Dear Mel
You have me laughing already. How on earth would you know that I have literally just returned from an emergency visit to consultant. Indwelling  fallen out after bit of in stay extra antibiotics last week ( I’ll tell that story later) Query: Is the ridiculous ‘balloon’ left in bladder?

All resolved by scan – faulty valve. ( is this a car?). New catheter in.Had tried District Nurses at home they felt unable to help. So it was another early-no-seats-high price train at crack of to seek Dipstick. He was good, sorted today and planned next week’s plan. Lost the notes but whatever he seems to remember who I am now.

I’m lucky of course to be able to access his help and the rest of the team. What on earth was I meant to do. On-call GP said call District Nurses. They said they couldn’t help as it was not local hospital consultant. Best to ask London they said. I suppose I could’ve gone to AE but then I guess they’d say go to original doc. Oh I don’t know. I’m lucky. I do get tons of help fast.

Meanwhile

Where was I meant to be?

Speaking at Conference live in support of World Continence Week.

Reckon should’ve gone and done live demonstration performance of the ridiculous ancient device! Surely the audience of experts could’ve sorted me out?

Wine o’clock I think now before I bite my nails for the TV news of you know what 

J

On Jun 2016, at 16:13, Reid, Melanie <melanie.reid@

Dear J

Thank you so much – received on behalf of everyone with a dodgy bladder.

Mel x

On 11 June 2016 at 08:02, Jacq <jemkes@wrote:
Fabulous news in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Simply perfect . A huge thank you from all of us out here for breaking those little spoken glass ceilings of taboos … from catheters to wheelchairs husbands and dogs …and everything in between …it really helps. Thank you.