too few pages?
Yesterday I was interviewed
by Reading Chronicle, hopefully they’ll publish some sort of link next week
which may induce a new sales spike.
Also, if you have read the
book, please review it honestly on Amazon, there’s only 7 reviews there at the
moment. More reviews will probably mean more sales.
Last Monday it was back to
RBH to see if I could have the colonoscopy completed this time. You may recall
that last time it was halted about halfway up (!!!) due to a couple of reasons.
I was pretty nervous again when I arrived, not helped by not being able to eat
since 11.30am the previous day. Arriving in the waiting room to see the TV was
showing a program called Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room being shown didn’t exactly
help, neither did all the adverts which just appeared to be selling food
products!
I was eventually called into
the operating room about 40 minutes late, to be greeted by not one, but two
consultants who were scratching their heads and looking through my notes.
Hmmmm….. that didn’t really fill me with confidence I’m afraid. I’m allergic to
remifentanil
which is the normal sedation used, so they were discussing alternatives. The
consultant mentioned to me that they could use Pethidine, but they were
concerned that I’d been pumped full of the stuff last time and it didn’t really
help. Her idea was for me to use Gas and Air as an alternative and that they’d
work as a team, with me, to get us through this. The last time I’d used Gas and
Air was in an ambulance on the way from OBR to RBH back in March, it worked
really well then as a pain relief, so taking a deep breath and a good suck on
the mouthpiece I lay on my side and thought of England!
The next 40
minutes or so were a combination of discomfort, a bit of pain, but a whole lot
of laughing! There were two nurses and two consultants carrying out the
procedure. Between them they kept talking to and encouraging me. One would
point out when we were coming to a difficult part and advise me to take a good
glug of gas. Eventually, the scope seemed to be coming out of my throat so we
knew the procedure was complete. The big difference this time compared to last
was the interaction with the people in the room, last time it was very clinical
with no real discussion with me. I’m glad it’s over and if I ever need another
one I’ll opt for the Gas ‘n Air option. Two biopsy’s were taken for the errant
lump, the results should be back within 14 days.
I’ve got my
usual Clinic appointment with Scary (Or one of her minions) this coming
Thursday, I’m hoping that the results will be available by then so we can put
this little episode to one side and file it under “False Alarm”.
This weekend
will be spent photographing the Rams 5’s as they’re the only team
playing at home, and whichever Junior sides are at OBR on Sunday. The 1’s are
away at Redruth, a long journey and difficult opponents. Max has a weekend off
as the 3’s have no game. I believe they’re at home the following week, so I’ll
get a chance to see him play properly for the first time this season. Hopefully
the weather will stay kind, as I’m trying to continue to wear shorts until the
end of September…………
As it’s been
a whole two weeks since we got back from the Canaries I think it’s time to look
at our next break. The current Mrs Clark is getting itchy feet. Perhaps a long
weekend in France close to 11th November around the battlefields, or
a weekend of debauchery in Amsterdam?
As always,
thanks for reading. Please keep sharing the blog / book link.
To be
continued……………
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