Just a year ago I was sitting in a bed in the Southern General's very fine neurosurgery department, bored and slightly bewildered from a night rendered sleepless by general hospital racket, an octogenarian escape artist, a 3am catheter removal, and regular unironic professional awakenings to check I was sleeping naturally and knew who the Prime Minister was.
Just a year ago I was sitting in a bed in the Southern General's very fine neurosurgery department, bored and slightly bewildered from a night rendered sleepless by general hospital racket, an octogenarian escape artist, a 3am catheter removal, and regular unironic professional awakenings to check I was sleeping naturally and knew who the Prime Minister was.
Either through the sleep deprivation or some sort of morphine hangover, I felt particularly disinclined to open the second door on my advent calendar – the previous day's had been in the side of my head and the choccy had been horrible. But I otherwise felt pretty good, under the circumstances.
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December 2: this year's Dexmas season begins...
Just a year ago I was sitting in a bed in the Southern General's very fine neurosurgery department, bored and slightly bewildered from a night rendered sleepless by general hospital racket, an octogenarian escape artist, a 3am catheter removal, and regular unironic professional awakenings to check I was sleeping naturally and knew who the Prime Minister was.
Either through the sleep deprivation or some sort of morphine hangover, I felt particularly disinclined to open the second door on my advent calendar – the previous day's had been in the side of my head and the choccy had been horrible. But I otherwise felt pretty good, under the circumstances.
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