This will be an odd working week as on Friday I will (all going well) finally have the operation to remove my gall bladder. After being hospitalised by it twice earlier this year before then having what seemed like endless tests that suggested I was fit in just about every other way so that the gall bladder had to be the cause of the problem I am hoping that this will remove what might reasonably be called a pain.
With luck I will have keyhole surgery and not be out of action for long but have been warned that luck may not be with me as the gall bladder has been giving me quite a bit of aggravation which suggests more conventional surgery will be needed and I will be out for longer.
Either way I will not be on normal duties for a bit from Friday. I may blog, because asking me to stop writing is akin to asking me to stop breathing (in April I blogged from my hospital bed and see no reason to break the pattern this time, especially if I have to stay in) but I admit I have never had surgery before and am told my optimism may be misplaced. We'll see.
What I am pretty sure about is that things will be slower than normal and that delays in comment moderation ( about which some right wingers occasionally get aggressive) may well be commonplace. And I am afraid I may not be able to help journalists much whilst out of action and am also trying to clear existing work commitments this week. Your understanding would be appreciated.
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Wishing you a speedy recovery, Richard. The Coalition has taken advantage of your temporary indisposition to release a “What Your Tax Is Spent On’ guide for Agreeable Journalists. Perhaps not surprisingly, it hints strongly that a big chunk of it is ‘wasted’ on ‘Welfare’. Interestingly, the randomly selected sample taxpayer shown in the sample earns £23,000 a year. The underlying message was duly parroted by BBC Breakfast this morning and then-re-parroted by a PwC ‘expert’. Come back soon.
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Have fun in hospital!
Speedy recovery.
John
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Best wishes Richard for a speedy and complete recovery.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Richard and look forward to seeing you back here when you are fully recovered.
Hope everything goes well and you are back doing what you do best very soon.
Take care Richard and I hope the Op does what it is supposed to do.
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Get well soon, you’re very much needed.
Thanks Nick
Best wishes for a speedy recovery
Just to add my best wishes for a safe and successful operation, and speedy recovery, to those already posted, Richard.
Thanks Ivan
Good luck and speedy recovery.
Sue
All the best Richard -I’m familiar with nagging pain (neo-liberalism aside!) as I’ve had weeks of sciatica, so I hope things bring relief for you and re-grease your elbow for your work ahead for which many of us are grateful.
Good luck with that too – I’m told it’s horrible…
Hope the op goes well Richard – all the best for a speedy recovery. Will be thinking of you!
Best
Howard
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Best of luck Richard both for the op and a speedy recovery. I had some pretty complicated spine surgery last year, there’s no doubt surgery does take it out of you. So don’t get too impatient afterwards, allow yourself time to recover.
Best regards
Jim
I will try!
Ooo, Nasty I had this in my twenties it can be very very painful and make you feel awful, though my diet back then was a lot to be desired, i had choice of op or sort my diet out, i took the latter! Like you it took a age to diagnose, all the best.
I have tried diet too…but not enough impact
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Sending you all my powers for a quick recovery Richard.