{"id":21051,"date":"2026-04-20T19:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=21051"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:48:24","slug":"monday-20th-april-2026-what-a-terrible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=21051","title":{"rendered":"
Monday 20th April 2026 – WHAT A TERRIBLE … <\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"

… day this has been. Almost everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong, and there seems to be no let-up in the immediate future either.<\/p>\n

Things started to go wrong last night when, for some reason which I know not what, it was gone 22:00 when I’d finished everything that needed finishing, and I doubt if I was actually in bed by 22:30. Not that I cared, though \u2013 I was just glad to be in it at any time.<\/p>\n

One good thing to have happened was that I only awoke once, and for the usual reason. But I noticed that the day was dawning so I checked the time \u2013 06:22, just seven minutes before the alarm was due to go off \u2013 so I simply climbed back into bed and waited.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it still took quite a while for me to rise to my feet, and by the time I’d had a good wash and a shave, in case I meet Emilie the Cute Consultant this afternoon, I was late going into the kitchen for my medication.<\/p>\n

No hot drink for me today, though. It’s Dialysis Day so I made do with a small mouthful of cold orange juice. I’ll beat this thing yet.<\/p>\n

Back in here, I had a listen to the dictaphone to find out where I’d been during the night.<\/p>\n

\nWe’d started a group with some of the former members of Genesis. This later evolved into a kind of “Son of Genesis”, with several of the younger players taking over. There was something in there about wearing silicon wristguards and having to change them with each other at the end of each performance. There was some issue about someone who didn’t wear his and it led to some kind of dispute within the group.<\/div>\n

As for a group consisting of former Genesis members, there’s a story behind this too, but it’s another one that the World is not yet ready to hear.<\/p>\n

As for the “Son of Genesis”, after Micky Jones of Man died, his son George and Martin Ace’s son Joshua Ace started a group called Son of Man (actually, George sent me a recording of one of their concerts, the very last live appearance of guitarist Deke Leonard, to broadcast on the radio at the appropriate moment).<\/p>\n

Where the silicon wristguards fit in, I have no idea.<\/p>\n

Isabelle the Nurse turned up as usual, in her usual cheerful mode, especially as she is off on her week’s rest this evening. She sorted out my legs and feet and then hopped off outside into the sun.<\/p>\n

When she left, I was just about to start my breakfast when my faithful cleaner arrived to help me pack my bag for my appointment this morning. <\/p>\n

After she had followed Isabelle the Nurse out of the door, I started again to make breakfast. When my porridge and coffee were cooked, I sat down to begin but I’d scarcely taken a spoonful of porridge or a mouthful of coffee when the taxi arrived. <\/p>\n

The rendezvous was at 10:45 so I was expecting the car at about 10:00, so what the *!@@ was it doing here at 09:10?<\/p>\n

It turned out that there was someone else to pick up, but his appointment was for 10:15 so in fact the car should have been here at about 09:30 and given me a chance to eat something.<\/p>\n

We arrived at the hospital at 10:10, and luckily I was seen quite quickly for my thoracic scan. We were told that it would take fifteen minutes, so the taxi didn’t turn up for me until 11:00.<\/p>\n

It dropped me off at dialysis at 11:10 for my treatment at 14:00, so I was left sitting around like Piffy on a Rock for all that time. One of the nurses came to sort out my anaesthetic, and, sweet thing, she brought me a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

When I was weighed, they found that there was only 200 grammes to extract, but I persuaded the nurse to wind it up to 500 grammes. And then there were all kinds of problems with the machine, all kinds of problems with one of the auxillary machines, and then all kinds of problems with the disconnection.<\/p>\n

In between, Emilie the Cute Consultant came along, bearing even more bad news.<\/p>\n

The examination has revealed that I have a severe infection, so severe that antibiotics are powerless, and that I probably picked it up at chemotherapy. The lung specialist wants to see me on Friday, when he wants to stick a camera down my throat. <\/p>\n

How he’s going to do that, I don’t know. Emilie the Cute Consultant said that she’ll prescribe a relaxant. I told her to prescribe half a dozen, and a length of lead piping while she was at it. I’m beginning to wish that I’d said nothing about it now.<\/p>\n

The taxi was waiting for me so at least I didn’t have to wait, but on weighing myself on leaving, I found that I’m exactly halfway between my ideal weight and my “sporty” weight when I was running and playing sport.<\/p>\n

My cleaner was waiting for me when I arrived, and she helped me into the apartment. And after she left, I finally managed to eat my breakfast \u2013 at 19:30.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m off to bed and hoping for a good sleep for my Welsh lesson tomorrow.<\/p>\n

But before I go, seeing as we have been talking about the scanner … "well, one of us has" – ed<\/em> … the nurse there told me that they’d had a great deal of difficulty with the patient before me, who couldn’t stop hiccupping.
\n"she apologised profusely"<\/em><\/strong>, so she told me "but I told her that she needs to stop so that we can take the scan."<\/em><\/strong>
\n"What happened then?"<\/em><\/strong> I asked.
\n"She said she couldn’t and didn’t know why? She asked me if I had an idea."<\/em><\/strong>
\n"So what did you say?"<\/em><\/strong>
\n"I told her that she was probably pregnant."<\/em><\/strong>
\n"And was she?"<\/em><\/strong>
\n"Not at all. But it didn’t ‘arf stop her hiccups!"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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