Back to the present
I have been reminiscing rather just recently, possibly because I am just a shade nervous and hence avoiding the present. The damn cough has been sufficient so as to cause the high level hernia, not 
an unusual nasty after the emergency operation I had some years ago, to open and allow more of the intestine to bulge out. This has been coupled with the thing getting itself nastily twisted up on occasion, leading to pain, desire to vomit and general unpleasantness. So I have been at Mount E quite a lot, as I am checked out to see how fit I am for surgery. Luckily I am not quite as bad as this poor soul on the right. 
Having met the proposed surgeon I am pleased to say that my concerns, about the blood thirsty nature of those whose immediate answer to any illness is "lets cut something out", is at least to some extent relieved. And if I can get some sweet nursing afterwards I am hoping that the sewing and the mesh
to be inserted will not only remove this recent nastiness but perhaps additionally prevent the regular pain that comes if I have to stand in one place for long. That would be a major advantage, but I am trying not to raise my hopes too much, just in case!
I have been reminiscing rather just recently, possibly because I am just a shade nervous and hence avoiding the present. The damn cough has been sufficient so as to cause the high level hernia, not 
an unusual nasty after the emergency operation I had some years ago, to open and allow more of the intestine to bulge out. This has been coupled with the thing getting itself nastily twisted up on occasion, leading to pain, desire to vomit and general unpleasantness. So I have been at Mount E quite a lot, as I am checked out to see how fit I am for surgery. Luckily I am not quite as bad as this poor soul on the right. 
Having met the proposed surgeon I am pleased to say that my concerns, about the blood thirsty nature of those whose immediate answer to any illness is "lets cut something out", is at least to some extent relieved. And if I can get some sweet nursing afterwards I am hoping that the sewing and the mesh
to be inserted will not only remove this recent nastiness but perhaps additionally prevent the regular pain that comes if I have to stand in one place for long. That would be a major advantage, but I am trying not to raise my hopes too much, just in case!
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