Category Archives: Health

The Bunion Bugle: Stage Four

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Tessa Tangent

Cabin Fever, The Essential Bedside Table And When’s Bunion Awareness Day? Day 21 It’s three weeks since the op – she says, in case anyone can’t do the maths – and I’m well enough to write the next, marginally shorter, … Continue reading →

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The Bunion Bugle – Stage Three

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Tessa Tangent

Staying In And Stitches Out: Written on Day 11: The previous post was written at 5 days and I’m adding this at 11 days post-op. I’ve found my routine. As mentioned, the first two days of getting up and living downstairs – … Continue reading →

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The Bunion Bugle – Stage Two

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Tessa Tangent

The Osteotomy Operation & The Post-Op Days Written on Day 5 13th August came and the OH took me to Care UK at Goodmayes for the bunion and toe osteotomies  (Weil, Akin and Scarf procedures). I’m not saying I’m superstitious … Continue reading →

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The Bunion Bugle: Stage One

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Tessa Tangent

Here come a series of posts regarding bunion surgery. I had the Scarf, Akin and Weil’s procedures to the bunion and the second toe. It’s not a pretty subject but the few blogs I found on it helped me enormously; … Continue reading →

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Bah, Flu Bug! My Yuletide Room 101

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Tessa Tangent

Having recovered from this Christmas Present’s bout of almost-killer-flu, here’s a very bad-tempered post listing what I could quite do without for Christmas Future.  It’s my ten-point Christmas Room 101 to be borne in mind for 2012 and beyond: Flu in the run-up to, or … Continue reading →

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