A good part about our hospital (Frimley Park) is the food. They do a pretty good job with the quantity and choices. 
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I’m glad they have good food, but sorry that you will miss it!
That’s funny because I used to live up the road in Mytchett near the lake and worked at the commercial unit not far from the main hospital in Frimley. I haven’t been back there for years.
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Not much changes in Mytchett. I’m fairly sure it would look much the same as when you worked here. A good residential area but probably a bit boring for the young.
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I agree with you about hospital food Mart. Here at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where I’ve had several stays over the years, I’ve always looked forward to the food trolley. At my last stay in February this year, after I was discharged, I tried to get two weeks in August but they were having none of it… 
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There was a great pub on the lake when I lived there. Or we used to go ice skating in guildford or Bracknell for a fun midweek night out, Guildford rink had a bar right next to the rink and you could go and have a drink in your skates, then go back on the ice. I used to frequently go to work hungover…
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I can skate…
Mrs Fox is always telling me I’m on thin ice…
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Guildford and Camberley are now the best towns in this neck of the woods. Aldershot town centre has changed almost beyond recognition. It’s Farnborough for the nearest main shops.
I remember when Frimley Park Hospital was just a landmark for me. A point to use when giving directions to someone. I’d sometimes have to go there to try and get a patient with their own room a TV signal on an indoor aerial (hopeless). I never thought it would become so much part of life back then.
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Camberley was my go-to for shopping in those days, it was always a nice area and I’d go to Farnborough for the gym. I guess that they must have built a better shopping centre there now. Guildford was always lovely with that old town centre on the hill and lots of boutique shops and cosy cafes and pubs. Farnham was the most affluent town in the area.
Aldershot had a fabulous firework display each year. It was full of army and always had a more edgy vibe. They had shops that you wouldn’t find elsewhere. There was a fabulous fancy dress hire shop with some amazing costumes and it’s also where I bought my ski gear.
I remember the comforting sound of gunfire lulling you to sleep at night in the summer, when the army had its training exercises on Surrey Heathlands. The entire area would shut up shop at about 6.30pm each night with only petrol stations open, and many houses (not ours!) would be lights out about 9pm.
Frimley Park was a nice enough hospital. I think I had an outpatient appointment there once. I’m sure there was a decent cafe which served hot meals of comfort food. For some reason I associate it with a smell of delicious cooked food combined with floor polish.
I’m glad they are looking after you now after you looked after them back then.
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The army was mostly the Parachute Regiment and Aldershot was never quite as popular after they left. The land once occupied by barracks are now a quite nice looking housing estates. The remaining army is now only at the North Camp end of Queens Avenue. In my very early teenage years there were Teddy Boys in the town and conflict between them and the Paras was not unheard of.
The heathland is still all around and used for training purposes. It has been good for the off-road cycling we did. It wouldn’t be quite so good now because the M.O.D. has made some of the land more restricted to public access in recent years. There is still plenty left free for public or shared use though.
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Started on the antibiotics today, Not easy to find a chemist that had them but it was third time lucky. Tomorrow I have a blood test. The appointment time ties up well with Mrs mart’s appointment in the Rheumatology Department.
Then there’s only the 3-monthly LHRH injection into the stomach on Friday afternoon to look forward to. It’s sometimes a job to keep up with all these appointments while trying to stay occupied and ignore them in between times.
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@mart Sounds like a lot to handle, but you’ve got this. Wishing you strength and smooth appointments ahead.
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I had the pre-op this morning in preparation for the removal of the two bladder tumours. This is being done September 11th. I got home and found a message saying the Nephrostomy tube change has been booked for September 10th. The existing one will have been there for 21 weeks by then. It should be changed every 8 to 12 weeks. I’m a bit sore at present because the hole where the tube goes in is looking irritated. The plaster stuck around the tube that hold the stitch into the skin is working its way into the actual hole. Very touchy.
I’m glad that the date is before the tumour removals. The Nephrostomy tube change involves laying on my stomach for half an hour. I may not have been able to manage to do that after the tumour op. I don’t know how sore I will be.
LHRH injection into the stomach at 3.00 p.m. this afternoon (GP surgery).
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At least you’ve got a date for the op Mart, there’s no excuse for the late tube change…
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I don’t know why it has taken so long this time. It has been OK on previous occasions.
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Possibly a slack NHS these days Mart…Can’t get the staff…
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Hi Mr Mart. I’m sorry that you have the continuing problems. Just a thought about longer time - may the doctors are pursuing differing/additional route ?
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there’s a serious shortage of radiologists.
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@mart That sounds like a lot to go through, but I’m really glad the tube change is scheduled before your tumour operation. It makes sense that it will be easier for you to manage that way. I hope the irritation around the tube settles down soon, it must be uncomfortable. Sending you strength for both procedures, and I’ll be thinking of you. Please take good care of yourself.
I think the Nephrostomy tube is the only long-term answer. A kidney to bladder stent has been tried. That might have been OK but the bladder is atonic, so it can overfill without discomfort. This puts back-pressure on my only kidney, so making it unable to do its job properly. Some water still makes its way into the bladder but most flows without hindrance into the bag. Now that the bag is a permanent feature, the all important eGFR (blood filtration) figure has gone from 10 to 31. Still low but I don’t feel ill anymore. 10 was near on kidney failure.
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I’m learning so much on this thread. But you’d think someone might have some better nephrostomy tube technology so that you didn’t have to keep it in place with plasters. Perhaps one day you’ll have an AI component sending rude words to the hospital when they haven’t changed it in time.
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