Lockdown Diary - Friday 9th April 2021
Unusually this is all being written in retrospect, primarily because I left the house at about 20 to 7 yesterday and didn't return until about 6 p.m. having spent the rest of the day at hospital. I think I got up at about 5:15 a.m. as I had a bunch of things to organise before I could be out of action for the day. Got showered, dressed in suitably loose clothing and packed my bag with the stuff the hospital said I'd need plus a few extras, just in case I didn't end up coming home the same day. Be prepared! Someone said that, once, and I was. A friend from school kindly picked me up and drove to the hospital, getting me there in plenty of time. It was nice to get a lift with someone I know as it made for a more relaxing conversation, rather than a taxi driver. I went to my room and settled in. Not long after a nurse came to check (for the third time) who I was, when I was born, what I was having done etc. Then I was tagged and asked to change into my surgical gown (very fe...