I visited Argos, oops I mean the hospital

 Hi all
Well today I went for my pre op appointment, forgive me if I mistook it for Argos. I presented myself at the reception desk, and here it starts, I was given a number C14, I have now become a number, I then go to the very large waiting room, lovely area, very clean,
there are various waiting areas with reception desks, then we wait for your number to be displayed on the large screen, at last my number is there, I present myself to the 2nd reception desk, jokingly I said I have come to collect my order, now that went down like a lead balloon,  I was then taken by the nurse and we started to fill in the book that will reveal all my details, will not bore you with all that, I was bored and it was about me!!, then we get to the Warfarin, she says it has to be stopped, I said no way, its too risky, then came the phone calls, 3 calls later we still do not have an answer, I am waiting for a phone call to tell me what they have decided to do. Anyway I leave this nurse and now I am allowed to sit in the yellow area, I have to have blood tests and an ECG, so I am now in the ECG waiting area, there is a big notice that says this area is for ECG patients only, again I wait for my number to appear, finally it does, I give nearly a pint of blood ( well a bit of an exaggeration ) but it felt like it, have my ECG, I am now allowed home.
As an ex nurse you would of thought that I would have a good understanding of the system and how it works, I thought I did, but I did think we used to treat patients as people, now I have become a number.

No minis to show you today, I have had enough excitement, I had been trying to make hedgehogs, but all my experiments failed, cannot seem to get it right, maybe I will leave it for a while.
I have been giving my latest shop I brought for the bargain price of £16.00 and what I could do with it, I am thinking along the lines of a shabby chic shop, what do you think.
have popped a picture on to remind you what it looks like.

I am now going to have a large drink to get over the trauma of today, bye for now

my bargain shop

Hi All

Hi All

Thank you for your lovely messages, they made me feel cared for.

We had such a lovely day yesterday, the sun was shinning and it did get very warm, I went into the garden to work, well I supervised my son, I think he got a bit fed up after a while,
he called out, "mum I have made you a coffee and I have put it in your work room" well I can take a hint.

I decided to finish off my doggy packs, I have been making some little sets to sell, I will be putting them on here, I thought what I would do is make another page for items for sale.
Then I can add to it and hopefully customers do not have to trail all though the blog to find my items for sale.

I took a picture of my dogs this morning, the puppy "Muppet" is now 8 mths old, and I think it is safe to say I have a mini dog, but do not let size fool you, she is fierce and very determined to have her own way. The problem is she is so cute she can get a way with anything.
She had her haircut last week and she looks like a skinned rat, sorry Muppet, I still love you.
Freebie, my Yorkie, is so soft and just gives way to her, if Freebie is playing with a toy and Muppet wants it she just takes it and Freebie just lets her. They play very well together, Muppet loves to be outside and has discovered its great to dig holes, naughty, I am trying to stop that.

Bit nervous about my forthcoming pre op appointment, I was told that I would have to leave off my warafin for a few days, but my heart consultant has told me under no circumstances must I not take my drugs, I have a condition where my blood clots very quickly we do not know why, its just one of those things. I will have to talk it over with them.
there I go rambling on, when I have pictures to show you.

one of the doggy sets, this is the only one with a dog bed, the collar is made bi Dior!!

Freebie, she love her photo taken and will pose for you.

Muppet, can you see how small she is, she looks a bit scared of the camera.

how dod I do

Hi All
for all my bragging that I was going to sneak into my work room and create, I did not get very far, my leg was so swollen and achy after my shower, that all I could do was lie down on my bed to rest, when I woke up it was 5.30 in the afternoon, must of needed that sleep.

Today I did do a little, I am making some doggy packs to sell, so far I have got the coats cut out ready to sew, did not stay in there for long. I did not want to risk it.

I had a phone call today, if you remember I have torn ligaments to my rt. shoulder, ( I know I am falling apart) I am on the waiting list, I was thinking it would be a while before I had it done, then today I was asked if the 17th April a good day for me, yes says I, so this Friday I am seeing the pre op nurse. the only thing is in the leaflet I have about my op, it says for 4-6 weeks I should not use my arm except to do physio, what is it about this year, I am beginning to think some one is conspiring against me and is trying to prevent me doing any minis.

see you all tomorrow, God willing x

still bored, still resting

Hi All
well I am still resting and I am still bored,
had a bit of a scare on Thursday, I finally got to see my GP, she diagnosed cellulitis, so now on antibiotics, she then decided in view of my history, we had better check there is no clots, so I had to go to hospital for a scan to my leg, thank goodness, no clot, will admit was a bit scared in case they found one.

I do hope today that I can at lease do something, I was making doggy packs to sell, I keep peeping in my work room and they are still there winking at me, shouting "finish me"

I had a lovely mothers day, I had a bouquet of flowers delivered in the morning from both of my sons, and then my youngest started me off with boiled eggs and toast for breakfast and a steak dinner, plus he pampered me all day, I love my kids, even if they drive me mad sometimes, I would never be without them.

I am relying on you all not to tell anyone I am going into my work room, I promise to have my leg elevated, will let you know how I get on,
have a nice day

hi all

Hi All
welcome to my new followers, hope you enjoy my blog, feel free to make comments,
thank you all for your lovely comments, its so nice to know you care

update on the leg, I finally got to see the GP, and it appears that I have cellulitis, so more antibiotics, but because of my history of clots, I was rushed to the hospital for an urgent scan, thankfully I do not have any clots, so still resting, still bored,I am feeling a bit better and the pain is not so bad now. I hope that by Monday I will be able to do a little bit of work on my minis.

While I am lying in bed, I have been looking at your blogs, I think I have read a lot from beginning to now, I am so impressed with your work. there is a lot of talented people out there.

I have left you all a little gift of more printies, I have lots of printies, if you are looking for something, check with me, you never know I just may have it.
here's your printie. ( for personal use only please )

hi all

Hi All
well I still have a swollen leg, and today will be my 4th day to try to get an appointment with my GP, we have this system, where you have 30 minutes to ring for an appointment, it has been engaged every time, and when I finally get through there are no appointments left, I tried pleading with the Dragon, oops I meant receptionist, no luck, I could of got one with a certain GP, but I refused as I reported him last year for lack of duty of care, long story, not to told in public, sorry.

So here I sit with my phone in my hand, watching the clock and waiting for that time I can put my finger on redial, and hope I get in.

My leg remains very swollen and painful, I cannot sit of stand for long, so I have been lazing in bed, getting bored with daytime TR, where do they get those people from on Jeremy Kyle show. I asked my son if he wanted to go on there, we could go with " my mother is an alien, and it is causing me problems" he declined, no sense of adventure.

Still no minis, getting withdrawal symptoms now,

One bit of news, I sold my Doggy salon, and she has ordered a artist studio, for her boyfriend.

Welcome to my new followers, and thank you all for you kind messages, I do hope by next week I will be back and doingf my minis.

see you all later x

no minis

Hi All,
I cannot do any minis at the moment, I have a very sore rt leg, its swollen and very sore, so I have got to rest, so for the rest of this week, I am restricted with what I can do, I am writing this as I sit in my reclining chair,  I am going to get on with my knitting, I am making myself a jumper, so at least I will hopefully get that done and my time will not be completely wasted.
I do hate sitting down and resting but I want my leg to get better.
see you all soon I hope