Today the nurse came and removed the epidural from my spine, and put me onto tablet form pain killers now as I was eating and drinking A OK now. Then she said for me to put me dressing gown on and she brought a wheel chair and took me to the bath room, where she run a nice hot bath, I was lowered into the bath on a special seat, she helped me wash all the bits I could not reach.
Boy did I smell, she said the smell is a result of all the drugs they have pumped me full of the antibiotics and the stuff in the epidural.. Oh well who cares.
She said later she would take me for a wander to the front door to get some fresh air.
About 1500hrs she came back and she escorted me to the front door, this was the first time I had moved in quite a while and it was very difficult and VERY painful, she said I had to do the walk we were doing at least 5 times every day now, dragging my catheter bag with me!!
When I got to the front door, Oh God the smell was bad it made me heave my guts up, it was the smell of people smoking, something I had not done for 8 days now, and in fact some thing I had not even given a thought to in 8 days!! Hay have I kicked the habit?!?!