Yes indeedy, have turned a corner and can say I feel totally normal this lovely sunny day, well, what ever normal is of course. Could have gone back to work really but having been signed off anyway, why be stupid about it. Nasty virus, closest to "real flu" I can remember in a long time, not alone in my suffering as possibly more than 75% of UK suffering also, those who aren't throwing up all over the place! Oh dear, certainly don't want that one thanks.
Am catching up on things not done for a while and generally enjoying my own company. Have had email and mobile phone contact with work, nothing much changed there so am not missing anything. Our ward is still being used as an annexe for the rest of the hospital's shortfalls. In other words when there's the obligatory bed crisis, like every day of the week, patients are shipped from pillar to post so that others can be brought in, 9 times out of 10 into totally the wrong speciality environment. Reason being, time targets in A & E are not breached (heaven forbid!!) and despite the building bursting at the seams, apart from the white elephant that is the Treatment Centre (4 floors of state of the art building and equipment with only on floor open), no one is EVER turned away. They're not cared for very well, but they're never turned away, so hey, that's ok it all looks good on paper.
Anyway, all will be well come April, new financial year and all, someone somewhere will wave a magic wand, come up with some pie in the sky nutty idea to get us the all important Foundation Status, and off we'll go again at some wild tangent. I dare say that soon in the name of being "seen to be clean" we'll all have to be dipped like sheep on arrival at work and then wear disposable uniforms which will be steam cleaned off us at the end of each shift! Many a true word spoken in jest..................
No, I'm in no hurry to return to work!! Bring on the weekend, perhaps I'll actually enjoy it this week. And a happy one to everyone xxxxx
2008-01-24 @ 23:29