Some time ago when I was permanently in pain, before the last operation in Singapore improved matters so dramatically, my blog was entitled (if I recall correctly) "Moaning Mike's Miseries". How nice it was to be able to change the name. Somehow I cannot bring m
yself to be a very nice person when in pain.So when I went completely "a over t" when going up the steps to work last week I was not a happy man. All sorts of bit of me hurt, but I refused to
see the first aid people; the last time I did that I got a tetanus injection so I figured that we could stay away from such risks. But later in the day I found Alice and I making our way to the American Hospital, here in Doha. My mind was hoping for charming nurses without hypodermics, and I was spared this; although 
there was one who wanted to test my blood sugar level but who retreated at a snarl.
So after being questioned, poked and prodded at last they decided that some gels, tablets and an immobiliser
would have me sorted fairly quickly. And to some extent this is true but there are disadvantages to these wrist thingies, in spite of the clear improvements over plaster of paris. They can be pulled pretty tight, this naturally reduces blood flow to the fingers, and makes the wrist rather sweaty in temperatures in the high 50's centigrade.
And as a result the digits get angry and I am just a shade concerned about my safety, not just for walking without falling but for living at all.
see the first aid people; the last time I did that I got a tetanus injection so I figured that we could stay away from such risks. But later in the day I found Alice and I making our way to the American Hospital, here in Doha. My mind was hoping for charming nurses without hypodermics, and I was spared this; although 
there was one who wanted to test my blood sugar level but who retreated at a snarl.So after being questioned, poked and prodded at last they decided that some gels, tablets and an immobiliser
would have me sorted fairly quickly. And to some extent this is true but there are disadvantages to these wrist thingies, in spite of the clear improvements over plaster of paris. They can be pulled pretty tight, this naturally reduces blood flow to the fingers, and makes the wrist rather sweaty in temperatures in the high 50's centigrade.And as a result the digits get angry and I am just a shade concerned about my safety, not just for walking without falling but for living at all.
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