Paul: For the praying-types amongst you, we just wanted to let you know what's been going on for the last few weeks. We'd love to use it as an excuse for not blogging much, but you already know we've been hopeless at that recently!
Anyway. I've been acting a little strange. I keep on coming over dizzy and then falling over (most embarrassing scenario so far: falling over in 'Boots the Chemist' and knocking over a whole stand of disposable cameras. I fear some of them may now be a little more disposable than planned). I went to the Doc who told me I probably had something loose in my head (many have mentioned there was no need for qualified medical opinion for that diagnosis) but specifically in my inner ear. The Doc also said it would probably be fine to fly. Big mistake - throwing up on an aeroplane was a new experience for me, though!
After quite an exhausting trip to the US (I'm well aware of the queue of good friends who told me not to go, now lining up to say "I told you so") I had an appointment with the ENT doc today, who didn't really come up with much, but put me on an MRI scan waiting list (to eliminate anything nastier than the "loose debris in the ear" scenario). Traveling around to some unique and wonderful countries and their intriguing medical facilities makes me exceeding grateful for the NHS, but I'm finding it tricky to keep that grateful-heart attitude today.
So if you're up for it, as you think of us, do have a word with the Great Healer for us. I'm about a zillion emails behind, and have a quite a bit of prep to do before a full and exciting term and its proving tricky looking at a screen for too long before it starts going fuzzy! We'll update you soon. Thanks for being part of this.
