Tuesday and I wake to find my partner has booked an appointment with the GP. I take my vitals, all good there and then get into my training gear ready to row. My morning meds slide down and I am about train when my partner returns from the GP. We are off to the emergency day centre as the GP has referred my partner to it to have her heart checked.
We pull into the hospital and I drop my partner off and try to park the car closer than before but end up at the back of the main hospital carpark. I raid the snack shack for food and a paper and make my way to the clinic and find my partner is already being seen. After a few minutes she appears having had initial bloods done and her vitals checked we settle into wait and I eat a sandwich breakfast.
After a wait my partner is called into to see the doctor, the outcome is that there are to be more tests so the wait goes on. We read the paper, do crosswords and read a book. We have done this before. During this time I get a phone call from the hospital that I had booked into to have my Dupuytrens Contracture dealt with. They have turned me down due to my medical history and current conditions. The hospital is a small one and they clearly feel they cannot cope if anything goes wrong. So I am told the hospital has returned the referral back to my GP who will have to re-refer me. We nibble and drink until about 3 o’clock when my partner is called in again. We go in to hear what the medics have to say. Its all good news, my partner has the heart of a lion, nothing wrong, it appears the symptoms are a result of a combination of stress and something labelled in the medical world as exercise lag. So all is within our own grasp but will take time. We leave to find the car in the car park.
Arriving home I unpack the uneaten food and drink and as my partner settles down to rest I change into my training kit for the second time and head for the garage and the rower. I strap in and set myself a 45 minute session. My body is not keen and I feel sluggish but press on. In the end it turns out a reasonable session. At least I manage to get 8K+
The evening starts with a simple tea and moves onto another episode of Show Trail. I started to draft the blog while waiting for Tesco to deliver and the kick off of a European football match. Tonight will be an early one of clearing up, taking my night meds and going to bed.
