Nine Feet Underground

Still testing COVID positive. Still feeling drained of energy and thinking power. E remains in hospital and the latest update isn't good.  I asked to speak to a doctor for an update on the situation and am told they do want to speak to me.  Whatever the outcome, I have an outpatient appointment at the hospital tomorrow and will go and see E and ask to see a doctor face to face. I need to understand where things are going, to put my mind at rest. I think I have made peace with myself and am ready to deal with the worst if that's what is coming. Son #2 departed early morning for Heathrow to meet his gf's plane. She's coming with a girlfriend from Costa Rica via Denver.  I should get to meet her (in person) at the weekend.  Today is not the best of days to be travelling into London. The day passes in the usual way, though no call from a hospital doctor comes. Until tomorrow, then, I guess. R.E.M. / 'Everybody Hurts' / 'Automatic For The People' [[This is on...

What a start to the day! One hour of yoga, starting at 7am - 30 minutes of breathing exercises with movement to warm up in preparation for 30 minutes of Surya Namaskar. Talk about a workout! We're going to do the same thing on Sunday, the Summer Solstice, at 7:30am. In theory we should do 108 rounds rather than 60...we'll see! After yoga, I needed to keep moving, so I went fro a brisk walk and posted a Father's Day card to my Father-in-Law.   The morning was spent in calls the the hospital admin team regarding my upcoming surgery - questions about medication and the rules for self-isolating which are pretty strict (we all have to self-isolate for two weeks or I have to shut myself away from everyone for two week!) and calls to the dietitian about an upcoming 'experiment' to change my wife's PEG feed from overnight to during the day, to see if it helps with some of the side-effects. Today's post brought the latest issues of Private Eye and WIRE along wi...