I had a struggle
to get Freecell this evening, but eventually succeeded. Very odd.
I think I’ve
decided that I’ve finished knitting wee Hamish’s vest. It remains to finish it.
I’m operating without a pattern. Graft the shoulder stitches together? Three-needle
bind-off? I incline to the latter. I’ve got time for a corrugated rib – this year’s
match is a fortnight tomorrow. But I’ve got to press ahead. The thing is to do
the v-neck first. Then I can do an ordinary rib at the sleeve holes, if I run
out of time.
I still haven’t
found those patterns. However I have established that Machu Picchu and Kate
Davies’ Coofle are both on my computer, leaving only the leg warmers. I need
some soothing knitting right now, and think I will do the first Machu Picchu
sleeve next. I’m knitting it bottom-up on vaguely EPS lines, so I don’t really
need the pattern for a while. I’ve finished the body, up to the armpits.
Sunshine again
today, but I didn’t walk. Helen reported -- when she popped in yesterday
evening with some soup for me – that David says that a CT colonography is worse
than an ordinary colonoscopy. (“colonography” is the word for what I will have;
I was wrong, before.) He had some gut problems a couple of years ago, diverticulitis,
and is expert in these matters. He said they blew air up his bottom for the
colonography and it was very uncomfortable.
That was in
Greece. They may well do things differently there. I’ve got both hospital
letters. According to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, air is blown up inside you
for the colonoscopy only. Anyway, the prospect doesn’t worry me. I was brought
up on enemas; my mother believed in them. They were undiluted hell. But I
survived them, and I don’t think the Royal Infirmary could do anything worse.
But once I started
thinking about it, I started thinking about the whole thing. Are they looking
for cancer? If they find it, won’t the only result be that I’ll be miserable?
What is all this about? As a result, I slept badly (v. rare for me) and felt feeble
today. And my gut was uneasy, as if worrying about it had unsettled it. I’m
feeling better now, and hope to stride forth tomorrow after a good night’s
sleep. C. is coming.
I suppose if they were to find diverticulitis, they might suggest a diet alteration. But you really aren't complaining of gut issues per se, so it seems unlikely to be helpful.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a medical professional, but I think a small colon cancer can be removed in a colonoscopy, without a lot of (more) drama for you, one reason they are so keen on them.
I think maybe it is best to let next week's problems lie in the future, and just get on with the knitting and salad-growing until then.
Beverly in NJ
When they discovered a tumour in my father's bowel, which was large enough to block it, they inserted a stent at the same time as the investigation, rather as they do angiograms. That was 14 months ago. He did have to stay in for a week, but returned to his flat and has been gallivanting around on coach tours and trips away ever since, symptom free. He will be 93 in June.... I hope this is an encouragement. I hate tests and investigations, sending off samples of poo and mammograms and the like, but it is the anticipation and fear of the results (usually unfounded) which is harder part. I'll pray; I'm not a Catholic but the nuns taught me the Hail Mary so I'll say some for you and imagine Sister Patricia smiling upon me. I owe her for all the trouble I caused in needlework. (My reports were always along the lines of poor, fair, little effort...)
ReplyDeleteI say three-needle bind off. Very study and not stressful to do.
ReplyDeleteI agree, three-needle bindoff is just fine. And leg warmers are almost pattern-free, aren't they? Just a tube, really, the ones I've seen.
ReplyDeleteYes, three needle bind off for shoulders. So tidy!
ReplyDeletePhyllis in New Jersey