FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER     HEALESVILLE

It was a wet day. I felt maybe slightly better than yesterday.

Back down the highway, we drove!

First stop was the dentist, where I endured the making of impressions – an unpleasant process. There has to be “something” put onto my partial bridge denture, where the extracted tooth was.

We picked up the TV and video machine from the repairer. $45 for whatever they did.

Then John had his appointment at the Croydon Day Procedure Centre. I left him there and went to Chirnside Park, made the medical claims there, bought some fish at the good seafood outlet there, and generally browsed. Bought some lunch.

I went back and collected John in the afternoon. He was alright. He had been put out to it and when he came round did not even know the procedure had been done! He wanted to go to Tandy at Chirnside for some more TV leads, then back to the van – note the TV leads took precedence!

At 5pm I drove back down the highway again, to the dentist, to collect my bridge, which now had a tooth “blob” in the area of the new hole. It felt strange at first, but soon worked itself in. I will now be able to chew again on that side, for which I am very thankful. That cost $100 – we have spent so much on the dentist since being back here.

Had fish and chips for tea.

Drove 192kms today – and none of it was for anything pleasant!

THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER     HEALESVILLE

I didn’t feel all that well in the morning, but we had a lunch arranged with a former colleague – and with her hectic schedule, it would be impossible to re-arrange. So we drove to Lilydale and on to our “local” – the York on Lilydale Hotel, which does a reasonable bistro meal.

Much of the talk with C covered the same ground as with T, the other day. It was pleasant to meet up again, and hear her plans for long service leave, next year. I warned her that long service leave was dangerous – look what it made us do!

Back at the van, John began taking his colonoscopy preparation drink about 3pm. Predictably, he then spent hours in the en-suite – reading, to alleviate the boredom.  He said it was all not as bad as he had anticipated.

I had some soup for tea as I was still feeling quite ill. John, of course, had nothing.