Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy
That was written by Barry
Wonder what happened to him ?
E J Thribb (17 1/2)
Must admit I didn't watch the prog much but I really have visited Portmeirion several times, have books and CDs on the place- it was near my grandparents and Clough really was a bit of a maverick himself with his plus four tweed suits and canary yellow socks- he wouldn't understand the black uniformed, shaven headed architect clones you have today. I've visited the place with each of my several wives and really did have a Lotus 7 which I managed to wrap around a tree without damaging anything other than my pride and my wallet. They are worth £45k each now! My loons were blue velvet flares, my shirts had collars the size of dinner plates and I even had a Zapata moustache too! Maybe I was on the MORPH too long. I can also heartily recommend COLCHIMAX which is opium based!
Wooo-woooh, weeee're coming to get you! Then we will spoon feed you the worst the hospital has to offer whilst having the greatest hits of Barry Manilow on at full volume. ;-) Out of there, get hopping!
Ok, I know i'm being a pleb but really, was there any point to such a pointless programme ?
Now expecting a volley of abuse from smug Mcgoohan fans who actually believe they understood the plot...............nowt but a bunch of ex hippies & tree huggers !
Brilliant! I am not number, I am a free man!
I was put on morphine for almost a week last autumn and I have to say that it affected my mental state! I became totally paranoid, imagining I had been consigned to a funny farm and convinced that they had deliberately changed my room number overnight to ensure that no family or friends could find me. Elephants flew. One night it became so bad that I was constrained to escape, so I wrenched a catheter out of my arm, dressed somehow (I had enormous difficulty in even standing), packed my suitcase and was indeed leaving when night security found me and I was somehow persuaded back to my room. Perhaps my love or Portmeirion had surfaced and I indeed had become the Prisoner. I used to have a Lotus 7 as well......all this is actually true. You, on the other hand, seem to have been the model patient!
There will be some pain, gain infinitely greater! Longer term, send me a friend request and I will be more specific.
Bet my hospital food is way worse, I think it's contracted out to Side to??
More painful night with the morphine & epidural losing any further effect. I'm now on bog standard paracetemol plus ice packs which are keeping the pain levels down. I resisted a morphine tablet offered tho' it's reassuring to know pain control is available. Loads of exercises yesterday when room-bound seem to have paid off cos' this morning I completed what was to me a marathon around the hospital corridors. With the main blood drain changed to a portable model I have found freedom ! This now found freedom has it's benefits with a walk to the canteen my first destination in search of the famed hot chocolate - definitely worth the effort, I was tempted with a cream bun but resisted...
Excellent evening meal and now looking forward to the lunchtime offering of betterave echalottes as the entrée with rôti de dinde aux pruneaux with buttered beans as the mains - bon app tout le monde !
No but I get reports from friends.
Yes, we are lucky I believe but that's why so many people come here, to improve their quality of life
Yes, the Thermes are wonderful and you don't even have to go outside anywhere as there are entrances to the Thermes from the Réeducation centre. Did you perhaps see the recent articles in the Daily Mail with photos, of the abominable food given in the hospitals in Britain? Like 2 boiled potatoes and some greasy gravy, one sprig of broccoli and some bright yellow sauce. We are really very lucky here aren't we !
The food was delicious but the soups were to die for !
Lucky to have the balnéothérapie across the road ?
Speaking of food, just had lunch which was really tasty :
Tomates basilique (8/10)
Boeuf Bourguignon & mashed spuds/purée (8/10)
Plain Yoghurt - very nice
Purée de framboises (8/10)
Went down very well Susan !
The Restaurant is still good! We used to hobble over from the Réeducation Centre, just across the road, and sit and have a little drink and admire the view. The Thermes and Baths there are super and we went there every day as part of the rehab. to immerse ourselves in the hot, salty water.
Looking forward to the stockings, I have a nice purple lacey suspender belt which should go with !
The surgeon popped by and explained what he did and praised the state of my leg muscles. I purposely did loads of exercises over the past six weeks including using the afflicted leg only for climbing the stairs etcin an attempt to have the strongest muscles possible in oorder to make the rehab easier. We will see...
As I write i'm sitting in a chair with the knees at 90°. I'm also dong exercises every few minutes. It's painfulbutI suppose that's normal ! Good luck with the nose job Raymond
Hi Susan, i'min the clinique Chenieux in Limoges. I had a cartilage operation about ten years ago and a wrist operation here earlier in the year. The food is generally ok but i'm not realy the person ask because I will eat ANYTHING which probably accounts for my rotund appearence !
Never had wine in this hospital but i've always found the service here to be superb. It's a modern clinique replacing the original ageing clinique situated in the centre of Limoges and now being transformed into luxury flats & offices. Apparently the eye clinic has often been voted the no.1 in France.
Saliès de Béarn is a lovely place to have rehab ! The restaurant at the Casino used to be fabulous !
Once the drain is out, you will get a sexy stretch stocking to wear, stops blood clots: I think I had them on both legs.
If your leg bends 90 deg, bonus. I had to work on mine, you will need 120 deg for cycling.
I walked round and round the car park on the third day, then up and down the corridor, stopping to swing the leg sideways. They knew then that I was serious and got to re-education residentielle asap!
Told you that the op was fascinating! I'm in on 15th for sinuses/nose job, just doing the paperwork. I don't think that there's anyone in the Clinique who does anything on that front: I have to do it all myself!
Peter, I have had two hip replacement surgeries (not at the same time :-* ) I had the ops in Dax, spent 11 days there and went on to have Rehab in Salies de Béarn. They call it Réeducation, rather than Rehab, which kind of implies drugs or alcohol treatment.
The food in both establishments was excellent, and I enjoy good food. Wine was provided at lunch and supper and a menu was presented the day before to enable you to make your selection. The recovery time does, I suppose, depend on your overall health although there were several pretty elderly diabetics and heart sufferers doing extremely well.
I don't know which hospital or clinic you will be going to, but I am sure you will not regret it.
Sounds like it's going well! Bon appétit!
Great to eat again, must have been all of 36 hours !!
Breakfast was typically 'french hospital' fare with toast or bread with jam and a yoghurt or fruit salad to finish - I did an 'Oliver' and asked for a second roll and second jam !!!! Surprised I wasn't sent to the bastille !
Bumpy night, not with the knee, which is not too painful thanks to the epidural but the after effects of the morphine which usually makes me a bit groggy - I managed a few hours sleep anyway.
This morning chez moi is like Oxford Circus, non-stop stream of hospital bods. My hopes were dashed when a very smart looking female nurse told me I would be receiving a wash from a member of staff yes, you guessed, it was a male nurse who washed me down....sods law !
The physio came and told me to dangle my legs over the side of the bed. He was impressed as the repaired leg dropped to 90°. He then plonked me unceremoniously in a chair, showed me some exercises to be done sitting downand bid me farewell with the threat of me walking tomorrow.
The knee drain will come out tomorrow so that will be me breaking loose from the shackles à la Black Beauty to run to freedom !
Can't wait for lunch, i'm starving - any more of this and i'll start losing weight ! I'm almost anorexic as it is...Boeuf Bourguignon is the main course today
Bon appetit
I remember seeing the ice packs he had them about 2 days. My husband had his operation in the UK sounds very familiar. You'll probably get some lovely long socks to wear on your discharge. One thing my husband said is not a good idea is to watch the operation online. You soon be doing exercises and starting the long road to recovery. Hope you get a good sleep soon.
Thanks Jane
The numbness has just about dissappeared though the internal bits like the bladder etc take a lot longer apparently. The ice packs are great despite the extra weight on the knee joint !
Still feeling quite nauseous about 8 hours down the line and i'm hoping a decent sleep will help me appreciate some breakfast in the morning.
As you say, loads of info on the net although nothing quite prepares you for the 'real thing'