There's been a cyst on my scalp for a long time, but it recently became infected. The nice GP used to be a surgeon, so he was keen to keep his hand in by removing the offending excrescence. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
So on Wednesday afternoon I spent half an hour having one of life's more unpleasant experiences, and when I'd recovered from feeling faint (the nurse even offered me a cup of tea - I must have looked pretty awful!), I put my hat on and came home to lie low, moaning gently, for a few days.
There followed attempts to keep my mind off the 4 stitches in my head. (They are bright blue - is that so that the nurse can find them again, or did the doctor do what I usually do, and just use whatever colour comes to hand?)
Last time I was in Newcastle, I spotted a pack containing yarn and instructions to knit a Shaun the Sheep, so of course I bought it. Just the right sort of dead fiddly thing to concentrate on at a time like this, and here he is -
- posing on the TV, along with DH's plush Totoro, star of Studio-Ghibli's animations.
And browsing on the Internet I found a pattern for a knitted nautilus, so I might have a go at that. Wonder what colour it ought to be?
6 comments:
Didn't you feel a bit anxious when you heard the phrase 'used to be a surgeon'?
Was the cup of tea on the National Health? No wonder they can't make ends meet.
Sounds a bit over-stitched Stitch! (somebody had to say it!)
Always stitching! bout time some one else had a go! Hope you are feeling OK now. Love Shaun.
kaz - as he had been a heart surgeon, it all seemed a bit irrelevant!
murph - wot no puns?
maggie - and I can't even check on the quality of the needlework, as I can't see it properly, even with a mirror.
Hope the surgery has healed well. Shaun the sheep is very smart but has a look in his eye such that I get if I drink too much gin...
Ouch! Get well soon, Stitch, and try not to scratch!
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