A year on

 

Well its a year on from what was to become the most surreal day of my life.

After  nearly 6 hours of writhing around in  pain in my hotel room in Mljet,Croatia, I was transferred to the National Park medical station, and after being dosed up with mega doses of tramadol, I was then shipped and ambulanced to a hospital in Dubrovnik ( 3 hours away).

More tramadol, and diagnosed with gallstones, told my gallbladder would be removed that afternoon,

 well no it wasn't!! I got patched up and supplied with 'drugs' to get me home. as I requested.

Being let loose in Dubrovnik  absolutely unaware of what day it was, let alone where I was, I managed to book myself a room in a guest house in the old town and get there. That was the last I knew until waking up the next morning.

Its hard to believe it was a year ago, so much has happened in that time.

I feel like the last year has been one of those 'flip books' you made as a child, and sometimes you flipped too fast and missed a page, spoiling the effect.

At other times I feel as if the year was on a go slow or on hold until I had my operation ( June).

Other things that happened this year have pretty much stopped me in my tracks and made me take a long hard look at life, this year has been a year that keeps on giving and not giving kindly.

And so one year on, I've made peace with a lot of things that were out of my control and I am forging my own way forward as I like to do. Sometimes it takes a few knocks in life to push you back onto your path.