Feeling better ...

Glad to report that I'm feeling a lot better today and took a short walk to school where I stayed for an hour or so before walking into Eltham for a bite of lunch. It was lovely to be out of the house for a while.

Cape York

The main reason I decided to have the gall bladder surgery now was so I would not be incapacitated with severe pain during our holiday to Cape York (the northern most tip of Australia) in July.

Peter and I are flying to Brisbane, catching the Sunlander train from Brisbane to Cairns and then taking a 13 day small group camping tour from Cairns/Cape York/Cairns with Wilderness Challenge. We will then enjoy a few days in Cairns visiting reef and rainforest before returning to wintry Melbourne.

I remember a fellow traveller telling me after he did a similar trip with Wilderness Challenge - "Don't just think about it - just do it!" Thank you Kees for your advice.

Such a little thing ..

Following several extremely painful gall stone attacks in the last couple of months (one of which I ended up in the hospital emergency department), I took the plunge last week and had my gall bladder (and gall stones) removed via keyhole surgery. Just a few small cuts and a couple of nights in hospital. I had four gall stones with the largest measuring approx 16mm across. Yeouch!!

So here I am at home for a week and feeling quite sorry for myself. At least I have time to update my blog. Who knows, I might even do some digi scrap!