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Update
Spent the weekend gently ouzing into the bag stuck to my hip and feeling generally low from the antibiotics. Was driven into work by MrsO. Felt crap. Went to the hospital at lunch time for a change of dressing. Was told that I was ouzing too much for a change of dressing. Told to come back when I am only ouzing 10ml a day. Currently I'm running a magnificent 100ml.. Ten days and I'll have filled a litre carton. Fed up with the sight of my wasting legs, I walked home from work which was slow but pleasant. Sat in an armchair. Fell asleep. MrsO came in and woke me. Totally confused. I didn't recognise her. Not a good start to the evening. She forgave me and drove me in today. Put a suit on for the first time. Mistake. Major meeting: clients, QC the works. I'm chairing. Sudden feeling of wetness on my leg. Dashed out of meeting to loo to discover the cap had come off my bag pouring its contents all down my leg and over my suit trousers. Tidied up as best I could and back into meeting. Feeling exhausted.
Looks like I will be at least another week before I can have the wound properly dressed and dispense with my bag. A week or so after that, I may be back on a bike. Still on antibiotics. All i want to do is sleep.
Still, it could be worse. Saw a colleague today who has just returned to the office after seven weeks out, including all of Christmas and New Year in hospital following a charity cycle ride in India which led to virulent samonella and complications to follow. If that wasn't bad enough, he's also grown a beard.