Wednesday, 9 July 2008

What to do?

What do you find to do you might be tempted to ask. Well has David Jr will tell you there is also something that needs washing, plates or clothes, shopping going to work etc. Well I have also the task of emptying our appartment, signing out of about a dozen government offices before I can cancel my residence visa. Is it any wonder so many people go on leave and then just don't return. I have sold the contents of our flat well I use sold in a very wide sence most things are at least 9 years old and not worth much, and that is what I managed to get. Suddenly I find my car is also worthless or so every potential buy tells me. We will see, I don't think I would make a good Arthur Daily.
I have been going to the hospital getting ready for Radiation treatment. This involves having a plaster cast made of my head and neck, Then a perspect mask is made and placed over my head and shoulders, this is clamped to a table (very hard) while I'm blasted with with radiation. Well today they fitted the mask and marked the spots where I should have the treatment or rather be blasted. After the mask was ready I had to have a CT scan. as usual I was told to sit and wait. Others were also waiting, after about twenty minutes sitting on hard hospital chairs I was relieved when they call Mr. David, I went into the Lab and then heard a Kuwaiti start shouting, He was saying he had been waiting longer than me. that was true, but I don't think he was to have a CT scan. Well that is when things went wrong. The Egyptian technician told me to go back out and wait, since my file wasn't ready, I commented that was strange, since they had just called me, and it was ready until the Kuwaiti had protested, I went back to the waiting room, the technician feeling put out that anyone would question his decision, came out to put me publicly in my place, I pointed out to him again that it was strange that my file was ready a few minutes earlier and it was only when the kuwait protested that suddenly it wasn't ready. I was told, ha yes, but he is old and sick, I pionted out that I too was old and sick. Well, you can't beat the Egyptians when their in charge. Two hours later after a doze I was called. This is not and isolated case, George B. hasn't done us any favours with our Arab fellow citizens. So roll on Sept 26 when I leave.

Sunday, 6 July 2008

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Here we are again. I have been to the hospital again today, the biopsy I had last week showed that the Lymphoma had not transformed to higher form of Lymphoma so now the Doctor feels it is time to have radiation therapy to reduce the swelling on my neck. I start on Tuesday so value your prayers that all will go well.




Our house, we are told will be finished tomorrow, it won't there are still a number of small things which need to be completed, such as the electric connection the drive way, and some painting needs attention. We have closed in the carport but we need to put up a shade over the door and windows at the front that will be done later.




We also took possession of our new Toyota Avanza, Red, tomorrow Ruth has her driving test. it should be no problem since she has had a licance for about 7 years here in Kuwait.