Stranraer Golf Club

The golf outing to Stranraer Golf Club was a great success. A very good turn out from the old duffers made it a really great day. The weather was superb with fluffy clouds and a light westerly breeze. The club provided us with a breakfast prior to playing and a lovely dinner after our round all for a very handsome price. We'll definitely be back there next year.
On the TN front, the crawling sensation under the skin on the left side of my face has returned with a vengeance. In fact, I can't remember it ever being as bad as this during the previous sessions. No pain, it's not really that uncomfortable, however it has set me wondering if its a sign that the pain is going to return.
My eldest granddaughter age 3 has the chicken pox.

Loch Lomond

The trip with my new caravan to Loch Lomond was fairly uneventful. One day it poured with rain for the whole 24 hours, and I mean poured!! When it was dry, the midges came out. Only an insane person would wear a short sleeve shirt and shorts when these beggars are about. Yep, you're right, that person was me. You should see the state of my arms and legs with bites. Not even my India Tree Insect Repellent (with neem herbal extract whatever that is) bought at great expense, offered an ounce of resistance. Saving grace? all this happened in a truly beautiful place.
Anyway, back home now and the only positive thing I can see in the news is the petrol price war that has kicked off with the supermarkets. Long may it continue! 15p per litre reduction in some cases.
I'm going to Stranraer to play golf with my old work chums tomorrow. I hope the weather is a bit better than our last two outings when we received a right royal soaking.
Still no hospital appointment which is disappointing.

PAIN RETURNS

Yesterday morning, while drying myself after showering, I had two sharp bolts of pain centred around my left eye. How do I feel after having experienced no pain since 28 December 2010? Well frightened is the foremost feeling I have at the moment closely followed by depression. I suppose I should be thankful that I've had such a long period pain free, but I want to be pain free for ever!!! In saying that, I'm fully aware that the chance of that happening is zero. The best I can hope for is a successful MVD which can give up to 10 years of pain relief. On the upside, I picked up my new caravan yesterday and am off to Loch Lomond later today for a few days.

Just to Let you Know I'm Still Alive

Life has been proceeding in a pretty orderly and mundane fashion, just the way I like it if I'm 100% honest. No sign of my MVD surgery although I am fully aware that it is imminent, probably within the next three weeks. I am reliably informed by my neurosurgeons medical secretary that, all being well after the operation, I should be home in around two to three days.

I've still not had any pain since 28th December last year, or even a hint of it. The only thing that reminds me that I suffer from something relating to my face is the strange crawling sensations that appear from time to time, the most recent one being the strangest of all. If I touch my left eyebrow, it feels as if I'm touching between the left side of my nose and top lip. Weird or what?

I'm still taking industrial strength doses of medication which ultimately do not agree with me so the quicker the operation comes the better.

I bought myself a new caravan (I think that's a trailer for my American friends) and take delivery of it next Thursday.

My youngest granddaughter has started crawling and she still has the worst hair ever. It is still growing out the way with no sign of it conforming to the normal conventions of hair style, even for a baby. Truth be told, she's all the better for it. Eldest is an absolute gem. Sharp as a tack, creative and beautiful. I'm not saying that just because I'm her grandfather. She takes after me.