My forthcoming eye surgery

Hi there

Wow, what a past few days.  I have caught yet another head cold.  And the words 'head cold' never seem dramatic enough, do they?  It's not 'the flu', which are the words at the very top of the spectrum, nor is it 'the common cold'' (heavens to Betsy, we  snobs don't want anything that's 'common'!).

Anyway, I went to the hospital yesterday for a second pre-assessment before my glaucoma operation next month.  I had previously rung up and said I had a cold and did they still want me?  "Yes," I was informed by the admissions receptionist

But when I arrived, I was given biblical leper status and immediately handed a medical mask to wear because I might pass my cold on to other waiting patients.

I was also informed I couldn't have my 19 June operation because of my cold symptoms that would take a long time to peter out.

Given all the hacking coughs, and the hundreds of daily tissues that I've blown into, and the not being able to eat (yay, one good point, I've lost weight!), and not being able to talk because of my sore throat (my friends are probably very happy), I guess postponing my operation by a week or two - subject to a  confirmation oath by my GP attesting to my state of health, and probably to be signed off in my blood - was an inevitability.

Update - several days later:

Ooh, pistols to be drawn at dawn?   My GP disagrees with the hospital.  He says my cold will work itself away well before the scheduled operation date.  So is the op on? Or op off?  Stand breathlessly by for further breaking news ...