A day with the Jones girl ...

... she's 8 weeks ... so very gorgeous ... so loved!

Like sands through the hour glass ... memories at Bondi Beach

A beautiful day at Bondi Beach today ...

... leaning on the rail at the top of Campbell Parade, listening to the hum of the grader making patterns in the sand, the ozone fogging up our specs, smelling the aroma of the sea, watching the brown bodies heading into the surf ... and the memories ... it was spooky when I remembered the year I commenced school at Bondi Beach Public School ...

... so are the days of our lives!!!

Scribble Soup for Writers Block ...

Stumbled across Scribble Soup for Writers Block ... a great quickie to get the grey matter working ... Thanks Dee ...

Reminiscing ... Wayne Cooper shoes ...

Look at these shoes will you???

Recollections of thin ankles, swinging finely stockinged legs swathed on the brim of a high stool ...

... the shoes the legs said 'take me home and ....'

... seems like only a moment ago ...

WORRY / HEALING / Thyroid Surgery alert!!!

How apt ... like I say week after week the Sunday Scribbling girls are synchronised in my life.

WORRY ... it was ... not any more ... for me that is ...


Further to my healing post I called the surgeon Dr Christopher Hughes to tell him of the MRSA diagnosis ... his reaction alerted me to write down the conversation ...

Read on, you be the judge!

Hi Dr Hughes this is Moi ... gave him surgery details ... do you remember me I asked?

Hughes says: Yes vaguely.

I say: I'm calling to tell you I have MRSA ...

H replies: Well don't blame me, I didn't give it to you, I don't want to catch it, you must have picked it up at the hospital ...

I was gobsmacked and replied ... I am not blaming you ... it was suggested I give you a call, the wound is really ugly, open,and there's something like a small suture sticking out, even though it is small it wasn't there before ...

H replies: The registrar did the surgery not me ...

I said: I was referred to you ...

H says: OK well come and see me and I'll pull it out ...

I said: There's skin growing over it ...

H says: Oh Well .... sounding even more exasperated - then silence ....

So I asked ... When can I come and see you ...

H: says ...Not this week ... May 21 9.45am ...


His defensive attitude isn't what I need right now! I don't want a battle, I am not blaming anyone ($hit happens)

On May 16 - twelve weeks after surgery - I notice something protruding from the wound. With a small mirror and a pair of tweezers I gently pull on the object, it moves, I pull again, it moves again, I pull again ...

Prior to surgery when I asked about the wound Hughes assured me the sutures would be inside a 6cm wound and the sutures would dissolve!!!

Taa Daaaa ... I remove 8cms of synthetic thread from the wound in my neck!!

I spoke to a number of medical professionals who agreed Hughes defensive attitude was unsatisfactory. Commonsense told me he prefers to see fantastic outcomes, not problems that need addressing!

Based on Hughes reaction I decide not to upset myself by attending the appointment ...

I phoned ... Hughes answered ... I said who I was and I would not be attending the appointment that morning.

Hughes said 'OK' ... and hung up!

Says it all doesn't it?

Drat ... I should have asked Hughes will he pay for the neck scarves I'll wear for the rest of my life ...

... and ...

The infection was treated successfully by caring medical professionals.

Unconscious Mutterings

Week 328

I say ... and you think ... ?


1. Again :: and again

2. Shower :: gifts

3. Flirting :: beware

4. Moving on :: healthy

5. Rachel :: who?

6. Chips :: dips

7. Texting :: torture

8. Feel better :: yes

9. Cashmere :: cosy

10. Sucked :: in!


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Sunday Scribblings ... HEALING.

Sunday Scribbling girls have done it again ... OK I won't repeat my weekly exclamation ...

'Healing' is this weeks prompt ... Gadzooks ... healing ... not round here!

February 25th a renowned surgeon removed a 2.6 cm nodule and my right thyroid. 'It'll only be a 6cm incision' he assured ...

NOT ...

Eleven weeks on ...

Now an MRSA diagnosis ...

Plus I'm fed up with people talking to the gash ...

Before my living bra died they used to talk to the girls ...

Mother's Day ... Roses Only ... smelling the roses

A delivery of a metre long box containing superb blooms & chocolates ...



... made for a gorgeous, unexpected surprise from MJ ...


... hope you were smelling the roses on your Mother's Day too!

PURGING ... out with the old ...

The New Years resolution was to purge ... it's begun ... a new look too !