Suturing

Today I went over to my friend Sam's place for a lovely lunch. It was really great catching up and she gave me a crash course on suturing for dummies. I feel so much better now. See as a medical student I was taught how to suture by other doctors, never from a book. So it was wonderful to have Sam go over that with me again. We also discussed surgical cases, how to suture what when, when not to suture and leave wounds open..etc... This has made me feel psychologically better and maybe slightly more confident. The surgery book Sam has recommended is on its way (I've ordered it) and it has lovely nice pictures to show you how to operate and what to do in resource poor setting. Sam has been to Nepal doing doctor work so she knows what it's like out there.

Things are coming along. Tomorrow I will go to Papua New Guinea consulate to see if my passport is ready. Didn't realise but needed visa for Australia--very easy to get--via internet and credit card, it was approve in 30secs. The next two weeks is jam pack with trying to meet up with friends, reading, appraisal for GPs, tax return...etc.... I also got the sonicaid which I bought from ebay.

In the midst of all of this, I nearly forgot a good part of yesterday and this morning, I was talking to police, car insurance, car rental co... because our car was stolen. It was parked right outside our house and the next day it was gone. No broken glass found. We didn't hear anything funny in the night either. Ingo and I are a bit baffled why anyone wanted our car. I mean it's 7 years old Volkswagen Golf, box standard silver car. I mean you see this everywhere in UK. I hadn't even wash it for 6 months or more. So it's a bit dusty but I always told Ingo I do it on purpose to prevent theft but obviously that theory is out so now I have no excuse to not wash the car. So tomorrow on top of everything I will go to car rental to pick up a car. The police suspect that it was taken for scrap metal as demand for metal in China has increased. So there you go, that's what can happen if you live in the city. Makes you feel slightly vulnerable though. It's also very inconvenient. Nothing compares to what all those people up north of Uk having to go through with flooding and all.