Month: July 2018

Garry McGivern is still in St Richard’s Hospital Chichester on Tuesday 24th-July-2018. They got me standing again today, all by upper body strength and not my legs! They also got me to have a go at walking. It was so painful, and they could see it! I couldn’t move my left leg at all! So they gave up, thankfully!

I think it was after that they decided to send me for a CT scan, which never really showed anything up!

After that scan, I was moved to the Emergency floor, which was a lot cooler and also had windows! That last ward had no windows at all and no air!

They’re now on about an MRI scan!

I’m also on nil by mouth from midnight tonight!

Things Are Not Looking Good

I’ve had a temperature on and off since I arrived in A&E at the weekend! Today it was 39°! I’m constantly sweating, the bed in the morning was soaked through! And had to be changed every morning!

Apologies if these posts don’t make a lot of sense! I’m pretty spaced out most times, what with my fever and the extra morphine! They’ve been giving me!

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Garry McGiven Travelsonabike2 is in St-Richard’s Hospital Chichester on Saturday, 24th-July-2018. Fifty hours ago, I was taken by ambulance to the A&E department because of the pain in my hip! I’m still in a lot of pain and will be spending at least one more night here!

The good thing that has come of this. Not! I’ve got a rough date for my operation: October at the very earliest!

I wrote the above yesterday. Today, they moved me to a different ward, but only briefly! It’s the Emergency floor! I presume this is an intermediate stop while they decide what ward is best to put me on!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Tuesday, 17th-July-2018. Southbourne to Bognor Regis. 18 miles. Seeing as it was the last night of my holiday! I went down to the local pub in Southbourne, “The Travellers Joy,” which is right next to the campsite. As I rode past, I spotted they were doing a “Plat de jour!” Well, seeing as I never made it to France, which was the main aim of this trip, I thought I’d go for that and pretend I was in France! And very nice it was too!

While I was packing away this morning the man from the caravan next to me came over for a chat. A pleasant man from Kent, anyway he was asking about cycling and the different places that I’d been, the normal stuff which I’m more than happy to talk about!

After we’d been chatting for a while, he said, “I came over last night to talk to you, the tent door was unzipped but as as I got closer all I could hear was you snoring! And I thought to myself, there’s a contented man, he’s had a hard day’s ride, eaten supper then fallen asleep!”

I replied, no, that was a man that had been down the pub and had a few pints!

Going Home

The ride home was normal and nothing spectacular, although I did go via Bosham for a change!

Once again I’m not too sure whether this will be the last ride before I go into hospital. I was hoping that when I got home, there would be a letter waiting for me, giving me a date to go in. But there wasn’t, and the wait continues!

I can’t remember whether or not I’ve mentioned the blisters that have come up on my hands! Whether or not I have or haven’t I’ll go to the doctors tomorrow to get them checked out!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Monday, 16th-July-2018. Adgestone to Southbourne. 29 miles. Last night’s entertainment was watching some woman who’d had just a little bit too much to drink! Trying to pack away her caravan was hilarious. Especially when she was trying to get a couple of chairs into the front cubby hole of the caravan, she must have been trying for a good half hour! Putting them in this way, then that, then that way again. When she eventually got them in, I was going to cheer, but I thought it best not to!

It was another late start this morning, but it didn’t matter as I didn’t have far to go! (In the end, it turned out a bit less!)

After leaving the campsite, I decided to go the long way back to Ryde and went via Benbridge and Seaview, which took me around the coast rather than directly along the roads to Ryde.

After getting the Fastcat back to Portsmouth, I was going to go straight home, but seeing as the weather is still good and while I’m on the road, I’d just as well stay out!

I’ve got to go home tomorrow whether I like it or not! I’ve run out of painkillers!

You never know; fingers crossed. When I get home, there might be a letter from the hospital giving me a date to go in for my new hip!!

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You can also follow my progress and see where I stop each night by visiting the Where’s Garry web page; there, you’ll find a map of the route I’ve taken so far.