ScottIsAFool: Health and wellness

Doh, don't try this at home...

Sun, 28 May 2006 20:01:31 GMT

If any of you have a list of things not to do before you die, can I suggest adding "hitting your ankle with a 15lb bowling ball when it's on its downward swing" to it!! It bloody hurts!!

I Can't See.... (Part 2) [Updated]

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:14:39 GMT

Unlike this post, the title of this blog is literal. For most of this weekend, I have been blind, I woke up on Saturday morning unable to open my right eye at all. After spending most of the day at different hospitals, I got told that I had an infection that if left untreated would become an ulser on my eye, not pleasant I can tell you.

So they have given me some eye drops, one lot needs to be put in every hour, the others three times a day for two weeks. The only trouble with the latter drops, is it makes my vision completely blurred, which means no driving for two weeks, not good when you have to drive 14 miles to work every day. And being blind yesterday also meant that I was unable to start my new job as well. Fortunately, as I know the manager there, he was fine with that and will keep the job for me. However, I'm not sure what I'm going to do about Tiger though. Some would say just take the sick leave, but I don't like taking sick leave, so I might see if I can work from home instead.

Oh yeah, and just to top it off, I was supposed to be going up to Coventry tomorrow for the Leicester match, but I now can't get up there, train and coaches are impractical, I had a look, and with not being able to drive up, there's nothing I can do. So I'm going to try and make the last match of the season against Cardiff instead, just gotta hope my eyes are up to it.

So all in all, this weekend has been a bit of a pisser really. Not impressed. But at least I can now see again and open both eyes, which is a welcome thing, seeing as though I've not seen much over the last couple of days.

[UPDATE]

Well, went to the hospital for a follow up this morning and my eye has improved considerably; they have told me I can stop taking the eye drops that have been making my vision blurry, which means I will be able to drive again, so no two week break, which is a relief. Still gonna be a while before I start at the pub, but it won't be long . Still taking it easy with regard to Tiger, mainly cos I don't know how good it would be to be working in front of a computer so many hours a day with my eyes as bad as they have been.

Gonna have to go to Specsavers though and get some new glasses as I can't wear contacts for another three weeks, which is a bugger really, but hey ho. Anyway, eyes are on the mend, which is good .

Added a pic of me with my weird eyes at the moment.

Tooth Ache

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:46:56 GMT

Well, I'm not gonna make this blog entry like my others, I'm gonna make it simple, plain and simple. OWWWWWWWWWWW. Bloody tooth ache!! My god it hurts! Must see the dentist on Monday, in the meantime, gonna have to dope myself up...!!

UPDATE

Had my tooth pulled this morning The numbness is just starting to wear off, then I should imagine there will be a wee bit of pain...

What the deuce??

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:13:14 GMT

What the devil is going on? This is the second time in a month where I've been ill!! I'm not ill for almost 3years, then twice in a month!! Stupid bloody body!!!

Football, fitness, or lack thereof...

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:45:05 GMT

Well, over the last year and a bit, I have had problems with my left leg (at various different places on it). It started back in '04 when I got tendonitis in my left knee and I still get the occasional spot of bother with it, but the main one was obviously my ingrown toenail on my left big toe. After two procedures to sort it out, and after waiting months for the infection to pass, my toe now is no problem to me. Admittedly, it now no longer has a nail on it, but at least it won't grow in now ;)

Because of these two problems, it is fair to say that I haven't done much exercise (read: no exercise). Now that my knee is better and my toe is no longer a hinderance, I have started going to football on a Wednesday after work with the guys from work, and dear God I have realised how unfit I have become. Need to start getting back into shape now, lose a wee bit of weight that I might have put on, especially now that I am the new Tiger goalkeeper. I have six weeks now to at least build my fitness up a wee bit more before the Tiger vs. VIP match. Although I'll be in goal, I would still like to not be crawling on my knees after 20mins! And so the challenge begins....