8. Three days two nights

8. Three days two nights

Including the operation, I was in hospital for three days and two nights. The first night was the hardest of them all, partly because of the pain in the wounds and partly because I couldn’t rest due to the […]

6. Opening and closing my eyes

6. Opening and closing my eyes

I left the cubicle with the nurse, and we passed through various corridors before arriving at the operating theatre. Grey and white in colour, they reminded me of the cold feeling of a polished concrete wall. For a moment I seemed to be living […]

2. Scared to bleed

2. Scared to bleed

Today I feel tired. Work has been intense, trying to finalise pending things and leave my replacement ready, so that everything goes well while I am on leave. The operation (Opening and […]