So I wait til Thursday for news on the operation. It's best I have it done unless I want the limp and as my GP pointed out to be a 'non functioning human being'. How do doctors speak like this? She's actually very good, this doctor.

At least as they break down the scar tissue I will be asleep and from my last experience of hard core drugs, it's not an altogether unpleasant experience. Perhaps I will visit, as I did the last time, The Wizard of Oz. After the op, more crutches but this time - forewarned - straight into physio - oh, relish the thought. Still. It's all material.