Bureaucracy at its best

So I went to my local GP to get the 'flu shot this morning. While I was there, someone handed my a urine sample kit. "What's this for?" I said. "You've got kidney disease, so the doctor needs to get a sample from you", the lady replied. When I questioned, saying I attend Guys' for such tests every couple of weeks, she
advised I could ask the Nurse more details while getting my vaccination.

So I did.

She said, "they need to offer tests like this to people to get their money". Essentially, the GP surgery has to collect and measure samples from at risk type patients, 90% of them, or they get some of their funding docked.

So I have to pee in a pot, and take it round to my GP one morning later this week so he can send it to King's for a completely unnecessary dip test so that he can tick a target box, when I'm already being monitored more closely than just about every other person on their books.

How ridiculous.

Oh and - we've got a cat!!

She's gorgeous! Shy as hell so far but we've only had her four days.

Her name is Dimple. Only about a year old according to the people at Battesea, the home where we picked her up.

Favourite occupation at the moment seems to be hiding, either under the arm chair or in the clean linen drawer under the bed. More interested in plastic bags than the toys we've got her. We're being very good at not spoiling her so far but I've no clue how long we'll last.

Have waited nearly 8 years for us to be able to get a cat. So chuffed!

Just a quickie

Dirty weekend away in Mallorca - fabulous. Stayed in Soller, north west in the Tramantuna valley. Lovely and tiny hotel - Ca's Curial. Specialises in "Agroturismo" apparently.

Hot, sunny, very long and hilly cycle rides (30km+) and I didn't die or anything. G went for a longer one alone the next day and very nearly conked out, heh.

Amazing FRESH orange juice from the grove we were staying in. OJ isn't acidic when it's freshly squeezed like that. Who knew?

Gorgeous little tabby kitten followed us around while we were there. Awwww. *melt*

Forgot to get travel insurance until already there, living on the edge, me. Would have cost over a ton to insure me for the kidney so chose to exclude, cost me a tenner.

Got back, had yet more blood tests. Halving the Myfortic seems to have worked; white cells back up to well within normal range, best creatinine results in six months, eGFR up to 44! Fantastic. Going back in three weeks. With luck I should be on monthly obs by Christmas.

Yay!